morning joe. it is tuesday, december 26th, i m jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbc s politics nation reverend al sharpton. president biden and first lady jill biden spent christmas eve fielding phone calls for the norad santa tracker. the president posted this picture on social media writing that he spoke to excited young americans worried about santa s whereabouts. then the president and first lady called units from each branch of the military to wish them a merry christmas and thank them for their service. republican front runner donald trump, on the other hand, spent the holiday weekend in a very different fashion, taking on his political enemies. the former president posted several, shall we say, unusual christmas messages on truth social that criticized people like joe biden and jack smith. in one post the channeled home alone kevin mccallister. merry christmas, y
if. [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters raging through the streets of our nation s capital yesterday. [inaudible conversations] stop funding genocide! israel [inaudible] rachel: vandals have been hitting the white house, smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even tried to the climb over the gates. we re seeing this all over the globe swarming the world s biggest cities including toronto. meanwhile, in israel, the iron dome intercepting rocket fire coming from if gaza overnight. pete: the idf also striking several hezbollah terror hubs along the jewish state s northern border with lebanon as fierce over a wider ranging conflict continue to escalate. jonathan hunt is on the ground many jerusalem with the latest. jonathan. reporter: will, rachel, pete, good morning to you guys. it was another very active night in gauze both on the ground and
andrea what do we expect from this security council? because we already heard nikki haley a couple days ago saying we re not taking a side here. i think the rest of the world thinks the united states is taking a side. absolutely. nikki haley is going to be very isolated today at the u.n. just as rex tillerson is at the palace as we speak with macron, with the french president. this call for a council meeting today comes from the uk, france, egypt, russia, a number of other countries. 8 out of the 15 members of the security council. and the u.s. can obviously block any action, a single veto, so thatrhetorical. but the u.n. secretary-general with a very strong statement condemning what the u.s. did. i talked to the white house officials and i interviewed the israeli ambassador ron determiner yesterday on our show, saying that this is not definitive and that the statement was nuanced. at least the u.s. is saying it
aviv to jerusalem. sean: president trump earlier today, this is a huge historical day recognizing jerusalem as the true capital of israel, which it is. it is so refreshing. we have an american president actually keeping a campaign promise. not everyone is happy with the president s decision. hamas calling for quote a dave rage on friday. here with reaction to this historic and right announcement israel s ambassador to the united states ron determiner. determindermer this isone of ou. absolutely. it s historic decision. it s not just the president since the jerusalem embassy act was signed about 20 years ago. it s all the presidents since the state of israel was established, there were 12 previous presidents and none of them actually recognized jerusalem as israel s capital and it s been our capital since 1949 of the state of israel. it s been the capital of the jewish people for 3,000
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