It was interesting, that grew up in New Hampshire, which is a mill town. He didnt have a clue which side of an ax to hold. [laughter] but leaving the wood pile a little higher resonates with me particularly today in these times we are in because the man that is occupying the white house wants nothing more than to ood pileat wouldw down. People ask me, what did you come out in endorse cory so early . So many answers come to mind. Is a great to be how he was an amazing mayor of a tough city, in the midst of one of the worst recessions the country has ever seen, and came out of it being successful . [applause] aboutit is going to be how he has shown such incredible leadership in the United States senate particularly being willing to sit down with folks on the other side to pass historic criminal Justice Reform in this country. [applause] thank you for that. Great ands about the that he has demonstrated after decades of ,ervice in new jersey politics something that is not easy for the fain
Need, next. Good morning, everybody. We are so happy you are with us early on this saturday. It is october 17th. Im lindsey reiser. And im kendis gibson. Thank you so much for joining us. Lots going on here on this saturday morning that we have to get to. Lets begin on the campaign trail, because its going to be a very busy day on the race to the white house. Were just 17 days to go. Both candidates are on the trail this weekend, making appearances in critical background states. Last night, President Trump speaking for nearly two hours at a rally in macon, georgia, taking aim at his democratic counterpart, using familiar tactics. Lock them up. You should lock them up. Lock up the bidens. Lock up hillary. [ crowd chanting ] lock him up. Meantime, joe biden spoke at a drivein rally in the motor city, detroit, where he slammed the president for shrugging off a plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. All the president does, trump does, is fan the flames of hatred and division in
Keep his tax returns private. It is day 41 of the impeachment inquiry. President trump is in new york this morning after attending a ufc fight last night. His first appearance in his hometown since announcing he changed his residency to florida. The president was greeted by protesters outside the arena and inside a mixed reception. Meanwhile, another fight for the president moves in washington over impeachment. Congress gearing up for the next phase of its investigation. The Washington Post reporting House Democrats are pivoting from fact finding to a campaign of persuasion. Privately sketching out how they plan to use a series of blockbuster hearings to make the public case for trumps removal from office. Some democrats are saying they already have enough evidence to impeach. Do you at this point think theres enough evidence to bring forth articles of impeachment against donald trump . Yes, i do. Actually, i thought there was back in the mueller testimony. Do you think you have heard
Were going to start this hour, though. The leader of isis believed to be dead. Killed last night in a u. S. Military operation during purported u. S. Air strikes on a suspected isis safe house in syria. Nbc news has confirmed the mission started about 6 00 p. M. Eastern saturday. It included helicopters, jets and drones and special ops forces that fired from the air. Isis leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is believed to be dead. Theyre conducting dna tests right now. The suspected safe house was under u. S. Surveillance in recent days. A convoy leaving the compound was also struck in this attack. The safe house was later decimated by an air strike. President trump is expected to address the nation 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. Of course, well go to that live right here on msnbc. This is where this all unfolded overnight. It happened in the northwestern part of syria. Close to the border with turkey. Nbcs pentagon and National Security correspondent, courtney cube i is in iraq. Richard engel in sy