old man: schnell, schnell, the policeman was yelling, pushing them in the back. schnell, pushed the frightened people onto the field, slowly stepping, they moved forward, towards the forest. from the materials of the trial in minsk, nazi. january 1946, number 16 was weisik georg robert, commander of the twenty-sixth police regiment, carried out four punitive operations, especially distinguished himself during the operation spring festival. testimony of witness khrivenets stepan aleksandrovich. during a punitive operation. in the plisk region, punitive units drove civilians in front of them in groups of 15-20 people, so that they were blown up , died on mines, cleared minefields, punitive operation: the spring holiday was held from april 17 to may 5, 1944 against the partisan- polotsk-lepel partisan zone and the local population of the dokshitsy, lepelsky, polotsk and ushachi districts. the nazis destroyed more than 7,000 civilians population, 11,000 were taken to germany for forced labor. during this operation, tactics. the scorched earth took on unprecedented pr

mychael schnell, thanks very much for joining us. >>> all right. will be seeing more of nikki haley on your tv especially if you live in an early primary state. more on that next. >>> plus former president trump reviving his calls to replace obamacare. how that is almost certainly going to help president biden. that is ahead. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> there is one thing in closing that we have in common, is neither of us will be the nominee for our party in 2024. >> that was california governor newsom. and that reality did not stop him from debating presidential candidate ron desantis last night in what could be described as an unusual and even bizarre spectacle. newsom who was widely expected to run for presid

and let's bring in mychael schnell from "the hill."hink all of us who have known and covered kevin mccarthy smiled, nodded, maybe were minorly amused by his own description of persistently cheerful, that is what he said in his "wall street journal" op-ed. i have to be honest, i was not surprised to see that he was leaving. were you? >> no, and look, this has been the stunning rise and stunning fall of kevin mccarthy this year. but look, his time with the gavel and his time in the house had been difficult all year long. it started with the protracted speaker's race in generjanuary after that, it was legislative battle after legislative battle. him getting pushed to the right at times, squeezed by those conservatives. and of course it came down to his decision to put a clean continuing resolution on the floor to avert a government shutdown. and that was the last straw for eight led by matt gaetz bringing the motion to vacate and deposing mcscar acarthy from hi position. so after that speculation swirled would you stay in the game, would

let's bring in mychael schnell from "the hill." always great to have you on the show. so the investigation has not yet shown any proof of wrongdoing by the president specifically. house republicans are saying that they need this inquiry in order to find the evidence. what happens next? >> yeah, like you mentioned, we haven't seen the smoking gun conclusively connecting president biden to the allegations against hunter biden. but essentially what house republicans had said is that they needed to hold a vote on authorizing the impeachment inquiry at this point to bolster the investigative effort and as they head into a more combative phase of the impeachment inquiry which includes trying to enforce subpoenas, land high profile witnesses. they say they need more legal weight behind the inquiry. and this is after the white house responded to subpoenas essentially saying that -- arguing that the impeachment inquiry was not legitimate. because it hadn't been backed up by a formal house vote. you remember back in september then speaker kevin mccarthy opened the impeachment in

congressional reporter for "the hill," mychael schnell, thank you so much.ly" on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> this week, we said good-bye to a former first lady, former secretary of state, and the

congressional reporter for "the hill," mychael schnell, thank you so much. thanks so all of you for getting up "way too early" on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> this week, we said good-bye to a former first lady, former secretary of state, and the supreme court's first female justice. also, a guy who claims to be all three of those things. >> elon musk met with benjamin netanyahu this week and agreed that israel must destroy hamas. i think musk could destroy hamas almost instantly by becoming their ceo. >> good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, december 4th. we've got a lot to get to this morning. israel expanding its offensive in gaza with ground forces moving into the southern part of the territory. it comes as israeli officials have withdrawn from negotiations for another humanitarian pause. we'll get the very latest on these major developments in just a moment. >>> plus, an update for you on the string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. >>> also ahead, the dang