well, i mean, there s constitutional duty. what he has, he s the commander in chief. that was my biggest issue with him, as national security adviser. white house advisers to former president trump understood the constitutional oath of the presidency. trump apparently did not. mika, as we have gone through the testimonies, as we ve talked through this the past several hours, one thing really does keep sticking out to me, and that is the testimony of cipollone, where he was asked who else in the white house agreed with the president that the riot should continue. who in the white house did not want him to stop the riots, did not want him to speak out and tell them to stop. he said nobody. nobody. he said nobody. nobody inside the white house wanted the riots to continue. let me put it a different way. everybody in the white house wanted the president to act affirmatively to stop the riots. they told him that. he refused. his family members, his children, told him tha
kathy barnette s headquarters. 90 miles west of philly. alexandria, what can you tell us? things have slowed down here. kathy barnette and her supporters in a prayer circle. a short time ago, they were engaged in dancing. so it s been a night full of hope, especially here at the barnette camp. unexpected things have happened in this race. namely barnette s rise to her popularity. that happened earlier this month. that came from the supreme court draft opinion leak of roe v. wade as barnette really points herself to be the pro life candidate. so she saw a lot of momentum there. the question is now did that lead to turnout at the polls and that remains to be seen. a lot of hope in this room right now from elizabethtown. laura: thanks. and now to bryan llenas at the headquarters for dr. oz. he came in tonight loading most poms. what can you tell us? they came in with momentum. they believed that they had momentum especially after the president s endorsement in april. the b
all right. breaking news overnight in ukraine, where a devastating months long battle in the key port city of mariupol, ukraine, has officially ceded control on russia. we ll have more on the deal that is right now allowing the city s final defenders to safely evacuate that steel plant. we ll also go live to buffalo this morning as president biden prepares to visit the grieving city in the wake of saturday s deadly mass shooting. it comes amid new reports about the suspect s alleged plan to turn the massacre into a spree. we will talk to a top member of the white house national security council on that. and it is primary day in pennsylvania. the senate race there has been rocked by twists and turns in the key final days. for the democrats, the leading candidate, john fetterman, is recovering from a stroke. on the republican side, an unexpected surge on the far right from kathy barnette. we ll be watching to see how trump-backed dr. oz performs tonight. good morning
fight maybe in a different manner. i will not run for speaker again. i ll have the conference pick somebody else. all right. what a difference nine months makes. kevin mccarthy s speakership is over after a small group of far right republicans joined all democrats in voting to remove him. we ll go through what led to his undoing and what s 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. we ll go through what the consequences could be if he violates the judge s ruling. a bad day in court for the former president. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s 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 co-host of showtime s the circus jennifer palmiary. and nbc news national affairs anal
this is cnn breaking news. breaking news here on cnn. iran set to release five american prisoners at any moment. right now, a jet is on stand by to bring them from teheran to qatar. under this deal, the u.s. has unfrozen $6 billion in iranian money that is supposed to only be used for humanitarian purposes. the u.s. is also releasing five iranians from prison, two of them are planning to stay in america. becky, this has been months of negotiations to lead to this point. where do things stand right now as you sit? reporter: well, it should be the end of what has been a year s long nightmare for these five iranian-american citizens who have been held in iran, and are due for release today, expected to be delivered to the airport at any time, mediating this deal over months, being a friendly nation between the u.s. and iran. no direct negotiations between washington and teheran. once those hostages are on the flight and wheels are up, it is about a two-hour flight to doha,