jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
the white house tomorrow, as president biden intensifies his plea to congress for more aid to the war-torn country. new pressure this morning for two top university presidents to resign after their controversial testimony to congress about anti-semitism on campus. and why former president trump abruptly changed his mind about testifying today at his $250 million civil fraud trial. we begin this morning with the cleanup after the deadly weather ravaged part of our country. this morning nearly 20,000 people in tennessee remain without power after a series of tornados ripped through the state over the weekend killing at least six people including a 2-year-old and injuring more than 80 others. this highway camera captured a twister tearing through the sky before destroying homes and entire neighborhoods leaving some residents with absolutely nothing. one woman says a tornado split her home apart while her family was inside. i just remember opening the closet door and just t
live coverage here on msnbc of tonight s presidential debate between president joe biden and former president donald trump. we said it would be a debate unlike any other. it certainly was that in this first ever ly was that in thi came out of the s gate with firsa t ever go unexpectedly weak voice. voice that at times made it hard to discern. the campaign said it was the result of a cold. he did seem to falter several times early on in terms of trying to speak in a way that could be heard in in terms of speaking to time as the red lights, flashing red lights came on to stop him as the rules of the debate indicated two minute and one minute segments. this is a live shot we ve got right here. president biden and first lady jill biden walking out on stage. this is at a watch party in atlanta. you might ve noticed at the very end of the debate, as soon as the moderators said good night, boom, lost the shop. we did not get to see president biden s wife, the first lady, or anyone e
nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijackers crashed planes into the world trade center and the pentagon, as old as 85, as young as just 2 years old. lights illuminated the sky, though, late last night in tribute here. they re going to be turned on again this afternoon in honor of the people who died. for a lot of people involved the wounds have not healed even 15 years after. it s the sight of the twin towers collapsing is too painful for many to watch. victims without graves, now memorialized as names on that permanent memorial that i know so many people have seen there in new york. most people when they lose someone, they have a grave to go to and that brings them closer to that person. but for us, this is our parents grave. so it brings us closer and makes us feel connected to that parent. a lot of our parents bodies weren t found after 9/11. so that literally could be where our father s bodies lay to this day. it is a memorial, but it s our grave. we can go the
collapsing, it s just too painful for a lot of people to watch. this morning there s a group of first responders commemorating the day at the 9/11 memorial outside jerusalem. take a look at this. this is the only such memorial outside the u.s. that lists the name of every victim. now back to new york where the lower manhattan skyline changed forever, a little less than two hours away from the moment of silence that will honor the exact moment when the first tower was hit. commissioner, good morning to you. good morning. commissioner bratton, first would we look back at that day, most people across the country are seeing themselves where they were watching it on television. they weren t in new york. they certainly weren t members of the department. 23 officers died that day. what does it mean to you? the day is always a very poignant one. a very different morning than that morning. that morning was the brilliantly clear skies and for a week afterward there was not a cl