he s a tough man, strong man, very respected. i happen to think he is a good man. the press goes crazy when i say it. we can t have a weak president. we have a weak man who cheats like hell. they cheat at elections like nobody has ever cheated before. i saw shots you wouldn t believe. missile launch, and you hear a bell go. i see this. it s so incredible. they calmly walk to a seat, ding, ding, ding, ding. they have 17 seconds to figure this whole thing out, right? okay, missile launch, boom. and we don t have it here. i really take back i don t know where to begin. i take everything back that i said about elvis in 1977. i apologize to the ghost of fat elvis right here and now. he looked better then joe, we re supposed to talk about how he was talking about orban. i mean, i m just saying i m so distracted. first of all, we go back to what was said over the weekend on x. if he keeps putting i can t unsee that. the bronzer on at this level, white sup
go basically around the clock until the x date. margaret talev, thank you for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning with us. morning joe starts right now. optimistic we may be able to make some progress because we both agreed default is not really on the table. we have to get something done here. and the consequence of failing to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in their economic well-being. as a matter of fact, the rest of the world would, too. president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy continue to take positive have that positive tone on the debt ceiling and how it is going, but there s still no deal with just over a week until the country could default completely. we ll look at the disagreements that are holding up a deal for now. also ahead, donald trump s comments about e. jean carroll during his town hall could cost him more money, as the writer takes new legal ac
Series of demands. Meanwhile, republican infighting over the shutdown continued today. We have people in our party, the ted cruz wing of the party, i dont know if they are willing to make any concession other than defunding obama care. We want to see the government on shutdown and other is the Republican Leadership in the house that we dont go the way of the 30 or 40 people, they are going to disrupt whats going on. As this staredown continues, real people all across the country are feeling the effects of shutdown, in idaho, the family of a missing hiker issued an urgent plea for volunteers to continue the search after staff at craters of the Moon National monument were furloughed. A local tour company is losing 50,000 a day because of the shutdown of the uss arizona memorial in pearl harbor. While hundreds and thousands of furloughed workers wonder how theyll make ends meet. Right now, im terrified. Im terrified. They had to live on what most of us work at and live on, they couldnt ma
Tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 people were murdered, including 20 innocent children. Today the bodies of daniel barden, Charlotte Bacon and Caroline Previdi were all laid to rest as victoria soto who was shot and killed as she attempted to shield her students when when the shooter adam lanza open fired. Obama the fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing. The fact that we cant prevent every act of violence doesnt mean we cant steadily reduce the violence. And prevent the very worst violence. Thats why ive asked the Vice President to lead an effort that includes members of my cabinet and outside organizations to come up with a set of concrete proposals no later than january proposals that i then intend to push without delay. This is not some washington commission. This is a team that has a very specific task, to pull together real reforms right now. That those of us who were sent here to serve the public trust can summon one
20 innocent children. Today the bodies of daniel barden, Charlotte Bacon and Caroline Previdi were all laid to rest as victoria soto who was shot and killed as she attempted to shield her students when when the shooter adam lanza open fired. Obama the fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing. The fact that we cant prevent every act of violence doesnt mean we cant steadily reduce the violence. And prevent the very worst violence. Thats why ive asked the Vice President to lead an effort that includes members of my cabinet and outside organizations to come up with a set of concrete proposals no later than january proposals that i then intend to push without delay. This is not some washington commission. This is a team that has a very specific task, to pull together real reforms right now. That those of us who were sent here to serve the public trust can summon one tiny iota that those teachers in newtown summoned on friday. If cooperation and common s