hostage for a ransom they can't win through an election. >> okay. there we go. >> here we go. >> 6:00 on the east coast. welcome to "morning joe." it's thursday, october 3. the government is still shut down. with us on set, the chairman of deutsch incorporated, donny deutsch. i love donny. >> unfortunately not furloughed. we tried. >> it is not a joke. vice president executive editor of msnbc.com richard wolf. >> good morning. >> good morning. in washington, former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs. very serious. and chief foreign affairs -- >> it just keeps going on. >> andrea mitchell. great to have her on. >> what an amazing show. that was crazy stuff. >> did you get any flak? >> i was getting phone calls