of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn t lose any voters, okay? and the risk he poses to the country itself. donald j trump was president and does not believe in american style democracy. he doesn t. senator brian schatz joins me live. then. mister president. thank you very much. welcome. great to see you. the craven pandering of fox news to the republican frontrunner, and what it would take to make the primary an actual competition. it s going to be a two-person race. we know that. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we are monitoring breaking news tonight out of the middle east, specifically yemen, where u.s. and british military forces launched strikes on targets linked to the houthi militia, a yemeni militia backed by iran, after a series of attacks on ships. president biden s statement, quote, these targeted strikes are a clear message that the united states and our partners will not tolerate attacks on o
morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there going
angeles and this is america s late news fox news at night. breaking tonight, the colorado supreme court says president trump can no longer appear on the ballot there in 2024 undoing a lower court ruling that said he could try again for the nation s top political office. there are accusations of partisanship and another presidential candidate says if trump can t be on colorado s ballot, he doesn t want to be either. the fight is not expected to end here. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with the late breaking details and what happens next. hey jonathan. reporter: good evening, rich. there is no question, this is an explosive decision. and while it s not the last word, it has the potential to transform the 2024 presidential race. moments after the news broke, donald trump took the stage at a campaign rally in iowa. but the former president made no mention of the colorado supreme court ruling that he is ineligible to be listed on the state s primary bal
bret: okay. thanks, greg. greg: thank you. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. another record for migrant encounters as a federal appeals court puts a halt to the biden administration s plan to remove a barrier along that border. we will take you there live. sweaty palms among former associates of the late sex offender jeffrey epstein as their names could soon be made public. the latest on this. and remembering the first female justice on the u.s. supreme court tonight but, first, breaking tonight, on the heels of disappointing poll numbers across the board, worries among democrats that president biden could drag down the rest of the democratic party next november. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has that as she starts us off tonight live from the north lawn, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. americans are upset about the state of the economy. and hunter biden s tax crimes put a spotlight on the president s messaging that things woul