that i m fit to be serving and that s what i believe is where i m standing. democrats are seizing on dr. oz already on defense for criticism of discredited theories he promoted on television saying this when asked whether aside from exceptions should abortion be banned in america. i ve been in the room when there s some difficult conversations happening. i don t want the federal government involved with that at all. i want women, doctors, local political leaders leading the democracy that s allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves. we ll get reaction here as well as reports from other key contests across the nation. and we ll take a closer look at threats to election workers undermining access to the vote and election security in georgia, two years after former president trump tried to change the 2020 results. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell here in pittsburgh and the big question in pennsylvania this morning
good to be with you. i m katy tur. we ve never seen anything like this before in key places across the country, interest in the election is so intense that millions have showed up to vote early. shattering turnout records, especially in the midterm year. who does that help? and is all of that enthusiasm reflected in the polls? we re going to explore that in just a moment. along with the concerning rise in threats at polling places, axios is reporting local mayors and police chiefs are being warned that extremists like the proud boys and the oath keepers are signing up as poll workers and drop box monitors, as part of localized efforts to intimidate voters. again, we will get to all of that in a moment. but first, if you were not already convinced by the campaign ads, or the mailers, or the emails, or the texts, last night s debates gave voters, you potentially, a lot to chew over. candidates in close races, in pennsylvania, michigan, and new york, faced off, first up in penns
debate and others. plus, concern for house democrats in several races. they should have, they believe, locked up by now, including the seat of their campaign chief. we ll have that new reporting. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, october 26th. along with joe and me, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department s elise jordan. host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico and author best seller the big lie jonathan lemire and eddie glaude jr., a professor and punch bowl news jake sherman, msnbc political contributor. mika is under the weather this morning and hope to see her tomorrow. joe, we ll start it in pennsylvania just your first impressions what you saw there from john fetterman and dr. oz. first of all, mika under the weather, actually means she s going to probably only run seven miles this morning instead of nine. so her devgs of under the weather is a little bit different than ours. you know, it s v
plus, it works well.people fewer people die on the operating table when you do it that way.when you do it for generations. this is how american society ran. if you were smart and you worked hard, you could compete. i m pretty much equal footing against anyone else in america.. they tell you that was neverallh true, but it was true. it was called the american o dream. the re moved here from allver oe the world to partake in that system. but there was a political problem with it. if you ve gooutt a mérida kraddc society, it s pretty hard to play race politics because raced to plays no role in advancement. individual initiative is what matters. group interests are irrelevant in a meritocracy. now,group in that may sound idyc to you. it may sound like the kind of country you d want to live in, but for the democraticcrat party, it was a disaster.ic p get your voters to the polls if they re not racially aggrieved? it s harde of. so at the tail end of the civilo rights move
good morning, everyone. here we are! don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is november 1st, and welcome to our very first show. so happy you re waking up with us. made it through an hour. we did. through the first hour and start of the rest of our lives. how do you feel? good. a really good first hour. not as bad getting up this early as you think is. once you get through the first few minutes. day one. and check in with me six months from now. it is day one. you doing okay? i m great. i m so happy to be with you guys. this is going to be fun. none of us ever thought we d actually sit together and do this together three hours a day. so it what happened like a week ago? and here we are. again, you re going to learn a lot more about us. we re going to take you all over the country from minnesota to louisiana to alabama maybe do a football game this weekend. and lsu/alabama football game. stay tuned. big question this morning. i