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there will no be a shutdown. whether or not the republicans decide that would be with a crime grave enough to cost him his job, that is a chip roy freedom caucus question. >> and they've got basically a two vote majority now because of resignations so in such an evenly divided house, you're not going to get anything done unless there is a bipartisan compromise. let's turn to the houthis and the attack. this was telegraphed day after day. they issued a statement on january 3rd on wednesday last week, week before last, that any further attack would have consequences, and after saying that, the houthis did attack, and there were consequences. do you think it was enough, and do you think it will escalate throughout the region? >> well, i think we should be clear, andrea, that it was the houthis that were escalating this. when you're willy nilly launching missiles and drones
jazeera, there's no distinction, because the houthis say what they have been doing and what they say they will continue doing in the red sea is directly related to gaza. they say the reason they're attacking commercial ships is in order to impose a kind of blockade on israel the way that israel is imposing a blockade on gaza. something the biden administration disputes. >> courtney, pick it up there. you have the defense secretary lloyd austin giving his final sign-off to this from his hospital where he is being treated for complications after prostate cancer surgery. how did the joint operation come together? what are they saying at the pentagon? >> reporter: that's right. he was in the hospital. he remains there today. complications from the prostate cancer surgery. the actual targets and strike options have been coming together over a matter of weeks. the white house started looking at options in late 2023.
intermediary role in the region can say to hamas, you know, you guys need to -- you guys need to bring this deal to a close, return the hostages and proceed from there. again, in the middle east, as you know, as well as i do, andrea, oftentimes your best hopes are pretty quickly dashed. >> we can hope it will finally be otherwise, but congressman, jim himes, we're grateful to you, thank you very much for coming on today. >> thank you, andrea. and turning now to the latest on that frightening alaska airlines incident. the faa is now set to increase its oversight of boeing's manufacturing, just one day after announcing it is opening an investigation into that boeing 737 max-9 plane losing a door plug mid-flight. nbc's senior aviation correspondent tom costello joins us with the latest. this is pretty extraordinary. >> this is a major announcement from the faa. it comes one day after the faa said while the ntsb is
palestinian rights, for a palestinian state. this prime minister and some of his ministers have refused. the secretary really ran into a brick wall with netanyahu and those right wing ministers. what is the chance israel will make the hard decision the secretary has been caming for, which could lead to a different future, a more secure future he says for all sides in the middle east? >> andrea, i will say this is the secretary's fourth trip to the middle east since october 7th. there was a difference in this trip from the first three. in the first three trips, the arab partners we went and talked to were not ready to discussion issues around the day after, reconstruction of gaza, security in gaza and governance in gaza. the secretary met with -- traveled to nine countries and met with leaders in each of those and was able to secure
chief, with president biden. the defense secretary is going to stay in office. the president has full faith and confidence in him. >> reporter: so one of the other things that's taken more time to refine here is exactly what they wanted to go after with these strikes. there's two real goals here. one is to be able to deter the houthis' ability to continue to carry out these very dangerous and threatening attacks against ships in the red sea. they did that last night by going after warehouses, places where the houthis are storing or even assembling things like these one-way drones, where they store anti-ship cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. also going after radar sites that they use for targeting, launchers that they launch these things from. the goal to degrade their ability to stop the attacks. in addition to that, the hope is that this will deter. as we heard from richard and we have been hearing ever since last night is the houthis have
for the long haul. lots of things could happen. trump is the frontrunner. it could be interesting the next couple of weeks. >> i want to let you get out of the cold, kristin. quickly, when you talk to the candidates, is desantis -- is there any chance he would drop out before new hampshire if he does badly in iowa? >> there's always that chance, andrea. i interviewed him multiple times. he is defiant. he is in this for the long haul. i spoke with one of his top advisers overnight who underscored the point that they are not looking to drop out after iowa, no matter what happens. notably in his interview with dasha burns, she asked, what other state can you win? she pressed him on this. he couldn't pin down a state. not the case with nikki haley. she's within striking distance of former president donald trump. again, if you think about chris
>> reporter: it's interesting, andrea. there isn't really an internal issue and an external issue right now, because we are in the age of social media, the age where everyone can exchange information, some of it false information, some of it deliberately distorted, some of it accurate, obviously. we haven't seen much from hezbollah today. we didn't see a rain of missiles coming down from the north. i've been speaking to several arab leaders, senior arab leaders and analysts across the region. what they are concerned about is that the united states, others, are going to be increasingly accused of hypocrisy, that they will not do much to stand up for the lives of palestinians, they will continue to veto resolutions calling for a cease-fire, but they will act immediately to protect global shipping, that palestinians don't matter as much as cargo
eyes and ears on the ground, and now it appears that system hasn't been working and the faa wants to overul that system. back to you, andrea. >> tom costello, expert on all of this. thank you. and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." it good to be back. remember, follow us on social media @mitchellreports. you can rewatch the best parts of thehow anytime on youtube. just go to msnbc.com/andrea. and be sure to catch the premier of "the weekend" tomorrow morning at 8:00 eastern. we're really excited about that, and "chris jansing reports" starts right now. is jansing rep starts right now (bobby) so, we switched to verizon business internet. easy. they have business grade internet, nationwide. fast, reliable, and easy to set up. (assistant) boom. instant makeover. (bobby) now this room is really working. (vo) make the switch. it's your business. it's your verizon.
say that there is at least another week of negotiations and, no, we are not near funding israel or ukraine. >> jackie, thank you so much for being with us. we greatly appreciate it. mark, if we bring some geritol, milk of magnesia, ben-gay for the joints, will you stay another hour? >> can i get a nap before the 9:00 hour? >> we provide nap breaks for our seniors here. coming up on "morning joe" -- >> it's why i come. >> -- president biden is stepping up his attacks on donald trump, drawing a clear contrast between the two candidates. we're going to discuss the strategy for his re-election bid with one of the campaign managers next on "morning joe." i'm andrea, founder of a boutique handbag brand - andi - and this is why i switched to shopify. it's the challenges that we don't expect, like a site going down or the checkout wouldn't work. what's nice about shopify is when i'm with my family, when i'm taking time off, knowing