john: begin america reports this thursday afternoon with 19 days to go now until the midterms. president biden out on the campaign trail today as the pennsylvania senate race comes down to the wire. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra: 19 days out, hard to believe. here we go. sandra smith in new york. the president travelling today for his only campaign stop of the week. he ll talk infrastructure before heading to philadelphia to stump for john fetterman. john: happening as polls show republican dr. oz closing the gap against john fetterman, and republicans also gaining ground in contests thought to be democratic strongholds. sandra: our panel standing by. mollie line is standing by in deep blue rhode island. so first to bryan llenas on the ground in philadelphia, expecting to see the president a short time from now. hi, bryan. hi, sandra. $167 million have been spent in the pennsylvania senate race. it s the second most expensive race in the nation beh
president. 19 days to go to election day. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith in new york, and i point that out, because he does not typically wear a suit. john: i bet it s a hoodie suit. i m john roberts in washington. 19 days until americans decide whether the democratic agenda in washington is working, 19 days for closing arguments and one from the white house chief of staff. first of all, we have done things to bring prices down. passed the inflation reduction act and when you look at where the economy was when we got here, 8% unemployment. we brought that down to the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. we are putting americans back to work. businesses are open that were closed two years ago, schools are open that were closed two years ago. the president is fighting to bring down prices of everyday things like prescription drugs, gasoline, and i think that s our message to voters at this very tough time. sandra: at this ver
was and still is for infrastructure funding, and that $40 billion of the infrastructure deal was set aside to make sure what happened at that bridge does not happen at another bridge. this stop is part of biden s tour through battle ground pennsylvania, a state where a close senate race between dr. mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman who is there with limb right now could decide who controls congress. joining me from philadelphia, is white house correspondent mike memoli. you re in philly where the president will be tonight for a private fundraiser for lieutenant governor john fetterman. this stop that he made in front of that bridge today, i mean he s not just selling the bipartisan infrastructure deal, he s selling democrats. saying democrats are the ones to get it done, and that he led the way. yes, that s right, katy, the president has not necessarily been doing the kind of campaign rallies we have seen past presidents do around this time, of course, donald
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
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