morning. the washington post s eugene robinson, thank you, my friend. and thanks to all of you for getting up with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. before me are the men who put them there. these are the boys. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heros who helped end a war. that was ronald reagan in 1984, iconic d-day speech, about the brave young men who climbed the cliffs of pointe du hoc, to reach a suspected german gun in placement 100 feet up. that is where we begin this morning. normandy, france, for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, the invasion that propelled the end to world war ii. right now, president biden is meeting with global leaders and the veterans who sacrificed their li
you. we need to send joe biden back to his basement and reverse american decline. joe biden has weakened this country at home and abroad. president biden is pushing for a democrat proposal in essence abortion on demand. i understand why america is hurting. biden s inflation is choking us. john: republican presidential hopefuls taking lots of shots at president biden on everything from the economy to foreign threats. the president says he tuned in for some of the debate while he was on vacation in lake tahoe but has not yet issued any kind of response. bring in jim messina, former deputy white house chief of staff under president obama and the obama biden 2012 campaign manager and ceo of the messina group. it s been a while since you and i have talked. so, biden taking a lot of incoming on the economy. he claims that bidenomics is working. but it doesn t seem to be
the biggest businesses i don t like disney s politics either, their woke politics. my guess is bob iger will change that whatever desantis should make a deal and stop already he is not running against walt disney for president. joining the conversation, ceo of the messina group, jim messina, served as deputy chief of staff to president obama and ran his re-election 2012 campaign jonathan lemire, jen psaki with us, as well. jim, i ll ask you, you re no supporter of ron desantis, but as a keen political observer and someone who knows how to win elections, how is this going so far for governor desantis? not very well who has better numbers than mickey mouse this is insane who has more great times in their lives than people at disney world you pick these fights and it sounds like a good idea, you re throwing about the spitball ideas the end of the day, throw out a press release, fine. but month after month of this? i agree with joe, bob iger is a smart political and business
said, maybe we ll just have our sons, daughters play baseball or softball, like, i mean, that s a tough sport, too, mika. yeah, no, it s scary. really is. jonathan lemire, jen palmieri and eugene robinson are still with us. joining the conversation, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, as you just saw. and the ceo of the messina group, jim messina. served as deputy chief of staff to president obama and ran his 2012 re-election campaign. in just a few minutes, we ll be talking here in abu dhabi with symone sanders townsend about the 30/50 summit. this is becoming the global capital of international women s day. we re going to talk a little bit about exactly why. first, let s get to the news. election deniers are claiming victory this morning after three more republican-led states announced they re pulling out of a national bipartisan program that helps protect against voter fraud. i mean, it s backwards.
including many battleground states. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, november 8th, election day, along with joe, willie and me, we have former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele is with us, former chief of staff to the dccc adrienne elrod, and ceo of the messina group, jim messina is back with us. he served as white house deputy chief of staff to president obama and ran his 2012 reelection campaign. and the cofounder of axios, mike allen is here on this election day. there is so much to talk about. we ve got four hours. thank god. i think we re going to need a bigger boat on this one, willie. willie, for me, this is turning into one of the most fascinating midterm elections i ve ever seen and participated in. because this should be a massive