jay monahan saying it was an historic moment. the agreement will combine the pga tour and liv s commercial operations and rights into a new, yet to be named company which will also include the dp world tour. the likes of dustinjohnson, brooks koepka and cameron smith defected to the saudi backed breakaway league with huge prize funds on offer, and new team formats. our golf correspondent iain carter says it s an total game changer. isa is a been sworn enemies, the establishment corner and in the rebel breakaway corner, we ve had greg norman s operation funded by saudi arabia existing towards some of liv is an existential threat. and now we have this cordiality, this agreement and the calling of expensive and lengthy legal action as well. it really is an extraordinary turnaround. news also in regarding karim benzema who has agreed terms with saudi arabian champions al ittihad, after leaving real madrid. 35 year old benzema is the latest big name recruit to the saudi pro
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. the influential uk business lobby group, the cbi, wins a vote of confidence over its future after a series of scandals. let s start with the race for the white house, which has become a little bit more crowded today with chris christie announcing his bid for the republican nomination. you may remember him from his time as the governor of newjersey and also his unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2016. and that ultimately ended up with him endorsing donald trump who, of course, won and is running again this time round. mr trump isn t noted for being nice about any of his rivals, so we ll see what he has to say against his one time backer. back to our panel gillian tett, editor at large for the us financial times, who joins us from silicon valley in california. and nathalie tocci, from the institute of international affairs, is in rome. let s start with chris christie, what do you make of that? is in l
control of the senate. i m harris falker and you are in the faulkner focus. this had to make it worse. now 11 days out and that brutally awful debate from fetterman this week. now the big guns are headed to the keystone state. his performance there was so challenging for him that those poll numbers we ll see in days to come and watching to see how much it made a difference. i can tell you this, a lot of people have already early voted in that state. president biden, vice president harris are traveling there today. somewhat of a rescue mission. former president barack obama will be there next week. fetterman s campaign needs all the help it can get. senate majority leader chuck schumer caught on a hot mic yesterday sharing his thoughts with the president. harris: i ve been around for such a long time i don t believe that man didn t know he was picked up by the cameras and microphones. wouldn t that be a way to shake up your base and a planned moment? can t prove it. just 3
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
capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, also with us, frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi. he is also an msnbc national security analyst. ryan, what do we know and not know about the attack at this hour? reporter: well, the biggest open question right now, jose, is motive. there doesn t appear to be a lot of clear answers right now as to why paul pelosi was targeted inside his san francisco home early this morning. we do know that the attack was violent, and it was enough for him to be rushed to the hospital. he is in the hospital now and the spokesperson for pelosi s office says that he is receiving excellent care and is expected to make a full recovery. the speaker herself, though, was not in san francisco at the time. and of course, jose, this comes against the backdrop of an increasing number of threats directed at members of congress and their families. capitol police put out a report over the summer that said there s bee