the judge in this appeal trial did and to a large degree it discredited at least some of the key parts of that dna evidence. jon, one important piece of information that came out today was just the calendar. it looks like there will be a verdict within about ten days. they are talking about monday october 3rd, perhaps with a little luck it would come a little earlier, october 1st. amanda has lots of reason for home, although it s a complicated case and there is certainly no sign that she has a get out of jail free pass just yet. jon: a lot of people are watching that very strange case. thanks, greg for covering it for us. jenna: the fox news channel google republican presidential debate are in the books. who the tea party favors. dick armey is our guest next. yep. the longer you stay with us, the more yosave. and when you switch from another company to us, we even reward you for the time you spent there. genius. yeah, genius. you guys must have your own loyalty program, right?
organization. if governor christie decides to run, i wish him luck. i think that there is a bit of a caution. it always the swimming pool looks a lot better until you jump right in. the water may not be quite as warm as you think. good morning. it is monday, october 3rd. welcome to morning joe. with us onset, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. nice to see you, mike. thank you. you re welcome. and we have the president of the council on foreign relations richard hoss with us. a lot going on. very busy weekend. busy weekend. and i m tired. yeah. i m always tired. yeah. but today s the big day. today s the big day, i think. what? the next 24 to 48 hours, the wall street journal says that chris christie s going to make his decision. oh. great. okay. the aides are huddled together and the journal suggests now s the time.