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circle. and i didnt do it, be if it did happen, theres nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriends abortion. were going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the "washington post," eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan l...

good to be with you. im katy tur. its the economy, and/or is it the economy "or," in other words what if everyone is deciding on multiple issues or one issue? with five days to go, who is still out there deciding? with that in mind, there are a lot of conversations happening both in private and in public about just what the democratic party is pitching to those still deciding. voters in the final days before the election, the midterms, and from the sound of it, the internal worries are...

that releasing their full reasons for searching mar-a-lago would cause, and i quote, significant and irreparable damage. the justice department now urging a judge not to unseal the affidavit that justified the fbi search over the mar-a-lago home. a document, according to the d.o.j., that serves as a road map to the ongoing investigation including who federal investigators are talking to. saying that it includes, and i want to quote this one, highly sensitive information about witnesses...

>> where were you? out and about, where you go? whatever it is you do? >> dont do this to me. . >> no, dont, lets not compare vacations. because america, i guarantee you don lemon just went. [laughs] so thats okay, thats fine. >> at this, point i was out of the country. im glad you had a great, time you look great, your tan is great, you look relaxed. great job as usual, i will see you tomorrow, laura coates. by, laura coates. >> by, don! >> [laughs] oh boy, it is monday everyone. how ...

little fainter to the right where the rings are. nasa says the fuzzy spots and the lower background are likely other entire galaxies. thats it for us here on earth. the news continues. lets hand it to laura coates on cnn tonight. a new grandeur subpoena to the national archives for more documents as part of the january six investigation. now, lets pause, theyre okay. lets give you some perspective. because thats also part of what we do here. because this former president has managed to...

Didnt see any evidence, that was odd? anyway, good evening. [laughs] >> good evening. >> andrew i mean, am i off on that. >> know don, you are absolutely right. i dont know what mr. crenshaw is or is not looking at. but there is a mountain of evidence of repeated requests for the documents here. it started, as you mentioned with the national archives, they spent seven months requesting the documents back. eventually they got back about a third, apparently, of what was their, in january, the just...

>> andrew, am i off on that? i >> know, john, youre absolutely right. i dont know with crenshaw is or is not looking at, but there is a mountain of evidence of repeated requests for the documents here. it started, as you mention, with the national archives. they spent seven months requesting the documents back, and eventually they got back about a third, apparently, of what was there in january. and then the justice department enters the scene. they convene a grand jury. subpoenas are issued, so...

Layman to assess the propriety of white house lawyers ordering such a thing or of white house officials following through on it. what is your take on that. >> their motivation is central, i guess, to an assessment of the priority of it. if they were putting it there for safekeeping to make sure nobody else screwed around with it, maybe they should be given a gold star. but if they were putting it there to conceal it from congressional oversight or from anybody else that learned about it and want...

It. what is your take on that. >> their motivation is central, i guess, to an assessment of the priority of it. if they were putting it there for safekeeping to make sure nobody else screwed around with it, maybe they should be given a gold star. but if they were putting it there to conceal it from congressional oversight or from anybody else that learned about it and wanted access to it, thats pretty disturbing. >> former chief of the justice departments counter intelligence section, sir, i rea...

Made by the fbi. >> counter intelligence section of the fbi would be -- hard working on that. are they still working on that? how did that go? i mean, time and time again yesterday mueller surprisingly answered questions about the potential issue of being compromised by russia and how that risk attends to not just the presidents campaign but also the president. and he described things time and again as being subject to the investigation, the subject of ongoing investigation, things that were bei...