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welcome to "morning joe" at 6:00 a.m. in the morning willie geist not with us today, trying to relive some of the more exciting mornings of the 70s yes, thats him on chopper 5 going across -- >> it is not. >> see the little -- chopper 4, im sorry. >> get it right. >> in the 70s, we didnt really -- numbers didnt count channels didnt counfreelancersi and i were. >> you were just there. >> beautiful look at new york city over the morning. its friday. >> yes thursday was a very rough day f...

if you look at the campaign ads, look at some of the interviews they were giving, the level of contention that you saw between the two, when they had their one and only opportunity to respond to these attacks directly and head on, neither of them held back. i want you to see a sample example on those interactions. >> the extremist is congresswoman demmings. she supports no restrictions of any kind. >> how gullible do you really think florida voters are? number one, you have been clear ...

youre willfully choosing to ignore the data. >> raise the frickin bar. >> i am going to come after each one of you personally. >> you will get the justice thats coming to you. >> you need to be arrested. >> shame on you! >> threats and anger coast to coast. >> people got executed for violating the nuremberg code, and you guys are violating the nuremberg code too. >> you no longer have our consent. >> spreading in local communities. >> we know who your family is. we know your dogs name....

for millions of americans who live here. we heard last hour with these folks and their patients and their fellow citizens are up against. threats, harassments, a potential jail time. not to mention the lives and livelihoods at stake, and the risk of dying in force childbirth. later this hour, we will hear why, and how they are pushing ahead. continuing the fight in a place that looks as hopeless as anywhere in america, for abortion rights. they do not use the same tactics and strategie...

for two editions we ask questions about what sort of qualities and attributes to make them more or less supportive for a candidate for congress. it is clear what issues they like to lead the way. for republicans the most favor l terrain is the economy and inflation. increasing oil production. thats popular and republicans know this. because its all over the campaign advertising. >> joe biden and steve are spending like drunken sailors. i wont raise taxes. >> bidens bad decisions are co...

>> after the fight over the 2020 election, what lessons have been learned? >> someones going to get hurt, someones going to get shot, someones going to get killed. >> election workers facing death threats. >> weve seen a dangerous increase in threats against public servants. >> in 2024, the bad actors will be more coordinated, more strategic. >> we support every voter right free and accurate. >> this morning a by part can conversation with the secretaries of state in four key battlegro...

The lawyer is saying, "were taking it to the end." something perhaps more troubling for fox news, if you have a company like smartmatic that is saying, "were not going to just get a billion or two dollars and get out of this business, were in this business to stay we have to stay in this business, so we need an apology. just for you all at home to know how badly these peoples business has been challenged, and some destroyed, i have friends who are election officials, who run elections, who say t...

>> security protocols had been heightened at the county office. >> citizens will no longer be allowed to come directly into the office. if they need to get help from our staff theyll do it in a window setting. as it gets closer to election day i anticipate it will become more intense in the community. i know that theres county clerks and other elected officials around the country that are doing the same, some are carrying concealed weapons. >> this is a .22 automatic. >> and what kind of permit ...

Dangers to people who dont believe in elections anymore. you were saying people arent aware of how dangerous this is. talk about that. >> the nature is american politics and campaigns. our campaign is responsible for spreading the message of truth and the fact that elections can be trusted. when you take a step back, what theyre doing is dividing us against ourselves as americans because what theyre saying is american people, who are the ones that run elections, cannot be trusted. this is an ins...

Disastrous stuff that went on. with maga election deniers, winning very very solemnly. what do you make of what happened? >> i think by and large donald trump still has an iron grip on the republican party. that the number of election deniers as well as the number of republicans who voted for impeachment tour defeated, tells me that the republican party is very much in the maga camp. as you outlined we have a very dangerous situation because secretaries of state attorneys general governors are t...