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category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfal ....
down, you have trees that are down, you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands, in some of the coasts, but some of those inland places off rivers and off these inlets, you know, you re likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead. so that is a hazard and just please be aware that that is something that you if you weathered the storm to this point, going and doing and getting involved in that is just totally not worth it, and we want to minimize any harm to anybody as a result of what we re seeing right now in the streets. we have had 26 states provide support. we really appreciate that. it s going to be put to use. this is i don t think we ve ever seen an effort mobilized for this many rescues this quickly. but we appreciate it and we will make good use of it. we want people to be safe. those who have who are in need of life support right now, help i ....
won t say. but we will just blame the lawyers. now not you, charles coleman. you are good lawyer [laughs] ! have some fun this. morning thanks, katie. always good to see you! good morning. it is saturday november 25th, you are watching velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman junior filling in this weekend for my friend and colleague, ali velshi. we have got a lot to talk about. first off, we are following breaking news this morning on day two of our fragile pause in the war between israel and hamas. nbc news is reporting 13 more israeli hostages are expected to be released today by hamas. 42 palestinian prisoners are also expected to be released as well according to israel channel 13. we are awaiting word on when this exchange is actually going to happen. if it is successful, it will be the second batch of hostages and prisoners released by the two countries as part of a deal that involves a four-day pause in fighting. over the course of these four days, hamas has a ag ....
p pal. when i called sean to congratulate him, he said, the credit goes to all of you, all of you out there and it does. it may be true, but it doesn t hurt to have a leader with a backbone like a ramrod. and that s sean. you know he and the entire uaw proved what i always believed. wall street didn t build america, the middle class built america and unions built the middle class! yeah! tlhat was true in the 20th century and still true today. that s why unions are more popular today than they were in decades. about six weeks ago, i went to bellevue, michigan, to join your brothers and sisters in the picket lines. it brought back a lot of memories, but what i didn t realize, it was the first time a president ever did that. it was second nature. no, i m serious, i didn t know that. it looks good on you! i tell you, i have worn this shirt a lot, man. i have no idea! i ve been involved in the uaw longer than you were alive, man! look, that day in michigan, i said th ....
Hampshire which will be a town hall, same format as sundays debate here on cnn. Dana bash joins us with the details and political strategy behind this. This basically seems like an obvious dry run for sunday night. One source told me it was a scrimmage. They really want donald trump to kind of retain his Muscle Memory from town halls. He hasnt done as many town halls as Chris Christie or john mccain who basically lived in New Hampshire where a town hall is part of the political tdna there. But the fact is they want him to be in an intimate settic just like on sunday night. They have chosen the place where Chris Christie had his first down hall when he announced for president in 2016. And Chris Christie is involve ....