Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
Tonight on the reidout watch his rallies. He spends full time engaged in grievance about what has happened to him. He spends full time perpetuating lies and misinformation. He spends full time talking about fictional characters, you know, i mean name calling. And name calling and demeaning people, belittling people. What he does not talk about is you. Vice president kamala harris on the view today with a strong rebuke for donald trump. Part of a wideranging media blitz that included 60 minutes last night and howard stern and stephen colbert today. Meanwhile, donald trump skipping 60 minutes because he didn t want to be fact checked. Plus, stunning revelations in bob woodward s new book including details on how trump secretly sent covid tests to vladimir putin when those tests were still so hard for americans to obtain. And then trump secretly stayed in touch with putin after leaving office. And the texas senate race is surprisingly close. We re going to talk to ted cruz s opponent, c
Enjoyed at your table. tour thats going to do it for our special vladimir Putin Birthday Edition of the Rachel Maddow Show aired now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. I would not have known whose birthday it was today, rachel. What we call that . Good news . Im not sure what that is. The opposite of me singing happy birthday. Whatever that is. Its a fact, thats for sure. But characterizing it beyond that is not easy. Thank you lawrence. Thank you, rachel. We are separated by an entire country right now, i am in los angeles, or east our connection has a little bit of a gap in it. Which explains our little positive with each other right there. It is an Election Night in america, and it will be Election Night in america every night for the next 29 days until november 5th. The final Election Night of the season. Voting is already underway, at early voting locations and with mailin ballots in this country. Over 2 Million votes have already been cast. 53 of those votes are
Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Hurricane milton is Bearing Barreling toward florida as one of the recent hurricanes in recent history and dangerous category 4 storm is churning north of mexicos yucatan peninsula. Milton is set to make landfall in florida late wednesday in to thursday and its expected to trigger a Lifethreatening Storm Surge and it could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa Area in more than a century. The mayor saying if you choose to stay, youre going to die. Joining us is our meteorologist. How are people preparing there . You can probably see some of those Preparation Efforts happening as we speak. This is outside of this is normally a busy wharf and completely shut down. Flood protection barriers are outside of these businesses. People bracing so that they can protect the businesses that are here. We are seeing these kinds of efforts all around tampa. I want to take you to some of what we saw in Treasure Island that is outside of pinellas county. W
Letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicolle. Thanks so much. Welcome to The Beat. Im aarri melber. It is tuesday, exactly one month out from the election. I can tell you off top one of the most common maga Talking Points about Kamala Harris that youve probably heard is taking a hard fall today. Trump has been arguing that she wasnt doing any or enough press interviews. And youll remember when she first stepped up as the nominee. It was a frenetic stretch where she launched a new campaign, a convention, a fundraising operation, and picked a running mate. All of that over several weeks, faster than anyone in history because of the switch. And trump and his allies had been hammering that she wasnt doing interviews then or enough. Theyve been hammering this line of attack. Well, the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all. As Jimmy Cliff famously put it. Respect. Because that would