now the dow is up just a little bit. 35 points or so. it s been a good week. you can see it started the day a little lower. it s been a strong week on markets in general. the dow above that psychological 22,000 mark. as it looks like some stuff might actually be getting done in washington. let s go back to irma s impact. florida congressman mario diaz-bala diaz-balart. he joins us on the phone from d.c. congressman, thanks for joining us. obviously our thoughts continue to be with the people of florida as they recover from this. i have to ask you, with the news we ve had this morning out of hollywood, i would imagine people all across florida are giving special attention to nursing homes, retirement homes, places where our vulnerable are because of the conditions? absolutely. look, fortunately, florida and again, i guess it s fortunate, has a lot of experience. and, therefore, is more ready
diaz-bala diaz-balart. we will end the show with breaking news that will determine the white house race one way or the other. a representative for vice president joe biden telling msnbc the future of his political career will be known within the next 48 hours. a team is standing by. nbc s kristin welker is here, steve kornacki joins us from new york, and gabriel sherman from new york magazine has been writing that this campaign is well under way. kristin, you ve been reporting over the course of the last hour, first here on msnbc, that we will get an announcement one way or another within the next 48 hours. what are you hearing and the conversations you ve been having over the last hour? that is the expectations, within 49 hours or sooner we will get this decision from vice president biden. the question remains what will it look like, will this come from husband surrogates or from biden himself. of course the big question, what
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