and right to privacy. president biden lays out the threats from maga republicans when one of several speeches in the final six days until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney is crossing party lines, making good on her promise to help defeat election denying members of the gop. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. we re also following alarming developments in the war with ukraine. there is new reporting this morning on high-level talks inside the russian military about using a tactical nuclear weapon. and good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, november 2nd. joe is back. along with joe, willie and me we have the host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network re
good morning, everyone. here we are! don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is november 1st, and welcome to our very first show. so happy you re waking up with us. made it through an hour. we did. through the first hour and start of the rest of our lives. how do you feel? good. a really good first hour. not as bad getting up this early as you think is. once you get through the first few minutes. day one. and check in with me six months from now. it is day one. you doing okay? i m great. i m so happy to be with you guys. this is going to be fun. none of us ever thought we d actually sit together and do this together three hours a day. so it what happened like a week ago? and here we are. again, you re going to learn a lot more about us. we re going to take you all over the country from minnesota to louisiana to alabama maybe do a football game this weekend. and lsu/alabama football game. stay tuned. big question this morning. i
fights criminal contempt charges. and summer sand and shark infested waters. enhanced technology is on the hunt where sharks have been on the attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with breaking news in our politics lead. president biden s approval rating hitting a new low in cnn polling. take a look. only 38% of people approve of the way joe biden is handling his job as president. 62% disapprove. this dismal number comes as president biden returns from his middle east trip. the white house touting the trip a success, saying the president renewed support for the region and set expectations that gas prices could steady in the coming weeks. but those successes in some quarters being overshadowed by this moment, biden fist bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who the u.s. says is to blame for the slaughter of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. biden trying to brush it off from reporters upon his return to the white house.
a shooting at a mall. let us listen in. before the chief gets up, i have a few comments i d like to make. i ll not be able to say anything of what s already been said by so many sites at mass shootings in america. i don t want to be among the mayors that has to share these statements but i am. i grieve for these senseless killings and i ache for the stars left behind on the victims and on our community. and as we stand here in shock, i m proud of my first responders who instantaneously responded to the scene. the men and women of the greenwood police department, the greenwood fire department, the johnson county sheriff s office, the indianapolis metropolitan police department, the fbi, the atf and other departments as well, we want to thank them for their assistance in this operation last night. also, we have the faith community to show its support to the mental health experts, the red cross and government leaders at all levels. we ve been contacted by our state, our federa
texts by tomorrow. just in time for what may be the summer finale of their public hearings. what we are learning about new witnesses, including somebody the committee we found out will meet with tomorrow. that s just coming in to us, all of it as across town in d.c. inside the building you re looking at live here, you ve got steve bannon in court, getting ready to learn which of his peers will decide whether he s guilty or not in his contempt of congress trial. also this hour, breaking new details out of indiana, with police revealing more about the shooter who went on a rampage inside a mall, and the man who stopped him. and our nbc news team dropping a new investigative piece out of texas. what one conservative group is blaming for a recent school shooting, not guns, per se, but what they call a woke teaching philosophy. we ll explain that later in the show. i m hallie jackson in washington. with me now are my correspondents. allie, let me start with you and this new report