Maria welcome back. Good friday morning, everybody. Thanks very much for joining us this morning. Im Maria Bartiromo. T i hop yoi hopeyoure having ay morning. Time for the hot topic of the hour democrats reportedly panicked of the strength of third party candidates, some say its the single biggest threat that helped put trump back in the white house. The Democrat National committee establishing an official commit the at this to counter third party candidates. President bidens team shielding biden from the press during a Campaign Event yesterday in michigan. Watch this. Can you take a few questions . Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Thank you. Back to the car. Thank you. Maria thank you, thank you, get out of the way, thank you, no questions. A ashley, what do you sunshine. Do you suns think . I think it surprises many people. Its sad but its what we have. Maria thats what they have to do, cheryl. Were looking at a complete repeat of biden 2020. That campaign a is just on repeat. Mar
[ cheers and applause and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well tonight. And now if you dont mind, we are going to get to the news today is halloween, so if you like jump scares, ghouls, and goblins, then you just have to wait eight more days [ light laughter ] until that [ laughter ] President Biden early voted over the weekend in delaware because people his age do everything early. [ laughter ] voting two weeks before the election, dinner at 4 30 hell, his luggage is already packed for christmas vacation. [ light laughter ] thats right President Biden voted over the weekend, and in the interest of bipartisanship, he voted for everyone [ laughter ] i like them all theyre all good fellas. [ light laughter ] teslas ceo elon musk last week completed the 44 billion deal to take control of twitter and meanwhile, a lot of his customers are still trying to take control of their teslas [ laughter ] after completing the purchase of twi
we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
59 minutes, 38 seconds and counting until the first polls close on Election Night. Thank you so much for joining us for this election count down and here is what is going to be happening, every friday night from now until election day we are going to be right here, at this hour at this board, bringing you the latest in polling, the latest data, the latest on the Ground Reporting and expert analysis as we draw near one of the most anticipated Midterm Elections in modern memory. Thats going to be november the 8th. Already, voting started in more than a dozen states. That includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a Georgia Early Voting set to begin this coming monday. It is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. A head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator Raphael Warnock, and his republican challenger, Herschel Walker. All year,
Violent criminals to be released from prison. Were were going to play that and vet him tonight. But first, our countdowns. Continues. Y five shortwe aaway days away from these Pivotalve Midterm elections. And democrats have lost all touch with reality now. Yesterday, we showed you the new devastating economic numbers. T inflation went up coreup inflation going up, food, rent, energy all the way up. The stock market, meanwhile, plummeted. It tanked. It dropped significantly. Itignificathe biggest drop since the height of the pandemic. This but one month after the democrats passed their socalled inflation reduction ac t, or as i call it,reduct the tax, the poor, middle class and people on Fixed Income Act T Of Twenty , twenty two. It doesnt actually do anything to reduce inflation. It will increase inflation. It. A is just a massive green n, deal spending bill that, wors as predicted, is making inflation far worse, making Everythingg Evensive more expenn ever. And now, by the way, t to a