the january 6 select committee officially subpoenas former president trump demanding documents and testimony. the move coming as trump ally steve bannon is sentenced to four months in prison for defying his subpoena. also tonight, president biden makes a new pitch to voters and a new prediction as well. he claims the momentum republicans are seeing will tilt back to the democrats in the final days before the midterm elections. and ukrainians removed last bodies from the largest mass grave found in a key eastern city. this as ukrainians is accusing russia of planning to attack a critical dam to create a large scale catastrophe. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story tonight. the january 6 select committee truly historic subpoena of former president donald trump. cnn justice correspondent evan perez is digging into details for us right any. so what is the
race. we can t afford to get it wrong. vote democrat on november 8th. reporter: he s still one of the most popular figures in his party going where president biden is far less welcome by democrats this year. i am fired up. are you fired up? reporter: of course, it wasn t always that way. like when obama faced a punishing mid-term election of his own in 2010 losing 63 stooets and control of the house, 6 senate seats and devastating defeats in state capitols. i m not recommending for every president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. you know, i m sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. reporter: and again in 2014. obviously republicans had a good night and they deserve credit for running good campaigns. reporter: his track record has been far better when his own name is on the ballot but he s answering the call from democrats. his itinerary begins with georgia followed by michigan and wisconsin on saturday. nevada on tuesday. congressw
senate majority leader chuck schumer was caught on a hot mic telling the president the senate race he s most concerned about, and also, willie, in that moment, he showed joe biden his socks. there s some political cartoon socks. there was a lot going on on the tarmac. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s friday, october 28th. along with willie and me, we have former white house press secretary jen psaki, and jonathan lemire, and eugene robinson joins us along with presidential historian, jon meacham, his new book is titled and there was light, abraham lincoln and the american struggle. a great group this morning. joe is of but we have a lot to get to, willie. elon musk is officially in charge of twitter. the tesla ceo closed the deal last night, purchasing the social media giant for $44 billion after the deal closed, musk fired four executives, including the ceo and cfo, the head of legal policy, trust and safety who reportedly led the team who decided whether
tonight on the reidout will you accept the results of your election in november? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. i if you lose, will you accept that? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. arizona s kari lake is one of hundreds of republican election deniers on the ballot this fall, which is why this election and more importantly the day after the election are so incredibly important. plus, congressman eric swalwell jones me with an exclusive sneak peek at a chilling new ad depicting the awful possibilities of a post-roe america. and later, the origin of the once broadly inspiring word woke and how it s been co-opted by the right to be used as an epithet. we begin with three weeks to go until the midterm elections on november 8th. but it s the day after the election that i want you to focus on. just imagine, imagine waking up on november 9th and not knowing which party will control the house or the senate or s
the historically high inflation and crushing rate of soaring interest rates all robbing people of any chance to realize the american dream any time soon. and the cost of food is sky high. the white house finally now trying to convince voters that they care about the economy, the democrats. and it s actually the republicans who are the enemy. that will be their battle plan. they are trying to take away the gains we ve made. the plans that they have put forth is not a plan to fix inflation, it is actually a plan to increase inflation, not lower it. harris: however, right now democrats are still in power across capitol hill and the white house, of course. with the new gdp numbers out this morning not much for them to work with still. the gross domestic product showed some improvement. remember, this is the most common measurement of a recession. well-known moody s chief economist saying we re treading water at this point. we had two quarters of negative growth. now this slig