weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. the big story, of, course we have two hot wars for the president to navigate on the world stage. the republican-controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impeachment inquiry into president biden despite failing to provide any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. the vote was strictly along party lines with all 221 republicans voting yes, all 212 democrats voting no. republicans say the move will grant them the ability to better enforce their subpoenas in the courts. house oversight chair republican james comer has accused hunter biden and other biden family members of engaging in, quote, shady business practices. but as we said, has yet to reveal any evidence of wrongdoing or influence peddling by the president himself. so here is what several house democrats said ahead of the vote. see the biden impeachment investigation isn t a who done it. it s a what is it? it s like an agatha christy novel where the
president zelenskyy and that country s desperate need for more weapons, while talking tough about another leader, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who s losing support globally over the mounting civilian casualties in gaza. among other things. meanwhile on capitol hill, house republicans are doubling down on partisan politics, with a vote today on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, it comes as the president s son in standoff with house republicans over a public versus a private hearing and we re keeping an eye on wall street ahead of fed s expected decision this afternoon on the future of interest rates. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 13th. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. james stavridis. president emeritus on the council of foreign relations, richard haass. we have so much to talk about today. i mean, willie, i xwot the say, we also have a poll by the way, these polls go back and forth. we