in the days to come. rich. katie burn live in philly. thank you. jonathan. jonathan: rich, a major escalation in the red sea as the risk to u.s. troops grows by the day. u.s. forces intercepted a barrage of houthi drones and missiles in attack that lasted more than ten hours yesterday and learning a u.s. warship involved in that firefight shot down a ballistic missile, the first time that has ever happened in combat. hello, everyone. i m jonathan hunt in los angeles. rich: rich edson in new york. john and sandra have the day of o. u.s. bases in the middle east remain on high alert after a drone attack injured three service members. biden administration said the strategy is aimed at preventing a widening war, but critics say it could get worse. my fear is one of these days we are going to wake up and one of these missiles has actually gotten through and caused a catastrophic attack on one of our bases, or on one of our ships. and that is going to be squarely on joe bid
top fill the shot, body rock rock it the ballots that are fraudulent. and if we re wrong, we will be made fools of. but if we re right, a lot of them will go to jail. [cheers and applause] so let s have trial by combat. [crowd clamoring] - when giuliani appeared alongside donald trump on january 6th, what came to my mind was the riot at city hall. [crowd yelling] - [whistling] - they marched around city hall park in a peaceful and orderly fashion, but then, minutes later, thousands of cops stormed through the barricades and ran on top of cars as they charged the stairs of city hall. [crowd cheering and yelling] - people called it at the time the riot of the oppressors. [crowd yelling] a riot of policemen. [crowd yelling] - you have a bunch of off-duty cops. [crowd yelling] - took over the roadway of the brooklyn bridge. jumped on cars. stormed city hall. - saying that their jobs had become too difficult and that they didn t have the support that they needed and
our ellie mae, the most beautiful and bright star out there, forever and bright star out there, forever and always. and the fashion world pays tribute to vivienne westwood. the rebellious british designer has died aged 81. she turned swinging london into punk london, but then went on turning it back into mini crinis and corsetry. you know? so she was always strongly on the ball. tributes are being paid to the brazilian football legend pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, who has died at the age of 82. during his two decades on the pitch, pele scored a world record of more than 1,200 goals in around 1,300 appearances and became the only player to win the world cup three times. tributes have been pouring in from around the world. french star kylian mbappe described pele as the king of football , adding, his legacy will never be forgotten. and former president barack 0bama said, pele was one of the greatest to ever to play the beautiful game. and as one
accuser also apparently has receipts. we ll have the latest on that development. plus, president biden and key members of his cabinet hit the road to play defense on the economy with election day now just 12 days away. we ll have more on their message and the new polling that shows things may be swinging back in democrats favor. it s tight, though. and donald trump is set to hit the road ahead of election day, including a stop in florida. one key republican hasn t been invited to that event. the governor, we ll have reaction from allies of ron desantis who are not happy. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, october 27th. joe is off, but along with willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and willie, as we get closer to election day, things are getting a lot tighter and it seems like democrats might be working to diversify their mess