You saw them about every ten minutes, some of them were white, some of them were green, some of them were red and then youd see entire towns along the river in new jersey go black. Much more on sandy much right now on morning joe. I am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. Im worried about the impact on families and im worried about the impact on our First Responders. Im worried about the impact on our economy and on transportation. You know, the election will take care of itself next week. Right now, our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search and rescue teams are going to be in place, that people are going to get the food, the water, the shelter they need in case of emergency and that we respond as quickly as possible to get the economy back on track. Good morning, its tuesday, october 30th. Welcome to morning joe. With us onset, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and senior political analyst Mark Haleprin. Well begin,
And every second this pred applies himself, the most he must hope that the electoral momentum will shift in his direction because these several days will test if the president shares the hope on which hes built his public life. Here is the latest on sandys devastating impact. This storm has been blamed for at least 38 deaths so far. Theres new video this afternoon showing the massive destruction along the new jersey shore. Governor Chris Christie of new jersey called the impact on his state unthinkable and said it would take months to recover. The storm swept houses from their foundations and left parts of the coast under water as you can see. New york city is also dealing with devastating floods. The subway remains closed after damage to the system was called the worst in its 108year history. Look at it there. Meanwhile, massive fire at a beach front neighborhood in queens, new york, destroyed nearly 100 homes overnight and into the morning. Firefighters were blocked from getting to t
Thats what he told me. The nyse along with all of the other exchanges will open as usual tomorrow for a full trading day. The most important issue was making sure the nyse could connect with the trading community. I think what were most worried about, bob, and weve been working with the clients and will continue to do so throughout the day, is since a lot of them are working from their own contingency sites, we want to make sure its working as planned. Thats not something thats tested frequently. The other major issue is making sure there were enough personnel to open the Trading Floor. The opening of the bridges and tunnels is making it possible to get the roughly 200 people they need to open the nyse. Many are already there. Theres been pressure on all of the exchanges to open tomorrow since it is the last trading day of the month and many report their gains and losses on a monthly basis. Be a big day tomorrow. Of course, ill be there for the open. Bob, what do you think it means for
Consumer discretionary stocks up the most. Utilities the biggest losers. And while individual trading sessions may have been choppy, it was another month of low volatility. The vix remained below 20 for the fourth consecutive month and thats the longest streak since february of 2007. A big part of the market story has obviously been a big topic dominating the sunday talk shows. Tim geithner arguing republicans need make the next move in negotiations. Republicans have said that they dont like those reforms or they would like to do more. And if thats true, then they should tell us what they would like as an alternative. Build on those, tell us how. But we cant react to anything until we see the details of the proposal and we need it on the rates and revenue side as well as on the spending side. Weve given them our best view what makes sense for the country. Meantime john boehner says that his party has a plan and he has already offered dozens of alternatives. You can cap deductions at a
Giving them misinformation. At this point, what kind of military action might the United States be considering right now . When the president of the United States goes out there and makes a strong Statement Like he did today. Thats commitment. You have to follow up it and do something. Theyre going to watch there carefully. When they see this move, they have to determine rapidly, what are assads intentions. Theyre not sure about that right now. Get other countries in the region, involved. Dont forget, israel lies right over the border. The israelis may not be so patient and wait to see if the chemical weapons are going to be used. Its going to make everyone nervous. How deadly is sarin gas . 500 times more lethal than cyanide. Without an antidote and there would be none available to syrian people. It could kill you within minutes. Nasty business. Barbara starr, thanks. Appreciate that. Troubling developments out of syria come as Hillary Clinton made repeated the United States position