Good morning you were alive in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington today, democrats are Breathing A Sigh of relief after President Bidens fiery state of the Union Address and his impassioned speech that lasted border an hour the president s son ought to diffuse concerns about his age and draw a stark contrast with the maga movement. He lambasted his republican rival more than a dozen times without ever saying his name referring to former president donald trump, simply as my predecessor, republicans in the meantime, sat on their hands. Most of the night, not even president s call to defend democracy he could elicit a unified response and he had no qualms. The president had no qualms about pointing that out history is watching just like history watch three years ago on january 6 when i surrection storm this very capitol in place, a dagger to the throat of american democracy. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6, i will not do that. This is
Fight maybe in a different manner. I will not run for speaker again. Ill have the Conference Pick Somebody Else. All right. What a difference nine months makes. Kevin mccarthys speakership is over after a small group of far right republicans joined all democrats in voting to remove him. Well go through what led to his undoing and whats next for the house after a truly chaotic, historic day on capitol hill. Plus, the other big story we are following this morning, donald trump now under a gag order in his Civil Fraud Trial for what he posted on social media. Well go through what the consequences could be if he violates the judges ruling. A bad day in court for the former president. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, october 4th. Along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire, Senior Writer for the dispatch, David Drucker and cohost of showtimes the circus jennifer palmiary. And nbc News National Affairs Analyst John Heilemann. Willie, o
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The first guilty plea in the Georgia Election case for efforts to steal electoral votes. This guilty plea from a Bail Bondsman scott hall, one of 18 codefendants carjack chad alongside donald trump. Plus a fight over the home of glamorous actress Marilyn Monroe. Should this home be protected as an Historic Site or should it be knock ed down to make room for new red hot real estate. And leading this hour, the odds of a Government Shutdown are now higher than Willie Nelson taking a tour of a. M. Dam. One day until the government runs out of funding and theres no clear path to a solutions. A lastditch measure failed in the house. 21 republicans crossed over to vote with democrats, eeb House Republican leaders say they are in the dark about where to go from here. Its up to the speak er. Its not including active duty troops or any of their families. On average, federal workers earn between 55,000 and 65,000 a year. Average pay for an Army Staff Sergeant
not simply don t care about policy. this is all about notching wins on a scored board that don t make any sense. your point earlier about why republicans lose. what an opportunity for republicans to say, listen, we are the opposition. we don t agree with the president, but like the good patriots we are, like the people that care about this country that we are, like the people who could be responsible stewards of foreign policy one day, if we ever get the chance again, we welcome this fellow citizen home. you know, we don t care about whether she protested, we don t care about her personal life. we care about the fact that an american citizen was held in a russian jail. they simply can t do it in part because of their base and in part because of this incredibly juvenile petty inability to