debate and others. plus, concern for house democrats in several races. they should have, they believe, locked up by now, including the seat of their campaign chief. we ll have that new reporting. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, october 26th. along with joe and me, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department s elise jordan. host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico and author best seller the big lie jonathan lemire and eddie glaude jr., a professor and punch bowl news jake sherman, msnbc political contributor. mika is under the weather this morning and hope to see her tomorrow. joe, we ll start it in pennsylvania just your first impressions what you saw there from john fetterman and dr. oz. first of all, mika under the weather, actually means she s going to probably only run seven miles this morning instead of nine. so her devgs of under the weather is a little bit different than ours. you know, it s v
dangerous at a luxury hotel housing illegal migrants. no safety in our job. nfl safety who collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest has been released from hospital and will continue rehabilitation. ainsley: a little florida georgia line because at the northern part of florida, jacksonville, florida, it will be almost 80 degrees today. brian: not far from the georgia line. ainsley: ill be beautiful today we look at the weather forecast egg sunshine no clouds. pete: and jacksonville returns to the playoffs they play host to the los angeles chargers on saturday night. that will be huge for the community with trevor lawrence bringing football back single-handedly. he is a very attractive man i might add. he is 6 5 , he looks like a teen idol. ainsley: you are into him. brian: has the whole package, married a young man 23 years old very mature for his age comes in and in two years? two years is that? leads his team to the playoffs it s pretty impressive. s
[marching band] [marching band] [shake it off] [marching band] [shake it off] ainsley: wonderful job. that s franklin high school s marching band. a little taylor swift this morning. y all are so talented. thank you for waking up to be with us. thanks to all at home for watching. we are live at the grand ole opry house for the patriot awards. brian: 95 years of history. this has been in a few different places. much like madison square garden in new york. it s been all over new york city. now it s the 34th. there is something that is still here from its inception 95 years ago. and it s the little circle right in front of us. steve: what they did was they cut out a 6-foot circle from the reiman auditorium, which is still standing in downtown nashville, walked by it yesterday. and there it is. that way all the performers here they grand ole opry house are able to do exactly what people have done for 95 years. and that is stand in the center. ainsley: that s
In sport, Sam Allardyce takes charge of a football match, for the First Time Since he was sacked as england manager. His new side Crystal Palace will face watford in the premier league. And matt has the weather. Good morning, stormy boxing day for some in scotland, 90mph gusts in orkney and shetland, frequent wintry showers, but not the same for all. A cracking day for others to walk off that excess christmas pudding. All the details in 15 minutes. First, our main story. One of the biggest pop stars of the 80s and 90s, George Michael, has died. He was 53, and is believed to have suffered from heart failure. He rose to fame as one half of the group, wham and went on to have a successful solo career. He sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. Nick quraishi looks back at his life. You put the boom boom into my heart. Suntans, bleached hair and upbeat songs propelled wham to number one around the world. They even conquered china. Last christmas i gave you my heart but
In sport, Sam Allardyce takes charge of a football match, for the First Time Since he was sacked as england manager. His new side Crystal Palace will face watford in the premier league. And matt has the weather. Good morning, stormy boxing day for some in scotland, 90mph gusts in orkney and shetland, frequent wintry showers, but not the same for all. A cracking day for others to walk off that excess christmas pudding. All the details in 15 minutes. First, our main story. One of the biggest pop stars of the 80s and 90s, George Michael, has died. He was 53, and is believed to have suffered from heart failure. He rose to fame as one half of the group, wham and went on to have a successful solo career. He sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. Nick quraishi looks back at his life. You put the boom boom into my heart. Suntans, bleached hair and upbeat songs propelled wham to number one around the world. They even conquered china. Last christmas i gave you my heart but