new york city ushers in 2024 with a devastating condition. at least nine people heard including nypd officers after a driver rammed his suv into a group of people celebrating the new year near madison square garden. police say that man was a suspect trying to get away from officers when he hit a food truck and several police cruisers. hello and welcome to fox news live. mike emanuel. the chaos happening just blocks from times square after the ball drop. police say the suspect got into an argument with someone. and he got into his car and sped off. we are live in alexis mcadams is live. it only happened just a matter of hours ago. the driver is in custody in charges and charges are pending. we just got off the phone with them. take a look at your screen. police say this started with an argument between the driver and another person in midtown manhattan. when officers went over there, one guy hopped in his car and took off, even driving up to the busy sidewalk. probab
a lot to get to this morning, including another state removing donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis all not big decision from maine secretary of state. plus we will show you nikki haley attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. , also ahead, the latest from gaza. israeli forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians inside gaza. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023, from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former presidents many legal battles as he enters a presidential election. a lot to go through. witness for all of it, nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann, president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation the reverend al sharpton, washingto
good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s a look at times square. we re a heart of hours the ball the will drop and we ll turn the page to 2024. good morning. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to this morning, including another state remove donald trump from the republican presidential ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis on that big decision from maine s secretary of state. plus nikki haley s attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. also forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure to protect civilians. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023 from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former president s many legal battles as he enters the presidential election. a lot to go through. with us for all of us is nbc news national affairs analyst john heilem
with a fox news alert. overnight california s secretary of state keeping former president trump s name on the state primary ballot despite efforts to keep him off. carley: trump is off the state of maine. ruling he violated the second amendment making him the second state to disqualify him from holding office. joey: alexandria hoff joins us live. she has the latest on this. the decision out of maine is the first for elected official taking unilateral action to remove former president trump from the ballot. sheena bellows ruling that the 45th president is ineligible to run. holding government positions if they engaged in insurrection. here she is yesterday. the events of january 6th, 2021, when which were unprecedented, tragic were an insurrection. after the section 3 of the 14th amendment that mr. trump engaged in insurrection and therefore is disqualified. so, like colorado supreme court bellows based her ruling on a section ever the u.s. con steetion make no mista
removed from the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. the secretary of state ruling trump violated the 14th amendment, making it the second state to disqualify trump from holding office. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: final show of the year. the centsiment is the same. just hours before, trump s name returned to the ballot in colorado. trump is facing lawsuits in 13 states to get removed, even some republican rivals are pushing to get these cases dropped. carley: alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: this is first where election official has taken action to remove former president trump from the ballot. bellows writing, mr. trump used a false narrative of election fraud to enflame his voters. here is more. the events of january 6 2021, which were unprecedented and tragic, were insurrection and under engaged in insurrection and is therefore disqualified. alexandria: that was designed to keep confederate officers from holding offic