but i don t think he ll show up. i don t think he s man enough. we ll see. nancy pelosi takes a jab at the former president. there are document that s could endanger people aiding u.s. intelligence around the world. and over in london, boris johnson ends his bid to be prime minister again. we ll tell you about the new front-runner who could take over later today. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this monday, october 24th. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with the january 6th
again perfect in the postseason. yankees starter nester cortez pitched two strong innings before exiting with an injury in the third and after giving up a game-tying three-run homer hit off of rookie hit by rookie shortstop jeremy pena. houston the lead in the seventh, edging new york 6-5, going to the world series for the fourth time in the last six years. game one on friday in houston. and for all of you new york yankees fans out there, this is my gift to you this week. i m not going to jonathan lemire for his comments. mika? please don t. it is three minutes past the top of the hour now on this monday, october 24th. jonathan lemire, elise jordan, and reverend sharpton are with us. just ahead, we are learning some of the papers from
we ll go live to london for that. plus, joe, the part of the game you never saw, it s coming now. okay. the world series match up that everyone predicted. i mean, listen, everybody knew, like we said all along, the phillies definitely would not be there. this is unbelievable, actually. the philadelphia phillys are in the fall classic for the first time since 2009. houston astros are back for the fourth time in six years. go. you got to finally see it. i m so happy for you. so exciting. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, october 24th. we have former white house press secretary under president obama robert gibbs, also a member of the new york times editorial board, mara gay, and the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. this phillies game, though, jonathan lemire, i ve got to say, the bryce harper moment
obama, one document, one pen too many, it would have been a done deal. voters in the swing state of pennsylvania sharing their thoughts on the former president and what he took with him to his florida country club. we re going to have much more from elise jordan s focus groups in just a moment. plus, we re going to have more on the moral dilemma for conservative voters when it comes to senate candidate herschel walker and his troubled campaign. meanwhile, one of our guests calls walker s candidacy just insulting. also ahead, a split between the top republicans in congress on funding for ukraine. what mitch mcconnell is saying about support for this country if the gop takes control of congress. welcome back to morning joe. it is monday, october 24th. jonathan lemire, robert gibbs, amara gay still with us this morning, and joining the conversation, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, msnbc political
mosul. now five miles from the occupied city. the operation taking a horrifying turn. isis extremists slaughtering dozens of civilians in the streets. and at&t buying time warner for $85 billion. what does this mean for cnn? it is a big deal. good morning. welcome to early start. i m john berman. i m christine romans. it is monday, october 24th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin in the fight for florida. early voting in the state gets under way in hours. donald trump and hillary clinton are running neck and neck in the battleground state. a new abc tracking poll putting clinton ahead by 12 points. even trump s campaign manager concedes it s an uphill battle. where do you see this race? do you acknowledge you are behind? we are behind. she has tremendous advantages.