233 seats total. bill: on the senate side a toss-up expected to come down to four big races we ve been watching all year. pennsylvania, georgia, nevada, arizona. dana: democrats appear to be stumbling in the homestretch. they have failed to put forward a coherent message on inflation and the economy, two issues where the president is seen as a liability. president biden: we the democrats are the ones fiscally responsible. let s get that straight now, okay? we re investing in all of america, reducing everyday costs while lowering the deficit at the same time. republicans are fiscally reckless. i m here to deliver what i believe is a closingment what we need to do in the next 15 days to assure a victory. dana: team fox coverage. karl rove is on deck with analysis. we begin in washington with alexandria hoff. we ll start by taking a look at shifts in two races for governor. interesting dynamics are at play. let s go to oklahoma. you have a democrat who used to be a rep
obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. we ll play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to indict him, but shouldn t. we ll discuss his reasoning. and the 60-day sprint to the midters begins today, and it seems whoever is managing the money for the republican senate candidates can t get it right. how republican senator rick scott explains burning through loads of cash with little to show for it. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 8th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, author of the big lie, white house bureau chi
hurricane ian. 76 people were killed, after the storm tore through the state, governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made since the storm struck. this left some communities unrecognizable. littered with wrecked homes as well as boats, as as you saw there. more than 628,000 customers are still without power and the destruction may just be coming to light. governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where half of the storm related deaths have been ann announced. they re facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than the neighboring county. here s what nadia romero was told. is that one of the things you ll be reviewing once we get out of the i can t aftermath. lee county should have had the evacuation order sooner from what we reviewed? the issue is they informed people and most people did not want to do it. that s the reality. you re in a situation, are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to
several hours. you can see it on screen. you can see the unpredictable path, very unsettling for local authorities in the area. the suspect was taken into custody some five hours later. nadia romero has been tracking this all day for us. also with us is cnn transportation analyst mary sciavo. what are we learning about the suspect and how all of this came to an end? and thank goodness it did, nadia. reporter: thank goodness it came to the end it did, jim. that s what we re hearing from the mayor of tupelo. saying he was woken up early this morning by police and fire and he said usually when he gets those calls it s always something bad so he feared the worst, that this pilot would go through with his initial threat, the threat he made was he was going to take that stolen aircraft and crash it into a walmart there in tupelo. that s when authorities evacuated the walmart, they blocked off the streets nearby just awaiting that threat to play out. we know it did not. we know th
outside of the justices home. they basically condoned this behavior and it is concerning. the g.o.p. senate race possibly headed for a recount. trump endorsed dr. oz still leading right now by a razor thin margin. we have done well. this election is ours. rockets one toward the gap in left center field headed toward of the wall. it s out of here. alonzo puts a capper on it with a 3-run homer. good morning . ainsley: it s raining here but it was beautiful. i slept with the windows open. i could hear the rain. it sounded so peaceful. gorgeous shot of hampton, new hampshire. it s going to rain there. the low is 50 degrees. no state tax though. there is no state sales tax. brian: that s good. and almost everybody serves in the legislature. sense of service and giving back to community. why are we here? we should go there. ainsley: we did one time. steve: we go there every four years for the big presidential. ainsley: remember we had the band at the hotel an