much reaction thus far in the united states but of course we will bring that as and when we get it. let s pause for a moment and get a check on the sport. after 2a seasons and six super bowl titles, bill belichick is leaving the new england patriots. it ends an era of historic success at the nfl franchise, with its owner calling belichick the best coach of all time. despite his achievements in new england, the patriots lost 13 of their 17 regular season games in 2023, finishing bottom of their division and handing belichick his worst ever win?loss record for a season. all nine super bowl appearances came alongside tom brady, but once the quarterback left, the patriots only reached the playoffs one more time. belichick is 71, but he s only 1a wins behind the legendary dawn shula wins behind the legendary don shula in all time nfl victories and is likely to continue his career elsewhere. after a series of discussions with meet robert and i have agreed i have agreed mutually to
two months after announcing his campaign bid. he will have a rally tomorrow in philadelphia. he could potentially lose the first two primaries if iowa and new hampshire hold contests first. as they ve done in the past. this time biden s team won south carolina which he won in the primary to be the first state to primary. i wonder why. they indicted the president, they indicated the president won t be on the ballot in new hampshire before the palmetto state and that could hand a victory to rival robert f. kennedy, jr. or another long shot democrat. florida governor ron desantis is calling on california governor gavin newsom to step up to the plate and run against biden. you know what, stop pus footing around. are you going to get in and do it or sit on the sidelines and chirp. throw your hat in the ring and then we ll talk about what s happening. i want to go back. no one wants to lose the first two states. this is a sign of biden s unfettered weakness within the party. i
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
despite china s threats. and a pivotal week for president biden s agenda as democrats aim for senate passage of climate and health care legislation, mindful that the midterms are now just 99 days away. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the flood disasters in eastern kentucky right now. the death toll as of now, 35. with hundreds, hundreds of people still missing. evan santoro is on the scene for us. the governor who will join us live in just a few moments, said this is the deadliest and most devastating flood disaster he s seen in his life. reporter: i ll tell you, wolf, we took a tour of some of these damaged areas with the governor over the weekend. and the emotion was so obvious on his face. it is clear when anyone sees the devastation, it is just it is it overcomes you. people in this area of kentucky, there is a mountainous region and people are used to
ballot. that s true. but he is casting a pretty big shadow as he continues to endorse some, it s not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, more on that in just a moment. and the timing will be pretty interesting here. it isn t just post january 6th. it s post the first series of january 6th hearings. we ll see whether it impacted voters and which way it did. it hasn t seemed to impact the platforms, though, of candidates in several swing states. some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims and there is a whole slate of them in arizona who are running for top positions like governor and attorney general, secretary of state and senate, you know, consequential office holders for those who run elections. also closely watched, the senate race in missouri. trump has endorsed an eric. okay, but which eric did you mean to endorse, sir? rivals eric greitens and eric schmitt both claim trump meant them and trump for his part has yet to clarify, now, on election night. it s