joining us at nbc headquarters here in new york. a public health emergency. president trump addresses america's opioid ep deckic. declaration drawing both praise and criticism. republicans clear a hurtle on the way to passing tax reform. thousands of documentation of jfk's assassination getting released. hundreds still confidential for now. good morning, everyone. it's friday, october 27. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf. president trump has now issued

an emergency declaration. in a speech in the east room, president called the crisis a national shame and declared a public health emergency. >> this epidemic is a national health emergency. it is time to liberate our communities from this scorch of drug addiction, never been this way. we can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. we can do it. effective today, my administration is officially declaring the opioid crisis a national public health emergency under federal law. >> yet, that announcement by the president is drawing concern from some public health advocates. visiti critics claim it fell short of what he claimed in august. >> the opioid crisis is an emergency and i'm saying officially right now sit an emergency. it's a national emergency.

we're going to draw it up and make it a national emergency. >> so the president there called it a national emergency. yesterday he declared a public health emergency. a public health emergency provides no additional money to combat the property, but allows existing brands to be redirected. also needs to be renewed every 90 days. national emergency would have come with greater executive power and prompted rapid allocation of funding. the white house is defending the move. some democrats are pushing for more funds. >> what the president did today was historic. and it is an extraordinary beginning set of steps to dealing with this problem. >> what i would say to the president on that is show me the money. declaring an emergency means he can have access to the funds. the funds in that account are like 57, 5800 dollars. >> the funds nancy pelosi was

referring to is the public health emergency fund. currently stands at $57,000. the white house is working with congress to find additional funding. later this morning, new jersey governor chris christie will be a guest on "morning joe." congressional republicans cleared a major hurdle to passing fax reform. narrowly approving a $4 trillion budget with two votes to spare. eliminating of state and local tax deductions. republicans said wednesday as the deadline introduced tax reform bill with the goal of passing it by thanksgiving, just 27 days from today. division remain over the impact across the wealth spectrum. capping of tax breaks for class and corporate tax code. ever since president trump abruptly and publicly ruled out 401(k) retirement accounts on twitter, addressed the social

tendencies siting the upcoming foreign trip. >> are you at all concerned this rollout makes choices that maybe not going to like some of them and tweet something about it. >> east going to be in asia, number one. that was kind of a joke. i was sort of joking on that one. no, i'm not. we're working very, very closely with the white house on this. >> yesterday's vote allows republicans to pass a bill without gaining votes from democrats using the senate reconciliation process. the blueprint that would allow for a tax bill that adds $1.5 trillion to the federal deficit over a decade. even republican members are acknowledging. >> what this tax cut actually increase the deficit and make it go up even more. >> well, even with dynamic scoring, i want to be intellectually honest. in the short run, it does that.

i can make the case with gdp growth. it will balance over that length of time. in the short run, we will see an increase in deficit. >> can you guarantee that tax reform will not add to the deficit. >> no, but i can guarantee that our budget gets less deficit that the democratic budget. >> not everyone is on board. amash tweeted conservatives leaders would have slammed this big government budget under president obama. now they demand they vote for it. joining on, capitol hill reporter for the hill. molly, good to have you with us this morning. i know you were on the hill yesterday watching the expense, the drama, the budget blueprint play out. how is it going to be to get the tax reform bill passed by this thanksgiving. >> it's tough members on the house in the senate side. not just the house. it's the senate as well. it does seem like a bit of a

heavy lift. even though they haven't -- even though the republicans have been talking to members of the conference about this. it's still once you see the details, once those final details come out, that's when people start putting up their nose and opposing it. because this wasn't raefeally dt with in a committee like setting, it will be interesting to see how the republican leaders navigate it. steve closcalice, interesting t see him. he's been out after having been shot on the baseball field. shot in the hip. i was watching him on the house floor yesterday. he stood the entire time on crutches. signaling to people, you got to the vote. you got to vote. it's a very big deal. he says the house republicans are going to be meeting through the weekend and talking through the weekend. some of these issues are just difficult to see how they will

come to some kind of reconciliation. >> let me switch gears and ask about the big headline making event last night. the opioid declaration coming out. the president doing something a lot of lawmakers wanted him to do, declaring a public health emergency. break that down for us. what's been the reaction on the hill. we played sound clips from both sides. what are you hearing from behind the scene? is this enough. >> reporter: it's a bit unclear because the opioid crisis is so massive, and you've talked to senators in states particularly affected by it including rob portman at the event yesterday. ohio, west virginia senators. and really what the president did was yes, he's drawing a lot of attention to it, however, he doesn't have the money to implement any sort of proposals that come forward and how to deal with that crisis. federal money, that becomes a

problem for people in those states because by what he did yesterday, essentially, he basically frees up money that the states and local governments kl spe can spend on the opioid crisis. sort of moving money around, if you will. using money that would have gone towards something else for the opioid, but until the frederal money is behind him like nancy pelosi said, it's unclear how they will get in there and tackle the issue. you listen to senator from texas, the number two republican senate. the actually need a plan first. one thing to throw money at something. it's another thing entirely to make sure that money is spent correctly and given how money has been spent in the past around washington, republicans up on capitol hill particularly focused on getting a plan in place before delegating those resources. >> live for us on the hill this morning, molly, we'll check back with you later on in the hour.

>> okay. house and senate arms service committee received briefings yesterday on the fatal ambush in niger nearly three weeks after the attack. >> you're never satisfied because there's an urgency to find out what happened. i express concern about how long the investigation is taking, but we need to be right about it, but we need to find the answers. >> beyond that, we're going to have to rethink how we conduct business in africa. >> what i could gather, definitely still want to know more and more about what we're doing in africa. how long we're going to be there. i think you're going to see more troops in africa. >> you get a sense of who was really calling the shots. >> no, i did not. we got a lot more detail here today. >> i think that it's very clear that lack of defense funding is responsibility for the wounding

and deaths of americans. >> why did it take 48 hours to recover mr. johnson's body among many other questions we have. a good briefing. we got a lot of good details and we are making progress and there's a commitment from the administration to keep us routinely briefed, which was not the case before. >> meanwhile, the pentagon has confirmed parts of nbc news report that the ambush patrol may have been operating in support of a second more secretive team in the area. >> there were other teams that operated in niger. one that had something to do with this operation. it's involved in the timeline. we want to make sure we have the opportunity to get it right and understand the totality of it. >> that was lieutenant jones adding there are 26 or 27 missions in the area of niger. secretary of defense jim mattis

is in south korea for defense talks. earlier today addressed the crisis with the north during a visit to the demilitarized zone. >> behind me in north an oppressive regime that shackles its people, denying their freedom, welfare and human dignity and making nuclear weapons in order to threaten others with catastrophe. north korean provocations continue to threaten regional and world peace and despite the unanimous condemnation by the united nations security counsel, they still proceed. as the u.s. secretary of state tillerson has made clear, our goal is not war, but rather to complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> mattis also stressed diplomacy during a questi question-and-answer session.

>> we have done everything we can. ultimately our diplomats have to be backed up. of combined strength. reliance, strength. >> it comes as the u.s. treasury imposes new sanctions on multiple north korean citizens. comes after the house of representatives overwhelmingly passed more north korean sanctions earlier this week. meanwhile, in an extremely rare, north korea is repainting a south korean boat and its group captured. north korean state media is calling the decision a quote, humanitarian step. sometimes there's a sense of truth in gestures a visit to geneva rex tillerson observed a statute of two people curled in a ball decided to make this

joke. >> yes, sometimes i feel like i need to do that, call into a ball. >> i don't know if we want to hear that. laughing at his own remarks, comes at a time during escalating tension in the u.s. and north korea. also the relationship between the president and secretary is tenuous. earlier this month, it's reported he called trump a moron and rumors he would step >> i mean, let's be honest for a second. he's just like us. sometimes we all echo those same sentiments. >> just want to curl up in a ball. >> exactly. he's probably more so with the pressure he faces. ahead the hunt for a serial killer continues in one florida neighborhood. police are now looking at new clues. plus, what we're learning and what's still a mystery about the assassination from jfk from newly released documents. those stories and a check on weather when we come right back.

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moments after one shot on a quiet street. a home security camera recorded what could be the serial killer running away from the scene. >> identify come up with four reasons why this person is running. one they may be late for dinner. two, they're out exercising. three, they heard gunshots. and number four, they just murdered benjamin mitchel. >> the chief highlighted a possible tall tell signature wound. the flip of a phone.

hoping it may be key to recognizing person of interest. this same person walking towards what would become the crime scene. this is the camera that shot the videos. the homeowner did not want face to appear on camera. >> when you saw that footage, you thought that was suspicious. >> immediately. someone was running for their life. >> with three murders possibly linked to a serial killer, fearful residents now adding more security cameras. come to her door with a new camera she stalled. >> that camera makes me feel a lot safer. >> the reward now stands at $35,000. police hoping that entices even more tips. >> it is a neighborhood and city against whoever. the more information we get t closer we get to finding this guy. >> scary situation there. that was carry sanders reporting. >> the much anticipated release of classified documents from the kennedy association probe was partially delayed yesterday

after a 1992 law mandated the release of nearly 3,000 documents in full. late in the evening president trump held back some items that scholars were most eager to see. among those documents not in the official release the file on the head of the dallas cia office in 1963. the businessman who met with jaw by before he shot. in a written statement, president cited national security and law enforcement security concerns to will be. let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins and bill, minnesota is going to experience a snowstorm today which will eventually contribute to a rainy end of our weekend in the northeast. >> track the storm right through the weekend. not going to ruin everyone's weekend today. the snow has broken out now. snow to minneapolis.

dloo much of wisconsin is clear at the time. for today this is how much snow is going to fall. down towards man cay toe mostly grassy surfaces and car tops. northern portions of michigan here and also as we go to northern wisconsin. 4-8 inches coming off the lake. that cold storm is going to head to the east this weekend. at the same time, we're still watching the caribbean moisture. a lot of showers just flared up to the north. 40% chance this could be a tropical depression. it's going to happen today or tomorrow. all of that moisture streams up south florida. rainy saturday afternoon. not even close to being a beach day. more of a watshout day. by the time we get to sunday, that comes up the east coast. it meets the cold front from the

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welcome back, everyone. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf. top of the hour. puerto rico governor calling on the federal government to investigate a contract awarded to a small montana firm to rebuild portions of the island's hurricane ravished grid. making that request on wednesday, white fish energy landed the 300 million contract just days after hurricane maria hit. congressional republicans cleared a major hurdle passing tax reform this year. narrowly passing a budget with two votes to spare. wednesday as deadline to introduce tax reform bill. goal of passing by thanksgiving. questions remain across the wealth spectrum. capping of class breaks for the middle class and corporate tax code. members of the house armed services committee in the senate received briefings on the nafat

ambush in niger. niger. the ambush patrol may have been operating in support of a separate, more secretive team. reportedly denied knowing anything about funding for research that led to trump campaign dossier ties to russia. according to cnn, pliclinton's former campaign manager have privately denied that they new who paid for the research. those interviews reportedly took place before "the washington post" broke its story earlier this week alleging that claims campaign and the dnc paid millions to a law firm to work with the research firm to compos it dossier containing materials about then candidate trump and possible ties to russia. president trump strongly denies allegations that his campaign colluded with russia.

meanwhile, house speaker paul ryan revealed yesterday that the fbi will provide documents related to the dossier after accusing the agency of stonewalling congressional investigations in an interview earlier this week. >> we're so frustrated to have learned through the media aspects about this investigation that we've been asking for documents from the fbi for months. the fbi got in touch with us yesterday afternoon and they have informed us they will comply with our document request. and that they will provide the documents congress has been asking for by next week and may expect the fbi to honor that equipment. >> the chairman of one of the congressional committees investigating russia's role in the election said that the fact that the dossier was initially funded by an unknown republican is a stretch. former gop contender says he would have used that information

against mr. trump. >> all this talk about a republican, supposed republican that paid to start this. i don't know that that's true. if you look at the -- i mean, i don't doubt that republicans would hire a fusion gps to do research, but if you believe "the washington post" story on this, this goes back to the spring of 2016 when hillary campaigned and the dnc began to pay -- so i don't know that any republican has anything to do with the actual dossier. as far as my campaign, it wasn't i'll tell you why. i was running for president. i was trying to win. if i had anything against donald trump relevant and credible and damaging, i would have used it. i didn't have it. >> special counsel robert mueller's probe into alleged ties for russia are reportedly

getting new ammunition in the form of mueller's budget. members haven't seen the spending report. certain lawmakers are preparing to argue over how much the probe is costing taxpayers with no end in sight. that report which is expected to contain only top line figures covering broad categories must go through a justice department review before being made public. politico adds that mueller is required to produce expense reports every six months giving opponents repeated opportunities to paint him in a negative light. meanwhile, sara huckabee sanders says she believes mueller's probe is getting closer to wrapping up. >> we're seeing more and more evidence that shows what they've been working on this and investigating this for well over a year. every day we find out more and more details about why the president has been right all along and why the democrats have been wrong all along. each day we're getting closer and closer to closing the loop

on this on our front. sadly for the democrats, i think it's just expanding for them. >> just to be clear, no one has toel told you it should be wrapping up soon. i just want to be clear on that. >> i have not spoken to anybody on the department of justice on that front. i think we are seeing it's getting closer to conclusion. >> twitter is taking aggressive new action to keep russian propaganda off the social network effective immediately. banning ads from the kremlin backed news outlets in the wake of election metaling. yesterday rt's editor in chief said won't forget to tell congress how twitter -- meanwhile deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is weighing in on the foreign efforts influence of american voters, take a listen. >> people need to keep in mind, there's a distinction between people trying to sway american elections and succeeding in

swaying plesway ing american elections. american citizens are pretsavvy then they decide who to vote for i think their thougaeir they'rel in the way they make their decisions. president trump issued a crisis on the opioid epidemic. issued a public health emergency. also went off script to tell the story of his brother who died of alcoholism. i learned myself, i had a brother fred, great guy. best looking guy. best personality. much better than mine, but he had a problem. he had a problem with alcohol. and he would tell me, don't drink. he was a strong guy. it was a tough, tough thing that he was going through, but i learned because of fred, i

learned. and that's what i think is so important. >> it lasts 90 days. doesn't allow existing grants to be redirected. yesterday, president trump did tweet support for candidate ed gillespie and attacking northam. tweeting ed gillespie will be a great governor of virginia. his opponent doesn't show up. fired back tweeting i served eight years in the army, took care of sick kids and am running to build a more inclusive virginia, don't talk to me about showing up. trump and his tweets show he sports gillespie. endorsement of him on twitter earlier this month. asking if he could go off the record. vice president mike pence has joined gillespie on the campaign

trail in an effort to gin up support from trump's base. northam will discuss all this coming up next on morning joe. let's go back to washington. bring in capitol hill reporter for the hill. molly, good to have you back with us. talk about tax reform. republicans trying to race through this. get this passed by thanksgiving. some are probably going to be concerned about what role the president can play in this. he could complicate things. we all know very well, one simple tweet stating his opposition to it or anything about it could derail the whole thing. >> it could. and we saw that earlier this week and over the weekend when there was mention of the tapping -- you know, changing 401(k) plans so you can only -- that only a certain percentage would be tax deducted. that caused problems. big waves of capitol hill.

it was really house speaker paul ryan made the joke well the president is going to be in asia and typically doesn't tweet when he's on these big trips. he kept saying well, i'm joking, sort of. that was kind of a joke. there's so many moving parts of this. especially tax reform. lobbyist on every single line item the people can tax exempt that are up on capitol hill trying to rally these guys to protect this one portion of the tax code. my father is a cpa, i know the tax code is just voluminous. keeps him busy every year, all year. they're all fighting to preserve those for the clients. >> let me ask you about the

russia probe. very little progress in the ten months it's been going on. seems to be splitting into offshoot investigations. obviously the stuff that's taken place on capitol hill. you also have robert mueller's investigation. what are you hearing from lawmakers about how the investigation is going. >> there's frustration among house republicans who want this thing done. they've been having -- doing this investigation for about a year. i think we are starting to see some movement in terms of where the committees could be going next week, i believe it is, or the week after. this is going to be an open hearing. the house intelligence committee with members of the social media platforms, facebook, twitter to discuss you know what kind of influence russia could have had on this election. and i think that there -- what they're looking at now is perhaps correlation between the ad buys that the companies are allowing. that russia was making and perhaps the trump

administrations ad buys, but that will all come out soon. i think that's where lawmakers go. aside from that, house republicans for the most part want it over. >> if you believe what sara huckabee sanders is saying, it is beginning to wrap up in her words. live in washington, d.c. for us. thank you. roy moore u.s. senate nominee from alabama who was removed from state's superior court and said muslims and gays are not equally protected under the constitution has received mainstream support this week. republican national committee, national republican senate committee and alabama republican party. and he received a backing of john cornyn. second ranking republican in the senate along with others who back him after the primary. fresh after retirement announcement jeff flake of arizona said he would not fall in line. >> do you have any concerns about roy moore and his

candidacy and things he said. >> yes. i've expressed that. >> do you intend to endorse him or support him. >> i don't. >> why not? >> a guy who says a muslim member of congress shouldn't be able to serve, that's not right. >> referring to what moore wrote about democratic congressman back in 2006. let's turn to business. in talks to buy aetna in a landmark deal that could be worth $66 billion. one of the largest corporate acquisitions this year and largest in health care history. cnbc joins us live from london. what can this deal mean for krvk and for patients and customers as well. >> both companies involved. obviously could mean greater control, larger profits down the

road from the two combined entities. also represent an opportunity to compete with health care. have their own pharmacy benefits. and take customers from walgreens. if they have access to millions of aetna customers they could potentially lower copayment. red it says it's updating content. take action against any content that encourages physical harm against an individual or a group of people. same is true for animal abuse. apply to all types of content. comes as several major firms, social media firms trying to deal with inflammatory speech online. speaking of inflammatory. harvey weinstein sues his prior company. he could also bolster any potential suit he brings about wantful termination.

fired after the sexual harassment reports brought against him. repeatedly denied allegations of sexual harassment. >> nice to see the social media platforms stepping up. live from london, thanks so much. still ahead, two senators appear in court to testify on behalf of one of their colleagues. details on what senators lindsey graham and cory booker told jurors in the bribery and corruption trial. plus, bill karins will have a look at the halloween weekend forecast when we return. i was a good soldier.

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republican lindsey graham and cory booker testified as character witnesses for senator menendez, each emphasizing trustworthiness and honor.

referencing work in congress. not here because i agree with him or disagree with him. i'm here because i know him. in very difficult circumstances, he always keeps his word. a lot of political pressure for us to back off. a handshake is all you need from bob. he's a very hard working senator. new jersey senator cory booker who appeared at the trial on the first day to show support had this to say. some of us often forgot where we come from. bob has not forgotten where he comes from. not knowing where his next meal comes from. he has their back because he's walked in their shoes. neither senator addressed the charges against menendez which allege he did official favors in exchange for a private jet flight and $57,000 in political contributions. let's get a check on the weather now. nbc meteorologist bill karins. we're at the tail end of hurricane season. we would really like to put behind us. you're still tracking something down in the tropics. >> 50% chance this become as

tropical depression in the next 48 hours. headed for south florida. worst-case scenario, low end tropical storm in south florida. most likely just what we call a tropical disturbance. heavy rains. right now, bright white mass of clouds. see it increasing here. it's starting to increase a little bit and move to the north. that's what we expect to happen. it will move away. land there. and then it's going to have a chance. this is why the development. really the next two days. has the chance to develop. all that moisture here. by the time we get to sunday, all of that moisture races up the east coast. this yellow and orange, very heavy rain. by the time we get to sunday night, this could add up to 2-4 inches in the mountain. this is a big soaking and some areas of eastern new england just got a big heavy rain event in the last two days.

we will get floodi ining issuesh it. friends here in minnesota now dealing with feels like and looks like winter. a lot of the grass is covered and it's white and win dwi ady cold. this it's cold, this will be sliding into wisconsin, nothing too horrible. >> that will be one of the storieser with following, heaviest rainfall in northern wisconsin, in nothingled, it's a windy, rainy, washout sunday. hopefully not too many people will lose that. >> it's hard to imagine that in this late october, early fall, we are talking about hurricanes. we'll see how it all plays out. >> we are almost done. >> hopefully so. ahead, jim mattis speaks out over the escalating crisis. the allegations he is laying out against pyongyang, dividing north and south korea. (vo) more "doing chores for mom"

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. >> welcome back. chief mattis is in new york, he says our goal is not war. joining us live from london, nbc news foreign correspondent lucie cavanaugh, good to have you with us, one of the surprising things is it's been more than 40 days since pyongyang's last missile test. should we attribute that to diplomatic efforts that mattis continues to promote, making any

strides in you know delaying these missile tests? >> well, that's the million dollar question. i think it's far to early to tell if the diplomats are working, especially when secretary of state rex tillerson seems to be at odds with the commander-in-chief on the issue. it doesn't help when the president tweets dip ploem seas a waste of time. mattis was in south korea ahead of trump's visit to asia next week. we do understand trump will most likely skip a visit to the dmz. a bypassing would be a symbolic up the for an american president to stare into the hermit kingdom. he threatened catastrophe and says the trump administration is forcing nuclear disarmament. we learned they will be releasing a south korean fishing boat seized for illegally sailing into its waters, does that mean things are

deescalating, though,? i think not. one thing to watch, the pentagon is planning a rare military exercise involving three of its navy aircraft strike groups, around trump's visit the north koreans will see as a provocation fought a diplomatic gesture coming up next on "morning joe," president trump turns his attention to the growing opioid epidemic, issuing a declaration on the matter, some are raising concerns, the move doesn't do enough to address the issue. chris christie is heading the task force, discusses if the plan goes far enough. the democratic nominee, ralph northam joins mika and joe to discuss the contest and representative adam schiff joins the conversation. "morning joe," everyone, moments

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all right. before we toss it over to "morning joe," here's the stories for the day ahead.

tomorrow jeff sessions heads to new york and makes a speech at john f. kennedy airport, it comes one day after president trump declared opioids a public health emergency. meanwhile, steve paddock will be in court today, he was arrested wednesday on charges stemming from an investigation that pre-dates the las vegas shooting golfer tiger woods will be in a florida courtroom answering a dui charge from earlier this year. woods is expected to plead guilty to driving under the influence, officers found him unconscious in his parked car in may. >> that does it for us, "morning joe," everyone, starts right now. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being shot. what was he doing with lee

harvey oswald shortly before the death before the shooting? all i did was point out the fact on the cover of the national ep choirer there is a picture of him and crazy lee harvey oz wald having breakfast. ted never denied it was his father. this had nothing to do with me, except i might have pointed it out. >> somewhere between birth second quarters and wiretap, donald trump hang out that conspiracy theory during heat of the primary. >> we will know the secret now. >> newly released jfk documents, so far, though, no sign of ted cruz' father on the grassy knoll. >> i suspect, though, donald trump is still looking for the documents that show barack obama and hillary clinton on that grassy knoll. >> maybe. george everyone, it's friday, october 27th. it's almost dunn funny, donny deutsche is with us, that