shameful. joining me is linda win, she is executive director of run api. natasha brown, cofounder of black voters matter, and of course erin haines, editor at large for the 19th and msnbc political contributor. mary very happy to have you ladies here. they are natasha, you look very tendonitis this morning, happy to see this morning. natasha, i want to kick it off with. you you are on the ground, moving and communities all over this country. and, i m curious what is your consensus about engagement when it comes to the people? are they hype and ready? once again, to battle voter suppression and at the polls, or will it take some convincing from community validators to get people engaged? and i just want to point out that someone tweeted me this morning and said, it s really not about enthusiasm when it comes to voting, it s about motivation. so i m curious your thoughts on that as well. yeah, you know they are not hype but what they are is they are pissed off. that we are se
All fronts, our reporters are on the ground in israel and lebanon this morning. To get the very latest on the state of war and the danger of the conflict expanding. And well tell you about the growing humanitarian disaster resulting from israels bombardment of gaza. Also talk about a way forward and out of this decades long conflict with an honest trial we, palestinian politician whos been at the Negotiating Table for peace before and former u. S. Deputy National Security adviser about the role america can and should play in trying to revive a enduring peace between israelis and palestinians. Then im gonna pull back the curtain and talk about how we govern this war including the complicated and difficult work of verifying images and facts from the frontlines, we begin this hour here in the Nations Capital with americas role in the world amid a growing leadership crisis, in our own house, a house that donald trump built. Velshi starts now. What good morning to, you saturday october the
Of you from Msnbc Roe Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We are beginning with this Breaking News. Hundreds on capitol hill as the federal government heads towards a, potential, shut down in just 12 hours. Soon the house will vote on speaker Kevin Mccarthys new plan to keep Government Open. We see those votes being cast, in fact, as we speak. However, mccarthy is leaning on democrats to support it admitting that there is no guarantee that his own caucus would do it. The house is going to actually government will not shut down. We will put a clean Funding Stopgap on the florida keep Government Open for 45 days did you get any assurances from any of the republicans about this . No, i have tried. Well, a senate vote is also expected to get underway in the next hour. The impact of a potential shutdown will be felt foreign right across nonessential federal agcies. For almost 4 million employees and military, it would mean working without pay. Here is part