(crowd chanting, lock her up) lock her up, that s right. (crowd chanting, lock her up) (crowd chanting, lock her up) that s how it went through trump s 2016 campaign. his supporters answered any mention of hillary clinton with a loud, stadium chant. lock her up. and trump loved it. his kids clapped along to it at the republican national convention. his future national security adviser was part of the chorus, even though he was the one who would actually be convicted of a real crime just a few years later. lock her up, over her emails, lock her up, she misused to a server, lock her up because she is trump s opponent. trump pushed the fantasy of hillary clinton s criminality to such an extreme that he made this threat on the debate stage a month before the election. i will tell you what. i did not think i would say this. but i m going to say that. and i hate to say it but if i win i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into
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
request privacy at this time. my god. both prominent figures in the news. we do not know the motivation for this attack. we know nothing about the assailant just yet. this all just happened in the last few minutes. we re grateful that mr. pelosi seems, per the statement, like he s going to make a recovery. but certainly a terrible tragedy. we ll try to figure out more about the assailant and what caused this attack. mika, we don t have a motive. we ll be very cautious about that right now. but there is a suspect in custody so we ll learn that very quickly, it would seem, whether this was an act of street crime, a burglary or break-in or something worse remains to be seen. but, again, speaker pelosi s husband, paul pelosi, was beat on the point he had to be taken to the hospital. oh, my god. he is going to make a recovery. speaker pelosi was not there. this all taking place inside their home in san francisco. and obviously no connection we don t know what the mo
of that. [inaudible] [inaudible] well here is a bit more from nbc s aly tally. it s official. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california haven t received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] that was, easy yes? this chamber is not fully open for all americans to visit. it is the longest speaker vote in 100 years. the dramatic and twisting political melodrama not seen in the modern era. and, now the hard work begins. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. mccarthy allies expected in the clinch the speakership on the 14th ballot, thinking that they have the votes. a speaker has not been elected. shock reverberating throughout the chamber. as congressman matt gates held firm is the man standing in between mccarthy speakership. mccarthy himself begging for gates vote on the floor. congressman mike rogers, it mccarthy alla, being held back fro
weekend. and they don t get healthcare. healthcare gets cut off today, too. pete: did they vote to adjourn, until, what? tomorrow? ainsley: today at noon. six votes yesterday. all failed. in total there have been 11 votes. pete: enough time for them to come home and come back? they can join us on fox & fox& friends weekend. brian: absolutely. ounce. ainsley: house broke 100 year record 1923 fred g gillette ninh ballot and here we re on the 11th ballot. brian: always breaking records for the day and age pandemic 100 years. thinks about b. how much is going on never happened before. par for the course. ainsley: delaying all the investigations republicans across the country who put these men and women in office is delaying all of that. here we are at the end of the first week and nothing can be done. no business can be accomplished unless there s a speaker. brian: so much going on. ainsley: should we go to the border? the is a know a cartel deadly riots in m