headquarters here in new york. ♪ president trump on the campaign trail once again last night in montana. he praised a congressman who body slammed a reporter last year. the president saying, he's my guy. plus, new reporting that conservatives are mounting a whisper campaign to smear "washington post" columnist jamal kashoggi. u.s. intelligence officials saying it's inconceivable that the saudi prince had links to his death. president trump is warning he could take military action on migrants coming to the u.s. ♪

good morning. it's friday, october 19th. the midterm elections are just 18 days away. president trump got an early start on his weekend campaign swing through the west. speaking in arizona tonight, nevada on saturday. in montana last night the president laid out his campaign themes in blunt terms. >> this will be an election of kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order and common sense. it's going to be an election of those things. and we're doing a lot of good. the democrats have truly turned into an angry mob, bent on destroying anything or anyone in their path. the democrat mob, we're calling it a mob now. a lot of people are -- these people are starting to think of

it as a mob. democrats produce mobs. republicans produce jobs. >> the president following up on twitter, sharing a hashtag, quote, jobs not mobs. >> president trump stirred last night's rally into a frenzy when he praised a republican congressman for assaulting a reporter last year. he first denied then admitted to attacking the reporter. he was charged, then pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of anger management classes. but president trump saw the incident as a positive. >> greg is smart. by the way, never wrestle him. you understand? never. any guy that could do a body slam, he's my kind -- we endorse greg very early, but i had heard that he body slammed a reporter.

i said, oh, this is terrible. he's going to lose the election. then i said, wait a second, i know montana pretty well. i think it might help him and it did. the whisper campaign to smear jamal kashoggi is led by president trump. four gop officials tell the post that in recent days conservative house republicaned al ee eed ha highlighting his association with the muslim brotherhood in his youth and raising questions about his work decades ago as an embedded reporter covering osama bin laden. >> now some things have come out and we're just reporting the facts. we don't have to fall down one way or the other on this, but kashoggi was tied to the muslim brotherhood.

>> that's iffy to say he was tied to the muslim brotherhood. >> what was it then? >> throughout his career he was a government spokesperson for the royal family. he worked for the prince in washington, d.c. and at times had written and worked with some muslim brother members in saudi arabia. but he was always a spokesman or a journalist. >> muslim brotherhood. >> so he's been tied up -- >> i just want to put it out there because it is in the constellation of things. >> people are using that to discredit him. i'm not saying you are. some are and i don't like that. >> i think some of his tweets showed situation think to the muslim brotherhood as well. >> u.s. intelligence agencies believe it is inconceivable that saudi crown prince sa man has no connection to jamal kashoggi's killing. government officials also tell nbc news that they still don't have any smoking gun evidence that the crown prince ordered kashoggi killed.

still, there's strong circumstantial evidence that agents of the 15-member saudi team accused of killing kashoggi have close ties to mbs. three people tell the "new york times" that saudi leaders are considering a plan that would place the blame on a top intelligence official who is a high-ranking advisor to mbs in evident to he effort to help deflect blame. t on wednesday the turkish government leaked some gruesome details it says are indeed from that audio recording. >> you've got the white house weighing all of this, some meetings yesterday with the secretary of state, secretary of the treasury decided he's not going to go to saudi arabia for this investment conference. what is the white house weighing at this point? >> i think the white house and

secretary of state pompeo said this yesterday. they want to give a little bit more time to the saudis to conduct whatever they're doing as an investigation. but obviously that's not something that is playing very well on capitol hill, because i think most people other than the white house and maybe even the white house itself have a pretty good idea of what actually happened in that consulate in istanbul. so the question really is whether or not the white house is giving time for saudi arabia to concoct some sort of story that may or may not be believed by anyone except maybe for president trump. >> is there confirmation that mike pompeo heard that audiotape? it has been reported many places yes. nbc news is saying that tape has not been handed over.

but was it played for mike pompeo on his trip? >> there have been competing reports about that. certainly the state department had said that he had not, but the question -- certainly that's going to be one of these questions that we're all going to try and sort out, i think today, is what in fact has pompeo heard and what exactly are they saying to the saudi royal family behind the scenes. is there something that's a harder line that they're taking in private than they are in public? >> last night the president on the campaign trail in montana, mobs versus jobs. is that the big strategy to try to help republicans now? he says it and then he tweets it. what is the big strategy? >> well, the mob rhetoric that republicans have been using and the argument that the sort of

violent response has been all on the democratic side was in fact undermined by the president last night. i mean, the fact that he was highlighting the fact that a republican member of congress, then a congressional candidate, was physically abusive toward a reporter, our friend ben jacobs of the guardian, is kind of aside from being a terrible thing for the president to say, is also something that steps on the message of it being people on the left who are the ones who are engaging in inappropriate violent behavior. >> very good point there. okay. and the taliban has claimed responsibility for a gun attack that left several wounded and two dead in afghanistan at a high level security meeting at the governor's compound. the attacker was identified as a member of the governor's guard.

he died during the shootout. general scott miller, the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan was an intended target. he escaped without injury. the other target was killed. the bbc reports the police chief had survived at least 20 other taliban assassination attempts during his time as one of the country's top commanders. defense secretary jim mattis said the attack would not affect military movements in afghanistan. support for french hill in arkansas is causing a wave of controversy. take a listen. >> what do you think about what's happening in washington? >> our congressman french hill and the republicans know that it's dangerous to change the presumption of innocence to a presumption of guilty, especially for black men. if democrats can do that to a white justice of the supreme

court with no evidence, no corroboration and all of her witnesses say it didn't happen, what will happen to our husbands, our fathers or our sons when a white girl lies on them? >> girl, white democrats will be lynching black folk again. >> i always told my son don't be messing around with that. if you get caught, she will cry rape. >> i'm voting to keep congressman french hill and the republicans because we have to protect our men and boys. we can't afford to let white democrats take us back to bad old days of race verdicts, life sentences and lynching when a white girl screams rape. >> the pac's cofounder said he spent less than $50,000 to air the ad for two weeks. he said his group has not coordinated the ad with hill.

the congressman said i condemn this outrageous ad in the strongest terms. i do not support that message. virginia congressman dave brat is taking some heat after he drew a reelection to his campaign and the struggles of inmates recovering from drug addiction. >> brat quickly walked back his comment that was just one of several notable moments. he also told one inmate who complained about the locations of recovery houses that nice neighborhoods aren't all they're

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on capitol hill next week to meet with the house judiciary and oversight committees to answer questions about reports that he had considered wearing a wire. rosenstein has disputed that story. bob goodlatte and trey gowdy would be present for the meeting next week along with democratic counterparts. let's get a check on your weather with bill karins. the cold weather was all a bit too much for me yesterday. >> it will slowly warm up and then get really cold again in the northeast on sunday. we're kind of stuck in this chilly pattern after an extremely warm fall at this point. talk about just too much rain and too much wet weather. all of texas once again has been getting soaked all fall and it continues this morning from abilene over to corpus christi.

all week long we've been in flash flood watches in west central texas from dallas/ft. worth and stain owe. the heaviest rain over the weekend will be in south texas. i don't think we're going to see anything like horrendous like earlier in the week with that catastrophic flash flooding but we will see some isolated problems. the cold is in the northeast. frost and freeze warnings for 53 million people. new york city is not below freezing this morning. look outside of new york city, much colder. scranton and albany at 32. it will warm up later this afternoon guys. we'll get to the weekend forecast next half hour, but quiet is a good word to use. >> i like that, bill.

a new political add by joe donnelly is getting national attention but maybe not for the reasons he would have hoped for. here's the ad. >> for the most part i'm an easy going guy, but not when mike braun keeps lying about my record. i split with my own party to support funding for trump's border wall. the liberal left wants to chop defense spending. no way. i'm about giving our troops the edge. i voted to extend the bush tax cuts. mike braun? he ships jobs to china. we've got to cut that out. >> he's pretty good with that ax. fans at veep have pointed out that donnelly's ad is almost an exact parody of a fictional candidate. >> she thinking she can chop our prosperity, our dignity and our

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i'm alex witt. it is the bottom of the hour. we begin with the very latest on the disappearance of "washington post" columnist jamal kashoggi. president trump yesterday was asked about the status of the investigation. >> do you believe jamal kashoggi is dead? >> it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. it certainly looks that way. >> did you learn anything new from secretary pompeo today in your meeting? >> no. we're waiting for some investigations and waiting for the results and we'll have them very soon and we'll be making a very strong statement. but we're waiting for the results of about three different investigations and we should be able to get to the bottom fairly soon. i'll see you on the plane. >> what are you considering for possible consequences for saudi based on those -- >> it will have to be very severe. it's bad, bad stuff. but we'll see what happens.

okay? thank you. >> the president also told the "new york times" yesterday, quote, unless the miracle of all miracles happens, i would acknowledge that he's dead. that's based on everything, intelligence coming from every side. meanwhile the "new york times" reports that trump's son-in-law jared kushner has been urging the president to stand by crown prince salmon arguing that he has survived past criticism and will survive the current backlash. >> the number of world leaders pulling out of an investment conference in saudi arabia continues to grow as the trump administration hands its first rebuke to the kingdom. after days of public pressure to pull out of the conference, treasury secretary mnuchin announced yesterday he will not be attending, saying he had met with president trump and secretary of state pompeo, but

he did not explain the reasoning for his decision. shortly before mnuchin's tweet, pompeo spoke to reporters outside the white house, but he would not say whether he believes kashoggi is dead or what the administration's response may be if he is. >> there are lots of stories out there about what has happened. we're just going to allow the process to move forward, allow the facts to unfold. as they unfold as we make a determination for ourselves about what happened there based on the facts presented, the united states will determine what the appropriate response might be. >> late last night pompeo shot down a report about what he'd learned on his trip, telling journalists, i've heard no tape, i've seen no transcript. with health care positioned as one of the top issues in the midterms, president trump is weighing in on the matter. according to new data between september 18th and october 15th nearly half of the ads that aired for federal level races mentioned health care, while nearly a third of gubernatorial

ads did as well. the topic is most prominent in ads supporting democrats, appearing in nearly 55% of them. with 18 days to go until the midterms, the president is speaking out on the pressure republicans are facing to repeal obamacare and its protections for people with preexisting conditions. he tweeted all republicans support people with preexisting conditions and if they don't, they will after a speak to them. democrats will destroy your medicare and i will keep it healthy and well. the claims are not consistent with the administration's actions and policies. in june the justice department backed a lawsuit arguing that obamacare and the provisions in it including protections for preexisting conditions are unconstitutional. the lawsuit claimed that once the heart of the aca is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of the aca must also fall. campaigns are entering the

third to last weekend before the midterms. with 1 d a poll has senator bob menendez leading the republican in new jersey among likely voters. menendez has a personal favorability rating of only 18%. on the tennessee senate race side where a poll of registered voters conducted for vanderbilt university has the democrat with a one point lead over the republican 44-43%.

balook at those numbers fro new jersey in particular. you look at someone like menendez, who certainly has his share of controversy over the years and his lack of personal popularity and yet he is soaring in popularity. >> in a very blue state, you can win on that. what's kept his numbers down was not only his own personal issues. it's that he hasn't been able to raise money. he just got an infusion of about $3 million in the last week from the national committee. so that has made a difference. he's gotten his ads up. his ads are only attacking the president and that allows him to hit 49%. but he's still not at 50. i would argue that with 18 days to go and his republican opponent having a lot of money, anything can happen. >> i go back to that "washington

post"/abc news poll last weekend. health care is associated with the democrats and yet you hear the president talking about this more and more as the week wears on. is he moving the needle with voters talking about health care? >> i think for the president this might be an attempt to counter some of the democratic enthusiasm on the issue. several of the 19 states that you mentioned in the set-up piece that are states that are signed onto this hlawsuit designed to upend the affordable care act, they have attorneys general who are republicans who are running for senate seats. so this is a really real issue in places like west virginia, missouri and some other places where it's really just even beyond the rhetoric. the republican candidates have actually signed onto the

lawsuit. >> i'm curious about the level of energy for republicans out there. it seems like whenever the president goes out, that base gets energized and that has been consistent in first two years of this presidency. but now with him going out all the time between now and november 6th, is this really having an effect? >> it is in those red states that he's going to. he's not going into purple states except for maybe nevada. he's going there and that's basically the decision he's made, keep the senate republican, maybe try and pick up one or two seats. he's written off the house, though, because he knows he can't go into any of those swing districts because he's toxic in them. >> is he playing it safe? >> i think he's playing the only game he knows how to play. plus, he loves doing it. at least they're containing it in the right places. one thing on the health care

issue is this is the first time in years that we're not seeing double digit increases to rates coming out across the country. and that was one thing a lot of people thought, myself included after the tax plan passed that we would see higher insurance rates come out. that has been a lucky break for this administration. >> i wonder to the degree which the white house is prepared for giving up the house. what would change if democrats take control of the house? how prepared is the white house for that? >> well, i think there's going to be more lawyers that are going to be needed, particularly if you've got house democrats who are chairmen of committees. yesterday i wrote about a report that the house democrats were putting together a letter they had sent about the fbi headquarters building on pennsylvania avenue and whether

or not president trump was personally involved in the decision not to move that facility to either maryland or virginia. elijah cummings who would be the chairman of the house oversight committee was on your air with rachel maddow last night talking about that. that's the kind of thing that's going to get really complicated in a hurry if those gavels switch over come january 3rd. still ahead, the president's major rally for senator ted cruz is getting a bigger location. where that rally will now be held and why the trump campaign's claims that a bigger venue wasn't available are being disputed. plus, bill karins is back with a check on the forecast.

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the trump campaign is switching venues for monday night's rally in texas for senator ted cruz. that event will now take place at the toyota center, which holds 18,000 people, instead of the nrg arena in houston which could seat 8,000. this comes after president trump pledged in august to hold a rally for cruz at, quote, the biggest stadium in texas. trump's campaign manager announced the change of plans yesterday with no explanation as to why the larger venue wasn't picked in the first place. the campaign insisted earlier this week that no bigger venue was available but according to the dallas morning news the larger arena was available all along. asked if anyone affiliated with the campaign had previously contacted the toyota center, the arena's marketing manager said no. when asked if the slot on monday

had been open on the calendar for a while now, he said correct. let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. you were a little veiled before about your weekend forecast. i'm curious to see how good or bad it's going to be. >> it just depends on your flavor, what you're looking for. killing on t inington opening ue first snow resort in the northeast. it's almost that time. here's the leaf report. this is going to be one of the peak weekends for people in areas of the northeast and great lakes. we're above peak in northern new england and northern great lakes. the central portion is going to be absolutely gorgeous this weekend, especially saturday. that's the leaf report. let's get to that forecast for the weekend. still some rain in areas of texas. we're dealing with warm conditions still in tampa. another day in the 90s. pretty nice afternoon after a cold start in areas from boston

up through northern new england. on saturday here comes the big chill, cold air rushing down president in the the 30s for highs from duluth all the way down through minneapolis. wisconsin will be chilly too. the flood threat shifts to south texas on saturday. by sunday, that cold blast heads through the northeast. we will see a little bit of lake-effect snow. it's not going to be a horrible sunday in the northeast, but it will be cooler. here's the winter outlook. warmer in areas of the west, pretty typical in the southeast. everyone likes to know about the precip sags. wetter through the southern half of the country, pretty typical forecast for areas of the northeast. >> big skier? >> she got excited when i said

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entering the u.s. according to documents obtained by nbc news, some 4,000 migrants many fleeing honduras have gathered in guatemala with their sights set on the u.s. border. mexican government has sent 500 federal police officers to its border with guatemala in anticipation of their arrival. trump tweeted angrily about this caravan writing, i am watching the democrat party led because they want open borders and existing weak laws assault on our country by guatemala, honduras and el salvador, whose leaders are doing little to stop this flow of people including many criminals from entering mexico tois u.s. in addition to stopping all payments to these countries, i must in the strongest of terms ask mexico to stop this onslaught and if unable to do so, i will call up the u.s. military and close our southern border. the president reiterated that point about sending troops to the border during his rally last

night in montana. >> as you know, i'm willing to send the military to defend our southern border, if necessary. all all caused because of the illegal immigration onslaut brought by the democrats. they like it. they also figure everybody coming in is going to vote democrat. >> many are wondering if the president can actually close the border. and the simple answer is yes. but previous examples are rare. as "usa today" points out, president george w. bush partially closed the southern border following the 9/11 terror attacks requiring full inspections of every incoming pedestrian and vehicle that led to days' long waits. and president ronald reagan closed ports of entry following the kidnapping and murder of a dea agent in mexico. >> the topic of immigration is

apparently such a hot topic issue it led to a profanity laced screaming match between the president's chief of staff and the national security adviser. john kelly and john bolton got into a heated argument outside the oval office yesterday. that fight centered around immigration and the performance of homeland security secretary. bolt apparently criticized homeland security while kelly defended nielsen who is a former deputy of his. nbc news has not verified this report. in a statement on the matter, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said while we are passionate about settling immigration, we are not angry the at one another. democrats should be ashamed of pushing an open boarders agenda and are only doing this for political reasons despite us having the worst laws in the world and no help from

democrats, our administration is doing a great job on the border, end quote. before departing for his rally last night, the president was asked about the alleged fight to which he are replied, he had not heard about it. coming up, a look at this morning's one big thing and coming up on "morning joe," president trump back out on the campaign trail looking to fire up republicans. >> much more on the president's rally in montana hitting on a number of familiar things as he worked to help gop candidates win with just 18 days to go until the midterms. >> senate majority leader is going to give his reaction to the president's claims last night and what his party needs to do in this final weeks before the election. ready to juvéderm it? correct age-related volume loss in cheeks with juvéderm voluma xc, add fullness to lips with juvéderm ultra xc

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to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and well-rested. because hey, tomorrow's coming up fast. nature's bounty. because you're better off healthy. joining us now from washington with a look at axo a.m., editor in chief, nicholas johnson. nick, with a good morning to you, don't keep us in suspension any longer. what is the one big thing this morning? >> today's axios one big thing is a nancy pelosi diversity

record. house speaker nancy pelosi will bring with her a leadership team that's more diverse than any either chamber as seen in the history of the united states congress if the democrats prevail next month. her committee chair people will be almost half women or minority or even both. that's a big departure for republicans which are almost all white men. that's true and more broadly than the party. we expect with record numbers of women and other minorities running this year, that that could change a lot after the midterms. >> and you talk about a nancy pelosi leadership team, many democrats said they wouldn't support her if she'ses in that leadership position. what's your latest read of that conversation? >> that's a pretty common parlor game on both sides of the aisle trying to figure out which

groups of the party are going after leadership. we did it with paul ryan. we're doing it now with nancy pa lowsy. but i think it's relatively certain that if she differs a house majority to democrats, she won't get the speakership. >> can we take a peek at what was happening on the campaign trail with the president. i'm just curious overall. what is going to be his closing argument? is it going to be jobs versus mobs, as we heard, or what do you think he will do to try and clench the votes for the republicans? >> we had it narrowed down to migration, ms3, mueller and media. i think you can drop mueller off that list. the russia investigation hasn't played prominently lately. immigration was a huge issue yesterday. president trump tweeting about it all morning and making it a big focal point on the rally last night. in montana, look for that again. the trump administration

republican campaign are making this a fire up the base kind of election and republican voters who go to the polls, for them, immigration is a huge issue. look for the president to keep hammering on that. >> how much do you think we're going to hear about kavanaugh? >> kavanaugh, as well. that came up again. another great issue that motivates voters to the polls, the way kavanaugh was treated, the spectacle of that hearing, the success in tipping the balance of the court, that is a huge thing for the republican base. >> last question, you're serving up a side of political spam, as well. help us what you found as you looked into that. >> a huge uptick in spam across all technology platforms. facebook is going after some pages they say are exiting spam characteristics. remember because of the light regulation around political media, there's not a whole lot we can do about that. female spam. yesterday for the first time i got a text message from the campaign. i don't know where it came from

on you or how they found me. i'll have to wait two weeks for those to go away. >> nicholas johnson, thank you very much. to all our viewers out there, you can sign up for axios at signup.axios.com. "morning joe" starts right now. >> one ball, one strike. hit well. the boston red sox are headed to the world series. >> who would have believed it. i'll tell you what, i shouldn't wouldn't have. >> here we go. >> boy, got two hours sleep last night after watching this. >> that is correct. >> but i will say, willie, played the false modesty game about the red sox, but going in against houston, who i think is the best team, thought -- still is the best team in if baseball,

until last night. i never expected the are red sox to roll over them and make a great team. a team that looked historically great look that bad. >> it turns on out the red sox are historically great. 108 wins. even as a yankee fan, i'm so happy for david price. he was shut down. he hadn't won a game in the postseason ever and he was absolutely dominant last night. the red sox, i have news for you, are the best team in baseball. >> jonathan lamere, we may have to at some point admit this because we predicted the yankees sweep at the end of the season. we predicted the yankees were going to beat us in the playoffs. we predicted the astros were going to beat us in the playoffs. but my gosh, one game after the other after the other. the red sox were extraordinary. you look at the entire series, our hitting and our extraordinary defense in the outfield, probably the best defensive outfield in our lifetime.