life and legacy of the home run king. terrance moore, thank you very much for being on today. that wraps us up for this hour. jose diaz balart picks up msnbc s live coverage right now. and good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz balart. we have breaking news. we got word president biden will be delivering a speech tonight in washington d.c. nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker joins me with that. what do we know about this? jose, according to sources familiar with the president s plans tonight, he is going to deliver those remarks at 7:00 p.m. eastern at union station here in the nation s capitol and the focus is going to be democracy. we have heard him say this. he was at a campaign event in florida yesterday where he said democracy is on the ballot. now, in a release from the dnc, they previewed this by saying the president will address the threat of election deniers and those who seek to undermine faith in voting and democ
counterterrorism task force knew the 19-year-old suspect had been radicalized into islamic extremism and had been watching them for weeks leading up to the machete attack on three officers in times square on new year s eve. molly: furious city officials saying the world-famous ball drop would never have become a target if the fbi hadn t dropped a ball on its own. the failure is that this is the umpteenth time we have heard the fbi say this person is on our radar. if someone is under suspicion of terrorism, that s a good reason for them to follow someone. the wind as the radar screen turned into scrambling the fighter jets? molly: and moments ago police announcing the suspect is being charged with attempted murder. just as correspondent david spunt has these breaking details. david? molly, members of law enforcement always plan for every possible scenario, especially for an event and the like new year s eve. but there are questions about the readiness, especially becau
state of the union starts right now. two weeks notice. democrats test a new closing midterm message. look what they re offering. maga maga trickle down. reporter: as voters economic concerns grow will they blame democrats on election day? i ll speak exclusively to someone with urgent advice for democrats, independent senator bernie sanders, next. gop agenda. with republicans growing more hopeful about a red wave they are laying out plans for the potential new majority. what would a republican takeover look like? gop congresswoman nancy mace joins me ahead. plus, he got served. president trump is subpoenaed by the january 6 committee. let s see if he lives up to what the law requires of him. capping off a week of legal blows to the former president and his allies. will donald trump comply and what happens if he doesn t? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is biting our nails watching the races tighten. we are 16 days out from t
crossing the southern border soars. and as some republican governors resort to political stunts with people s lives, we ll talk about that. later this morning, former secretary of state hillary clinton will be our guest. we look forward to talking with her as well. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 16th. along with joe, willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bb news, katty kay in london, and the host of way too early white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, also with us the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. you know what people say about our show, that morning joe show is the most mindful show, we teach everybody that two things can be true at one time. we re not always that mindful. we re going to be talking about that. we re going to be talking about the crisis at the southern border, and by the way, i understand every t
asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2000 people have been rescued so far according to the governor. this is footage from santa belle island. loose skies overhead, the only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from fort myers, our randi kaye was among the first reporters to get an and witness the enormous destruction and ongoing rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian s winds combined with the storm surge, they chewed through homes and businesses sparing nothing in its path. massive devastation. we are somewhat used to it. the first toilet was hurricane katrina. we have seen a lot of hurricanes over the years. it is certainly a big disaster. jennifer brown is a canine search specialist with florida task force to. her dog fears and fame are searching for human remains. they have worked dozens of missions since florida s task forc