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
savagely attacked by an assailant who intended to hold and harm her, house speaker nancy pelosi has spoken on camera about the ordeal. paul came home yesterday, that enables me to be at home with all of you. thank you, thank you, thank you for your kind words, your prayers, and your good wishes for paul. it s going to be a long haul, but he will be well, and it s just so tragic how it happened, but nonetheless, we have to be optimist you can. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their stauts state
optimistic. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their states in districts making closing arguments with control of congress for the next two years at stake. normal is big name surrogates campaigning with the interest they bring and the questions about the difference they might make. normal is having economic issues front and center with republicans focusing on high inflation hoping that will work against democrats. democrats pushing back today on new strong job numbers hoping that will give them a
democrats need good news on the jobs economy. and mass layoffs at any moment. thousands of people who work at twitter this morning might not work there anymore by noon. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just four days left now until the high stakes mid-term election control of the house. senate and dozens of state governor s offices are on the line. president biden waking up in california. he s on a swing across the west coast trying to rally democrats in key races. mr. president, is your message getting through to the american voters? yes. tonight the president will be in chicago for another campaign event. former president trump also on the road. he held a rally there in sioux city, iowa, backing republican candidates. all but upstaging them with big hints about his plans for 2024. get ready, that s all i m telling you. get ready. get ready. let s begin with the president and cnn s jasmine wright. jasmine,
pittsburgh s cathedral of learning where a foo female student was allegedly sexually assaulted during school hours. that s bad enough, but it gets worse! students understandably horrified demanded increased security on campus. one anonymous student created a petition that garnered 6,000 signatures asking for more security cameras and more stringent i.d. access passes. the university quickly responded with an e-mail from the vice chancellor of public safety and emergency management. remember the old rule, the longer the title, the less they actually do. in the e-mail, the vc promised they d take additional actions increasing patrols and security shifts meaning more cops. can you guess what happened next? hint, it always happens when common sense runs head first into the whittles woke witles woke. stupid, destructive outrage. eventually causing destruction of someone else who was doing the right thing. so a backlash came from students who claimed the increasing police presenc