hello and thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. this morning, news on multiple fronts in the special counsel probe into donald trump. nbc news confirms trump s attorneys met with the special counsel himself. as we learn another grand jury, this one in florida, will hear testimony this week, could a potential indictment be imminent? plus, two more for 2024. former governor chris christie jumping into the race today followed by former vp mike pence tomorrow. plus, some breaking news in ukraine, russia accused of targeting a critical dam, waters rising, hundreds of thousands in danger and a nuclear power plant in jeopardy. we ll go live to the region. later, royal drama. prince harry becoming the first royal to testify in court in more than 130 years. his testimony against the tabloids today in london. let s begin with new developments in special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. a grand jury in florida is now set to hear more testimony in this
days after that of her husband, also killed in the massacre. colorado s republican party jumping into the legal fight to keep donald trump on the presidential ballot. the latest on the supreme court appeal that has the u.s. heading for a legal showdown unlike any we have ever seen. it was a year that saw trump surge, biden slip, and the rest of the republican candidates essentially spinning their wheels. 2023 may be nothing compared to what s in store for american politics in 2024. steve kornacki takes a lok back and ahead coming up. we will start overseas with the growing violence inside and outside of gaza. an increasing fear the war could spread. inside central gaza, israel s military offensive is systematically destroying refugee camps for a third straight day as they hunt for hamas terrorists. more than 60,000 people who had been sheltering in those camps now forced to flee south. some on foot, somen donkey carts. israel is warning it could step up attacks i leb
the fight will go on for many months. the fate of gaza s nearly 2 million refugees is growing bleaker by the day. 40% of gaza s population is now at risk of famine. that s according to the u.n., which says daily life has been reduced to a struggle for food and water for so many civilians. and with winter setting in, those conditions will only get also learned today that an israeli american citizen believed to have been taken hostage was in fact killed on october 7th. the kibbutz where judy weinstein lived and worked confirming the 70-year-old teacher and poet was murdered along with her husband during the attack. their bodies still being held in gaza. aaron gilchrist is traveling with president biden in the u.s. virgin islands with more on this. josh, let s start with you. what more can you tell us about this israeli american citizen? reporter: well, as you mentioned, she is 70 years old, and she had been believed to have been held hostage in the gaza strip. but now we have
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
generous including some about job creation, deficit reduction and inflation. he sounded tone deaf on fentanyl crisis. seemingly to forget his open border policies fuelled the problem. he pushed for bipartisanship. he went after republicans and accused party sparking booze and heckling the most ruckus state of the union speech in history. here are some of the highlights. we are going to need oil for at least another decade that can exceed and beyond that. we are going to need it. some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i am not saying it is a majority. 25% of entire national debt took over 200 years to accumulate added by one administration alone in the last one, they are the facts check it out. check it out. fentanyl killing more than 70,000 americans a year. you got it. it is your fault! kayleigh: hard to know where to start. we are going to need oil for at least another decade. come on, sherlock. perhaps perpetuity. small victories unintended b