rhetoric is escalating ahead of the midterms. we ll tell you about an alarming spike in talk of civil war online. and by some republican lawmakers. and later? our reveal of the day s biggest mystery. why conservatives are suddenly freaking out over scooby-doo. and frankly? why i m not surprised. all of that in more is coming up. and, a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. breaking overnight! vladimir putin s military facing yet another critical setback on the battlefield. a massive explosion causing major damage to a bridge connecting crimea to russia. part of the bridge collapsed into the sea, compromising the main supply route for the russian military. and it happened one day after putin s 70th birthday. we ve got kyle perry, he is live now in kyiv. cal, good morning. what can you tell us? he catie good morning. it s hard to understate what a moment this is and how important this bridges to russia s military effort. we ve been talking so much about the ukrainian
times that donald trump may have committed to cutting a deal to trade white house documents as an exchange for fbi files related to his 2016 campaign russia investigation. we ll have more on that report in just a few minutes. also not this, our women are taking to the streets in washington d.c. and several states and cities as we count down 31 base so the midterms. the women s march is holding hundreds of events today and support of reproductive rights, will have a lot of reports for that for you. also overseas, a new setback for russian president vladimir putin. and after celebrating his 70th birthday, a massive explosion rocked a key bridge that links russia and crimea and ukraine officials refer to that attack as, quote a sick burn, no one has claimed responsibility. and new fallout from president biden s warning about the risk of nuclear armageddon. russia s top of using nuclear weapons as a responsible. and there s no way to use, to use them without unintended conseque
rupert murdoch is announcing a 24 hour cable news network. fox news channel, flare fair and balanced. it becomes clear that fox news is roger ailes. river said, among the three children, it was very likely that lachlan would be the first month among equals. it is the first moment where james and elizabeth are given a little window into how their father sees this thing, and they could turn their back on this business and essentially waved the white flag, or try and double down and proved themselves to their father. they choose the latter. is october, 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner, attended by all the new york politicians, the aisles with dinner. i trust you will have enjoyed your meal. this is one of the events in new york city politics. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news. one of very few people who rupert really, really trusts, and who rupert really needs. as the evening is winding down, roger hears from juliet s office, the news c
circle. and i didn t do it, be if it did happen, there s nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the washington post, eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan lemire is with us this morning. mika, we were going to get into the news i just saw ed there. i saw a little smirk on ed s face. and i just have to talk about it. you know, ed, we have an expression, we ve always had an expression when people have congratulated me for anything i ve done, i go, well, i m the tallest building in schenectady. your headline, i love this, america is history s most successful failing state, i would define what you re describing here, i m an upstate new york guy
with every crime imaginable if we make that move happen. what we know about pat cipollone s upcoming testimony. then president biden and vice president harris just called the wife of brittney griner who s being held in russia. we ll speak with the family of another american detained in russia for years. what they want to hear from the president. welcome to the lead. i m erica hill in for jake tapper. we begin with the deadly july fourth shooting in illinois. police now saw the alleged gunman seriously contemplated a second attack two hours away in madison, wisconsin. that s where officials say the suspect ended up evading police for hours after escaping the crime scene in highland park. escaping dressed as a woman to blend in with those fleeing for safety. that attack took seven lives. the seventh person identified today. 69-year-old eduardo 35-year-old irina mccarthy and her husband, kevin mccarthy. jacquelyn sundheim. 88-year-old stephen straus and nicolas toledo za