i promise. promise. you re going to be okay. everybody s safe, right? that s the most important thing. we re going to get this whole thing set up. my guy craig fugate is here. craig, this is the owner of the marina. i want to make sure that she knows that we re going to immediately make sure that she gets the help she needs to get this all back together. yes, sir. thank you. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, november 1st. with us on set, we have msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. we have chairman of deutsche incorporated, donny deutsch. and yes, he is, he s here. msnbc political analyst and vice president and executive editor, richard wolffe. and in washington, washington anchor for bb krrgs world news america, katty kay. good to have you all on board. willie, hi. hello, mika. a lot to get to. that s my sweater. aftermath of the storm. sorry about that. we re not put together this morning. the death toll is risi
folks who could eventually turn them against us. to hurt us down the road. thank you. thank you. wow! what the hell was that? on foreign policy, it appears that all that s left for the presidential race is one model. i mean, at least we still get our choice of color, but it s the same model! severe agreement. top of the hour, good morning, everyone. it s 6:00 on the east coast, wednesday, october 24th. welcome to morning joe. a little tired, barnicle? yes. you look tired. with us on set, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. and in washington, not looking tired at all, bbc world news anchor katty kay. why is it say washington? we re damn tired. i tell you what. why don t you take over, joe. it s almost like she s here. out of star trek. yeah. can i just say, though is he in chicago or is he here? we have mark halperin, of course, right here, right across the table. you know, if a lot of people out there are wondering why mika s thrown off this m
johnston coming up at 7:10 eastern time. and michael ward, that s at 7:30 eastern time. but before we get to all of that let s get you up to speed on this morning s top headlines. andrew, i will send it over the you. welcome back. thank you, becky. stocks turned in their biggest gains in a month yesterday, driven in large part by earnings. three stocks rose for every one that fell on the new york stock exchange. take a look right now. dow looks like it would open about 16 points lower. s&p 500 would be up, but just marginally, and the nasdaq would be off about six and a half points. one economic stat of note today, september housing starts due to hit the tape at 8:30 a.m. eastern. yesterday the national association of home builders reported building sentiment rose to the highest level since before the housing bubble burst. and a bitter deal news. asml is buying u.s. based simoner, asml s key supplier of a light base technology that s crucial to making a new generation of mu
almost back to where we were. all right. it is the day after debate i take my pen out of my mouth debate number two. the president and governor romney both back on the campaign trail. there are just 20 days to go now before election day. president obama in mt. vernon, iowa at this hour. governor romney down in my home state, in chesapeake, virginia. john harwood is here with us. where do the candidates stand now, john? what are they doing, how are they spinning it? they re both out on battleground states. both where barack obama has a slight lead over the president. couple points in iowa. less than a point in virginia if you look at the real clear politics average. i think what president obama has done is gone back on to the campaign trail with some confidence that he s put a floor under his numbers. mitt romney made a lot of progress after the debate in denver. narrowed the polls nationally and in swing states. president obama put a brake on that momentum last night
morning joe starts right now. a new poll shows shols that after the democratic national convention, president obama got a four-point bounce in the polls which means he s now only five points behind bill clinton. in a recent promotion, mitt romney is offering donors a chance to win a ride on his campaign plane. but if you know how mitt romney travels, this is one contest you don t want to win. good morning. it is monday. wake up, everyone. september 17th. welcome to morning joe. with us on set, we have msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halperin. hello, mark. hi. national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst john heilemann. and in washington, we have nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell. good morning, everyone. good to have you on board this morning. a lot to talk about. a lot to talk about internationally. a lot to talk about domestically. international