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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 ...

and not long ago to preview the case and the fight she says not enough people are talking about it. >> its devastating that there are women out there who are retiring or changing their events because they are forced to compete against biological males. womens sports should be preserved as just womens sports. >> gillian: this military whistleblower has gone public with claims the u.s. has a super secret program to retrieve spacecraft they say is of nonhuman origin. wreckage from ufos. >...

last may congress held its first hearing on ufos in over 50 years. intelligence experts testify about hundreds of encounters with unidentified objects and gave americans a glimpse into apparent run-ins with unidentified aircraft. air force veteran and high-ranking intelligence official is blowing the whistle on a program run by the u.s. government for decades. david grusc h claims the government is in possession of partial and fully in tact aircraft of nonhuman origin and several membe...

to the house oversight committee despite a subpoena. yesterday the bureau allowed only committee chair comer a and raskin to read the document. comer said it didnt fulfill his subpoena and he got a tip the f.b.i. is actively investigating the case attached to the document. listen here. >> why do you need the document? why go forward with this when the f.b.i. says you are cooperating? >> you are supposed to take my word and the f.b.i.s word. >> raskin says the case was opened and then s...

of our destroyers. no call for that. it is unsafe, it is unprofessional. >> martha: john kirby also called the move in a later comment increasingly aggressive, so what does all of this mean. i will talk to former defense secretary mark esper standing by with his thoughts, and eric shawn with the latest news on this in new york. hi, eric. >> hi, martha, showing that they are showing an increase level of aggressiveness against the assets in the pacific. after the chinese warship intercep...

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[cheers and applause] he spends so much of his time as president on vacation, we might as well make it permanent. >> harris: the man we have yet to see on the campaign trail, joe biden, is out front in the democrat primary. >> it has been more than a month since the re-election announcement. is president biden going to hold a campaign event ever? >> so i will say this to you, peter, as you know, we follow the rule of law here. >> you cant say if he will be campaigning for re-election. ...

>> john: two leading presidential candidates on the road this hour, former president trump in iowa and governor ron desantis hitting the trail in new hampshire. >> anita: and both taking hits at each other. both events this hour watching for more fireworks. >> john: likely presidential candidate reacting to the controversial decision by a top baseball team to honor a group that mocks nuns by dressing in drag. former vice president mike pence tweeting having been raised in a catholic fa...

supreme court and the gop continuing to infringe on lgbtq rights in this country. there is the hamas attacks on october 7th and israels indiscriminate retaliation, which have, quote, loyaltys inhumanity to a test. and we have seen a republican primary field that is providing moments of absurdity. and lets face it, a lot of levity. lets get started. ♪ ♪ ♪ we begin tonight with a rare warning about our democracy. it is in dire straits, and that is not according to just one or two...

with real questions and answers. not scripted. >> peter: no big kickoff rally today. so far all we have got is this very short teaser ad. >> courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. >> peter: as usual, white house officials say they dont want to weigh in on elections because of the hatch act. but they are happy to speak about ron desantis florida. >> >> lawmakers, republicans in florida, have attacked diversity. they have an attacked inclusion ef...