rachel: good morning, everybody. we go straight to a fox weather alert. florida is still reeling from the devastation caused by hurricane ian. we watched everything just go flying by. we lost so much at this point so we appreciate everybody. we are very much concerned about the storm. i should have left. i shouldn t have stayed. most of the time, we are all kind of doing our own thing just listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. reporter: the storm soaking the mid atlantic making way up north and the death toll in florida and the carolinas unfortunately continues to climb. alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach this morning with more. good morning, alex. reporter: good morning. we re on san carlos island part of fort meyers beach and this is a challenging rescue and sadly a recovery operation has had to become and look at mangled pieces of metal and boats on top of hopes and look at residences and think, my goodness, i hope they were among
continues to spawn violence across the country. meanwhile on capitol hill, the stalemate over the debt ceiling continues as the country hits its borrowing limit. we ll have the latest on efforts by the white house to find some sort of compromise. plus, the george santos saga takes another really strange turn. now there are questions about where his mother was on 9/11. also ahead, we are hours away from a decision on criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of rust. remember that? we ll get you caught up on the case that could come to a major development this morning. and we ll dig into new reporting on an aggressive new proposal from the biden administration as it pertains to the war in ukraine. joe has the morning off but willie and i are here in new york, and we have with us, the former aid to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, an msnbc political analyst. former white house communications director under president obama, jennifer
was with the vice president, and i said i didn t know him very well. she couldn t recall if they discussed pence s role in certifying the electoral college vote. but after the capitol was attacked, trump told her that pence had the authority to not accept the electors. another former close aide to trump offering a glimpse into the despair staffers felt after the riot. hope hicks telling ivanka s chief of staff on january 6th, they will be perpetually unemployed. in one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn t include speaking engagements at the local proud boys meetings. now, also in this document is a letter from the committee to white house counsel basically saying we know you provided some witnesses who provided testimony, we agreed not to release their identity. we no longer have control over these materials, we can t ensure the confidentiality of these witnesses and we share concerns for their safety, security and reputations, jake. thank you so much. appreci
and right to privacy. president biden lays out the threats from maga republicans when one of several speeches in the final six days until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney is crossing party lines, making good on her promise to help defeat election denying members of the gop. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. we re also following alarming developments in the war with ukraine. there is new reporting this morning on high-level talks inside the russian military about using a tactical nuclear weapon. and good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, november 2nd. joe is back. along with joe, willie and me we have the host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network re
town of soledar. why the major shakeup? plus, resign. more republicans tonight calling for congressman george santos to step down after he lied about his resume. but mccarthy won t show him the door. republican governor chris sununu is outfront. is trump about to get back on facebook? how the company is making this decision. it is a story you ll see first here tonight outfront. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin s mysterious shakeup. the russian president suddenly putting in a new general to oversee his war in ukraine. and there is a huge question tonight which is why what is this all about? because it comes as russia claims its forces are on the verge of seizing the town of soledar. cnn is there, has heard the heavy artillery fire. we re going to show you in just a moment. it is artillery fire that has decimated an entire town. these are new before and after pictures just into our field team on the ground. here you ca