Co Complacent News Today

morning. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪♪ its the top of the hour. welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israels 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. were 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 ...

Pounding rain theres little relief in sight. lumberton, north carolina, bracing after appear gap in a temporarily levee on sunday afternoon. the river expected to crest today above 25 feet innodating a city still recovering from hurricane matthew two years ago. the floodwaters engulfing entire neighborhoods and forcing closures on major interstate highways. officials advising travelers to avoid driving through the state. >> we have not seen the worst of the flooding. people need to heed warnings...

Events of 9/11. >> and in fact, we are a lot safer in large part certainly in new york is because of the counter terrorism efforts by you and others, your are predecessors and your successor s in the nypd and some extraordinary state and department officials who joined in that effort. >> that is correct. where we are right now is light years away from where we were on 9/11, the day of the attack, but the threats are constant the ly changing also, so it is not something that we can be co complace...