expected to defend the banking system after his government scrambled to prepare emergency measures to bail out silicon valley bank customers. here comes the president coming up to the podium. president biden: before i leave for california, i want to briefly speak about what is happening in silicon valley bank and signature bank. today thanks fought quick action of my administration america will have confidence that the banking system is safe. your deposits will be there when you need them. small businesses across the country that deposit accounts at these banks can breathe easier knowing they can pay their worker and pay their bills. hard working employees can breathe easier as well. last week when we learned of the problems of the banks and the impact they could have on jobs, some small businesses and banking systems overall, i instructed my team to act quickly to protect these interests. they have done that. they have done that. on friday, the government regulator in char
have been ringing the alarm bell for years. we begin with this fox news alert. john: president biden heading to california this hour after giving an update on the sudden collapse of silicon valley banks. the president sought to reassure americans, all while taking shots at top bank executives and republicans for the failure. welcome back as america reports rolls onto us again our appeared happy monday, sandra. here we go again. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york. the news continues. 2:00 on the east coast. sounding off on the handling of this banks collapse. nikki haley offering their take on all of that as they gear up for their 20202024 run. john: out with a warning about the future of guaranteeing deposits. politically, it s going to be impossible not to extend the same full, unlimited deposit guarantee to all banks. once you do it for one bank, it is hard not to do it for ano another. john: let s get straight to peter doocy, waiting president biden s arrival
explosives. more now from evan perez. reporter: according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in routine screening happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap, they found fuses. powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this. the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that, something obviously that the fbi was focused on the last couple of days. nothing like that appears to have emerged in that investigation. this is a very serious thing obviously. if you read the court documents, the fbi says that this powder that was included in this
senate majority leader chuck schumer was caught on a hot mic telling the president the senate race he s most concerned about, and also, willie, in that moment, he showed joe biden his socks. there s some political cartoon socks. there was a lot going on on the tarmac. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s friday, october 28th. along with willie and me, we have former white house press secretary jen psaki, and jonathan lemire, and eugene robinson joins us along with presidential historian, jon meacham, his new book is titled and there was light, abraham lincoln and the american struggle. a great group this morning. joe is of but we have a lot to get to, willie. elon musk is officially in charge of twitter. the tesla ceo closed the deal last night, purchasing the social media giant for $44 billion after the deal closed, musk fired four executives, including the ceo and cfo, the head of legal policy, trust and safety who reportedly led the team who decided whether
youngstown wouldn t have lost 50,000 jobs and those steel workers would not be coming up to me telling me you failed them. ohio senate nominees tim ryan and jd vance face off in youngstown and they weren t the only ones to hit the debate stage last night. we re taking a look at georgia and utah as well. in ukraine, more russian strikes in kyiv this morning. this time appearing to target the country s electrical infrastructure. we ll have the latest from the war-torn country. and also this morning, the trump organization is facing new scrutiny after documents show the company charged the secret service more than $1.4 million for agents accommodations while protecting the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 18. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. insults and accusations flew last night at the final ohio senate debate between congressman tim ryan and jd vance, the two clashing on everything from a