Good morning and welcome to morning Joe. It is Wednesday, January 3rd and we have so much to get to this morning,

including a key senior Hamas leader, killed in an attack in Beirut.

We'll go live to Israel for what this now means for the country's war against Hamas as fears

of a potential escalation in the region intensifies.

Plus, Russia pounds Ukraine's two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks.

The assaults are now likely to strain Ukraine's defenses as the country

continues to plead for more military assistance from the U.S.

and Donald Trump is appealing the landmark ruling from Maine that disqualified him from the state's primary ballot.

Later in the program will be joined by Maine's Secretary of State to talk about her decision there, and Charlie Sykes is standing

by with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying Trump anti-Democratic?

We'll get the answer along with Willie and me we have,

the host of Way Too Early, White House Bureau Chief at Politico,

Jonathan Lemir.

U.S. Special Correspondent to BBC News,

K, and founder of the conservative website, The Bullwork, Charlie Sykes is with us.

And Willie, we actually are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands and then we'll get to all

the big major news breaking overnight. Yeah we've got a lot to get to this

morning fascinating new poll though showing exactly how loyal Republicans remain even increasingly

so to Donald Trump as we approach Iowa here nearly three years after the January

six insurrection new polling suggests the capital attack may still be a liability for Donald Trump in the next election

but not with his base or in this primary in the latest Washington Post University of Maryland survey

50% of adults say the protesters who stormed the

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