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"morning joe." it is tuesday, december 26th, im jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbcs ""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 santas whereabouts. then the president a...

plus, israel is barring refugee camps as part of new efforts to find hostages. the head of the idf insists the war will go on for months but some critics think that will not be enough time to wipe out hamas. and jack smith calling on the d.c. court to do something that sounds almost unthinkable. stop donald trump from injecting politics into his election interference trial. were going to start with secretary of state blinken. all right. were going to start with blinken and dhs secret...

to get more aid into gaza, but which stops short of calling for an immediate truce. this was the moment the vote came in. 13 in favour and two abstentions — from permanent members us and russia — but, crucially, no votes against, no veto. so after multiple attempts to come to an agreement on action after the october the 7th attack from hamas and the following military operation from the idf, the un security council has finally passed a resolution. a resolution, of course, that is l...

good day to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. im john avlon in for kasie hunt. it is wednesday, december 20th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. 3:00 a.m. in denver where layers for donald trump have vowed to appeal a colorado supreme court ruling that could keep the former president off the 2024 ballot before state justices ruling 4-3 that trump is ineligible to be president under the 14th amendment because he engaged in an insurrection on january 6. the court put its ruling on ...

prepandemic levels, it could overwhelm the health care system. "cnn this morning" continues right now. theyre poisoning the blood of our country. thats what theyve done. theyve poison abouting mental institutions and prisons a all over the world, not just in south america or three or four countries were thinking, but awe oil the world theyre pouring into our country. well, good morning, everyone. former president donald trump is escalated his longtime anti-rhetoric as he hits the...

what a story to start our day. >> thanks, andy. thanks for joining us. im john avlon. "cnn this morning" starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad youre with us. im poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. theres a lot going on on this monday, december 18th. happening right now defense secretary lloyd austin is back in israel, his visit part of the international pressure campaign for israel to change its tactics in gaza and restart the truce talks, pressure growing after...

its seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london, im monica miller borisjohnson has been referred to the police by the cabinet office, over new claims he may have broken lockdown rules during the pandemic. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. in the statement, mrjohnson�*s team says "the assertion by the cabinet office that there have been further covid rule bre...

lets start with the aftermath of what appears to be the largest incursion into russias territory since the full—scale invasion of ukraine began. russia now says its used air strikes and artillery to defeat the armed insurgents. the kremlin claims it killed 70 attackers who crossed into the belgorod region on monday. it says the rest were driven back into ukraine. belgorods governor said one civilian died in the violence. russia insists the fighters were ukrainian, and used us—suppl...

at this hour, a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland. what we know about the most powerful eruption to hit the area in years, next. and appeals court has just shutdown mark meadows bid to move his case into federal court. the major blow to trumps former chief of staff and the big win for fani willis. plus, a new report on the january 6th rally outside the capitol. the text messages showing the organizers purposely misled authorities about their intentions that day. and a blue and g...

the world is at a crossroads, following russias invasion of ukraine. his comments came as he welcomed leaders of the worlds most advanced economies for the g7 summit ukraine will be top of the agenda. it comes hours after several cities including the capital, kyiv, were targeted in a wave of russian missile strikes. one person is known to have died in a strike on the black sea port of odesa, with two others injured. ukraine says its air defences shot down all but one of the 30 missiles...