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morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there ....
brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that s another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. maine s democratic secretary of state following colorado s lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. mike: colorado s ban is on home after the state gop appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first el ....
early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire former white house director of communicationspalmieri she s co-host of showtime s the circus. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post , eugene washington attorney and contributing columnist for the washington post, george conway joins us this morning. great to have you all here. willie, why don t you hold up morning joe s official newspaper of record. what s on the front? it s happening. joe, it s happening. aaron rodgers coming to the new york jets. leaving the packers. it ll be an exciting new era for the team that s not been to the playoffs in a dozen years. it s going to also be very, very exciting for headline writers at t the new york post, as conspiracy theories spill out at press conferences my god, this is like a dream come true for the headline writer at the post. jets fans are excited they ve needed a quarterback for a long time. they had zach ....
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palestine, ohio, we have toxic chemicals killing animals and fish, causing people to be euld from a controlled burn of chemicals that could be seen on end. sara is on ground in ohio, she has been with the people all day. the situation is not good. we will hear from her in a moment. we should hear from the president of the united states, the white house. it s not a retirement home, joe. being the commander and chief is not a life of leisure. if joe sun willing or incapable and unable to work around the clock to communicate with you the american people he needs to get back to delaware and fire up the heated blanket and retire. there is no excuse for biden s lack of action and no excuse for the american people being kept in the dark when our military is shooting down objects we can t put a name. two we have no idea what he shot out of the sky this weekend. now intel say they re probably not tied to the chinese spy balloon program. how do they know that? why were they shot ....