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
needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can t even be sworn in. they don t even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it s a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let s bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. yamiche alcindor is our washington correspondent. doug high is a republican strategist for the rnc. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times and an msnbc political analyst. steve kornacki is at the big board. garrett, tell us what s happening this second and what should we make of it? we re watching kevin mccarthy on his way going 0 for 4. byron donalds, the l
plus, a new breaking developments on the redacted mar-a-lago affidavit, with the intelligence community announced earlier today, and the white house calls out republicans who attacked student loan forgiveness, after having their own loans forgiven. the irony, i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. mohyeldin t started. mohyeldi let s begin with some breaking news, just hours ago. a federal judge in florida appointed by donald trump, we should note, issued a preliminary ruling on trump s request to obtain a special master for the darkness that were seized with by the fbi search of mar-a-lago. the judge says that she plans to apply the special master, but no actions have been taken just yet. a hearing in the case has been scheduled for this coming week on thursday. that would be september the 1st. we will have more coverage of this breaking news in just a moment. but we do want to talk about politics here to start out. democrats just flip 2022 on its head. possibly crushing
you re going. you re driving to a particular place. are they? are there tools? what are the tools left in kevin mccarthy s tool box that could actually get him where he wants to go, whether it takes another vote or another couple days. don t know that it is possible, but it maybe some combination of changes to the rules, particularly rules that affect the speakership and how much power these members would have in the next congress. i think those are tough things to swallow for a lot of the other members, including kevin mccarthy. the other thing is peer pressure. we maybe looking at a situation where this needs this is an absurd situation, but it may need to be so absurd that they are realizing something has to give. that may take literally weeks. i don t mean to sound hyperbolic, but it could take weeks for kevin mccarthy to wear these people down. i don t know he has that much stamina to go the length, but that s the kind of peer pressure
power by any means necessary in order to advance their own interests and put the entire constitutional experiment toward a more perfect union in jeopardy, and i just think that s where we are. i don t mean to sound hyperbolic, but this is not hypothetical. this is what they say they want to do and at a certain point you have to take people seriously. and so i think what liz cheney has done is remarkable. i wish more people would do it, and i think that not just history but people of goodwill around the country should honor her for it, and listen to her. and vote for representative slotkin, and i say that, by the way, i m not a democrat. i voted for republicans and democrats. and, you know, i live in tennessee. when i say i have conservative friends, that s redundant. this is not a crazy partisan