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>> you have a war going on and you're probably going to have to let this play out. there's no hatred like the palestinian hatred of israel and jewish people and probably the other way around also. i don't know. it's not as obvious but probably that's it. so sometimes you have to let things play out, and you have to see where it ends. >> joining us now national politics reporter for bloomberg. stephanie, good to see you this morning. donald trump has been incessantly attacking president joe biden, but now it seems like the biden campaign has begun to hit back. we reported earlier this week that they had thought that trump's gop primary rivals would take a lot of shots at trump. that never really happened. the biden team ramping up their own attacks now, and you've got some new reporting about the state of these two campaigns. tell us about it. >> you're 100% right. the biden campaign has been stepping up their attacks, and reporting from my colleagues and i this last week revealed president biden and outlets groups have outspent every single candidate in the election so far on advertisements and an unprecedented amount compared to incumbents running for election. he's spent 39 on advertisements and advisers are saying that this isn't a sign of worry among the biden camp, that in fact this is their way of getting ahead of the curve, of trying to target and figure out messages that resonate with voters over the general election. but republicans don't necessarily see it this way. they react to this as, you know, thinking that the biden campaign is scared, that they continue to lag in polling, and this might be their way to try to help bump up president biden's favorability. >> the campaign won't really get launched until january, but certainly right about upping their attacks. let's talk about what happened yesterday. it's been a pretty good week for the president, obviously. democrats did so well in the elections on tuesday, and now he got to take a bit of a victory lap yesterday in illinois including with the uaw president sean fain. so talk to us about how important it is for the president who has billed himself so pro-labor to try to win not just union endorsements and uaw hasn't give him theirs yet but we all expect it. and the actual union members in 2016 and 2020 a lot of them broke for trump, these white working class voters. what's the biden campaign's pitch to try to get them back? >> certainly. they've been touting bidennomics for a very long time that they're trying to build out the middle class. and in some ways this is a reaction to what we're seeing in polling that voters are reacting to domestic policies. and in fact bloomberg news and morning consul poll released yesterday voters really are thinking about issues more close to home. more viewers view the u.s. border with mexico and immigration rights issues are more up to of mind more so than the israel and hamas war. foreign policy is really top of mind, i think the biden campaign recognizes that many of the issues that will drive voters to the polls in 2024 will be domestic issues. >> national politics reporter for bloomberg, thank you for joining us. we'd love to have you back soon. we turn now to some other headlines, a big one here. democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia has announced he'll not run for re-election next year. the conservative democrats' decision is a blow to national democrats as control of the senate will be up for grabs next year although manchin faced a very tough re-election campaign and may not have won. manchin did not confirm any future electoral plans, but he most certainly did allude to a potential run for president. >> after months of deliberation and a long conversation with my family, i believe in my heart of hearts that i accomplished what i setout to do for west virginia. i've made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that i will not be running for re-election to the united states senate, but what i will be doing is traveling the country sw and speaking out to see if there's an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. >> there's been a lot of speculation that manchin might end up making a no labels third-party run for president, certainly would be damaging to the democrats. as for the senate, most democrats think they've got a shot to hang onto it, but it would be 50-50 at best which means, of course, you'd have to win the white house and break a vote to have the senate. it would be very, very close. meanwhile as the november 17th government funding deadline looms, there's been a new setback for house speaker mike johnson this morning. in a further sign of dysfunction in the lower chamber, the republican led house finished the week by canceling votes on two party line funding bills. one was a fancial services measure, which was pulled due to divisions on abortion-related provisions and funding for the newly planned fbi headquarters. the other a transportation housing bill pulled over concerns from some of the gop about proposed cuts to amtrak. it's a step backward for speaker johnson because he hoped to show progress on appropriations bills championed by conservatives as a means of securing their votes for aonnuing resolution to prevent the government from shutting down. the ongoing chaos prompted one house republica to call the party ungovernable. congressman troy nails of texas told nbc news, i don't think the lord jesus himself could manage this group. he added he would pray for a new speaker over the long weekend as members departed washington yesterday ahead of the veterans day holiday being observed today. they're back on monday. we should note government funding expires one week from today, seven days away. still ahead here on "way too early," the civil fraud trial against the trump organization is moving into the next phase. we'll take a look at who is expected to take the witness stand for trump's legal team, plus how senate republicans derailed an investigation into alleged ethics lapses on the supreme court. those stories and a check on weather when we come right back. n weather when we come right back. hello. it is so fantastamazing for me to see other trolls. is this how people feel when they meet me? 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>> i've been asking for a pause for a lot more than three days. but, yes. >> did you ask him to pause for three days to get the hostages out? >> yes. and i've asked for an even longer pause for some of them. >> are you frustrated with prime minister netanyahu he's not listening to some of the things you've asked him to do? >> it's taking a little longer than i'd hope. >> joining us now former special fbi agent clint watts, a national security analyst. let's talk about these daily pauses. logistically how might they work? israel has expressed fears that hamas would use them to their advantage. what sort of impact could it also have on the overall war effort? >> yeah, both those are true, jonathan. just looking at it big picture how do you functionally make a 4-hour pause work? how would people, refugees know when those four hours are going to be, and then it's just a question what if some of these folks are wounded what if they need assistance getting to whatever that point is for evacuation? it's a pretty tough situation all around to execute that pause. at the same time i'm sure the israeli defenses are quite worried this provides an escape hatch for hamas. it has happened before where they have used some ort of medical or humanitarian asset that is in gaza for their own purposes of being surreptitious iniding their military operations. it is a tough challenge for israeli defense forces. also you have to ask from a logistical standpoint while they're trying to do military operations, this is the idea principally in north gaza how would they do this? how would they execute this humanitarian corridor? and think of it from the soldiers perspective it would be very tough for them to do both missions at the same time. you might remember back to a war in iraq when the u.s. military faced very similar problems after a couple of weeks where they were both doing military operations and trying to do humanitarian operations at the same time. it usually does not go very well. >> so we've reported about some of the frustration u.s. officials have with how israel has conducted this war. you can see it a little bit on the president's face just there. and he confirmed he asked netanyahu for a longer pause to help secure the release of the hostages. clint, give us a break down why israel is so reluctant to do that and also what you think, what happens next with these hostages who have been there for more than a month now, many of them very clearly in a war zone. >> every time militarily they trade time, they are giving an advantage to hamas is the way that they see it. meaning those underground complexes every time they know there's a 4-hour pause or a longer pause, let's say a multi-day pause, this allows hamas to consolidate and reorganize its forces so they continue to fight. also, though, this time factor is critically important because the longer the war goes on, the more civilian casualties there will be. it is quite likely this will only get worse, and then israel starts to lose broader support for the attack that was done on them and their continuing operations in north gaza. so all of these tradeoffs are impacting them, and it's really two counter veiling forces. hurry-up to finish off hamas and at the same time don't go too fast because you don't want to create civilian casualties. the israeli defense forceerize in a tough position, but they need to narrow down probably on what their objectives are, and i think that's one of the questions is they did move in quickly about two weeks after the attack, and now what are the objectives because they haven't really defined what their exit plan or sustainment plan would be in north gaza. >> all right, former fbi special agent clint watts, thank you. i'm certain we'll speak to you again soon. still ahead here on "way too early," we'll go live to cnbc for an early look at what's driving the day on wall street. plus, some sweet news for doughnut lovers. what krispe creme and mcdonald's just announced about expanding their partnership. we'll be right back with that. ng their partnership. we'll be right back with that. i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only $56. i got this bbq smoker for 26 bucks. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. you guys see this starting next month disney plus and hulu are going to be merged into the same app. streamers are merging. pretty soon they're going to be in one giant app called cable. what are we doing? what are we doing? what have we done? >> time now for business and for that let's bring in cnbc's juliana tatelbaum who joins us live from london. julianna, good to see you. stocks sold off yesterday after federal reserve chair jerome powell said he doesn't think the central bank has done enough to tame inflation. what do you make of that? and what can we expect today? >> yeah, powell really shook things up yesterday with those comments. and we saw the s&p 500 break an 8-day win streak. essentially powell left the door open for further rate hikes when the market had become used to the idea that the next move after a pause would be a rate cut next year. powell said specifically if it becomes appropriate to tighten policy further, we will not hesitate to do so. we are not confident that we have achieved such a stance that would ensure inflation returns to 2%. so it rattled markets this morning. u.s. futures not doing a huge amount, fairly muted as investors continue to digest what those comments may mean. >> all right, we'll keep an eye on that certainly. turning to a couple other stories here. the drugmaker astrozen cuis making a big push into the weight loss drug market. >> the u.k. pharma giant has been focusing its efforts over the last several years on cancer drugs, but yesterday the company announced they're going to be trying to get a piece of this obesity drug pie. we've got novo nordisk and eli lilly leading the way now. yesterday they announced they've done a deal of up to $2 billion for essentially a pill version. right now the obesity drug that have been approved are injectables, so they're shots essentially. the next generation is expected today turn into pill form, and astrazeneca is trying to get involved now. >> and some delicious news to take us into the weekend. krispe creme is set to expand their partnership with a big-time fast food giant. tell us more, please. >> i have to say, john, in preparing for this story i did google where my closest krispe creme was. it made me very hungry. krispe creme and mcdonald's are considering expanding their partnership. you might have seen these trials taking place for more than a year now. krispe creme has been teaming up with mcdonald's at locations throughout kentucky. now they're thinking about expanding that partnership. the strategy mcdonald's is trying to lean into coffee more as a way to get customers to visit their locations more frequently and obviously coffee pairs very well with donuts. so do look out for more. >> i'm not a huge donut person, but every once in a while, man, it hits the spot. >> same. >> enjoy finding yours. we know what you're up to next. have a great weekend, cnbc's juliana tatelbaum live from london. thank you as always. still ahead here on "way too early" democratic congressman chris deluzio of pennsylvania is joining us. we'll be right back with that. joining us we'll be right back with that. now what's going around is 12-hour cough relief. and the giggles. the family that takes delsym together, feels better together. there's challenges, and i love overcoming challenges. ♪ when better money habits® content first started coming out, it expanded what i could do for special olympics athletes with developmental needs. thousands of bank of america employees like scott spend countless hours volunteering to teach people how to reach their financial goals. it felt good. it felt like i could take on the whole world. you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that's how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y'all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin's now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. ♪ ♪ alright, alright! tiny, branch, poppy... on another musical adventure. ♪ you're all i ever wanted ♪ i can't believe this is really happening. ♪ you're all i ever needed ♪ looks like your band days aren't behind you. grrr. welcome back. we take a moment to note of course that tomorrow is veteran's day. the nation honors its service members each year on november 11th, a date coinciding with the end of world war i. according to a census collected by pew research center there are more than 18 million veterans in america today accounting for roughly 6% of the adult population. president biden plans to go to the national cemetery tomorrow to mark the day. joining us now democratic congressman chris deluzio of pennsylvania. he's an iraq war and navy veteran. he also serves as the vice ranking member on the committee of veteran affairs. congressman, thank you for being with us this morning, and thank you, of course, for your service. in recognition of this weekend, give us the latest, if you will, as to what washington has been able to do right now for veterans and in what ways do things need to improve? >> thank you. and i think the biggest thing that's happened for my fellow veterans was president biden signing the pact act last year. when you talk to vietnam veterans they had to fight for decades to get the benefits they earned from exposure to things. because of the leadership here and what happened in congress my fellow veterans exposed to burn pits in places like iraq and afghanistan, we aren't going to have those decades long fights. i think it's part of this country standing for what it believes in and its obligation to those who wore the uniform. that's the biggest positive accomplishment. the things that i see hurting veterans, you know, i saw proposed cuts come out of my republican colleagues earlier this year that would have hurt veterans in v.a. funding, and i often think about, you know, we see and hear thank you for your service, and often it's not backed up enough by action, by making sure we have a fully funded and staffed v.a., the mental health care is there for my fellow veterans and more. i always want to encourage folks express that gratitude but then push and make sure your legislators and elected officials are there standing up and fighting for veterans and the care that we need. >> few things more important. thank you for delivering that message, congressman. we mentioned earlier in the show the ongoing dysfunction in the house of representatives with the cancellation of these party line votes on funding bills ahead of the possible looming government shutdown just one week away. give us your assessment and reaction to what's going on the republican side and how worried are you that a deal, even a continuing resolution won't be reached by next friday. >> no, you're right. as you say the republican leadership has now pulled several of these spending bills. and let's go back a few months. we have under the law now an agreement for a budget. this was the debt ceiling deal as then speaker mccarthy and then president biden worked out. it wasn't a perfect deal. it was a compromise. i voted for it. i've urged my republican colleagues to just honor the law, honor that deal and let's not have spending bills that are filled with these poison pill culture war attacks, and let's just honor the deal. since they aren't doing that clearly and they don't even have the votes on their own side right now to pass those bills, they should move a clean continuing resolution. let's keep the government funded and open and not do some crazy partisan right-wing thing. i haven't nor has anyone seen what speaker johnson is going to offer for a continuing resolution. so i don't even know what their proposal is, and keep in mind we have one week left to get this done before the government might shutdown and might hurt a lot of people in this country if that happens. >> yeah, there's been seemingly some momentum for a continuing resolution. that now seems a little bit in doubt. congressman, lastly, we of course mentioned you are a veteran of the iraq war. give us your analysis, if you will, where things stand in the israel-hamas war. you're moving into urban warfare there in gaza. what are the risks there for israel, and what are your fears about the possibility of the war expanding beyond hamas? >> well, i hope that it doesn't, and certainly israel needs to defeat hamas, which has brought suffering to see many in palestine and israel. and so i think if you talk to anyone who served in the wars of our generation of veterans whether in iraq especially against the enemy, in this case, hamas that is willing to put civilians, innocent people at risk to embed themselves in innocent population. it requires discretion. i know the biden administration, secretary blinken in particular, has urging that kind of discretion on the part of our israeli friends as they take the fight to hamas and defeat them as they must. so i've continued to encourage that, and i have been glad to see several of my colleagues who have experienced in wars like iraq, sharing their voice here and reminding folks that these fights aren't easy and you can really see a lot of suffering among civilians with an adversary like hamas. >> democratic congressman, chris deluzio of pennsylvania. thank you for being a guest ander for your service. >> thank you. coming up next on "way to early," vivek ramaswamy was said to have been created in a right-wing edge lord factory. matt lewis is here to explain what he meant, and break down why republicans who share the candidate's style are now on the rise. then coming up on "morning joe," president joe biden is building momentum for his re-election campaign, trading his suit jacket for a united autoworkers t-shirt as he celebrated the union's victory and bashed donald trump's record. plus, democratic congressman jim clyburn of south carolina and seth moulton of massachusetts will join the conversation. also ahead, the actor jason sudaikis will join the show. n sudaikis will join the show. ica, including mental alertness from one serving. to help keep me sharp. try new neuriva ultra. think bigger. oh, hello! hi! do you know that every load of laundry could be worth as much as $300? 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you've got chris christie, tim scott. this is a reagan-esque conservative republican party. you've got this one guy over here who's an edge lord which is basically a very online provocateur which is okay. he's one person and the republican party is obviously run by adults like nikki haley and i think that misses the points and misrepresents everything. i mean, vivek ramaswamy may be only one candidate on the stage, but he represents something like 60% of the republican vote. i mean, he is maybe a stalking horse for donald trump, certainly stand-in for the values of donald trump and also i would say people like elon musk, joe rogan, and very indicative of what is an ascendent ideology on the right. >> you mention joe rogan and that's a good name drop there. do you think they'll be more like ramaswamy? he's wealthy and able to fund his own campaign. not everybody is able to do that. if this is the future of the party, what is his ability to win elections going forward? >> well, look. i think, you know, it ain't over till it's over and that's the thing do is if you are of a different persuasion, you have to fight. so i don't want to declare it over. i do think that ramaswamy's philosophy, his style is ascendant, and i think it's partly indicative of the time in which we live, and some people like me, like young gen x-ers, and even boomers, donald trump was 30 old when he came down that escalator. he's never been elected before. his political identity has been formed in the trump era, and if you are 20 years old today or 21 years old today, you've never really known a republican party that wasn't kind of a donald trump, elon musk, joe rogan-type party, and i think that says things about your philosophy, probably being more pro-russian than those of us who came of age, i don't know, in the '80s, and also your style. i think this very online, troll-ish provocateur, glib manner that vivek has is -- it's what's cool today, and we're going to see a lot of imitators. >> and matt, lastly, we were talking all morning about president biden, his team have really ramped up the attacks on donald trump, particularly in the aftermath of tuesday's elections. what do you think? is it about time? is it going to be effective? >> i think this is the only way to win. this election will be about donald trump. trump will drive turnout and whether that means 2ru6r7 wins because of republicans or whether it means biden wins because trump drove turnout of democrats, it's about trump. might as well embrace it if you are joe biden, and this is going to have to be, i think, a very negative, nasty race inherently. if you are joe biden, it's better to accept that at this point i think than to figure it out, you know, when it's even closer to election day. >> yeah. the theory is the more we're talking about donald trump, the better it is for joe biden. senior columnist for "the daily beast," matt lewis, thank you so much. have a great weekend, and thanks to all of for getting up "way too early" on this friday morning. 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