windows blown out, the blast heard for miles, lighting up the night sky. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start, and i m abby phillip. i m christine romans. wednesday, november 27th, here in new york. aaa predicts more than 55 million travelers will take to the roads and skies this thanksgiving. in spokane, washington, a 66-car pileup on the highway there. state patrol said six people were injured, none of them, thankfully, seriously. a portion from california shut down due to whiteout conditions. passengers were stranded in denver monday night. a rock slide during the
letter at signup@ axios .com. morning joe starts right now. as we gather together for thanksgiving, you know, some people want to change the name thanksgiving. they don t want to use the term thanksgiving, and that was true also with christmas, but now everybody s using christmas again. remember i said that? but now we re going to have to do a little work on thanksgiving. people have different ideas why it shouldn t be called thanksgiving, but nereverybody this room i know loves thanksgiving and we re not changing it. that s the president of the united states last night, a rally in florida talking about the alleged war on thanksgiving, why you ask? there was a segment yesterday on fox news about the war on thanksgiving. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, november 27th. joe and mika have the morning off. donny deutsch is here and msnbc political analyst susan del
good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, november 27th, i m yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. we begin with president trump who had a campaign rally in the swing state of florida last night, once again denying the military operations were tied to military aid. documents released from the office of management budget shows that the white house initiated the move to freeze the aid on the same day as the july 25th phone call with the president of ukraine. at the same time, two sources telling the new york times that the president was aware of the whistle-blower complaint when he released the aid. also notable, the president is putting distance between himself and his personal attorney rudy giuliani. talking to bill riley. what was rudy giuliani doing in ukraine on your behalf?
they said he went into the hospital, and it s true. i didn t wear a tie. why would i wear a tie if the first thing they do is say take off your shirt, sir, and show us that gorgeous chest? we ve never seen a chest quite like it. but they said he wasn t wearing a tie. this is the sign of a massive heart attack. no one said that. that was president trump mocking the press amid questions about his health after that unscheduled visit to walter reed medical center earlier this month. welcome back to morning joe. it is wednesday, november 27th. still with us we ve got donny deutsch, former treasury official steve ratner, columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius, and senior adviser at moveon.org and an msnbc contributor karine jean-pierre, and joining our conversation chief white house correspondent for the new york times peter baker, political writer for the new york times and msnbc
but now we re going to have to do a little work on thanksgiving. people have different ideas why it shouldn t be called thanksgiving. but everybody in this room, i know, loves the name thanksgiving, and we re not changing it. that s the president of the united states last night at a rally in florida talking about the alleged war on thanksgiving. why you ask? there was a segment yesterday on fox news about the war on thanksgiving. good morning, welcome into morning joe. it s wednesday, november 27th, joe and mika have the morning off, danny deutsche is here, susan del percio, and steve radner, an msnbc contributor careen jolkerr. former vice president joe biden hanging on to the lead 24%.