take a look. senator tommy tuberville of america, faced backlash after his own party, who angrily challenge his months-long blockade. they unanimously improved 61 military promotions by voice note for four hours. he rejected each nomination as his colleagues frustrations grew. we have done the best that we can to honor the request a fellow senator. that these nominations be bought to the floor and voted on, initially. and i really respect men of their word. i do not respect, and do not honor men who do not honor their word. no matter what you think, tuberville, this is doing damage to our military. i do not say that lightly. if this is the norm, who the hell wants to serve in the military when you have a promotion that can be canned based on something that you had nothing to do with? simply a, in my opinion, of abuse of the powers that we have as senators. to say if there is something that we vehemently disagree with, that we are going to use that power to hold up the
daddy s name is on buildings. he s accused of real estate fraud and eating glue. what you are witnessing is real. the participants are not actors. they are actual idiots with a case pending in a new york metropolitan area court. the people s court. [ laughter ] just missing judge watner, that smile. that s from jimmy kimmel s writers. we ll get details on the trial and show you what you said. also ahead, in the middle east, there is pressure on israel to take a humanitarian pause in its assault on hamas terrorists hiding in gaza. plus, an update on republican senator tommy tuberville s freeze on military promotions. the alabama lawmaker finally is facing public pressure from members of his own party, but you won t believe what he said this time. and we ll go through the verdict in a high-profile fraud trial for a man once known as the crypto king, now convicted on several charges. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, november 3rd. with us, we have t
standoff between capitol police and a man who was charged this afternoon, who claimed his pickup truck was rigged to blow. shortly after he surrendered, focus turned to what he said on a facebook live stream before and during the ordeal, threatening language about health care and illegal immigration plus a demand that president biden resign. it appears to be an example of what the department of homeland security warned us about just last week, a possible uptick in incidents of domestic terrorism. and while you or i or anyone with a fully functioning moral compass for that matter would wholeheartedly and unequivocally denounce blazer like that, congressman mo brooks took a different path. the alabama lawmaker, the card carrying number of the sedition caucus who is currently seeking immunity in a court case having to do with his role inciting the january 6 insurrection, described the suspect with a bit of sympathy, the way you might
alabama lawmaker is calling robertson a hero and state senator jerry fielding is even introducing a resolution to make robertson s hero status official. meantime, jesse jackson is calling phil robertson s comments more offensive than rosa parks bus driver jackson saying quote at least the bus driver who ordered her to surrender her sight to a white house person was following state law. robertson s statements were uttered freely and without cover of the law within a context of what he believed to be white privilege. we are back with our panel. rick, let me start with you. it seemed over the weekend that the duck dynasty sort of controversy was going away but then jesse jackson made these comments and stirred it all up again. what s your view from washington? this is quickly become one of those issues where you can t lose depending on
alabama lawmaker is calling robertson a hero and state senator jerry fielding is even intro. introducing a resolution to make his stat us official. jesse jackson is calling his comments for offensive than the rosa parks bus driver at least the bus driver who ordered rosa parks to surrender her seat to a white person was following state law. robertson s statements were uttered freely without cover of the law within a context of what he seemed to believe was white privilege. rick, let me start with you. haved over the weekend the duck dynasty controversy was going away but then jesse jackson made these comments and stirred it all up again.m washington? this is quickly become one of those issues where you can t lose depending on your political side in