Reading axios am in a bit. You can sign up for the news letter going to sign up. Axios. Com. That does it for me. Morning joe starts right now. Its a very scary situation where youre guilty until proven innocent. Due process. Due process. Due process. Due process. Due process. Due process. I must say that you, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent. Thank you. Okay. President trump yesterday declared an end to the scary time for Brett Kavanaugh. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, october 9th. Along with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, National Political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc and author of the book the red and the blue, the 1990s and the birth of political tribalism Steve Kornacki. Joe, my question to you is how you would sum up what you saw yesterday happening in the east room at the white house . It was graceless. Yeah. It was a president who once again had an opportunity not to be the great uniter, not to be
Of the storm. He was off on the facts. Is this his best offense for kavanaugh or was he just being offensive . Imagine being Christine Ford and her family and hearing the president pillaring you. Her sister is here. Hopefully the president will be watching and hear how his words landed. And wait until you hear what the democrats are suggesting about some of Brett Kavanaughs background checks. What is it and why is it just coming out now . Time to find out. Lets get after it. All right. So, the fbi report on kavanaugh could be sent to the white house, then capitol hill. Could happen any minute. We are being told that senators are expected to start being able to read it at 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. So if it werent for my next guest, there may not have been a timeout, a time for more analysis by the fbi, for more information before a full senate vote. He is senator chris coons, democrat on the Judiciary Committee joining me now. Its odd to see you without jeff flake standing next to you. It is
President pillaring you. Her sister is here. Hopefully the president will be watching and hear how his words landed. And wait until you hear what the democrats are suggesting about some of Brett Kavanaughs background checks. What is it and why is it just coming out now . Time to find out. Lets get after it. All right. So, the fbi report on kavanaugh could be sent to the white house, then capitol hill. Could happen any minute. We are being told that senators are expected to start being able to read it at 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. So if it werent for my next guest, there may not have been a timeout, a time for more analysis by the fbi, for more information before a full senate vote. He is senator chris coons, democrat on the Judiciary Committee joining me now. Its odd to see you without jeff flake standing next to you. It is. It is, chris. Jeff and i have had an interesting couple of days. Weve done quite a few interviews together. Good. And i am grateful for the step that senator flake took
Im Trace Gallagher in for shepard smith. A stunning third accusation as were just hours away from judge Brett Kavanaugh and his first accuser testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary committee. At stake is a seat on the highest court in the land and a chance to shape americas laws for generations. But earlier today another accuser came forward claiming just Brett Kavanaugh was present when she was gang raped at a house party sometime around 1982. Attorney Michael Avenatti released Julie Swetnicks statement on his twitter account. In it, she claims she witnessed Brett Kavanaugh and others caused girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could be gangraped in a side room or bedroom by a train of numerous boys. She then reveals she was a victim of one of these gang or train rapes. Kavanaugh writes in a statement, this is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I dont know who this is. This never happened. Heres what he said in an interview with fox news earlier this week. Did y
Chris plus, former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort strikes a plea deal to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller. We will ask our sunday panel what manaforts aboutface means for President Trump. And our power players of the week, men of honor. I was doing it for my country, my fellow marines and to win a war. Just imagine if wed lost. Chris all right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. As devastating as florence has been so far, the worst may be yet to come. The slowmoving storm is now responsible for at least 14 deaths. More than 30 inches of rain falling in some places. And forecasters are warning of catastrophic flooding across the region for days. In a moment, well discuss the threat and response with fema administrator brock long and North Carolina senator tom tillis. But first, we have fox team coverage. Leland vittert on the care lie no coast with the carolina coast with the latest on the rescue effort, but we begin with Steve Harrig