today. earlier in the show, we asked, why are you awake? valerie tweeted this, i'm up way too early because i saw the yankees lost and i'm wondering if the sox are going to secure the wild card. valerie, it is too early to say. i do like our favorable schedule the rest of the way. pam wrote this, i'm up way too early doing the overnight shift at the usps in austin, texas, getting the packages ready for delivery. thank you for that. pat emails, got to get my grandson off to school. no better reason to wake up early than that. bill sent us a photo of this little guy saying he's up because of this little ball of fluff. and i got one here from george hayden who says i'm a giants fan, just stare at the ceiling all night. george hayden, mind you, the ilias. coming up on "morning joe," we'll hear from brian deese as congress juggles pressure to pass the president's economic agenda with a looming government shutdown. plus, a check in with a leading