Public for over a month. Thats going to do it for way too early. First, real fast, we have to say goodbye to our john tower. Show a shot of john tower. Dont hide, dont hide, john tower. We celebrate john tower who has been a long time member of the way too early family who is taking off for a new position elsewhere. Do you have anything to say . I would. No. They actually fired me. Oh. Wawa. No, youre on to great things. We love you john tower. More surprises to come four but i dont want to give them away. Okay. Big surprise. Morning joe starts right now. Are. Were vigilante in looking out for individuals of suspicion
may be crossing our border. The chances of an outbreak of an epidemic here are extraordinarily low. Im not an ice cream guy. Good morning, it is friday, october 10th. Welcome to morning joe. Were here in washington, d. C. , at least half of us are. We have senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein. New york times reporter Jeremy Peters and columnist for Bloomberg News al hunt. Jeremy is mr. Front page. Jeremy is always mr. Front page. Of course, a lot of news to cover. Also this weekend a lot of baseball as we get to the finals. We should tell our own al hunt that we mourn with him about the nationals. Well get them next year, al. Well get them next year. Who your rooting for now . It is rough. Mika, it was so painful, they deserved much better than that, they will be back, they have a great young team. Great fan base too. Baseball in d. C. , yeah. It makes a lot of sense. So, mika, we were talking before about some of the ads being run against kay hagan, shes not showing up for this hearing or that hearing. I guess her opponent has a point because woody allen been quoted saying that 80 of life is just showing up. If thats the case, congress is failing at all turns not just kay hagan. Republicans pounding away at the North Carolina senator for missing hearings by isis so she could actually show up at fundraisers. So, what are all democrats and all republicans doing . Well, they are missing in action while isis marches across the
middle east so they can attend fundraisers, kiss babies and count votes. Whats fair for kay hagan is fair for republicans as well and anybody thats to make attendance in congress an issue this Campaign Season should just shut up or show up because right now theres no honor in either house. I know a lot of people i talked to and you talked to want to know where congress is. Why arent they debating isis. Why arent they debating ebola. They are not doing their job. Yeah. Unless you put a clear position on isis yourself stay on the campaign trail and dont criticize the president. In the battle for the senate as you bring up the election, republican candidates are doing whatever they can to tie their opponents to president obama and democrats are doing all they can to avoid it. Look at this. I just want to remind congressman gardner hes running against me not barack obama. Not my father. Not harry reid, its congressman gardner and myself on the ballot this fall. Im not sure he recognizes hes not running against harry reid or barack obama, hes running against me. I have a lot of respect for you but youre dead wrong. Im absolutely running against barack obama and harry reid. And did you guys see this . Kentuckys democratic candidate Allison Grimes who is kind of inching up in the polls even refused to answer who she voted for in the last two president ial elections. Did you vote for president obama in 2008, 2012 . This election isnt about the president. Its about i know. Who did you vote for. Putting kentuckyians back to work. Did you vote for him . I was a delegate for Hillary Clinton. I think kentuckyians know im a clinton democrat through and
through. I respect the sanctity of the ballot box. So you wont answer. The president is on the ballot as much as Mitch Mcconnell might want him to be. Its my name. Come on. Just tell people who you voted for. Al hunt, i had an opponent in 94 who wouldnt answer the question. I was like did you vote for, you know did you vote for bill clinton or not . This is a simple question. It just makes them look foolish. Of course they just kept pounding away. We all know she voted for barack obama. A democrat in that position is in an awful position. Its not hard. Joe, youre right. Its sophomoric. Everybody knows she did. She could simply say i voted for barack obama. Its about the future. Im disappointed in the future, whatever she wants to say. To duck it like that is really an amateur. If she was in a primary she wouldnt have said that. Of course not. Mika, thats a perfect thing to say. What you say yeah i voted against barack obama and like a lot of people in kentucky and a lot of people across america im really disappointed in him. I didnt think he would wage a war against coal workers in kentucky. I didnt think. Then just add on to there and then suddenly okay, wow. Yeah, well she admits she voted for him and shes disappointed so she can actually that was then you can go right on i also watched the georgia debate the other night and they would ask, if they asked david perdue about the future of the world what would happen in china or the middle east his answer was im running against harry reid and barack obama. Essentially what she was afraid of having a short clip
made of her saying i voted for barack obama and cut off there. Losing the truth somewhere. It was a bit of a hamhanded answer. Democrats are also concerned with her candidacy. Why republicans are not nearly as worried. When you have consultants whispering in your ear dont give a sound bite where authenticity would have served herbert. A new cnn Opinion Research poll does mark begich trailing in alaska. And Mary Landrieu replaced her Campaign Manager. Theres another emerging issue on the campaign trail. Who showing up and who is not. All those big corporations is supporting the guy who is not here tonight, not the colonel. We had people arrested at Denver International airport for conspiring with the islamic
state. In chicago for conspiring with the Islamic State. And senator udall doesnt even show up at the Armed Services hearing when it talks about emerging threats. In january president obama refers to the Islamic State as a jv team. Days later the Armed Services committee holds a hearing on new global threats. Senator kay hagan, absent. Hey began has missed over half of the Armed Services hearings this year. In fact hagan admits she prioritized a Cocktail Party to benefit her campaign. We have, joe, the crickets sound track in terms of where they all are now at this time of morning. Yeah. Not only that, al, obviously kay hagan going to a fundraiser instead of being at a hearing thats one thing. But those ads are so twisted and distorted, i feel like asking people have you ever been to a hearing . They got three or four people
droning on and on and im looking here at the mark up for fy03 in relation to fy09. Mr. Chairman, can we get the parliamenti an in here. This is, again, dont go to a fundraiser when the hearing is on. Hes not exaggerating. Thats what they are like. The shame, the cry is not that someone missed a hearing but the entire Congress Left to go home without addressing the issue of the war. Thank you. We have a threat and there were a couple of people on both sides of the aisle that said this is outrageous and they are
equally culpable. If youre going to condemn senators for missing hearings to attend fundraisers, you should be condemning the fundraising culture of congress that requires them to be begging for dollars, calling for dollars. That makes too much sense. Everyone is guilty of this. Tom tillis is running ads. The chutzpa to run ads like that when you miss sessions. The Fundraising Climate you have to beg for dollars at all hours. I got to say, those al is exactly right. At the end of the day are we really going to criticize people, republican or democrat alike for missing a stupid hearing here or a stupid hearing there or are we going to criticize them for leaving town and not being on the house floor and debating intensely what is going on. By the way, whats going on in syria, whats going on in iraq
and whats going on in turkey. These are the gravest most important times as far as Foreign Policy goes since 2001 and they all left. Joe, should the president call them back . I would call them back in a second. If i were the president of the United States i would call them back. Barack obama doesnt want to call them back because a lot of democrats would vote against him. Too bad. He needs to call them back and they need to debate this out. Jeremy this is not just happening in colorado, not just happening in colorado. Youre seeing these similar ads highlighting the hearings that incumbent senators have missed in new hampshire, iowa as well. Its a potent line of attack and from what i understand unnerving democrats. It makes them look like they are taking unseriously the very serious challenges. Whats the answer to it . What is the answer . Can i just tell you what the answer is. Ignore it. These things dont work. How i do know . I know from experience. They dont work. They were tried on me repeatedly. Did joe ever miss a hearing. I missed so many hearings, but you know what . I missed hearings and when i went back to my district nobody said oh, that scarborough he doesnt work hard enough. Everybody knew i was crazy and everybody knew i was working around the clock and i didnt have time to waste on hearings where people droned on and on. If there was a deal be made to cut the deficit voters are smart and they dont take attendance with their members of congress. They know who is effective, they know who is not and if kay hagan is fighting for the people of North Carolina they dont give a damn shes miss ad couple of hearings. If they dont think shes not fighting for the people of North Carolina, shes in trouble but not because she missed hearings. Mike huckabee threatening to
leave the Republican Party if it does not strongly oppose same sex marriage. Here are two parts of an interview he gave on tuesday one day after the Supreme Court refused to hear appeals. Im utterly eupset with republicans who abdicated on this issue if they continue in this direction they guarantee they will lose every election in the future. Guarantee it. If the republicans want to lose guys like me, and a whole bunch of still godfearing republicans, go ahead and abdicate on this issue and go ahead say abortion doesnt matter either because at that point you lose me. Im gone. Ill become an independent. Ill find people that have guts to stand. Im tired of this. All right. We now have more details about
the september 6th drunken palin family brawl. According to an Anchorage PoliceDepartment Report there were at least two separate incidents involving as many as 20 people. In one case Bristol Palin reportedly went after the partys host, punching him five or six times. Bristol said she was punched to the ground and dragged outside. However, the host says bristol fell down when he finally tried to stop her from striking him. Meanwhile bristols brother track and father todd were involved in a fight outside. Track alleges a family friend was suckered punch so he took off his shirt and prepared to fight but then was attacked by two other men. Im having trouble keeping up. Todd says everything escalated and it wasnt something they could walk away from. As for sarah palin, the former candidate for Vice President of the United States, witnesses say she remained inside the familys
white limo parked outside while her family was involved in these altercations. Should i go to the dow, joe . No. Take off your shirt before you fight. Would you do that, al . Always. Really . Absolutely. Okay. Dont threaten my woman. This is the first time i ever wished sarah palin was elected. It took place on mass avenue down the road joe takes it a step further. Rips it off and then hurls and then fights. Yeah. Without using multiple vulgarities in that thing were there vulgarities. Im going to tease. Im in the middle here. Still ahead on morning joe, dr. Brzezinski is with us for the latest on the advance of
isis. Look at this. This is the best counter intuitive lineup we have on morning joe. Well be speaking with fashion icon Andre Leon Talley. But first amazon takes a huge gamble. Well tell you why shopping at the Online Retail giant may actually require standing in line in a store. Plus some interesting and controversial comments by the ceo of microsoft about equal pay in the workplace and how to get a raise. He has great advice. Youre watching morning joe. Well be right back. Time now to take a look at the morning papers with joe, thomas and me. We start with the los angeles times, just moments ago we learned the winners of this years Nobel Peace Prize. 17yearold Malala Yousafzai from pakistan an indian childrens right activist, Kailesh Satyarthi were recognized for their fight against children being suppressed and their efforts to promote education. Two years ago the taliban shot obvious as she was advocating for girls rights for education. Obvious is the youngest winner ever of the Nobel Peace Prize. Thats amazing. Congratulations to her. The minneapolis star tribune, vikings running back Adrian Peterson found himself in more hot water this morning. Montgomery county texas prosecutors are actually seeking to revoke petersons bond and have him rearrested after the running back allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana while out on bail. According to paper work filed peterson said he quote, smoked a little weed before a drug test wednesday. Peterson has been freed on 15,000 bond on a charge of
felony child abuse, a trial date has tentatively been set for december 1st. Thomas . Go on to trial to get him back on the playing field. Well see how that plays out. Wall street journal, its reporting how amazon plans to open its first retail store here in manhattan and this just in time for the busy Holiday Shopping season. The store will primarily function as a mini warehouse with a limited inventory for same day delivery. It will accept same day pick ups for exchanges and returns and the store could feature amazon device such as the kindle and fire smartphone. No word yet if drones will be delivering any of the packages. Lets go to the washington post. A gutsy move to go straight to the companys ceo to ask for a raise. More gutsy to cc 200,000 coworkers on the email. Thats one way to do it. A wells fargo employee asked the banks boss to give everybody a 10,000 salary bump using the companys profits to pay for it. I dont know. According to the proposal, the move would quote show the rest of the United States if not the world that, yes, big corporations can have a heart. The bank says it does not discuss personnel matters. That person was fired. My advice on that is dont do that. Go mika. Mika, were talking about, talked about this microsoft story which i cant wait to hear your take on what happened at microsoft when a man basically said hey come on little ladies its unbecoming, just sit back and wait. Joe, i know you want me to
warm up a little bit with people and have like a this is not going help. No. Mika i would highly recommend you cold call microsoft today because someone needs a know your value summit at microsoft. Whoa. Cold call. They will pick up that call. Its an incredible story. Yeah. All right. Coming up, kim jongun hasnt been seen in over a month. Well ask dr. Brzezinski what this could mean for the stability of the korean peninsula. And first well find out what Jeremy Peters is writing about this morning. Stay with us, well be right back. The most amazing thing about the ford fusion
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