find enough votes for him to win the state in 2020. turns out, trump may have tried to pressure the governor of arizona, as well. plus, florida governor and 2024 candidate ron desantis facing new pushback after his campaign released a video mocking donald trump s past support for lgbtq issues. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg had to say about that. also this morning, what we re learning about a mass shooting in baltimore yesterday that left two people dead and more than two dozen injured. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, july 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. alongside the bbc s katty kay. joe, mika and willie all have the morning off. we are glad you re starting your way with us. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmieri. the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, the reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good morn
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
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
that is new york city mayor eric adams again calling out the republican governor of texas and the biden administration. we ll go through the mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border as the tension continues to grow between the democratic mayor and the president of the united states. this all comes as secretary of state antony blinken met yesterday with mexico s president to discuss what can be done about the surge of migrants with another caravan moving toward the border. also ahead this morning, nikki haley making headlines this morning for her response to a question about the civil war. it wasn t a hard one. we ll show you that exchange from a campaign stop in new hampshire. plus, another warning about donald trump s plans for a second term. this time coming from ron desantis, one of his opponents for the republican primary. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. with us, host of
those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is