freedom today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes! reporter: the speech in lithuania s capital, coming at the end oh of a dramatic, sometimes heated two days of discussions over ukraine s future within the nato alliance. it s going to happen. we re moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. reporter: presidents biden and volodymyr zelenskyy all raise and thanks closing out the nato summit, despite ukraine coming away without the biggest ticket item it had hoped for a concrete path to nato membership. zelenskyy came in blasting the lack of a membership timeline as absurd and unprecedented. wednesday, he took a soft ever tone, arguing the summit was a success because of security guarantees. the outcome of the nato summit was much needed and meaningful success for ukraine. i m grateful to all leaders in the nato conference for very practical, unprecedented support. reporter: while the u.s. and others argue tha
good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
rachel: welcome to the special edition of jesse watters primetime. i m rachel campos-duffy. from tearing down nativity scenes, the banning of the word is a miss, the left s war on christmas goes back decades. and this year, things are truly escalating. from satanic christmas shrines in the capitol building in the heartland of america to gay pride nutcrackers at target and the antiwhite christmas parties in boston and the communist left has officially declared christmas canceled. [crowd chanting] while you are shopping, proms are dropping. while you are shopping, bombs are dropping. say it loud, say it clear, christmas is canceled. rachel: hundreds of anti-israel protesters took to the street, wreaking havoc. nativity scenes were splattered with fake blood. what does the holy family have to do with any of this? and rioters attempted to overpower christians sitting christmas carols. hey hey, hey. no! [bleep]. [crowd chanting] you may do so voluntarily. no char
along with harold ford and dana perino. the five. yeah, merry christmas, america! get ready because we have a santa size show ahead including our naughty and nice list. oh, they re filthy. buckle up to gift exchange, we ll melt your minds into a puddle of syrup. first, time for the fastest. a new survey says 48% of people have gone to a holiday party just for the treats. among the top flavors of this time of the year, ginger bread, salted caramel and peppermint. we have a holiday spread here, peppermint stick and chocolate world from the cheesecake factory. you know that s not a factory. i found it out when i went on the tour. candy cane blizzard from dairy queen, which is our royalty. harold, i don t understand how they make choices when it comes to holiday sweets. for example, no one likes fruit juice, right? no one bites into those chocolates. they just leave them there. why do they persist an including such terrible sweets? well, in the christmas spirit it i
around the video screen for warmth and people regift the cake that dare not speak its name. here s the ten most merry festive, snowy, angelic tales of the holiday. who can forget christmas. are you ready to deck some halls? an entire evening of christmas specials starting with the grinch who stole christmas. the annual christmas specials were an event. when you first see that advertisements like frosty the snowman returns tuesday night. this was on once. if you missed it, you were screwed. mom, mom, can we watch this? mom? can we catch that? on sunday, december 4, burl ives tells the story of rudolph the red nosed reindeer. that was like the pinnacle. love that show. tells the story of rudolph based on the song, rudolph that was kind of an outsider. burl ives as the snowman. hermy the elf. he was the cast-off. i went to be a dentist. it s a lucrative business given that your boss, santa, gets paid in cookies. of course, you have the scary claym