All right, good morning and welcome to morning, Joe.

It is Tuesday, December 3rd.

We have a lot to get to this morning, including the increased scrutiny on Donald Trump's

intended choice to be the next FBI director.

We'll tell you who is on Cash Patel's so-called deep

state enemies list. Meanwhile, Trump's selection for Secretary of Defense sat down with lawmakers

yesterday following new allegations from whistleblowers detailing years of sexist behavior and alcohol abuse will have their reaction

to the closed-door meetings with Pete Hagseth. Also ahead, we'll go through the Biden administration's

last-minute efforts to get critical funding to Ukraine before the president-elect takes office.

And we'll bring you the latest from the Middle East,

as there are concerns this morning. The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah may fall apart.

Along with Joe, Willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early, Jonathan Lemire,

Pulitzer Prize winning calmness and an associated editor of the Washington

Post, Eugene Robinson. Congressional Investigations reporter for the Washington Post,

Jackie Alamani, and columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius.

And let's dive right in. Donald Trump's pick of Cash Patel to potentially lead the FBI is bringing increased attention to Patel's extreme views and his so-called enemies list.

In his 23 book, Government Gangsters, Patel has an entire appendix listing what he calls members of the executive branch deep state.

The list, which contains 60 names, including Democrats, Biden administration officials, and even

some Trump appointees, among them, former Attorney General Bill Barr, former Deputy AG, Rod Rosenstein, Trump's former White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, and Special Counsel Robert Herr.

In the book, Patel also calls for firing the top ranks of the FBI, prosecuting leakers and journalists, and replacing the national security workforce with people who don't

undermine the president's agenda. Yesterday on Capitol Hill, some senators were asked about

Trump's selection of Cash Patel. You know, I don't know him. I have read some of his,

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