some of our favorite reporters and friends. joining us for the hour, former republican congressman david jolly is here. national chairman of the serve america movement. and caddy kay, co-author of the book, the confidence code. david jolly, i start with you because you served in this body. i was shocked when congressman jim himes on this show said, someone s going to get shot and i was so shocked, i didn t even follow up, and then he said it again. and i said, do you really think so? i mean, this is where we are, and it used to be, you had a lot of trepidation in these jobs to put that out there. but this is the threat environment, and these are the kinds of things that members who serve in that body are saying out loud and in public. yeah, nicole, the escalation of threats against members of congress and at times our staff is certainly measurable. i, prior to serving in congress as a member, spent roughly 20 years working with the institution, and there would be times, maybe once
loserville usa. as a lifelong hogs and falcons fan, that stings, mika. we ll talk all about it later. here in washington, we have former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. national affairs analyst, host and executive producer of showtime s the circus, and hell and high water podcast, john heilemann. and msnbc contributor, journalist, and author of the confidence code series, katty kay joins us. time to go to the big board, mika. let s go to steve kornacki. what a night. steve, talk about a crazy night. here ya go. this is what the result is. as you say, the republican, glenn youngkin, pulling out the victory in virginia. a year ago at this time, we were talking about how virginia had gone blue, had gone for joe biden by double digits, by ten points. now, the republican by two points over terry mcauliffe. how did youngkin do it?
anything to do with the looming debt crisis but nancy appeared to be very fired up. you listen here and you listen good, i am the speaker of the [ bleep ] house, so when i tell you to bunt, you [ bleep ] bunt. do you hear me [ bleep ] for brains? tell adam schiff to bring me a pretzel with the spicy [ bleep ] cheese. a tough manager. pelosi s working the phones like the mets just hired her as a scout. you re going to love this guy. 60 years old, throws in the mid to low 40s and we could get him for league minimum. yeah, i think we found our new degrom. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s friday, october the 1st. mika and willie have the morning off. with us we have msnbc contributor and co-author of the confidence code series katty kay. and associate editor of the washington post and political analyst, eugene robinson. and white house editor for
choice. the most difficult i have made in my life. but it was my choice, and that is what must be preserved for every pregnant person. it is simply nobody s business what choices we as pregnant people make about our own bodies. and let me be clear. i would never tell people who don t choose to have an abortion that they should do so. nor should they tell me that i shouldn t. this is a constitutionally protected, intensely personal choice. sounding the alarm on the threat to reproductive freedoms in this country is where we start this hour. joyce vance is here, former u.s. attorney, now law professor at the university of alabama. and an msnbc legal analyst. also joining us, fatima gosgraves, and coauthor of the confidence code and an msnbc contributor. i want to start with you, fatima, and what we saw today. it is something it s awkward to talk about. it s awkward to talk about in a