a new phase-in israel s ground offensive in gaza. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we ll go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. also ahead, a look at the very long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight time line to rule on the most consequential case involving the presidency since the year 2000 decision that sent george w. bush to the white house. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 2, 2024. happy new year, everyone. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day, week, and yes year with us. it is going to be an extraordinarily busy year. we re so grateful that you re with us. we begin this morning overseas where the israeli military is planning to withdraw some of its troops from gaza. reservists from at least two brigades will be sent home t
A strong second place, they have no chance going into new hampshire and south carolina because they just don t have the polling and the support there. haley, if she does okay in iowa, she comes in either close to desantis in third place or, you know, able to pull out a so-called victory coming in second, she s well-positioned in new hampshire and then she goes onto her home state of south carolina. the issue, though, is this field still so fractured, she needs other candidates to start dropping out and particularly chris christie has who strong support in new hampshire. she wants to be able to get anywhere close to trump. if not, she s picking up 20, maybe 30% of the votes and trump will easily walk away with the rest. let s talk about iowa. do we think if people falter there, we might see some drop outs between new hampshire and iowa? certainly a lot of question but someone like vivek ramaswamy, are there others who may not or desantis himself who may not make it to new hampshire?