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 going
a reflection of israel s mistaken belief that a ham attack was not an imminent threat. this doesn t makesense. the assault on a military base left soldiers thereighting for their livesather than coordinating a response to the invasion. on soldier told the times that some did not even know they were under attack until hamas was in their sleeping arters. several were killed in their bunks, others barricaded themselves in safe rooms. the times asked the idf why there was no plan. the military replied that questions of this kind will be looked at into a greater stage. david ignatius and admiral stavridis. admiral, you ve already said it is long past due we answer these questions. david, i ll start with you, though. um, i don t know what the options are here in terms of making sense of this. because the new york times piece, as incredible as the