Harris well, we have a crisis developing right now in this country, not to mention The Ones that are all over the world right now. War in israel, that eventually the Middle East now, they are on alert. So all of this is developing on a very busy monday, and concerns over a potential recession now are causing stocks to plunge. They have come back from where they were well over 1100 when stocks opened this morning, but they are still in triple digits, really high triple Digit Number losses at this point. The dow down now by 809, 810. Japans Nikkei Index has its workstations the black Monday Crash nearly 40 years ago. So we are all globally connected and we tend to think we are on top here in the United States because we are. So in our world rocks, everybody does. The Middle East again is on the brink of a wider war. Israeli officials are bracing for potential attacks from iran, and it could happen, we are told, as early as today. So they are ahead of us in because it is dark there now. P
They have taken three capitals just this week. Today President Biden authorized troops to the legion. Kelly kobiaya starts us off tonight from kabul. Reporter well, the president has announced that 5,000 troops will now be heading to afghanistan to help in what is described as this very limited mission of evacuating Embassy Staff as well as thousands of afghans who have helped in the military mission over the course of several years, heptd to finish applying for special immigrant visas and to get them out of the country. Today the u. S. Ambassador as well as the commander in afghanistan met with the afghan president to talk about the defense of kabul. A special Forces Commander from the Afghan Army has now been put in control of defending the Capital City as we are starting to hear reports of taliban fighters inching closer to kabul. There were reports earlier today of fighting about 20 miles away from the city. More provinces falling and also reports, unconfirmed by Nbc News that tali
Of redistricting. How that Plays Out out could decide who controls congress. In new york, im joshua johnson, welcome to the week. We begin in northern afghanistan, where the taliban have taken its last major city. The collapse of mazaresharif they have taken three capitals just this week. Today President Biden authorized troops to the legion. Kelly kobiaya starts us off tonight from kabul. Reporter well, the president has announced that 5,000 troops will now be heading to afghanistan to help in what is described as this very limited mission of evacuating Embassy Staff as well as thousands of afghans who have helped in the military mission over the course of several years, heptd to finish applying for special immigrant visas and to get them out of the country. Today the u. S. Ambassador as well as the commander in afghanistan met with the afghan president to talk about the defense of kabul. A special Forces Commander from the Afghan Army has now been put in control of defending the Capi
plus, senator joe manchin flexing his muscle as he threatens to employeblow up the democrats plan to pass two of the president s agenda items this week. and the unfriendly skies are getting unfriendlier. what happened on a delta flight, and why it was diverted. the red flags were everywhere. what a new investigation reveals about what happened days after the january 6th attack. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, november 2nd, election day in america. this morning, the focus is on two high stakes races for governor in virginia and new jersey. polls just opened in both states. the outcomes will have enormous implications, not just for the candidates and their constituents, but for president biden and donald trump, as well. in the next 24 hours, we could get a feel for what next year s midterms will look like and maybe even beyond that. in virginia, which is the state that joe biden carried by ten points, the rac
morning joe starts right now. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it s a blessed friday, october 15th, with us this morning, we got msnbc s contributor mike barnicle and katty kay and jonathan lemire, joe and mika had the morning off. we want to start with breaking news. bill clinton is hospitalized with a non-covid related infection. spokesperson says clinton is in good spirit and thankful for doctors and nurses and staff providing him with excellent care. the former president is in intensive care as a precautionary measure and is original infection is diagnosed neurological but turned into a larger one. hillary clinton and her aid seen leaving the hospital just after midnight. let s bring in dr. patel, our msnbc contributor. i know you don t have any firsthand knowledge of tl former president s case here. when you hear a neurological infection turning into a broader one in the bloodstream, what does it tell you? it tells you it could have been incredibly serious,