3, 2, 1. [cheers and applause] baby, i can t wait to get this thing started rachel: happy new year, everybody, it s 6:00 and it s 2024. there you go. rachel: still partying with all those people out there. joey: did you even sleep last night? were you up all tight? griff: happy new year. i have a confession to make. i don t like new year s resolution. rachel: you aren t like will and do like 20. joey: will does enough for all of us. griff: percentage break down of what i accomplished. i admire will s list. i have one this year and it may be the secret to life. joey: oh, no. griff: that is go bed early. that you will past week joey and i were on the couch. forced me to go to bed at 8:00 every night. i deal like a million bucks. my wife says you look great. i go to bed at 8:00. i feel like i m joining the senior club my new year s resolution is go to bed early. rachel: senior club. it s just the morning show, people. [laughter] griff: i didn t even
america s finest american musical organizations. we ll hear the musicians on stage as they perform in their annual holiday con certain. but first a look at how west point played a crucial role in our nation s independence before it became the press i juice military academy we know today. [ ] the academy sits on a plateau overlooking new york s hudson river. the location chosen in 1778 by george washington is no accidents. he thought west point was the strategic key to its defense by stopping the british advancements during the revolutionary war. 12 years later the college was established, dedicated to training professional leaders in warfare. in 1817 known as the father of west point. the general boost academic standards. with the country just a few years old at the time. there was an emerging need for engineers. west point catered to that need becoming the first engineering school in the united states. graduates would build much of the nation s early infrastructure. after wo
And what the Biden Administration is actually doing. On its face a hearing this week with Donald Trumps former Chief Of Staff mark meadows revolved around what might sound like a sideshow legal issue compared to the larger problem facing the former president hooch he wants to move his case from state to federal court, but what we learned from his nearly four hours of questioning has implications far beyond a potential Change Of Venue for his trial. In addition to giving us the first sense of what the argument may be from one of trumps other coconspirators of which there are many, the testimony was also another Flashing Warning Sign of what a second trump term could look like. I mean, lets zero in on the key defense we heard from mark meadows. He argued that the allegations outlined in the indictment, you know, the unrelenting pursuit of baseless claims of Election Fraud, the Pressure Campaign on georgia officials to find votes, the conspiratorial behavior to keep trump in power, he say
Will visit israel. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United Statess solidarity with israel and our iron clad commitment to its security, that israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists and to prevent future attacks. The president will hear from israel and help conduct operations in a way that will minimalize civilian casualties and assistance to gaza in a way that does not benefit hamas. Thats u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken announcing President Bidens trip to israel this week ahead of that countrys looming Ground Offensive into gaza. The president s trip comes amid a growing humanitarian crisis there in gaza and desperate efforts to get civilians out of the war zone. Well go through all of that and get a live report from israel in just a moment. Plus, well bring you the latest from capitol hill on jim jordans push to become house speaker. Well br
So that we will be able to continue to strike military targets belonging to hamas. The impacts must be not only having a physical effect, in gaza, but a psychological effect. Their mission is to wage war on hamas, hamass war is a war against civilians. The level of calamity is indescribable. I just want my children back. I know the whole world is fighting for them. We pull them out of the cars when they were still burning, getting bullets. I havent seen such horrifying and terrible things. I feel ashamed, we failed to protect them. I lost friends. Friends of mine have lost brothers and sisters, its not a cliche, its real. Well, good morning, everyone, it is friday, we are still following the breaking news with much more to come, this morning im Phil Mattingly with poply harlow in new york. 7 00 a. M. On the east coast, 2 00 p. M. In gaza, the Israeli Military warning more than 1 million civilians to evacuate south, and hundreds of thousands of israeli troops mass on the border. Youre l