Galaxies when politics, media and the courts are drawn into an existential battle over the white house, the hill, the supremes, donald trump, joe biden, hunter biden and, well, the american way of life. Its the ultimate drama for the main stream media which have practically created Opposition Camps in this president ial election year. Looming over the landscape is the nations highest court which agreed to hear trumps appeal on the crucial question of president ial immunity. Shannon if bream ahead on that. Many in the media see this as the right way to settle such a weighty question while many others in the media are calling this a Stall Thing Tactic to delay the January 6th Case past the election. Its all a been fast and furious. Illinois has become the third state to kick trump off the ballot, and were waiting for a Supreme Court ruling on that. And given the con. Census that this is a consensus that this is a very bad and undemocratic idea, i dont know why scotus isnt moving faster.
even questioning how this came to light. merrick garland was getting creamed in the pr war as trump repeatedly slammed the search as a break-in, but the attorney general felt he couldn t publicly respond. so justice department officials made hair case through leaks their case through leaks which violate the rights of a potential defendant who hasn t been charged with anything and may not be. they made garland s case from a behind a curtain of anonymity. a poll-up piece in the washington post cited people with direct information. as an ethical matter, the leaks are indefensible. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, we ll question senior white house adviser gene sperling on the fierce debate over the president forgiving college debt for millions. that new york times story triggered a media explosion, especially the part about donald trump repeatedly holding on to documents so sensitive they could only be seen in a secure government room and a deep s
tactics are not justified, and there s no reason to make the justices, their families and their neighbors miserable. the justices are trapped inside their homes with their kids as the activists shout up a storm night if after night. here s what it looked like outside brett kavanaugh s suburban maryland home. [inaudible conversations] hands off our bodies! pro-life is a lie! howard: this is part of a disturbing trend of protesters going after and in some cases harassing officials they disagree with. i know some democratic politicians have had to endure such conduct, and there s been past violence against abortion clinics as well as against pro-life offices. but the ends justified the means mentality doesn t excuse any of these episodes. two wrongs don t make a right. look, peaceful protests are embedded in america s dna. go demonstrate in front of the supreme court, the white house, your local downtown. but going to justices houses is nothing short of an attempt at in
So, you know, they are seeing him as a good ally in this fight. Also, you know, echoing the message we heard from joe biden in that Rare Oval Office address. You know, i think those lines of communication remain open, but i think this is something that Mitch Mcconnell just believes in a similar fashion to joe biden, and theyre happy to have someone from the other party be a spokesperson and advocate for this significant aid package. All right. Well see what happens in the capitol today. White house reporter for the Washington Post, tyler pager, thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Welcome to morning joe. It is 6 00 on the east coast, oz yau take a live look at washington, d. C. It is tuesday, october 24th. This morning, for the first time, were hearing from a hostage freed by hamas. Well play for you comments from one of the elderly women released yesterday by the Terrorist Group. Meanwhile, the e
Obstructed justice because he cite sized what is a witch hunt. Telling the truth. The white house and their attorneys say this is what the president thinks. First amendment. Hes not you. Hes not me. Hes the president. He has control over these probes. The President Tweeting out to his Attorney General that he should end this travesty, the mueller witch hunt. Then you hear the clucking nasty voices from the left. Howie trump brings more attention to the manafort case by saying hes being treated worse than al capone. Well talk to corey lewandowski. A war of words erupts between the president and a. G. Sulzberger. As the crowd screams at cnns jim acosta. With cbs chairman Les Moonves Fighting for his job. One of his own stars speaks out. I like working for him. But accountability is meaningless unless its for everybody. Whether its the leader of a network or the leader of the free world. Howie im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. [ ] President Trump has been denouncing the Mueller Inves