we are six days from a shut down, as well as the house speaker who says he has a plan to stop it. we continue to wait for the actual details to be released. that could come at anytime now. plus, as donald trump prepares to speak in new hampshire this hour, his son, don jr., prepared for another trip to the witness stand. this time for the defense. that is his father s fraud trial. big developments in new york city as the fbi conference gates eric adams devices for a fundraising investigation. latest of that coming up as well. democrats, reason to celebrate this weekend. pulling off multiple victories in the ballot box in several states, we talk to one of the big winners and look at what it means for election year 20 24th. that is coming up as well. we begin with this ticking clock in washington, there is now six days left for congress to pass the funding bill or see the federal government shutdown. we are now awaiting this full resolution, proposed by house speaker johnson, t
were like, you know, this princess leia is a dud. let s give the emperor another shot. welcome to morning joe. you don t understand that, do you? nope. yeah, okay. november 7th. we ll have a lot to get to. something with star wars, right? thank you for saying it. there it is. i was worried she d say star trek. thank goodness she said star wars. ongoing confusion of those franchises, frankly, is unforgivable, star wars and star trek. mika, we can t have it. oh, really? before we get to the start of this, also unforgivable. i ll give him a lightsaber for christmas. that d be great. a little lightsaber light for the corner of the room. for the studio. also unforgivable for jets fans, willie, the situation at quarterback. it gets no better. in fact, much, much worse. yeah. they lost last night. i guess it was too late for the tabloids, but, yeah, lost 27-6. no offense to speak of. it is a shame. they have a great defense, but they re on t
it was determined by the lead marry medic on the scene that the heart rhythm was incompatable to life. was trayvon martin then pronounced dead at the scene? yes. very quiet courtroom during that testimony. and the gun, the pistol owned by george zimmerman, used to shoot and kill trayvon martin, also brought out for the jurors to see yet again, about 20 minutes ago. the first responding police officer from sanford pd, tim smith, testifying that when he pulled up on scene just minutes after the shooting, the gun was already back in george zimmerman s holster, on his hip. greg? phil keating we ll get back to you. joining me, judge alex, host of the program, judge alex. john good was on the defense witness list. we knew about him. i found him in my note three months ago exactly what he was going to say, that he was going to be a terrific defense
expect the doctor to take the stand in his own defense at any point? i think that, you know, his defense attorney never said he would or he wouldn t, so we just didn t know. and today we learned that there was no one on the witness list. there was no one on the defense witness list, including gaznel and i think that defense attorney obviously felt that had his case in the cross-examination. he had a medical examiner on the stand who he was able to o get to say, i cannot definitely say ne of the fetuses were born alive. and maybe he felt that was the best he could do. lu ann, time line we are looking at, how much longer is this trial expected to go on?
going to make these allegations. so to inject this possible air, this possible prejudice to the defense at the 11th hour would create some error that the prosecution doesn t want because they don t want any possibility that they have to retry this case and put those victims back on. rick: and, fred, there were comments from matthew sandusky early on supporting his father, fred. saying that his father didn t abuse him and showing up at different events supporting his dad. so that would have been problematic for the prosecution right? rick, this is about as good as they get, i disagree with jennifer on one point, she is absolutely right the prosecution was right not to call the guy but for different reasons. he was on the defense witness list as a witness so they can t argue surprise. he did come out and support his father. he publicly denied he was victim of any type of abuse by jerry sandusky. you know what? i would not have put the guy on. i think it would have been