Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
It. Doubled trumps criminality is front of mind for voters, yet once again. This past week special Counsel Jack Smith gave us the clearest appearance of the objective to sur vert the election. The picture showed the length he would go should he get back in power. Especially now that hes got the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling on his side. In the final stretch of this election, the Harris Campaign is making clear exactly whats at stake. Its really rich for democratic leaders to say that Donald Trump is unique threat to democracy when he peacefully gave over power. You say he didnt lose the election. Did he lose the 2020 election . Tim, i am focused on the future. Thats a damming nonanswer. America he think you got a really clear choice of whos going to honor the democracy and who will honor Donald Trump. Its always the damming nonanswers as our next guests can tell you. Bring in Ms Nbc Analyst and cohost of Prosecutor Donald Trump Podcast Andrew Weissman General Council and former senior
It is a great place to start. Especially given the Vice President ial debate that we all watched. It is entitled, this is why maga loves j. D. Vance. And you wrote in part quote, weve seen all this before. In 2016 and 2020, Mike Pence was the gentleman debater. He was less polished and less effective than vance, but he had a similar, softening effect on the ticket. In 2016, his Earnest Faith and apparent kindness might have reassured voters that Trump Couldnt be that bad, not if he had chosen pence. We know exactly how that turned out. In choosing advanced and discarding pence, trump traded actual decency for a man who could simulate decency, and thats exactly what advanced did on tuesday night. But he couldnt keep it together for the entire evening. At the very end, the mask slipped. On tuesday night, walters learned exactly why maga loves vance so much. Hes a talented communicator. He has a compelling life story. He can make the ideological and Policy Case for republican populism bet
Welcome to Alex Witt reports, im ali vitali. We begin with decision 2024, 31 days until Election Day. Both candidates making public appearances with voting already underway in some states. Vice president Kamala Harris will be in North Carolina this afternoon, Donald Trump will be in pennsylvania returning to the site of an attempted assassination against him. Governor Tim Walz is set to speak in Ohio And Senator did events will be in massachusetts and then pennsylvania himself. Vp harris spoke in flint, Michigan Friday appearing with Basketball Legend Magic johnson and focusing her message on jobs. America lost nearly 200,000 Manufacturing Jobs when he was president. Including Tens Of Thousands of jobs in michigan making Donald Trump one of the biggest losers of Manufacturing Jobs and american history. Former President Trump spoke in North Carolina, one of several states where Absentee Voting is already underway. Its one of the states recovering from Hurricane Helene. The storm struck
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