accuser also apparently has receipts. we ll have the latest on that development. plus, president biden and key members of his cabinet hit the road to play defense on the economy with election day now just 12 days away. we ll have more on their message and the new polling that shows things may be swinging back in democrats favor. it s tight, though. and donald trump is set to hit the road ahead of election day, including a stop in florida. one key republican hasn t been invited to that event. the governor, we ll have reaction from allies of ron desantis who are not happy. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, october 27th. joe is off, but along with willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and willie, as we get closer to election day, things are getting a lot tighter and it seems like democrats might be working to diversify their mess
closely. it s all mixed together, and that s one of the really important things to remember here. this was a system that wasn t already functioning, you know, at full speed. in 2000 we had a crisis, and we really invested in elections and had this huge infusion of cash that allowed election administrators to upgrade their technology, reform the way we did elections. but since then they have sort of atrophied. they have been treated adds an after thought by the city and county governments that fund elections. administrators are sort of already running a little threadbare. many do multiple jobs. they did it because they loved elections. then you add in these information requests that were compared to me by some of the experts a distributed denial of services act, you re overwhelming the small offices with requests they re legally obligated to fulfill. they don t have the staff to do