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Managing editor rick stengel whos here to reveal the latest issue of "time" which is multilayered to say the least. >> we have, for the northeast, we have a cover about the storm. lessons from the storm by our environmental writer, brian walsh, which actually asserts -- and i know its not a popular thing to say -- that there were aspects of the storm that were manmade in the sense that were building the wrong way, our electrical grid is old-fashioned. our transportation infrastructure is from th...

The overriding priority of whoever gets elected next tuesday is to be able to make this country governable again. and to be able to do that by bringing about a certain amount of cooperation on the things america needs to do between republicans and democrats. we saw it yesterday between chris christie and brearack oba. and its going to be very interesting to watch today as the campaign trail resumes, whether theres a different tone. i wouldnt be surprised -- weve heard the president using words l...

Romney, had very high praise for the president, for fema. you look at it in that totality, it has the potential -- now, i think what will be interesting here is to see how does the president talk about sandy without looking ham-handed about it, without looking totally politically cynical about it. i think youre going to see -- obviously youre going to hear some mentions of it on the trail, but does he weave in sort of the larger narrative of what this is what government does. does it become a la...

>> the climate is. >> -- of the office of the president has been in the last several months. lets not act like this happens in isolation. they have done everything to disrespect this president as president. and i think its in that climate, the question was asked -- and i think that christie had to answer it. its not like they have respected this president. >> right. >> as president. and i feel that the president was acting as president, but they have some members of the christie party have done ...

It hasnt been warm enough for people to stay in their homes. ive heard stories of families all staying in the same bed with multiple blankets on them just to stay warm. a lot of people will need other places to go. its now november. and look at the possibility of another week without power with temperatures like this. its just not safe or good for anyone. the storm itself still lingering over upstate new york headed into southern portions of quebec. this is it. were going to finally get rid of s...

Place. its not making it comfortable for anyone trying to stay in their homes. the storm itself is exiting up into canada, thankfully. weather will slowly improve during the day. its still rainy, though, western new york and areas around pittsburgh. weve had a little snow in the mountains outside of pittsburgh. so your forecast for the day today, sandy still leaves a deep chill in the northeast and mid-atlantic. the rest of the country looks nice this november 1st. the only exception being peopl...

His extraordinary leadership and partnership. >> top of the hour. a live look at national airport in washington, d.c. welcome back to "morning joe." joining us now, we have the host of "politics nation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. good to have you on board. >> good morning. >> mark halperin still with us. all right. lets get a recap, at the top of the hour, as to where we stand. there are obviously politics related to the storm, but the storm is still wrea...

Hours that these leads are, as the obama campaign has said for a long time, small but persistent and consistent. and i think they do not affect the coverage that much, but theres a bit of a tipping point. here. romney needs to go into the weekend for his own sake with the race tied in the conventional wisdom rather than what some people are now saying that these polls suggest that the president will win this with the electoral college dominance that hes had. >> these polls are pre-sandy? >> yes....

>> alex, will you get donny to stop asking for the tape of mitt romney? do we have it? >> empathy that you would say is a quality of leadership. >> sure. >> were looking at in the wake of the storm who showed the most empathy? obviously from the beginning of the campaign, obama has scored much better in all of the polls of do you understand people like me? and in the wake of a storm, that is significant. >> so heres mitt romney. >> watch the human being here. im serious. watch this. >> heres mit...

Aftermath of the storm. sorry about that. were not put together this morning. the death toll is rising on this. weve got a couple of new facts to bring to you. weve been watching the coverage now three days straight. everybodys exhausted. breezy point, my god, that story, i was seeing michelle millers report on cbs, her second one. it is just amazing what has happened there. well get to more on that in just a moment. were also five days away from a presidential election. and there are some liter...