Welcome back. Its about the last minute campaigning and bill clinton is going to be in florida stumping for charlie that state. The blue state democrat is currently locked in a tight race with rub with republican larry monday edition of morning joe starts right now. Good morning, its monday, november 3rd, big week ahead of us here on morning joe. With us onset we have the chairman of deutsche incorporated donnie deutsche. This is like espn. Is that what we call them . Political analyst and professor at nyu former congressman harold
ford jur. And we have the managing editor of Bloomberg Politics mark halper halperin. And White House Correspondent for the wall street journal. Hello over there. I think Ben Roethlisberger was awesome last night. Theres a lot to get to. Were going to let you stand along a train track spaced 20 yards apart and shout at each other. Can i go to the headlines, they are really good. What are you thinking . I think its going to be a painful day. For you . Perhaps. Does that mean big republican sweep . Im thinking. Lets see. Despite millions of dollars spent, new polls show the senate may be slipping out of democrats hands. The gap is widening in states
where they were trying to hold on and tightening in states they were safely blue. Senator Jeanne Shaheen is clinging to a lead inside the margin of error in New Hampshire. Senator kay hagan in North Carolina up just 1 on republican thom tillis. The same poll has pat roberts catching up to orman. Mitch mcconnell is expanding his lead and his chances to become majority leader. In Iowa Republican joni ernst has opened her lead to 7. Bruce braley is trending downward losing his home congressional district. Still the balance of power may not be settled on wednesday morning, but louisianas democrat is lead iing by 8 poin. If she doesnt win outright, it shows her trailing bill cassidy. And though Republican David Perdue is up in michigan, that
state is likely headed to a runoff. In georgia runoffs last nine weeks and perdue is favored. Joe, tell us how this looks to you. You know, it looks like thing rg trending the republican direction. It still does not look like 1994, 2006, 2010. It could. I mean maybe the democratic turnout is going to be miserable and maybe the republican turnout is going to be extraordinary. You still see a lot of close rac races. Republicans doing very well in some states, but you cant get the band out and sing happy days are here again because they are still fighting in North Carolina. They are still fighting in kansas. They are still fighting in georgia. They are still fighting in louisiana and maybe mark halperin, that goes to the Republican Party. But anything could happen. One of two things are going to. Happen. One, the republicans are going to learn from the mistakes in the turnout game from 2012. It might be. And they are going to take back the senate and have the big night. Or two, they didnt learn those lessons and dont know how to target voters and democrats are going to hold on. Which one . Democrat strategy was three things. Eliminate the republicans as unacceptable choices, too extreme. Change the debate to be about Economic Issues and three, the turn. Out game. They failed on two of of the three. So the turnout is all they have. It may be enough in some places to allow them to win. Why is it so close in kansas . Why still close in georgia . Why still close in louisiana . I think it could be a big republican night. I am not throwing water on the games that we have seen. That iowa poll people saying 7 points, its not 7 points. The Des Moines Register poll is the Gold Standard out there. They get it right. I find it hard to believe iowa is not now in the republican safe. Where republicans have had good candidates like in georgia and iowa, they are doing better. Donnie deutsche, democrats also in colorado, and i have had democratic operatives and say this and sortd of cringe. They have talked about the colorado race where democrats were so intent on trying to make the republicans seem extreme on womens issues they are turning into the clown show the Republican Party has been. And im talking top ranking democratic strategists who have run the democratic world saying, come on, we assume that women only care about contraception . Most women know that debate was over a long time ago. Women care about jobs, wages,
the rich getting richer. They care about education, their kids going off to college and not having a job out of college. Its really sort of been youre going to wake up wednesday very happy. Why is that . Its going to go republican. Im not sure thats going to make him happy. Somebody on twitter said your party is going to win. I said, are you reading the things my party dont know what my party is. The republicans will win. Theres two little pieces of nugg nuggets that are good news for republicans in 16 and beyond. I was fascinated in a recent poll of my len yells are leadin republicans. The republicans have figured out we are never going to win another election unless somehow we appeal to that audience. My final point, this is the best
thing that happened to barack obama. Its hard for a republican sitting here to say this buzz people say youre right, barack obama still believed in 2012 that if you won reelection republicans would suddenly say, hes legitimized and were going to work with him. Its going to take i think this final step for him to go, do i want to get things done or not. And for republicans to then have no where are excuses, they are either going to make capitol hill work or screw it up and if they screw it up for two years, they will lose in 2016. I think its the best thing for the country as far as accountability. Do you want to run washington or do you want to run your mouth . Thats good. Senate major ri leader harry reid says a win for joni ernst
in iowa would all but ensure hed lose his majority status. Tom harkin drew criticism on buzzfeed. This senate race ive been watching some of these it ads. They are sort of this sense that joni ernst, shes really attractive. She sounds nice. I u got to thinking about that. I dont care if shes as good looking as taylor swift or as nice as mr. Rogers, but if she votes like michele bachmann, shes wrong for the state of iowa. Actually thats a good point. Its true. If a republican said that, it would be over. Carol lee, might that backfire . Yeah, i think it might. If theres one thing that any
politician, particularly a seasoned one like harkin should know, you dont talk about womens looks in that way. I was in iowa last week and the ernst campaign is very in tune to these kinds of things and is very quick to jump on anything that has remotely a whiff of sexism attached to it. So its just not something that belongs in a race like this and its sort of surprising to hear it coming from somebody who understands the state and has been around for so long. So what was your feeling when you were out there when you were reporting in iowa last week . Did you see a trend . Did you feel a trend going joni ernsts way . You did, and i was there with her for a couple of events. And i was with Vice President biden did an event with braley. I talked to a bunch of voters at that event and some coming to that event had voted for barack
obama in 2008 and 2012 and had regretted voting for him. So the presence of the president in a state like iowa was dominant. Joni ernst talks a about it a ton. Anyone who has watched her, shes a natural on the campaign trail. So she had a lot of appeal with the voters there. Definitely down on the president and really looking for somebody different. She seems to be tapping into some kind of sentiment there. It looks like shes going to end up winning. Can you imagine a female candidate saying that about a male . I cant, it just wouldnt happen. I was degraded because they would always say that about me. Because hes so good looking and has such chiselled features. Nobody has ever say that about me. Its actually stupid that somebody would say that after
being in politics that long. E she hasnt put out a campaign thats anything thats serious, humorous and very much in the fight. Can i ask carol a question . I will ask a question. Isnt this how this game works. Donnie was talking about millennials are a snapshot. This could change tomorrow. And were going to have polling saying millennials are trending republican right now. Hispanics still supporting democrats, but not the way they did a couple years ago. You go state by state by state, republicans will show you the gender gap in many states now slunk. What has happened to the Democratic Party that they are most loyal voters . I would say of africanamerican voters have departed. Two years ago republicans
know in missouri and indiana cannot agree on a simple criminal definition of rape. Its certainly impacted the races where you should have elected republican senators but they did well. As you look at hispanic voters, theres more of a kinship with republicans and democrats on those issues. If republicans can talk about Immigration Reform, you can fundamentally change the map for them over the next few years. I would argue if republicans win the most important thing they win the senate is sequencing. How they go about what they want to do. If they try the Affordable Care act, all bets are off. If they start with a narrow tax reform bill, trade Promotion Authority, if they start with some energy reform, keystone, lifting the ban on natural gas exports, they could change the wa optics. If they do that, those are the things that would help appeal
not only to the millennials but help the to move the country forward. Actually have a message. This is obviously luckily for the republicans. I want someone to answer the question why this guy is at 42 if im giving him talking points, gas is under 3, pass the most important legislation in 50 years, save the auto industry, kill osama bin laden. I know, whats the deal . The medium is the message. Donnie, explain that. Barack obama is why barack obama is important. Let me get to the governors races. You both said this. Number one, the president is not as comfortable as talking about Business Success as other president s. And you said it a few weeks ago. Ebola and isis, the enormous
unknowns have colored this race and impacted these races negatively in the last few weeks. Mark halperin, im going to show you the governors races. One point separates scott walker in wisconsin. Rapid fire here. In florida one of the nastiest races of all, Charlie Crist has a lead. Who wins that one . Democrats are crazy confident about that race. Im not sure why. But libertarian is helping crist. If the national win counts in wisconsin, it counts in florida and will carry both of those over. Except Charlie Crist is a better candidate. I dont know the national win
matters because governors have their own record and not barack obama. Jason carter trailing in georgia but close to nathan deal. If theres a runoff maybe u. Brownback is down to paul davis. A fox news poll what happened . He just thought people were arrogant. Thats pretty close to certainty. Doesnt that help orman . Orman cannot count on that. I dont know if im a republican thats going to vote against a republican governor and vote democratic for the first time in my life, i dont know im going to go democratic twice. Orman is an independent. Hes a democrat. He had Claire Mccaskill begging him to run because he was the democrats best chance of holding the seat. You know that, but his message has been they are
disciplined. I always told people. As far as my family was a crest family. Colgate commercials mean nothing to us. We bought crest. If youre in kansas, im not joking here, this works. If youre in kansas and your brand is republican, you may deviate from that brand one time. I dont know you deviate from it twice. I actually think voting against brownback could help roberts. If orman wins, think about it also that the talk about an independent running for president , it grows largely because you see the path. If it can happen in kansas. Halperin, youre running for president . One final thing. For all of you pundits and pollsters out there saying greg orman is an independent and we dont know if hes a democrat or a republican, im taking bets
right now on whether if he wins hes going to caucus with the Republican Party or Democratic Party. Ill give you 5 to 1 odds that he caucuses with the Democratic Party. You know hes not going to caucus with the republicans so just quit. All right. Were going to end the block this way because were going to be doing so much politics. It was a magic night for 19yearold lauren hill with an inoperable brain tumor whose dream was to play College Hoops in cincinnati. Knowing hill has just weeks to live, the ncaa moved up the state of her teams opening game to last night and she would be healthy enough to play. Hill scored four points make the first and last baskets in the victory here. Heres hill after the game. I just feel so blessed that
this is all happening. Im just really happy. This is a really good day. This just it makes meso happy. Beautiful. Ncaa did good. Still ahead on morning joe, a daring feat in the windy city as nik wallenda breaks two world records. I did this in 78. I u think the story we just did is much more interesting. Well talk to him in our 7 00 hour. First mans best friend sides with the cops over his methcooking owner. Thats a problem. Did your dog turn you in . Youre watching morning joe. Well be right back. You probably know xerox
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u. S. Supported rebels. The militants seizing weapons and numerous defections were also reported. Then many iraq the countrys government is confirming that isis is responsible for killing 300 members of a sunni tribe in ann bar province. These are strikes carried out in retaliation for that massacre. U. S. Officials say Iraqi Security forces are planning to launch a major offensive. It includes training 20,000 troop oefrs the next few months. Do you like going to sporting events . Sometimes. Pi love track meets. I went to one this weekend. Its a good thing that you live here and not in iran. Why . Because you could be thrown in jail. The Los Angeles Times says a woman was sentenced to prison for trying to watch a mens volleyball match. The 25yearold britishiranian woman was arrested outside a stadium in tehran in june while protesting a ban on women attending games. Whats wrong with those people . Women are also banned from attending soccer games. Seriously . We look at this. One of the most headlines grabbing people, kaci hickox, the nurse speaking out after successfully challenging maines attempt to force her into a mandatory quarantine following her return from west africa. In an interview on meet the press, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie initially placed her in isolation because, quote, an abundance of politics was at play. Shes also promising to limit her activity at home in maine. I understand that the community has been through a lot in the past week and that i do, you know, apologize to them for
that. I will not go into crowded public places. I have had a few friends come visit me in my home and thats absolutely fantastic. Okay. Usa today, a brave pooch in. Alabama helped lead local officials to his owner wanted for allegedly producing crystal meth. He ran out of his backdoor when Police Arrived with a drug warrant and officers lost sight of where he went. They asked his dog to go get him. And thats exactly what he did. Bo led authorities to henderson, who was booked on five counts dogs are smart. Hes cute. I like that dog. A goodlooking dog though. Coming up, the rise and the fall of the socalled insurgent candidates of the republican
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seems like poor execution in the slow response to isis is a piece of the obama care rollout and second term asleep at the moments. Its a problem of leadership that reflects badly on liberalism but doesnt vindicate conservatism. Lets stop there. Bill crystal, you made a great point on this yesterday. This isnt a validation of what washington, d. C. Republicans have done over the past couple years. This is more of a condemnation of Barack Obamas leadership. Not even ideology, just poor leadership. I think it is ideology to some degree. Most are referendum on the president and this will be a negative one for barack obama. A lot of consultants will take credit. But i was laughing, joni ernst who has been a fantastic candidate in iowa. Most of the republican consultant community, most of the d. C. Sharks like mark jac s
jacobs. Remember him . The selffunding business. Man, they love a selffunder. Write big checks. He was the guy. Joni ernst, we never heard of her. Its amaze musing when the d. C. Republicans take credit. Do republicans take over the senate pretty easily . I think so. Im normally a pessimist, but i continue to be. Virginia is a real outside shot. It will end up with nine or ten seats. Kansas may lose. Its fun to lose a state that everyone thought two months ago. What did d. C. Republicans do . They moved heaven and earth to nominate pat roberts. Lets see how close it is. Before we get to mark, if theres a republican sweep, is it going to be because everybody
wants to repeal obama care and make changes that republicans were hinging their yit on or is it Something Else . What are you hearing out there when youre reporting . Its just a general dissatisfaction with the way that washington is working. The republicans have an edge because of the president the democratic president is in power. I think whats most interesting to me and our wall street journal poll is the number where 67 of voters want the president to move in a different direction. Thats a really big number. And it was the most standout number in that poll and that includes 47 of democrats. So either way that things go on tuesday, the president is under a lot of pressure to make some sort of dramatic change. Thats the other question, is he going to do that . History would show you hes not necessarily a guy who does make
dramatic changes in moments like this. But certainly theres a desire in the country for some kind of break in the gridlock in washington and for the president to move in a new direction. Youre exactly right. Unlike bill clinton who after he lost brought in dick morris, do not expect dick morris to be brought into this white house. In 2006 after george w. Bush got creamed, don rumsfeld was out the next day. The Republican Party leadership may be seeing a Tipping Point when it comes to its recent struggle for insurgent candidates. This is mainstream republicans may have won this year. Four years ago today, the banner headlines in all the paper were gop takes house and rand paul was elected to the senate. That was an outsider insurgent break china class of candidates. The republicans were ahead this
year though are very different. Much more, as you say, main line, chamber of commerce. The republicans did this cleverly and under the radar. The Party Outside groups spent big, worked hard to keep out the christine odonnells, to keep out the todd aikens and get electable candidates. The most important thing in this story is republicans now say they are going to run this playbook in 2016. American crossroads saying they are going to push this message of an electable candidate, not just someone who satisfies the base. I just dont know if american crossroads can take credit for the republican elect rat saying were just not going to elect dumb candidates. We actually may want to rwin th senate. We may want harry reid out of power. And i think they have made that decision time and again. Anyone watching from d. C. Who is a consultant who raises lots of money from dumb rich people, they should just really go back to how well they did in 2012. Crossroads did spend some money, but a lot goes to the Campaign Committee which gave them some training. Very basic stuff the democrats have done for two cycles. Bill, my question for you, republicans have smartly kept the message on if you want change in washington, you have to vote for republicans. Did they emerge from this if republicans keep the house . Do they emerge with any ideas to say u to the president , look, we want and therefore voters wanted us to do x . They have a mandate for some changes they could get the president to sign like energy legislation. If they run on that, do you think the president will take the message . Thats a good question for the president. Youll find republicans wanting to show many more than they should to get things done. If the president comes to that
on energy. Legislation, modifications and obamacare, on this point that mike allen was making. Theres some bad Tea Party Candidates in 2010 and 2012. The establishment gave us george allen and tommy thompson. Pat roberts. The establishment it did not tell tom cotton to run. The establishment told tom cotton. The truth is one reason republicans are doing well, and i have said this before, the quality of candidates. A lot of younger candidates, not traditional career politicians. Its a mix. Those who said the Tea Party Establishment would destroy the Republican Party, they have united pretty well behind pretty attractive candidates. Cotton, gardener, ernst. You actually really have seen sort of some of the tea party
ideas delivered with mainstream sensibilities. The main thing the media decided obamacare doesnt count. The top issue people voting for joni ernst is obamacare. Both moving towards repeal but setting forward a serious alternative to obamacare. That is key. Early on when the history of this cycle is written, tough go early on and you have to look at all of the obamacare commercials that flooded the early states, drove the numbers of these Democratic Senators down. Its not happening now, but they were smart. They did it in january, february, march and they drove those numbers straight down requiring democrats to spend a lot of money early. That actually was the smart tactical move of this campaign. Mike allen, thank you very much. Bill crystal, stay with us. Still ahead, it gets physical at a nascar race in texas. What caused jeff gordon to
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state. Whats the number look like there . That poll was a kick in the gut for democrats. With ernst up 7 points, that kicked her up to 1. 8 . The Des Moines Register poll is a bigger lead than any other poll, but also one of the most accurate polls in that state. It always is. It somehow even figures the caucuses out right. I have never figured out how they do it. Its the Gold Standard for polls. It is. She doesnt wait for party i. D. S. She calls people and gets responses. Thats one of the debates in the polling community. That poll really concerns democrats. What about kansas . Fascinating race. Yeah, as we have seen, orman is up less than 1 in the average. This is a state where wed like to see more polling. There hasnt been a lot of polling there. I dont know if were going to get anymore today as a final round, but this is as close to a tossup as you can possibly have. Casey hunt, you know
everything, who is going to win . Is this the most fascinating race . The one thing i think is most interesting about kansas is even republicans will acknowledge they are prepared for that to be unsettled on election day. They think it its going to be that close and they are prepared to go to a recount if they need to. One word on kansas. He might win, you just got to assume its a 4343 race. The undecided go to the challengers. Im pessimistic about kansas. So the moderate Republican Party started in the 1978 in california. Tax cuts, tax cuts, for good. Reason because taxes were so high. I really believe, and ill ask this because youll undercut me. Theres a good balance o of republicans on this panel. Which is which . An open heart as wide as iowa skies. But going back to brownback in kansas, cut taxes, cut education, the deficit has exploded and their mainstream republicans that said he shouldnt have cut taxes. Is this sort of is this a closing of a chapter of just mindless tax cuts at all costs within the Republican Party . I think if you look closely, he cut taxes on the wealthy and on corporations assuming that would stimulate growth. It doesnt produce as many revenues. He had to cut education. He split his own party. The tax cuts were more populous. They did try to give tax cuts to middle class and working class. Thats the way the Republican Party goes. Brownback is a lesson of the
orthodox tax reform agenda is not politically viable. The bill from the chairman, its more like brownbacks tax cuts than like a reagan camp. Youre exactly right. Its got to be working class and middle class. The poor are getting poorer. Billionaires getting 14 tax rates while their secretaries are paying 28 . I have never had one boo me when i said it is time to make billionaires pay a a minimum 28 tax. Every republican i have ever spoken to outside of washington, d. C. Agrees with me. Its obscene. A 14 tax rate for billionaires is obscene. Tax cuts going to the richest of the rich is a policy thats going to cause brownback his seat. If paul ryan is smart, he can
redo the bill and make it much more populous. It will increase his influence and set a tone for the president ial race. If i say one thing about the senate, if bill is right that republicans lose kansas. If im right that michelle is going to be a stronger runoff candidate and if New Hampshire goes democratic and North Carolina stays democratic, that makes the democrats not have an unbelievable path to keeping the majority. Can i say, and yesterday i said i made a lot of people. Unhappy by saying great candidate, going to run a great race, going to do better than his father, still going to lose. Michelle nunn a great candidate, no way shes going to get the majority in a runoff that nobody is paying attention to. They are paying closer to the s. E. C. Championship game than that race. Control of the senate is at stake, she can win the runoff. North carolina, whats it look like there . Kay hagan is hanging on in the average. That is a crazy race. That thing has been close but nothing. Still ahead, how will young voters impact tomorrows election . We take a deeper look at the a poll from Harvard University. But first, this play is pretty good representation of how the jets season has been going. Lets see. Thats kind of a bad day. Well be right back with the weekends nfl action, next. Wethey were a littlehorizons to mbit skeptical. Ss, what they do actually is rocket science. But at ge capital we also bring expertise from across ge, like lean process engineers we asked who does what, when, where, and why that step first . Ideas for improvement started pouring out. With a little help from us, they actually doubled their output speed. If you just need a loan, just call a bank. At ge capital, were builders. And what we know. Can help you grow. Alriwe need to do somethinguble widifferent. Ranch. Callahans . Ehh, i mean get away, like, away away. Road trip . Double wings, extra ranch. Feels good to mix it up. The allnew, fuelefficient Volkswagen Golf tdi clean diesel. Up to 594 miles of adventure in every tank. You know how fast you were going . About 55. Where you headed at such an appropriate speed . Across the country to enhance the nations most reliable 4g lte network. Hows it working for ya . Better than ever. Howd you do it . Added cell sites. Increased capacity. And your point is. So you can download music, games, and directions for the road when you need them. Whos this guy . Oh thats charlie. You ever put pepper spray on your burrito . I like it spicy but not like uggggh spicy. He always like this . You have no idea. At t. The nations most reliable 4g lte network. Who would have thought masterthree cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake and ceviche . The same guy who thought that small caps and bond funds would go with a merging markets. Its a masterpiece. Thanks. Clearly you are type e. You made it phil. Welcome home. Now whats our strategy with the fondue . Diversifying your portfolio . E trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right. Are you type e . As promised were going to give you some nfl highlights from this weekend. Well get to the kansas city game in a second. We want to start in nebraska pe for one of the leagues greatest quarterback rivalries. Tom brady throwing for 333 yards. The patriotings beat the broncos, 4321. Despite a 438 passing day for manning. New england now the best record in the afc at 72. People wrote them off five weeks ago. You saw this play. From kansas city, we get the jets trying to notch a win with
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fsu will at least make him sit out for a half. Im sorry. Nobody likes your joke. I offended people in new york. Do you think that fsu would actually make him sit out for a half . Stop, its not funny. Coachs decision. They would threaten it. I have refused they get away with literally everything. Theres a lot to talk about in the news. Chuck is uncomfortable. Im joking about fsu being so lenient with their quarterback. He can do anything. Tuscaloosa pd is on top of those alabama players. I guarantee you if one of our
guys joined isis, they would sit out a whole game. Youre going to go to the corner. Turn around. Nobody wants to see you right now. Harvard is undefeated by the way. Im going to the game this year. Fight fiercely. Harvard, fight, fight, fight. Despite millions of dollars spent, new polls show the senate may be slipping out of democrats hands. The gap is widening in states where they were trying to hold on and tight i think in states they were to be safely blue. Senator Jeanne Shaheen is clinging to a lead in New Hampshire. Democratic senator kay hagan in North Carolina just 1 on republican thom tillis. Pat roberts is catching up to greg orman but still trailing. Mitch mcconnell is expanding his lead and his chances to become marriagety leader. In iowa joni ernst has opened her lead to 7. Bruce braley is trending downward even losing in his home district. The balance of power may not be settled on wednesday morning. A democrat is leading in louisianas primary by 8 points, but a head to head runoff shows her trailing bill cassidy and Republican David Perdue is up over Michelle Nunn in georgia. That state also is likely headed to a runoff. In georgia, runoffs last nine weeks and perdue is favored. I have u a headache. We have so much to talk about. Chuck, i have been saying for months. No trend that suggests a way u. You wake up and see the des moines poll, you see Mitch Mcconnell now up by 8 or 9 in kentucky. You certainly may not be. A massive republican night, but certainly the senate is well,
well within reach now. Definitely within reach. But i have to say i have been looking at our poll all night. The final poll is always its very close to where things are nationally at the end. We show a onepoint tick in the democrats direction. We showed interest in the election is only a 1point difference between the two parties. You have a Republican Party thats more unpopular today than in 2010. This is not what a republican wave looks like. So i have to say, you see the evidence in iowa. You see frankly evidence in georgia where it seems to a runoff is only a 30 chance. And yet there is the counternumbers state by state by state. I think chuck would agree its different from 2010. President obamas Approval Rating. Its only about 2 points lower than it was in 2010. And look, this could be all about obama. The whole thing could be about that. Im just saying, theres something that democrats are fighting about this election. Its partly about obama. But the quality of candidates, we were talking about this off air, the quality of candidates matters. Its not like you looked at a map and said iowa and colorado, they are going to go republican. They are going republican because. Joni ernst ran a great campaign. What are they winning on . Candidates matter. Of course. Candidates matter a lot. And i think were way too much looking at data and way too much looking at the models. The individual campaigns have mattered hugely. Bruce braley has been a terrible candidate. Because tough go state by state, its not going to be a classic wave election like 64,
74, 94, 2006. Mark halperin you brought up a fascinating point. The president s schedule the next two days . At the white house. The president is staying home. As of now. But hes off the trail. Not even out for house candidates. Even george w. Bush was come paining. He was actually. I think he was in some races. I will say, though, in the senate races, its hard to beat incumbent Democratic Senators. Republicans have spent a long time since they picked off more than two incumbents. They have to beat a lot of incumbents. They are fight iing hard to hol their jobs. Again, you have to say democrats are not objective. You talk to all of my sources, republican and democrat, republicans unbridled
confidence, democrat, some are already gaming out. How can we maybe keep enough close enough to win the senate back. I always go back to 1998. These cycles of bill clinton and barack obama have been so eerily similar. Republicans win a right wing landsli landslide. Two years later, the new democrat wins. And two years later, what happened in 98 . We were thinking huge republican win. We almost lost the house and newt lost his job. There was overreach. Exactly. Thats happening here. I got to stop mark here. Theres no National Republican message. If the Republican Party, if we republicans win, what is our message the day after . If you want change, you got to change your senator. What is the message . Im not saying its a lofty. Ill go change my outfit. That doesnt do anything. Thats not a message. Thats not a mandate. It may be enough for them to take control of the senate. What about the day after . One thing about 97, bill clinton signed welfare reform. He cut a deal with the congress on tax and budget policy. He had a Strong Economy in 98. Barack obama didnt think it was a mandate to go after. Republicans have to confront Good Campaigns. They have ignored the leads. Republicans will do better with hispanics in 2014 having resisted the gang of eight bill than they did in 2012. I want to get the fix on tom harkin. Chris, senator majority leader said e he would lose his status. An outgoing senator tom harkin drew fire for this comment about joni ernst that surfaced over the weekend on buzzfeed. Take a look. In this senate race, i have been watching some of these ads. Theres sort of this sense of joni ernst, shes really attractive. And she sounds nice. But i got to thinking about that. I dont care if shes as good looking as taylor swift. Or as nice as mr. Rogers. But if she votes like michele bachmann, shes wrong for the state of iowa. [ applause ] thats interesting, chris. Shes real purdy. I dont know i would have expected that from tom harkin. Tell us what you make of iowa. Obviously, a big poll came out
yesterday. But whats tomorrow look like to you . Thats the one, i think, if youre looking at how the whole country is going to shake out. I think bill makes the right point. We probably wouldnt have thought iowa would be the big. Race six months ago. Bruce braley has been bad. Joni ernst has been good. Candidates do matter. I think tom harkin, look, if a republican said that a democratic candidate was winning because at least in part because shes attractive, which is what tom harkin said, its not a great thing. Its going to change the race. I cant imagine its going to change the race. But would bruce braley rather tom harkin say that . Yeah, probably, because part of joni ernst coalition is to win women who live in and around des moines who are probably socially liberal, moderate, fiscally conservative to the extent theres a tron say, the only
reason hes winning is because shes a woman. That can get you going to vote. Lets turn to some of the tight governor races across the country. Somebody here has to keep things moving along. Just one point separates mary burke and scott walker in wisconsin. A week ago, i would say burke. Hes not in a winning campaign. I would argue hes lost the campaign, but he can still win the election. Is that for 2016 . I think hes already damaged. I think he will win by 3 or 4 points. Everyone will say, whoa, scott walker wins three elections in wisconsin. Thats impressive. Its sort of a mindness to christie. That was excellent the way he slapped down Chris Christie. Chris christie, i like chris, by chairman of the Governors Association and he goes into iowa twice in the last ten days to campaign for branstad who is only up 25 points. I said terry branstad, Chris Christie is trying to get him over 60. Hes at 59. We have to get 62. Walker has been pinned down for a long time. Its hard for him to catch up. In florida one of the nastiest races of all has Charlie Crist with a narrowest of leads. That is just an ugly, ugly, ugly race. They tweeted out the results of that. 526 respondents chose Charlie Crist. 524 chose his opponent. This is a classic example of we
hate both of them. Literally. They are both so deeply unliked. Not just because of this race. Rick scott his first four years, very unpopular. Charlie crist was a republican, then independent, now a democrat. You saw 70 million spent on tv. I just want it to be over. Rick scott, lets talk about that. Rick scott actually became, i think in a way, he became sort of a trend setter in a way you wouldnt want to become a trend setter of what were going to see more of of the big money in politics. He was a 35 on the day he was sworn into office. Its the first time i ever saw that. This year were going to see it a lot. Most of the winners on Election Night are going to be under water. Its weird. They are going to win its this negative environment and all the money that was spent. I look at this scott skpras you sit there and say he barely won in an incredible republican year in 2010. How does he thats it. If he were running against anybody else, hes probably down 5 points. If there were a tom wolf type candidate that came out of nowhere . Democratic in florida is that they had to get a republican who switched parties . If graham is a member of congress after tomorrow, then all of a sudden they have a bench. Lets go to georgia. Jason carter trailing in georgia, but close to incumbent nathan deal. And the kbov nor of kansas is now down 6 to democrat paul davis. Brownback, no one liked him. But hes getting pounded in a state he should be 10 points
ahead in. He passed a tax reform measure in a way that rubbed a lot of insiders a wrong way and made him feel like he didnt have a winning formula. Hes also been someone who overflossed with the kind of populous deal you need to have to keep the party united. I think he will probably lose in kansas. Whats that mean . Iowa could go republican for governor and senate. Kansas will go democrat probably for governor and perhaps for senate. Populism is back. Its not like they never elected a democratic governor. It does show the populous trend, antiobama sentiment, this antiwall street sentiment. Some of which is healthy. But the republicans were running the more populous campaigns. You have a smurky twinkle in your eye. Thats a very high compliment. The last time we were all together. I used a cheap slur on the new york 11 guys comparing them. It was a cheap. Can i say it was offensive to some italian friends of mine. I said some things that i thought was kind of funny. If i had to start apologizing for things. I hear you going down that road. It was wrong. By the way, michael graham, is that his name . I saw his poll, hes up by like 12. He threatens to throw reporters off a balcony. What was i doing when i was running for reelection . Spend five minutes reading the Staten Island newspapers endorsement of michael graham. They endorsed michael. It happened last week. Put it into the google machine. It is amazing. It basically says, yes, hes been indicted, yes, we have heard some things about him with a gun. I was like, but hes still better than the other guy. Its the antiendorsing endorsement. By the way, im gook l iing right now. Chuck, does miami beat fsu . I think they can. Still ahead on morning joe, daredevil nik wallenda. He has an act for danger. Walking two tight ropes suspended 200 feet in the air. He joins us later this hour. First, tragedy in the sky. This is the crash of a virgin spaceship raising question about the future of space travel. Well be right back. Yoplait light is now better than ever. It still melts in your mouth. With 90 calories. And is now aspartame free. Yoplait light. It is so good; its better than ever. Faster than dcon. What will we do with all of these dead mice . Tomcat presents dead mouse theatre. Hey, ulfrik hey, agnar whats up with you . Funny you ask. Im actually here to pillage your town. [ villagers screaming ] but we went to summer camp together. Summer camp is over. [ male announcer ] tomcat. [ cat meows ] [ male announcer ] engineered to kill. Time to take a look at the morning papers. The Los Angeles Times investigators say pilot error is to blame for the crash of a spacecraft that left one pilot dead and the other severely injured. The pilot unlocked a lever too early causing the rocket to break apart. Investigators will work with Virgin Galactic to further analyze debris from the accident. The spacecraft is designed to take as many as six passengers on sightseeing flight where is they can experience weightlessness. The crash is a major setback to the program. So the pilot, i guess, parachuted out. How can off lever . There was a copilot killed, but they are going to charge
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both parties dont take anything for granted . Dont take any bloc of voters for granted . Both parties are despised. The country does not like washington. And unfortunately no matter what happens, were going to continue to get the kind of politics that the public doesnt want. Jeffrey, you and i have talked about debt now for seven, eight years on this show. I would like somebody to tell me what major statewide candidate has brought up in a meaningful way entitlement reform, driving down Health Care Costs in a meaningful way. Instead we get these stupid 30second commercials that it dont address the real issues. I think the key is follow the money. This is really going to be known atz billionaires election. Theres so much money come figure from big money. Most of it well disguised so it wont even be reported until after the election. What seems to be going on is oil and election. Big money from the left. But the huge money is oil and gas money. You can look at the numbers and the left and the right are both equal. Its like the arms rice rays between the soviets and the americans. Its equal. You can say big oil all you want to. Thats not factually accurate. Wheres the big money . The big money is with the big oil companies. The total money is not equal. Wait, wait, wait. The Koch Brothers by themselves are putting 300 million in sboo this election. Youre a one trick pony u. You say Koch Brothers, Koch Brothers, Koch Brothers. When you get on the money, one area you always talk about oil and gas when there are environmentalists on the left that are putting in millions and millions. If you add up all the money, and im going to ask you to choose sides, but add up all the money. Its about income on both sides. Its not that people are thinking about either, but go ahead. Number two, we asked them, who is to blame in washington, d. C. Its not obama, its everybody. A significant majority say everybody. The message about this poll is
they are not pathetic. They care about the country. Were grown ups at this table. We just follow the money. November 2008 when you watched obama come out in chicago, you couldnt help but say, wow. And of course, we are are disappointed. Now take the millennialmillenni disappointment they must have. They had a promise. They had a ray of sunshine. And i think an instant gratification generation is going to be more profoundly disappointed than us adults and i think that has a lot to do with it. I think about this generation as having two halves. The first was part of the obama movement. It started in 2006. The second half came of age during the Great Recession when they saw their parents and their friends lose their houses and jobs. How important was that . Isnt that a game changer . Every time they went to best buy, they could get a cd. I sat around and looking. There was so much money. Even in the middle class. And now they graduate from college. They have good degrees, great degrees even. And they dont find work for two or three or four years. How much of an impact does that have . Then you take a working class person that doesnt go to college. Its a gamechanger. Focus groups around the country, people break down in tears asking about the economys impact on them. If you dont talk about big money, i promise to ask you a question. I think this is important to you and important to me. Its another area we agree the rich are getting richer. Average wages have gone down since 1973. Average wages down. Not republican, not democrat, its a society. And yet i hear nobody talking in a meaningful way about how we erase that. Thats correct. So how do we connect millennials to an election process that talks about contraception, benghazi, all these issues that for most 18 and 19yearolds, they just they want to know where they are going to get their next job. Even though the labor market is relatively good right now, unemployment has come down, the wages are falling buzz of technological change, because if you dont have the skills, you cant get a decent job because the old kinds of jobs are gone. And nobody wants to discuss this because these are deeper structural changes skblp they are structural. You cant talk about that in a 30second ad, can you . Thats another challenge this country is facing. They have done research. The effectiveness of negative ads is 90 more profound than nonnegative ads because you can attach facts. Even if they are false to it, a positive ad, its very hard to say anything factual in a positive ad that sticks. In a negative ad, you can bury people with facts. Thats never going to change. The other problem and as donnie is right, its the front page story of the New York Times, hidden donors spent heavily. On message. Point is, im a democrat. It all changed with obama. Theres as much it may not be as focused. Its dispersed, but this is a world where money is playing on both sides. Okay, final question for john. Its out of control big bucks. John, what are they voting on . You say they want to be connected and they want to
make what is the issue . What difference are they making when they are making a vote in this election . I dont get it. Its not about tran transacti transactional politic ticks. Bun place to start is student debt. Thats the one issue that men and women of all ages care about. Thats the one thing that brings everybody together. You think a candidate has made such a difference there are young people going out and voting on it. Is that happening . Its not happening. Thats what obama did so well. He empowered people. Were going to talk about where we agree. I really believe and jeffrey really believes theres such a chance in 2016 and beyond for a radical transformation of politics the same way steve jobs transforms the way we talk on
the phone. We have to break. Out of the status quo. I think its more ripe for change now than ever before. I really do. Absolutely. The parties are locked into the status quo right now, both of them. You didnt say big money. Im proud of you. Thats why they are locked in. Wouldnt you agree, though, that they are waiting for massive change . In the iowa caucus in 2008, obama won the youth vote 55 to 10. Lost everybody over the age of 30. Millennials helped elect obama. Thank you very much. Wed love to talk to you after the election. Dr. Saks stay with us. With pleasure. Were going to have some rules. There will be some. Can he say big money again . He can. I think he can. Because we know hes going to say whatever he wants to say. Ill be staying. Up next after making across the grand canyon, nick washingtwallenda takes a stroll above the windy city. Isolation for 21 days despite showing no signs of the ebola virus. The story of the doctor who endured those three weeks plus why he felt ashamed when he returned from west africa. Thats horrible. More morning joe when we return. Woman everyone in the nicu
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selle sellers. She wrote the cover story of the upcoming issue of the Washington Post magazine on dr. Lewis reubenson. The physician was exposed to the ebola virus from a needle injury while treating patients in sierra leone. He was admitted to the National Institutes of health and isolated for 21 days from the time of the needle prick. On october 7th, they discharged him who showed no signs of the ebola virus. On october 17th, his incubation period finally ended. Heres his account of his time in isolation. No one could visit me in the unit. The nih folks were wonderful. They are a really good group, but. I had to sit in a hospital bed. I wasnt sick. Theres a video camera from there 24 7. They promised me they didnt look at it, but its there. Every time you went to the bathroom you had to tell someone because they need to treat it
and treat it as if youre infected. The response is way out of proportion to the need, which was exactly opposite of my existence for the last three weeks where babies were dying and no one was coming to help. Joining us now is francis seller, Senior Writer at the Washington Post. What breaks my heart is what i said before we went to break. He almost felt humiliated or something coming back. We should be he was sick when he first went in. He was really well looked after at nih when he came back. People went out of their way. Cdc helped hum out. He had this exposure in sierra leon. Nih really helped him. And then theres a period where his story is playing out against this other story thats happening in the United States, which is really the bigger issue. Thomas eric duncan was at the
same time in the backdrop being admitted after the mess in dallas where he wasnt admitted the first time. Thats the backdrop to these stories. Just as were seeing now with kaci hickox, we have an election thats a backdrop to a story. So politics and fear begin to play in. I dont want to put words in anybodys mouth, he was very well looked after when he was sick when he first arrived. Its not as if e he shouldnt have gone in to start with or hes criticizing anybody. Its that these other things play into how you treat somebody, how you quarantine them and those are broader questions. I worry that science is not taking the lead there. Yeah, youre right about the shame of returning and him talking about that. What is the part of the story that were not getting as we cover these individual cases and the controversy surrounding them that you captured from this interview . Well, Something Like this, theres an enormous burden of trust when somebody tells you
this story. There was a story o of a doctor coming back and he decided not to use his name because he was worried about the quarantine and the stigma being associated. These are not risk takers these doctors who go out there. They wouldnt hurt themselves. They would be dead if they were in these situations, and they would never hurt anybody else. They have been risking their own lives going into these wards to save people. They come back here and know when they are not symptomatic. Theres no evidence they can pass on the illness. So thats sort of the frustration. While you see various governors, as we have seen recently, suggesting they should be isolated, thats a huge burden on anybody who would think about going out again. Youre not only going for a motto work in these hospitals, but then you come back and theres another three weeks even if you have no symptoms, even if you have no exposure. But even if you have no exposure
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all right, chitown, lets do this, baby. You guys rock. You guys watching think im crazy. This is what i was made for. What an incredibly beautiful city at night chicago is. Absolutely beautiful. Im coming. Lets see if i can maybe i hit the edge of the building. Calm, cool and collected. Nik wall lend da. Here with us now, the daredevil
himself, wallenda. So you got to stand there breathlessly while nik was doing this work. We did the grand canyon last time. I swore after he finished that, he survived that one, im not going to press my luck. But nik keeps bringing you back. You were incredible last night. Good to see you. Everybody still talking about it this morning. Have you reflect on it now . Does it feel different . Yeah, you know, still excited to be able to fulfill another dream. Two more world records. Just thinking back on it. Walking up a 19 degree incline and then the blindfold. It seemed surreal the day after. You said going into this you were more concerned about the blind felt walk. It felt to me thats probably the way it turned out. I said to you on the air last night about how confident you were on that first walk. I mean, at the grand canyon you went down to the knee and you had all us clutching each other. And this one, you were kind of chatty. You wanted to talk to me. You wanted to talk to natalie. We could tell almost right away you had this. Yeah, you know, i trained very, very hard. One thing i learned over the grand canyon is even though i trained so much, i should have trained more. I never wanted to be in the position where as i was in the grand canyon, am i going to be that embarrassed that i have to go down and hold this wire and wait for help . I was, like, i never want to be there again. To be honest, i think ive never done two walkings in a row and challenged myself like this. While i was doing that first walk, i was subconsciously thinking about the second one. I kind of raced through the first one just to get to the second one. Hey, nik, donny deutsch. What are the jedi mind tricks . Do you think, what am i going to have for breakfast tomorrow . Give me the mind games. I can be very relaxed on the wire. Ive done it since i was 2 years old. Now of course with different situations, with wind, and that wire was moving last night, im pretty focused on what im doing. Yes, i acan talk, but im reall focused. So not a lot goes through my mind. I try to keep everything off my mind. Because of that, it becomes peaceful at times. Im raising teenagers right now. That can be challenging and stressful. Those troubles go away while im on the wire. Youre not recommending that, okay. Real quickly, the spectators on the balconies, did that bother you . Couldnt see them. I was born to be a performer. My entire life, i was ive performed. I definitely heard them. Having them here actually a Live Audience is what i live for and it inspires me. I become more of a performer than anything else. Congratulations. It was fantastic. It was nerveracking. How many viewers, like 12
million . With all told, it was like 21 million in the u. S. Alone. He keeps oneupping himself. Now hes got another one hes working on right now. He says its going to be bigger than this one. Thank you, sir, much appreciated. See you, nik. A dream comes true for one College Freshman. Were going to show you one of most moving basketball game also that you may ever see. Its just one day before the midterms. Were going to tell you which candidates are up, which candidates are down, neck and neck in a lot of states, with just one day to go. Morning joe coming up. I make a lot of purchases for my business. And i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. Like 50,000 bonus points when i spent 5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. And i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at Office Supply stores. With ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. Travel, gift cards, even cash back. And my rewards points wont expire. So you can make owning a business even more rewarding. Ink from chase. So you can. Listen to this sweet symphony of flavor. Beautiful gorgeous here comes the fruitful crescendo incredible. Pillsbury toaster strudel. A masterpiece of taste. Now with more fruit. Of connecting with family and friends. Ities. Realpad from aarp is now your easy way to share. Enjoy. Play. And celebrate. Its the tablet with free unlimited live help whenever you need it. Hi, mom hi, dad happy anniversary cherish moments like these with realpad. Available at aarprealpad. Org and at walmart. There was no question she reminds you every day. But your erectile dysfunctionthat could be a question of blood flow. Cialis for daily use helps you be Ready Anytime the moment is right. You can be more confident in your ability to be ready. And the same cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain,
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trailing. Meanwhile, senator Mitch Mcconnell is expanding his lead and his chances to become majority leader. In iowa, republican joni ernst has opened her lead to seven. Democratic braley is trailing downward, even after losing his home congressional district. The balance of power may not be settled on wednesday morning. Senator landrieu, democrat, is leading in louisianas primary by eight points. If he doesnt win outright, a headtohead runoff shows her trailing republican congressman bill cassidy. Though perdue is up four over Michelle Nunn in georgia, that state is likely headed to a runoff. In georgia, runoffs last nine weeks. And perdue is favored. Joe, why dont you tell us how this looks to you . It looks like things are trending in the republican direction. It still does not look like 1994, 2006, 2010. It could. I mean, maybe the democratic
turnout is going to be miserable. Maybe the republican turnout is going to be extraordinary. You go through those numbers. You still see a lot of close races. You still see the republicans. Who are doing well in some states. Also, you cant get the band out and sing happy days are here again because theyre still fighting in South Carolina. Theyre still fighting of course in kansas. Theyre still fighting in georgia. Theyre still fighting in louisiana. Maybe all this goes to the Republican Party, but anything could happen. One or two things are going to happen. One, the republicans are going to learn from their mistakes on the turnout game from 2012. It might be. And theyre going to take back the senate and have the big night. Or two, they didnt learn those lessons. They still dont know how to target voters. And democrats are going to hold on. Democratic strategy for the cycle was predicated on three things, eliminate the republicans as unacceptable choices, too extreme. Change the debate to not be about president obama but about Economic Issues and three, the
turnout game. They basically failed on two out of the three. The debate is about the president and theyve not eliminated the republicans. The turnout is all they had. May not be enough in so places to let them win. Why is it so close in georgia . Why is it pat roberts. I think its going to be a big republican night. I am not throwing water on the gains weve seen. That iowa poll, people saying, sellen opponents, its not seven points. We all know the Des Moines Register poll is the Gold Standard out there. They get it right. So i find it hard to believe that iowas not in the republican column. Why is kansas close . Because pat roberts has been a bad candidate. Why North Carolina close . Because tilless hasnt been a very good candidate. Where republicans have had good candidates like georgia and iowa theyre doing better. At the end im sorry, colorado. Donny deutsch, democrats also in colorado. And ive had democratic operatives say this and sort of cringe. And talked about the races where democrats were so intent on trying to make the republicans seem like extreme on womens issues that they are now turning into the same its been the last and im talking top ranking democratic strategists who have run the democratic world saying, come on. We assume that women only care about contraception. Most women know that debate was over a long time ago. Theyre looking stupid. Women care about jobs. Women care about wages. Women care about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Women care about education. They care about the kids going off to college and not having a job after they get out of college. Its really been a sort of youre going to wake up very happy because i think other than North Carolina whys that . Of course its going to be republicans ive got to stop you because somebody on twitter said your
partys going to i stopped that and say you dont know what my party is. The republicans will win. Theres two little piece of nuggets underneath that good news for republicans in afc 16 beyond. Young millennials are leaning republican. Leading democrats are really going backwards on hispanics. The republicans have figured out, we are never going to win another election unless somehow we appeal to that audience. And i also believe my final point is i think this is going to be the best thing to ever happen to barack obama. It could backfire ultimately. Its forward a republican sitting here to say this. Because people say youre just no, youre exactly right, donny. Barack obama still believed in 2012 that if he won reelection, republicans would suddenly say, oh, hes legitimized, its going
to work. No, its going to take i think this final step of republicans take over. To go, do i want to get things done or not. For republicans to then have no more excuses. Theyre either going to make capitol hill work or theyre going to screw it up. If they screw it up for two years, they will lose in 2016. Stinks for republicans and i think its the best thing for the country. Accountability. Do you want to run washington or do you want to run your mouth. Senate majority thats good. Senate majority leader harry reid in so many ways says a win for joni ernst and iowa would all but ensure he lose his majority leader status. Outgoing senator tom harkin drew some fire for this comment about ernst that suffered over the weekend on buzzfeed. Ive been watching some of these ads. And theyre sort of this sense that joni ernst, shes really
attractive. And shes well, i got to thinking about that. I dont care if shes as if looking as taylor swift. Or as nice as mr. Rodgers. But if she moves like michelle obama, shes wrong for the state of iowa. Actually, thats a good point im going to say what you just said. Its true. If a republican said that, it would be over. Carol lee. Might that backfire . Yeah, i think it actually might. If theres one thing that any politician, particularly a seasoned one like harkin should know, is you dont tom about womens looks in that way. I was in iowa last week. The ernst campaign is very in tune to these kinds of thing and quick to jump on anything that has remotely a whiff of sexism
attached to it. So its not something that belongs in a race like this. Its sort of surprising to hear it coming from somebody who understands the state and has been around for so long. Exactly. Car carol, what was your feeling when you were out there reporting in iowa last week . Did you see a trend . Did you feel a trend going joni ernsts way . Yeah, you did. I was there. I was with her for a couple of events and i was with Vice President biden did an event with braley. I talked to a bunch of voters at that event. And even some of them coming to that event had voted for barack obama in 2008 and 2012 and had regretted voting for him. So the presence of the president in a state like iowa was really it was dominant. Joni ernst talks about it a ton. Shes also, you know, anyone whos watched her, shes kind of a natural on the campaign trail. And so she had a lot of appeal. Voters there are definitely down on the president. And really looking for somebody different. And she seems to be tapping into some kind of sentiment there. And it looks like shes actually going to wind up winning. Can you imagine a female candidate saying that about a male i cant. Just wouldnt happen. Cy was always degraded because they always would say that about me. Just because piece so good looking. And has such chiseled features. Nobody ever said that about me and my life. Its actually stupid that somebody would say that after being in politics that long. She hasnt put out a campaign that is anything but serious and, you know, quite frankly very much in the fight. Can i ask one other question . Let me ask carol the question first. Can i then ask you a question . Isnt this how this game works . Harold, so donny was teaching about how millennials are now
just snapshot, this could change tomorrow. And were going to have the head of the harvard polling here saying millennials are actually trending republican right now. His fannics still supporting democrats but not the way theyve done. State by state by state, republicans will show you gender gap in many states now has shrunk tore four, five points. What has happened to the Democratic Party that their most faithful and loyal voters, outside of africanamerican voters, have departed . The republican, as everybody on the panel knows, in missouri and indiana could not agree on a simple criminal definition of rape. And it certainly impacted the race. The democrats did well. As you look at latino voters, theres really more of an akinship with republicans than democrats in those issues. For republicans, can talk about Immigration Reform in the right
way. Can really fundamentally change the map for them over the next few years. I would argue if republicans win the most important thing in the senate is sequencing. How they go about what they want to do. If they start with a narrow tax reform bill, perhaps trade Promotion Authority which obamas asked for but reid wont give it to him. If they start with some energy reform, keystone, perhaps lifting the ban on natural gas exports. They could change the optics light not only on washington but their party. Im not convinced they can do that but if they do that, those are the kinds of things that would help appeal not only to millennials but i would argue would help move the country forward. They need to surprise a lot of people. This is obviously, luckily for the republicans, has become a referendum on barack obama. I still want someone to answer the question why this guy is at 42 when if im giving him talking points, unemployments 6 , gas under 3 bucks, paxed the
most important legislation of the last 50 years, saved the auto industry, killed osama bin laden. The medium is the message and barack obama is the medium. I mean, you give a report card he missed the message. Barack obama is why barack obama is exactly it. Let me get to governors races. You both said this well. Number one, hes not the president s not as comfortable talking about Business Success as some other but hes not as comfortable talking about those things. You said it well on this show a few weeks ago. Ebola and isis, enormous unknowns, have colored this race and impacted these races negatively on the president s part and the democrats part in the last few weeks. Im going to show you some of these tight governor races. Just one point separates mary burke and her opponent in you dont think theyre going
to make the difference . I think the National Wind in florida, one of the nastiest races of all. Crist with the narrow ist of leads. 526 respondents chose crist, 524 chose scott. Democrats are crazy confident about that race so im not quite sure. Libertarians really helping crist. If a national win counts in wisconsin it counts in florida and will carry both of those over. Charlie crist is a better candidate. I just dont know that the national win matters. Because they have their own record to be judged on. Close to incumbent nathan deal. Can carter win that one . If theres a runoff, maybe. Sam brownback is now down six points to democrat paul davis. A fox news poll. What happened to Sam Brownback . Discovered in a way people found a little bit arrogant. At this point, pretty close to certainty. Doesnt that help orman . It does some. Orman cannot count on that. I dont know. If im a republican thats going to vote against a republican governor and vote democratic for the first time in my life, i dont know that im going to go democratic twice. Orman is an independent. Oh, whatever. Orman is a democrat. He had Claire Mccaskill begging him to run because he was the democrats best chance of holding the seat. Im just saying. His message has been very disciplined as an independent. Im just saying if, you know, i always told people as far as people, have happenthat h. My family was a crest family. Colgate commercials meant nothing to us, we bought crest. If youre in kansas, this works, if youre in kansas and your brand is republican, you may deviate from that brand one time. I dont know that you deviate from it twice. I actually think voting against brownback could help roberts at the end of the day. If orman wins, think about it also, the talk about an independent running for president , perhaps one on this set here, it grows, largely because you see the path if it can happen in kansas wrong. Halperin, youre running for president . One final thing. For all of you pundits and pollsters out there thats saying greg orman is an independent and we really dont know if hes a democrat or a republican, im taking bets right now. All right. On whether if he wins hes going to caucus with the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. Ill give you 51 odds that he caucuses with the Democratic Party. You know hes not going to caucus with the republicans. So just quit. Do a little game on joe, your family you should we still are. Forever. Always has been. Always will be. Were going to end the block this way because were going to be doing so much politics. A magic night for 19yearold lauryn hill, a College Freshman with an inoperable brain tumor whose dream was to play College Hoops at mt. St. Joseph university in cincinnati. Knowing hill has weeks to live, the ncaa moved up the date of her teams opening game to last night in hope shed be healthy enough to play. She scored four points. Here is hill after the game. I just feel so blessed that this is all happening. Just really happy. This is a really good day. And it just makes me so happy. Beautiful. Ncaa did good. Still ahead on morning joe, kaci hickox is apologizing for her actions. I like her. She goes a little too forward
that way. She goes a little too forward this way. During he mandated isolation, but not before taking the shot at the man who put her in that isolation. You put me in a bubble. You dont put baeb in a bubble. I think she said Something Like that. Plus, bo, incredibly ow obedient. Well explain. First, heres bill karens. What a weekend we just got done with. Winter just like that. First off, were down in the appalachians. This dumped heavy snow up to a foot in the mountains. And then outside of columbia, South Carolina, we had four inches of snow. It snowed in central South Carolina before it snowed in new england this year. Kind of a wacky weekend. It was very cold all the way down to north florida where they had a frost. So lets talk about what happened next. We had the big noreaster. That patriots broncos game barely missed out on the heavy wet snow and the winds. It did snow about three hours before kickoff. All of that went up into maine. We got almost 20 inches in eastern missouri. This was a record shattering for even bangor maine. Had 14 inches of snow. By far the earliest theyve had double digit snowfall. What does that mean for now . You can see it rocketing up. Its still windy. Still chilly. Even the deep south we were down to 38 last night. Now were at 46. Were heading in the right direction. So what is next . We have a big rain storm heading for areas texas, oklahoma and arkansas. This will be around for election day too. Well have to keep that in mind. It really shouldnt stop too many people from getting to the polls. A slow warmup in the east. But not bad. We get rid of a lot of the frigid air. We will have that heavy rain and
maybe an isolated flooding threat down there in areas of texas, arkansas, louisiana. I think most trouble thing for all of that can look into the future of these weather model, we have another possible noreaster coming and then another huge shot of cold air right behind that for next week. If you dont like the cold and chilly weather for the eastern u. S. We leave you with a shot of washington, d. C. After a cold weekend and bluchtblucht blustery winds. A nice day ahead. Youre watching morning joe. Well be right back. New york state is jumpstarting business with startupny. An Unprecedented Program that partners businesses with universities across the state. For better access to talent, cutting edge research, and state of the art facilities. And you pay no taxes for ten years. From biotech in brooklyn, to next gen energy in binghamton, to manufacturing in buffalo. Startupny has new businesses popping up across the state. See how startupny can help your business grow at startup. Ny. Gov
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someone besides harry reid sitting in the senate. Mitt romney says a Republican Led Congress will pass Immigration Reform. But before election day, were looking at how the hispanic vote will impact results. Pew Research Center reports that more than 25 million latinos are eligible to vote this year. A record number. Here with us now, cofounders of the polling and Research Firm latino decisions, matt and gary, the coauthors of the book latino america, poised to transform the politics of the nation. Good to see you again. Weve been talking this morning, a lot of analysts talking about how the young voters are actually breaking more republican than expected. Women, that gender gap has narrowed. What about the hispanic vote . One the things were finding is theyre not necessarily breaking more republican. Just less democrat. Obama, huge latino vote. Finding a lot of decreases in that enthusiasm. The president was heckled in connecticut yesterday by a lot of people that were, wanted him to pass Immigration Reform. Its really going to hurt democrats especially in places like North Carolina where the president delayed action in order to help hagan and her reelection bid. You feel like youve had promises broken to you. When you have to get up early or leave work early to go stand in line, the ennews yas sell one analyst talking about how conservative a lot of hispanics are. As far as values go, rock solid values. Im not talking about necessarily the social issues. Im not just talking about abortion or gay marriage. Just talk in general. Hispanics share an awful lot of
values with republicans who cant get out of their way to get the support. Using the word conservative to describe themselves, but theres so much hostility. You dont really say like, im conservative so im going to vote for this guy would whats the most important for voters . Jobs and economy. We hear about education and health care. Education is the most frequently talked about among people would have children. The median age of latinos are 27. Lots of people in the child rearing stage. The quality of public educations important. If theyre voting on issues, can you tell which way theyre leaning in the midterms . In the midterms, we think theyre continuing to lean democratic. Theres no question. Theres less enthusiasm for the democrats. Theyre leaning in that direction. Gary mentioned education. Education is an area where the republicans i think more than
social issues can make inroads because lots of latino families are stuck in really poor schools and a lot of republicans like a jeb bush have been talking for a long time about education reform. Speaking of jeb bush, i think the guy who opened that clip, mitt romney, will be our next president , either him or bush. What do you advise these guys . Theyve got to get through the primaries. Wait, you say you think mitt romney or jeb bush yes, will be our next president. Without question. Probably romney. It could get interesting in bush wins. We talked about this last time. America wants a do over. America was right about a lot of things. When the crap hits the fan, everybody wants to go back to serious for lack of a better word. How do you advise them to understand in a general elebct n election, theyve got to do better . What separates the old mitt romney from the 2012 mitt romney is the old mitt romney tried to reach out to different groups
anded in 2012 because of the primary process, he was pushed right. Same true for jeb bush in 2016 if thats what he attempts to do. I think theres a real problem. I disagree. Ill take that bet. That neither mitt romney nor jeb bush will be president of the United States because i think the latino vote will be heavily democrat in a president ial year when, say, Hillary Clinton im surprised to hear you say that about jeb bush. Campaigned with jeb in miami. The guy was remarkable with hispanics. He is remarkable. As gary said, he cant take the bait and go that far to the right. He hasnt taken the bait yet, has he . Rememberness book he released, he had to clarify things. Where he said we shouldnt be giving out citizenship for all these illegals. Hes going to want to go to the right for the primary. Guaranteeing a republican in the white house. Ill take that bet. You heard it here. I actually think if the republicans get smart, theyve got a better than even chance. Theyre smart, youll see it in the midterms. Let me ask you guys what if republicans im just speaking for myself as i consider to be economically very conservative and also conservative with a small c. But on immigration, i support legalization. I do not support citizenship. I support legalization with the pathway to citizenship. I can make an economic reason to hard core conservatives like me. You want hispanics who are working to contribute to Social Security and contribute to medicare and contribute to taxes. You want them to be legal because that brings us millions of dollars. But as far as citizenship goes, i think everybody should have somebody from pakistan should have an equal chance of getting here as somebody from mexico. If you look at the rhetoric, you look at the policy rhetoric from the immigration advocates,
all they want is to put people on a path to citizenship. Doesnt need to say youre going at the front of the line, youre going to get citizenship. They just dont want people stuck in a permanent status to say you can contribute to Social Security. Theres got to be a pathway. Thats exactly right. For people to put some hope that their position here becomes permanent. Right. Its an issue of fairness. A huge percentage of undocumented immigrants are actually paying into the Social Security system right now. Its a real scam about for people who dont know about what they actually do is people that are building buildings will send in phony Social Security numbers. Social Security Administration will wait six months to say, wait, theres the wrong now. They get the undocumented workers. A lot are paying Social Security. Anyway, fascinating conversation. Any predictions tomorrow . I have two predictions. The first is youll see at least
one instance where latinos saved a democrat who otherwise would have lost an election. Colorado . Colorados the best bet but also kansas and georgia are close. Huge latino population, in both those states. Weve been hearing georgia, the hispanic population has been growing. Could hispanics make a difference in georgia in the runoff . The other thing i would look for is i predict there will be at least one case where a republican who has reached out to the Latino Community does better than expected. Okay, the book is latino america. Guys, come back after the election. Up next, new details overnight in the investigation into the Virgin Galactic crash. What officials are now thinking was responsible for the accident. That, plus a look at what will be driving the markets. We go like to the new york stock exchange. [prof. Burke] its easy to buy insurance and forget about it. But the more you learn about your coverage, the more gaps you might find. Like how you thought you were covered for this. [boy] check it out,mom [prof. Burke]when youre really only covered for this. Or how you figured you were covered for this. When youre actually paying for this. You might be surprised at whats hiding in your coverage. Talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. We are farmers bumpadum, bumbumbumbum [announcer] call 1800farmers and see how much you could save. So ally bank really has no hidden fethats right. Accounts . Its just that im worried about you know hidden things. Ok, whys that . No hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. Theres confidence. Then theres trusting your vehicle maintenance to ford service confidence. Our expertise, technology, and high quality parts means your peace of mind. Its no wonder last year we sold over three million tires. And during the big tire event, get up to 140 in mailin rebates on four select tires. Virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. Now its quicker and easier for you to start your business,
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inside the cockpit shows the copilot, michael alsbury, who died in the crash, unlocked the feathers seconds after the planes rocket ignited which is too soon. But the feathers dont deploy simply because theyre unlocked. That requires a second lever. Video and flight data confirm nobody pulled that lever. The feathers deployed on their own. Seconds later, the aircraft came apart. We are a long way from finding cause. We still have months and months of investigation to do a lot that we dont know. It broke apart at 45,000 feet. And this is the biggest piece of what is left. What would have carried six space tourists and two pilots into sub orbit. More than 700 people have already bought tickets for a future spaceflight including justin beebe, katy perry and leonardo dicaprio. This morning, the space travel community is mourning the loss. He was a friend and a
colleague. To, you know, all of us. Never gets replaced. So Jacob Roberts that the surviving pilot is recovering after surgery. Already talking to doctors but is not ready to speak to investigators. It broke apart at 45,000 feet. And that guy survived. Thats incredible. Something you were saying off camera . Sure. 250,000. I wish people could find other ways to spend that better to help people maybe. Just saying. Im a guy of means. I would be embarrassed to spend money to do that with whats going on in space. Its weird, ive never heard of them. Cnbcs sara eisen. Weve heard of her. Good to see you. We are coming off a pretty strong two weeks here for u. S. Stocks. Absolutely roaring back from what appeared to be a scary october at first. Guess what, stocks are up. The s p 500 more than 8 since they hit that bottom in the middle of october. Coming off the best two weeks in nearly three years. Set to open a little bit lower. Typically november is actually a pretty strong month for u. S. Stocks. Want to mention auto sales because that could be a big mover today. Starting to get them out. They trickle out from different Auto Companies throughout the day. It does appear that october was another strong month for growth in u. S. Autos. We just got chrysler numbers, guys. Chrysler sales for october, up 22 from last year. Its unbelievable. Really, whats driving it is trucks and suvs. Those lower gas prices are helping americans go to their favorite kind of pickup trucks and Sport Utility vehicles. Honda came out, up 6 . Nissan also up double digits. Well get gm and ford a little later. This continues to be a bright spot when it comes to consumer
spending and when it comes to the u. S. Economy. I get my pickup truck, two months ago. The market is never wrong and what does that tell you about tomorrow, if the markets up 8 in the last two weeks . Theyre betting heavy republican. And the market is never wrong. So that will forget everything else, forget all the pundits i dont know, sara, im skeptical we know were im skeptical because weve heard very little talk about the midterm elections here on the floor. Yes, the market is up, but dont forget, were coming off a pretty Solid Earnings season where Profit Growth has beaten 10 . Were talking earnings growth. The u. S. Economy is doing well. We just had a strong gdp number showing our economy grew 3. 5 . We just ended quantitative easing. Things appear to be on a good path. You could point to the gains and see that its mostly due to better news in the economy and earnings as well. But since you did bring up the midterms, the big wild card is
if we dont get a result by wednesday, becausevestors hate uncertainty. Remember in 2000 when we didnt have a result between bush and gore, the s p 500 dropped more than 7 . If were talking about a runoff situation, that could add a little bit of tension to the markets. The outcome, a lot of strategists here, and they say not a lot is going to change either way when it comes to economic reform. The stars changed colors. So youre saying sara and thomas is like going pretty listen to her business report. Great business report. Look, they changed colors. This is really fascinating. This is the technology i just noticed this. Look at eisen, thank you so much. We can put a man on the moon
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fundraiser for the Rehabilitation Institution of chicago. At the top, he was there for jackson who finished all 2,109 steps. He just was like a jack rabbit. Reporter two unlikely friends pushing each other to new heights. All right, what a great story. Coming up, what, if anything, did we learn today. Im meteorologist bill karins. Were going to continue to watch rain developing in the middle of the country. This is the next storm to watch. Thankfully, this one does not have snow or ice with it. We could have some minor travel problems in and out of san antonio. Mostly late today and then
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