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2023 ending with a record monthly number of migrant encounters at our southern border. more than 286,000 with one more day to go. and as migrants continue rushing in more democrats from sanctuary cities like new york and chicago, are speaking out. they re going to have to fork out more money for those here illegally. kelly. illinois governor pritzker s office says the money for those hotel rooms will come from additional $160 million set aside in the 2024 budget. this, as more migrants are arriving to the city daily. via train, plane and bus. chicago s mayor saying they can t do this without extra funding from the federal government, take a listen. as buses continue to arrive in the city of chicago and all over the country, the type of chaos that s been administered has left many of our local economies under tremendous amount of duress. we cannot do this alone. we need more support from the federal government. the windy city has received over 30,000 migrants fro ....
good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s a look at times square. we re a heart of hours the ball the will drop and we ll turn the page to 2024. good morning. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to this morning, including another state remove donald trump from the republican presidential ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis on that big decision from maine s secretary of state. plus nikki haley s attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. also forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure to protect civilians. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023 from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former president s many legal battles as he enters the presidential election. a lot to go through. with us for all of us is nbc news national affairs analyst john ....
hey, everybody. welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian back for a second hour here. we re following the breaking news out of michigan that is putting pressure on the u.s. supreme court this morning. the state supreme court rejecting a case to remove trump from the 2024 ballot, just a week after a ruling by the colorado supreme court removing him from the ballot in that state. want to bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, carol lam, and former republican congressman from florida david jolly as well. vaughn, if you will, walk us through this ruling out of michigan. it is most notable the supreme court, we should understand, is not actually taking up the appeal from the litigants. instead, they denied to hear any arguments and to take up the case. but by doing so, they are all but affirming the lower court s decision, which in the state of michigan is to not disqualify donald trump from the ballot, like the state of colorado did. on ....
the tsa screening 2.6 million passengers on wednesday, more than expected. tomorrow likely to be even busier. gio benitez on the travel impact. rob marciano with the forecast. the crisis at the border. more buses heading north to sanctuary cities, as officials plead for help from washington. what they re doing now, as their communities are pushed to the breaking point. the new agreement between the u.s. and mexico, as a large migrant caravan moves towards the border. overseas, the war between israel and hamas. another american hostage confirmed dead. a wife, mother, and grandmother. her husband was also killed. and why israel says it could expand operations in southern lebanon. britt clennett from israel. in the race for the white house, former south carolina governor nikki haley under fire and trying to clarify her comments a day after she failed to mention the word slavery when asked about the cause of the civil war. how her gop rivals have responding. the mom ....
in the days to come. rich. katie burn live in philly. thank you. jonathan. jonathan: rich, a major escalation in the red sea as the risk to u.s. troops grows by the day. u.s. forces intercepted a barrage of houthi drones and missiles in attack that lasted more than ten hours yesterday and learning a u.s. warship involved in that firefight shot down a ballistic missile, the first time that has ever happened in combat. hello, everyone. i m jonathan hunt in los angeles. rich: rich edson in new york. john and sandra have the day of o. u.s. bases in the middle east remain on high alert after a drone attack injured three service members. biden administration said the strategy is aimed at preventing a widening war, but critics say it could get worse. my fear is one of these days we are going to wake up and one of these missiles has actually gotten through and caused a catastrophic attack on one of our bases, or on one of our ships. and that is going to be squarely on j ....