thursday, september 30th legislative day even though as the earth outside its windows continued to turn on its axis into friday, october 1st, a parallel universe, if you will, existed at the united states congress. you knew nancy pelosi had many powers but you didn t realize she could actually control time. but as extraordinarily long as that thursday was, and as it comes to an end, and as capitol hill joins the rest of us, here in the month of october, we know one thing. the vote on that roads and bridges bill that speaker pelosi was holding the floor open for tonight and through most of today, well that vote s not happening. certainly not tonight. and not this weekend either. remember what this bill is. it s the small piece of president biden s legislative agenda, the roads and bridges part, the stuff you used to call infrastructure. the vast, vast majority of democrats on capitol hill want to pass all of biden s agenda
but in the weird, arcane time space continuum that governs the u.s. house, it turns out that yesterday really was endless as in, it did not end until tonight. let me explain this to you. when lawmakers left capitol hill last night to get a few hours of sleep because their work was not getting done, before coming back this morning to keep working toward a deal, they did not adjourn the house like they do at the end of the workday. instead, they went into a recess which kept the house in the thursday september 30th legislative day even though as the earth outside its windows continue to turn on its axis into our friday october 1st, in a parallel universe, if you will. you knew nancy pelosi had many powers, but you didn t think that she could actually control time. but as extraordinarily long as that thursday was, and as it comes to an end, and as capitol
two weeks, 30,000 migrants had streamed in to just the del rio sector of texas alone. of that group a few thousand were deported but when asked about how many were released into the u.s., mayorkas said it could be around 12,000 or more. we know that those folks that were likely given an nta a notice to appear in court at a later date regarding the asylum claim. according to the department of justice, around 44% of those people given ntas don t show up to their date in court. so we ll see how this plays out. even just today, martha, we still saw several groups show up here to this one little spot along the u.s.-mexico border and give themselves up to authorities out here. martha? martha: seems like an easy place to do it. thanks, jeff paul. that s the story for this thursday, september 30th. but as always, the story goes on. i ll see you tonight on the
there is those manning boys again. they share that snazzy on the show and a lot of fun. when it s eli or peyton doing it trying to get those hips rotated, that s dak prescott s warm up move. peyton did not get it, it was ely demonstrating it. wow, somebody s bad mental images going on right now. good morning on that note. welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, september 30th, we ll get to the major developments on capitol hill in a moment. also, this morning, two disturbing trends seem to be taken shapes across the country. healthcare workers facing threats and attacks. the wall street journal recounting how restaurants and hotels are facing an uptick in
that s because you all have xfinity mobile with your internet. it s wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. good morning, everyone. it s thursday, september 30th. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. let s begin with you, laura jarrett. we are here together with a story that begins in washington. a mad dash to salvage a key part of president biden s economic agenda. democrats are furious at other democrats. can barely reach agreement with republicans on anything except baseball. so, last night as the nation careens toward a government shutdown, democrats and republicans took to the field for their annual match up. the democrats need a closer