Revelation that new wall will be built at the border. The fury from fellow democrats and another move to deter migrants announced overnight. Hot off the presses, a surprisingly strong september jobs report. That is good news, but could it also mean higher Interest Rates are here to stay . Well, we made it to friday. Thanks for being here. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and this morning as tensions simmer on capitol hill, donald trump is inserting himself into the mad scramble to find the next speaker of the house. The de facto head of the gop endorsing longtime ally jim jordan overnight calling him a, quote, great choice. This as multiple sources confirm trump is consideration a visit to the capitol next week, right as jockeying and votes for speaker are expected to reach a crescendo. Also significant, it would mark his first visit to the hill since the january 6th attack. Joining us now, nbcs Julie Tsirkin on capitol hill, brendan buck, Press Secretary for
his day job, as hunter biden awaits his sentencing. and another trial in a separate case. plus, house republicans barrelling toward a vote to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, do they have the votes? then the secretary of state in the middle east, what he just revealed about the new demands from hamas. and a high speed bus hijacking during atlanta s rush hour, the wild scene caught on camera. good morning, thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with an unprecedented moment for a sitting president responding to the guilty verdict of his child. president biden making a last-minute trip to wilmington, delaware, last night to support his son hunter before traveling overseas this morning on another high stakes diplomatic visit. the president says he will respect the legal process, as hunter biden now braces for his sentence in this case and prepares to return to court on
last night, the president as the news was breaking about the indictment going on date night with the first lady, going to dinner, heading to the movies, going to see oppenheimer, going for a stroll of the beach. this morning, the president once again riding on his bike in the area and reporters attempted to shout questions both about the indictment proper, but also another big story we would otherwise be talking about today, fitch s downgrade of the u.s. credit rating. he did not respond to either of those questions. it is interesting, though, to compare the different indictments in this case. in the first case as it relates to the former president s handling of classiied documents, the president facing special counsel into the handling of his documents. you have to remember, even if the president is not commenting on trump s legal woes, remember how he launched his 2024 election video, the opening scene of that video was january 6th. very much something we can expect the president,
reporters who were working on a book and talking about the case of jamal khashoggi, the journalist who was killed according to the cia by the saudi then crown prince, and talks about trump waving classified documents around in the presence of these journalists. sarah didn t believe that these journalists actually saw the documents, but it was an example of mr. trump being cavalier with classiied documents and deploying them for his own purposes. and john bolton, the former national security adviser told us as he has in the past this is one of many such examples that he observed in the trump presidency where donald trump was asking for classified documents, keeping them, hoarding them, that there was a lot of concern among aides in the inner circle about mr. trump s treatment of classified information. could any of this be of interest to the justice department, do you think? i think all of it is of interest to the justice department, jose. every week a new revelation
we could be seeing the first potential cracks in donald trump s support following his indictment in the classiied documents case. a new poll shows his favorability among republicans and right leaning independents is down ten points in just a month. so how much of an opening might this give his 2024 rivals? i want to bring in david jolly, a former republican congressman from florida and msnbc political analyst. barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, and nbc s vaughn hillyard who joins me here in studio. david, this is the first national poll to show real softening in trump s numbers since his florida s court appearance, and there s one more number i want to put out there, 47% of republicans and republican leaning registered voters back trump, but that s down six points from last month. though, as you can see still 21 points higher than florida governor ron desantis. what do these numbers tell you? is this a blip or something more