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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 christ ....
prompting new retaliation from u.s. forces and new fears that the violence could spread. let s bring in aaron gillcrist who s covering today s diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and nbc s jay gray who s in tel aviv. jay, starting with you. what is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war cabinet meeting last night and what may have come from that. day 81 of the war and as intense the u.n. says it has been since the start and as deadly. they are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. we know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. they have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. on the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then elimina ....
the former president can remain on the ballot. we will talk to the secretary of state from colorado coming up. high level international talks with the political head of hamas for a new hostage deal and a pause in the israel/gaza war. the palestinian death toll rises and the drumbeat crescendos for prime minister netanyahu to bring home the surviving hostages. israeli for another humanitarian pause, in addition humanitarian aid to enable release of hostages. home for the holidays. the senate is about to leave town without a deal on the border, ukraine, or israel. we will talk to senator chris coons about the do-nothing congress coming up. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. that bombshell ruling from colorado s supreme court that donald trump cannot appear on that state srimary ballot because he, engaged in surrection when he tried to overturn the 2020 election. colorado s state supreme court citing a 14th amendment provision that no person ....
someone is going to pay for this. there are easier ways to die. i got a call from a cousin, saying. he s in the hospital. how did he look? horrible. he drank something sweet, and deadly. there was no question. the real question, why would he do it? stressed, out something was going on there. what happened to ray? soon, it wasn t just doctors and the families asking the question. it was detectives. most likely not a suicide. he had enemies. he received a surprise package. this man sent my data bob. a surprise phone call from a it s josh mankiewicz from day line, is there anything you want to say? welcome to dateline. on a warm day in august, 65 year old ray quenched his thirst with a cool drink that drink contained a secret. a potion. so sinister, he would be dead within hours. not only did investigators have to figure out what killed the happily retired pennsylvania man but who would want him dead and why, here is josh mankiewicz with ....
good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. donald j trump, the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination as now been found liable for sexually abusing writer e. jean carroll. the jury of six men and three women announced the verdict late this afternoon after a civil trial that lasted two weeks. nbc s laura jarrett has the details. can we have a statement please? a resoundingly win for e. jean carroll. finding former resident trump sexually abused her and then defamed her by calling her story a lie, awarding her $5 million. the jury swiftly returning their unanimous verdict after fewer than three hours of deliberations. in a statement tonight, carroll saying, this vector is not just for me but for every woman who has ever because she was not believed. over the course of two weeks, they heard flip carroll tearful dressing room at bergdorf goodman. two friends she told at need time, along with two other women who accused mr. trump of making unwant ....