this hour in our country s history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gop s embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosi s husband paul pelosi and his democratic predecessor president barack obama used his talent as a speaker, as a message deliver, as a leader, and lent his credibility as a popular two-term president to that message that democrats are right now the only ones, the only party, that believes in democracy and fundamental american values. it was something. watch. what we have to remind ourselves is that there s this common thread, there s this thing that binds us together as americans, a belief that no matter who we are or
senate majority leader chuck schumer was caught on a hot mic telling the president the senate race he s most concerned about, and also, willie, in that moment, he showed joe biden his socks. there s some political cartoon socks. there was a lot going on on the tarmac. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s friday, october 28th. along with willie and me, we have former white house press secretary jen psaki, and jonathan lemire, and eugene robinson joins us along with presidential historian, jon meacham, his new book is titled and there was light, abraham lincoln and the american struggle. a great group this morning. joe is of but we have a lot to get to, willie. elon musk is officially in charge of twitter. the tesla ceo closed the deal last night, purchasing the social media giant for $44 billion after the deal closed, musk fired four executives, including the ceo and cfo, the head of legal policy, trust and safety who reportedly led the team who decided whether
group with the very latest polling numbers with now 48 hours until election day. then, the senate contest that the everybody is watching, two of the most competitive races right here with football great and georgia peach senate candidate herschel walker closing in on his democrat opponent and north carolina senate story y all candidate and current congressman ted budd with closing arguments, coming up live. all of this as desperate democrats get personal and bring out the big guns in the final days to try and convince voters inflation and spiking crime are not really impacting american families after all. herschel walker was a heck of a football player. i mean, some of you are a too young to remember, but in college, he was amazing. one of the best running backs of all tile. all time. but here s the question, does that make him the best person to represent you? they don t care about keeping you safe, they want to keep you scared. and the thing about kathy hochul is sh
train on the job. that s the new approach for this new shortage. airlines need to hire 610,000 new mechanics globally in total over the next 20 years. united calls the program cele celebrate, and does it by have been people apresentition in-house. there s 6,000 on top of that through traditional hiring means. this is so critical, who has not waited on a plane from the airlines because of a mechanical issue? remember, airlines got smaller over the pandemic. united sell that calibrate is thei theically, to train on your own, $50,000. if you apresentics, you maybe $24 to $52 an hour, you get paid the entire time. there s so many labor shortages, we ve been telling you about pilots. they have the avian academy, airlines are trying to tackle this issue, especially with the holidays on the horizon. we know staffing issues have created a lot of delays. pete muntean, thank you. also the top of the hour, i m bianna golodryga, victor is off today. the federal reserve is racing in
to help us make sense of it all than larry kudlow. he ll be here later on this hour. sandra: midterm elections and alarming new numbers for democrats, even though americans say money is their top concern heading into this election, the president is once again turning his attention to maga. all right, well, democrats struggling with midterm messaging and running out of time to fix it, less than one week to election day. john: key voting groups moving red and in big shifts. suburban white women and latino voters could be key factors on tuesday. sandra: we will be speaking with virginia republican congressional candidate yesli vega, military wife, mother, and law enforcement officer who says it s no surprise. john: the president adding a last-minute speech to his agenda, the focus, protecting democracy. sandra: critics say it s more anti-maga talk when he should be talking about inflation and crime. now it s inflation and crime, and education too. if you are not payi