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Construction of the electrical grid and apparently that decision is not sitting well with the islands governor. the administration is looking into how a $300 million contract to repair the power system was given to this tiny montana company from the hometown of interior secretary ryan. that is a story we first told you about when it all broke. nancy pelosi is out with this statement. "we are deeply concerned about why and how a small, inexperienced firm was tasked with the massive job of rebuild...

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To virginia for this prime time rally for lieutenant governor north um. listen, gang, this kind of is the marquee race of 2017. both national parties are paying very, very close attention to this. lieutenant governor is here with us on set. before i bring him in i want to bring in nbc news steve karnacki to break down the state of play. >> here we go. its election day coming up and youre right, virginia, this is the high stakes. this is the closest one. this is the one you want signs about the n...

Find him responsive to things on television. so far, this has been a situation thats been largely a state response effort. theres been some federal resources but not the level of the larger federal response. so that said, it is one o those things where youd expect to see the president offer sympathy or send someone from the administration out there at some point. maybe in the coming days. >> when you compare this with the incredible hurricanes weve seen, the incredible wildfires, look at the wea...

Serve your administration and help fulfill your commitment to defend the nation we all love. thank you. [ applause ] >> all right. we did it. following you out. [ applause ] dont officiald trump offici announcing his nominee for secretary of homeland. thanked a lot of people includer her predecessor john kelly. she still needs to be confirmed by the senate. we still have our lovely ladies here with us on set. ambassador, dhs. talk to me about why you think its the most complicated department t...

( ♪ ) molly: i reprogrammed the robots to do the inspection. its running much faster now. see? its amazing, molly. thank you. ( ♪ ) welcome back to "morning joe." wednesday, october 11th. with us on set, nbc contributor mike barnicle, harold ford jr.,

Alienating corker at a time when the president needs to pass tax reform with a slim majority in the senate. as the "ap" reported, corker, a fiscal hawk, is holding the gops feet to the fire on tax legislation, declaring that hes going to oppose any measure that increases the national debt by a single cent. so, lets talk about this. joining us on set -- im taking a nice little pause there because you are on set with us, and we appreciate that, politicos daniel littman, co-author of "the political...

Michael, final thoughts? >> what worries me is this may be a prelude to what the north koreans have been warning, which is that they may do an aboveground nuclear weapons test, which would certainly upset the apple cart. well have to see what they have in mind. sometimes their rhetoric preseepreced precedes something harsh. >> michael, darlene, anna, thank you for being with us on set. i want to thank ron allen, from the news conference with the north korean foreign minister. before we go, we ...

House speaker paul ryan who had said to the president that he shouldnt end drveoca. that he should allow congress to try to fix it. but interestingly, hallie, the reaction from the presidents base. remember, he ran on a campage pledge to get tougher on immigration. to end doca effectively and they feel as though this is punting or pivoting on that key campaign promise. so, i expect that youre going to see what could be shaping up to be an internal fight within the gop, hallie. >> kristen welker,...

Starting on the west coast -- >> really blowing the excitement there. >> bills going to talk about it as well. starting on the west coast this morning and moving to the east, the moon will pass in front of the sun creating a total eclipse. jay gray has everything you need. take a listen. >> reporter: in hours from now, the shadow of the moon will travel across the sun at close to 1500 miles an hour. each spot along the path going from daylight to darkness. >> the brightest stars and planets will...