and right to privacy. president biden lays out the threats from maga republicans when one of several speeches in the final six days until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney is crossing party lines, making good on her promise to help defeat election denying members of the gop. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. we re also following alarming developments in the war with ukraine. there is new reporting this morning on high-level talks inside the russian military about using a tactical nuclear weapon. and good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, november 2nd. joe is back. along with joe, willie and me we have the host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network re
reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. just left him in the dust. never would have seen that coming. i know. no loyalty. things go back, and he throws him under the bus. who has ever seen that? that s shocking. other than anyone he s ever dealt with. the latest on the war in ukraine. british intelligence reports russia has been firing high-level commanders over the military s poor performance in ukraine. we ll talk a lot more about that. along with joe, willie, and me on this friday morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. he is white house bureau chief at politico. willie, we re going to get a lot of news here, but i must say, jonathan and i just shocked. a storied night in major league baseball last night, as the little engine that could just went a half notch up the hill and said, i think i can. jonathan, give us a qu
domestic priority on the same day that gas prices hit a new record high. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates in yesterday s primaries. with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and the latest on the war in ukraine. u.s. officials say that vladimir putin is in it for the long haul. thinking he ll be able to wear down western support. we ll hear from the nation s top spy chief. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 11th. i m jonathan lemire. russia claims its forces have made significant gains in eastern ukraine, three weeks after moscow launched renewed offensive there. the russian defense ministry yesterday said its troops have advanced to the border between donetsk and luhansk the two russian-speaking provinces together known as the donbas. the ministry said it now controls more of the region than it did before the war started on f
wow. americans heard and responded with a resounding ew. bizarre. president biden whew. on defense. over high consumer prices. there you go, inflation in the morning. he says inflation is a top domestic priority. and, again, takes aim at maga republicans. we re going to play for you his new comments and have the new inflation report when it crosses later this morning. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates, with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. boy, that nebraska loss, statewide, it may show again, it may be easier for donald trump to win in smaller congressional races, much harder, statewide, in states like nebraska. maybe pennsylvania, we ll see. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and ukraine reports new gains in kharkiv, saying it has managed to recapture villages. and is pushing back russian forces. we ll have the latest on the counteroffensive in a region that has come un
We are in jerusalem. It is day 21 of the war between israel and hamas. We are covering Breaking News. We were notified about an our ago that the United States has struck targets, airstrikes in syria. What they are saying is the two facilities were near abu come all syria. According to a senior u. S. Defense official they say one was a Weapons Storage Facility and the other was an ammo storage area. These are in syria, not iran. The strike back, of course, does not have anything to do the Administration Says with what is happening between israel and hamas. What it has to do with is the proxy groups of iran targeting u. S. Forces at these military installations in syria and iraq. There have been 16 of these attacks in the last eight days. In those attacks at least 21 servicemembers were wounded in some capacity. Most of them were minor, but some of those are temporary brain injuries. That is a big concern. Today, the United States struck back. Our or two of our breaking News Coverage. Le