rip the breathing tubes out. that breaks your heart as a parent. >> nightmare. nbc's gabe gutierrez with that report. it is just about the top of the fourth hour of "morning joe." 6:00 a.m. on the west coast, 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. joe biden and his cabinet hitting the road today launching a full-court press to push the administration's closing economic argument to voters. we'll get a preview of that message when white house chief of staff ron klain joins us. the president isn't the only one headed out on the campaign trail. donald trump will be holding rallies in ohio and pennsylvania and other states in a final midterm push to boost republican turnout. we'll have those details straight ahead. also ahead, utah is in the midst of its most competitive senate race in decades. we're going to the speak with

independent candidate evan mcmullin as he faces off against incumbent republican mike lee. and tesla is under criminal investigation over claims the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves. we'll get to that. willie? let's begin this hour in georgia, where this morning there is a new allegation against herschel walker. another woman has come forward accusing the candidate of pressuring her into having an abortion. the women appeared anonymously yesterday with her attorney, gloria allred. she claims she became involved with the former football player in 1987 while he was married and became pregnant with his child in 1993. she said walker encouraged her several times to have an abortion and she eventually went to a clinic in dallas to have the procedure but she did not go through with it, which she alleges made walker upset. she claims he then drove her to the clinic and waited outside in

the parking lot for hours until she came outside. here's what she said about why she is coming forward now. >> herschel walker says she is against women having abortions. but he pressured me to have one. i am coming forward now because i saw herschel deny the allegations by another woman who claimed that she had paid for her abortion and particularly, i saw him state that the woman's claims were not true because he never signed any cards using the letter "h." i knew that was not true because he had often signed letters to me using "h." anyone who believes i am coming forward because herschel is running as a republican candidate, that is simply not the case.

i am a registered independent, and i voted for donald trump in both elections. i do not believe that herschel is morally fit to be a u.s. senator, and that is the reason why i am speaking up. >> during yesterday's news conference, the woman's lawyer, gloria allred, showed cards, photographs, and receipts she says support her client's story. nbc news has not independently verified this latest allegation against walker. nbc's allison barber is covering the walker campaign and was there yesterday when those allegations were made public. she joins us live from georgia. what's the latest? how did this hit on the campaign trail yesterday? >> reporter: good morning, willie. yesterday there was evidence presented of a relationship between jane doe and herschel walker but not direct evidence of an abortion.

just to walk through what attorney gloria allred played yesterday, she played a voice message walker left jane doe, telling her he loved her. she showed reporters a photograph jane doe allegedly took of walker on a hotel bed and greeting cards allred said were signed by walker. she said they have additional evidence but they have not released that yet. herschel walker is denying the allegations. he said at that campaign stop yesterday that this is foolishness and called it a lie. here's some of what he told us. >> i'm done with this foolishness. i already told people this is a lie and i'm not going to continue to allow this. i didn't kill john f. kennedy either. right now the democrats are doing and saying whatever they can to win this seat.

but they don't know herschel walker. >> reporter: prior to this press conference, walker's team was very clear in telling us he would not be taking any questions. i tried to ask one anyway, because as oerters that is of course what we do, and asked him if he is unequivocally saying he's never paid for any woman or person to have an abortion. he did not answer that, but he did do an interview yesterday evening with fox news and asked if he knew who this jane doe is. he di not deny knowing her. he said he would not get involved in a guessing game and reiterated what we heard him say at that campaign stop, that this is a lie and he won't discuss it further, that he and his campaign are moving on. his opponent's campaign were quick to issue a statement about this, a statement that the deputy campaign manager for raphael warnock said this -- we know herschel walker has a problem with the truth, a problem answering questions, and a problem taking responsibility for his actions. today's new report is just the latest example of a troubling

pattern we have seen play out again and again and again. herschel walker shouldn't be representing georgians in the u.s. senate. national republicans rallied around herschel walker after the first abortion allegation came to light. we're seeing that happen again. walker was on the campaign trail yesterday with south carolina republican senator lindsey graham, and he implied, like herschel walker, that this is a politically motivated attack. >> none of this long laundry list of documented allegations gen herschel walker, the seat is too important they say, this is about power and they have to win no matter the allegations. the question for you, having been out on the campaign trail a, how is this hitting voters? are they considering this, or is this just baked in, they feel like they know the allegations against herschel walker and this is just another one? >> reporter: some people we have spoke on the prior to this would ask about other personal controversies surrounding

herschel walker and that first allegation. his supporters say we think it's a lie. this is what the quote, unquote liberal media does. the polls are so close. that being said, there are some people we have spoken to in the past, and it's a narrow group of people, that have concerns, genuine concerns, about some of these controversies surrounding herschel walker. those people tend to identify as republican. obviously people who support warnock are going to say this is a big deal. but this is this tiny sliver we can't identify how big it is, but a tiny sliver of people who say we support governor kemp, identify as republican but i have concern about these controversies. for some, that last abortion allegation was a bit of a red flag. whether or not that translates in the polling and voting, hard to say. early voting is under way here. we've seen record numbers. >> so interesting.

the allegation that these accusations are from the liberal media, we're hearing it from the mouths of the women who say they experienced this with herschel walker, including the one yesterday who said she's an independent and voted for donald trump twice. ellison, thank so much. mika? former president donald trump has announced a series of rallies in the lead-up to election day. one week from today, trump will be in sioux city, iowa, with gubernatorial candidate kim reynolds and incumbent senator chuck grassley who has found himself in a closer than expected race against democratic candidate mike franken. on saturday, november 5th, trump travels to pennsylvania for a rally with republican gubernatorial candidate doug mastriano and senate candidate dr. mehmet oz. on sunday, the former president will travel to florida for a rally with senator marco rubio. one notable absence will be someone else who's running for

office in florida again, re-election, governor ron desantis, who was not mentioned in trump's email announcing the rally. and then on election eve, willie, the former president will be in ohio for a rally with jd vance. actually, jonathan lemire, i'm curious, i mean, just knowing former president donald trump's personality, it's clear that he's a little jelly, jealous of ron desantis and the attention that he gets as a potential 2024 candidate. could there be any other reason why he is left off of this announcement for a rally? usually when someone comes to campaign who is a former president, even if it's not a rally for the governor, the governor is there. >> yeah. it would be unusual if desantis weren't there. i suppose it's possible this could change over the coming days, but it is a notable sleight right now.

trump and desantis both eyeing the white house in 2024. trump has been telling people that he believes desantis has not been grateful to him for his endorsement back in 2018. we also know of course trump doesn't want to be challenged. he does not take an internal republican threat very well. so it's not too surprising he would be upset at desantis. the other state that's not there, georgia. georgia is a place where the former president has run into some legal trouble as we know. trump's not particularly popular, so election officials in georgia, despite herschel walker being his handpicked candidate, it's of note he won't be setting foot there. but pennsylvania is the other headline because that is the other senate race that many believe will decide control of the chamber and he will stand alongside not just dr. oz but doug mastriano, the election denying gubernatorial candidate,

mastriano well behind oz in the polls, the two republicans there, and that's an association oz has tried to avoid. this trump visit may actually complicate things for republicans in the final days of the campaign. >> that georgia note is very interesting as you say. herschel walker is there for one reason, because donald trump wanted him to run for the united states senate. one state the former president has not visited this season is utah where mike lee is now locked in a tight race with his republican-turned-independent challenger evan mcmullin. in their only debate, mcmullin delivered what many considered to be the line of the night, reminding senator lee of who he vote for in the 2016 election. >> how would each of you approach foreign policy to make sure the united states remains ernlly dominant in peace and war? >> we have to invest this our power, increase the size of our nhl fleet, invest in systems like the updated, mod

easternized international ballistic missile system. we also need a republican offset to a president who's not all there, to a president for whom my opponent voted. >> senator lee, i think both you and i have have had times of frustrations in the last several years in the options provided at the presidential level for both parties. in 2016, you voted for me out of that frustration when you stood on principle, as you should have. >> voted for me. evan mcmullin joins us now. good to see you this morning. watching that debate, the one and only time it appears for now that you are on a stage together with senator lee, and knowing how close this race is, of course the economy is way up there on people's minds as it is everywhere, but it was noteworthy the focus on january 6th and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. senator lee was working behind the scenes to help donald trump do that, ultimately did vote to certify and said on stage that joe biden is president.

he said this, though, "mr. lee's actions are the most egregious betrayal of our nation's constitution and history by a u.s. senator. it will be your legacy." is that a resonant issue with the voters of utah? >> well, than for having me on, willie. good to be with you. it is. utahans are concerned about a variety of issues, inflation, high cost of health care, lack of water, air quality issues. i could go on and on. but a majority of them are also concerned about the fact that mike lee betrayed his oath to the constitution. he calls himself a constitutional conservative, carries around this pocket constitution and waves it in the air when it's convenient. but he abandoned his oath and that document to try to overturn the will of the people and american democracy after the 2020 election by trying to find fake electors to do that job. we've got to hold him accountable. utahans know that we should be represented by people in the house and the senate and everywhere who truly are

committed to the constitution. senator lee has failed that test. he betrayed the document that i think also the american republic, and he's got to be held accountable. most utahans are united around that fact and united around the need for a senator representing us to work across party lines to solve problems. and that doesn't happen unless we have a functioning democracy. senator lee has worked very hard to tear it down. >> you look at the polling averages. you certainly have closed the gap. senator lee does have a lead, but you're within the par gin of error in a couple recent polls. how have you done it? what has been the focus of your campaign for a national audience that maybe hasn't followed this closely? how have you done it against an incumbent republican senator? >> the most recent polls have us up by a few or down by a few but 10% to 12% undecided, most leaning against lee but just tuning into the race now. we have an excellent opportunity to replace him.

the reason we've been able to rise sosteadily in the polls and could defeat him is we've built a cross coalition of republicans, democrat, independents, who are still committed to our founding ideals, that we are created free and equal, therefore we have a democratic republic in which we choose our own leaders. when we vote that out, it's peacefully. it's a powerful rebuke to the politics of extremism and division that senator lee has embodied that dominate our country and threatened its future. so we're rejecting the status quo out here. senator lee has taken $4 million from special interest groups. i've refused to take a penny of their money. this is about representing utahans, people, and bringing our country together to protect and strengthen our democracy and to solve actual problems we face on a day-to-day basis. that's what this is about and why people are coming together

across the political spectrum to make a change here. >> so, evan, it is notice worthy to mention that senator mitt romney, a republican, has not endorsed his fellow republican senator mike lee for re-election because of issues around january 6th. give us a brief sense. were you to win and take office, you're independent, on a few key issues, give us a sense where you would side with republicans versus where you night side with democrats. >> in general, i'm committed to work across party lines to solve problems. senator romney, he has a track record of that. he's only been in the senate for a few years, but he works as a part of a cross-partisan groups, bipartisan groups to solve problems. most pieces of legislation that get through the senate now are because they gained the support or have been written within that group of republicans and democrats. i've told them that i plan to join that group if we prevail here. we have an excellent chance of

doing so. and that's how all work in the senate -- and that will be very different from my opponent, senator lee, who in 12 years has only passed ten bill, and that's a generous count, and a good number of those just named federal buildings. he hasn't gotten anything done because he's embraced the politics of division and extremism, and as you know, senators and members of congress who are divisive and extreme don't get anything done. and senator lee is certainly an example of that. so just to give -- to name a couple of issues, you know, i'll work with any senators who want to go good things for utah and the country. i think we need to get our fiscal house in order. we need to be serious about lowering inflation by bringing critical manufacturing back to america as much as possible. i think we've got to be more serious about protecting the environment, our air and water in utah. we face some very acute consequences of our failure to live up to our responsibility of stewardship for the environment. we've got to take on big,

special interest groups that cause americans to pay far more for health care than almost anyone in the industrialized world. so i'll work across party lines to solve those problems and to strengthen our democracy, because we won't solve any issue unless we have a functioning system of self-government. >> independent candidate for utah's senate seat, evan mcmullin, thank you very much for coming on this morning. >> thank you, mika. this morning we're following new allegations of voter intimidation, ones that have been referred to the department of justice. election officials in arizona are stepping up security after what they call vigilantes were seen loitering near ballot drop boxes. nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: amid complaints of armed mass groups wearing tactical gear and recording voters at the sheriff and maricopa county, arizona, has stepped up security near ballot

drop boxes. >> it troubles me that suddenly others feel compelled to act out in a way that is potentially criminal intimidation or criminal threats, trying to undermine democracy under this cloak of patriotism, and doing so, they're destroying the most important institution in our nation, the freedom and right to vote. >> reporter: he says his office is investigating this incident, cell phone video where a woman tried to take a picture of one of their license plates and was pushed. she asked us not to use her name or show her face in fear of backlash. >> a lot of people are intimidated. when people are standing around with handguns on them and sometimes tactical gear, you know, it really does the average person. >> reporter: at least six complaints of alleged voter intimidation here have now been referred to the state attorney general's office and the department of justice. across the country, election threats are ramping up ahead of the midterms. >> a lot of these threats are fueled by mis and

disinformation. >> reporter: law enforcement nationwide is on alert. >> we have an obligation to maintain a free and fair vote. >> reporter: republican officials have called these armed dropbox watchers uninform ed vigilantes. as a republican, how us from interest ratesing is some of these groups are latched on to conspiracy theory? >> it's been an interesting last two years. for the party of facts and longic, at times we've fallen short in my estimation on facts and logic. >> gabe gutierrez with that report. coming up, rapper kanye west is no longer a billionaire. the fallout from his anti-semitic rants and why he was escorted out of the offices of another sneaker company. what was he doing at skechers?

and the justice department announces an investigation into tesla. we'll tell you why. it comes just hours before the company's founder, elon musk, is slated to take control of twitter. cnbc's andrew ross sorkin will join us on that. and new gdp numbers that were just released moments a. back in just a moment.

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sun still waiting to come up over seattle at 6:24 in the morning. 6:25. 9:25 on the east coast. the department of justice announced overnight it is investigating whether tesla made misleading claims about the

capabilities of its self-driving system. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: auto pilot jane chaings the way you relate to your drive. >> reporter: tesla has long touted the autopilot feature in its cars. >> designed for highway use, auto pilot assists you with the routines of daily driving, whether cruising or crawling. >> reporter: but this morning they could be under fire for the technology. reuters saying they're facing a criminal investigation by the department of justice for its claims that its car can drive themselves, examining whether tesla misled consumers. according to reuters, citing three sources with the matter, "the u.s. department of justice launched the previously undisclosed probe last year following more than a dozen crashes, some of them fatal, involving tesla's driver assistance system, autopilot, which was activated be during the accidents." tesla has always maintained its autopilot features need constant

monitoring and drivers need to be ready to take control at all times. but the company and ceo, elon musk, have promoted the self-driving features. a video on the company's website says the person in the driver's seat is only there for legal reasons. he is not doing anything. the car is driving itself. in the past, musk has described tesla as probably better than a human driver. reuters reporting just last week musk told shareholders that tesla would soon release an upgraded version of full self-driving software, allowing customers to travel to your work and friends' house, to the grocery store without you touching the wheel. nbc news has reached out to tesla and to the didn't of justice, but has not received a response. >> stephanie gosk reporting there. let's bring in the co-anchor of cnbc's "squawk box," andrew ross sorkin. andrew, good morning. it's been going on for some time but we're just learning about it. how serious are the allegations

against tesla? >> i think they're serious and the fact that the department of justice is pursuing them says a lot. for a long time elon musk as talked about the possibility of what autopilot can do. there have been a lot of questions about how far they have already gone both in terms of what they told customers but also what they've told investors in the company over the years about when this technology would be available. the big issue, especially when you think about a criminal investigation, if you were to get this in front of a jury, do you believe that there was criminal intent? do you believe that the company intended to commit a crime? there's two pieces of language here, and the question is whether a jury or a judge would say there's an out. on one side they're saying in advertising, this is an autopilot feature, you don't need your hands, and at the same time if you look at the instruction manuals it says you absolutely need to keep your hands on the wheel. the question, is that in fine print, in small letters, and as

a result, were they trying to tell the public one thing while doing something else. it will be very interesting to see how people think about this. the other piece of it is of course is that elon musk unto himself is not just a brand but has become this icon, and whether, again, if you actually got to a jury, whether a jury would decide that this was done with the intent effectively to defraud consumers. >> all this while he's now the owner of twitter starting there. we can get into that later. i want to get you on some breaking news just crossing. the u.s. gdp rose 2.6% in the third quarter, the first growth of the 2022 calendar year, exceeding expectations even on wall street. >> 100%. 2.6% is much higher than 2.3%, which is what the expectation was, this coming two weeks before the midterms gives the administration and i think democrats a lot to crow about. in fact, arguably, president biden, who's been commenting

that the economy is in a better shape than i think a lot of market participants had expected, now has real data to point to. it gives you a little bit of a sense or at least a better sense that maybe there's a better shot at what we call a softer landing in terms of what the federal reserve is doing. so definitely a good thing for the economy today, and perhaps when you think about the politics of it all, a good thing for the democrats this morning. >> so, andrew, actually stand by, because we also want to follow up with you on a few other business stories including kanye west showing up at skechers unannounced. >> yes. >> but hold on one second, because given the number that just crossed, the biden administration clearly is going all out on its push, you know, with the closing message on the economy, these numbers won't hurt, starting with president biden, who will go to syracuse, new york, today, and administration officials say biden's major economic message will be reinforced by more than

half a dozen other administration official who is will also hold economic-focused events today including a major economic address in ohio from treasury secretary janet yellen. by tomorrow, officials will have made 77 trips to 29 states just this month with more already planned. and with this latest breaking news in mind, let's bring in white house chief of staff ron klain. so, the economy grew, so that's good. but if you could, ron, give us in the most basic terms what the democratic message on the economy is, what you hope voters will take in in these final days before the midterms. >> well, look, first of all, thank for having me, mika. look, what you're going to hear the president say today is three big things about the economy. first, the economy -- we are making progress on the economy. it's not just the gdp numbers you mentioned. the economy did grow. inside that is a measure of

price. it came down dramatically. we're seeing easing on inflation. inside that also was a measure about real incomes after inflation. that was negative last quarter -- two quarters ago. it's positive in this new report. incomes up, prices down, economic growth. and the thing that's most visible to people is what they're seeing with gas prices. two weeks ago the most common pump price in america was $3.79. it's down to $3.39. we're seeing improvements. secondly, we know there's more work to do. inflation remains the number-one economic challenge. the president has put meshes in place to address that, to improve our progress on inflation, like the inflation reduction act, which takes effect january 1st. a few weeks away from that relief like the actions he took yesterday to bring down everyday costs. that's quantitative easing people and we're addressing that. the third point he'll make today is what's choice here? republican leaders in congress have said if they get control of

the congress, they'll repeal the inflation reduction act, cut taxes for corporations, raise the deficit. that'll make inflation worse. get rid of the cap on prescription drugs costs that takes effect on january 1st, get rid of medicare's ability to negotiate prescription drug costs. that will make inflation and everyday costs worse. >> how do you draw a line between how people are feeling about the economy -- which if you listen to voters in the past few weeks through polling or talking to voters or focus groups -- they're concerned about the economy, they don't think democrats are strong on the economy. they don't think, some, that democrats are strong on crime. how do you draw a line between the lives they're living today and the experiences they're experiencing, and what you say is to come and the wins that have already been had by the democrats? >> well, look, mika, i think both are true. look, i think that, as i said a minute ago, people are being

squeezed by high prices. the cost of living squeeze on families has been with us for decades. it isn't solved yet. i do think we made some significant measures this year which take effect next year, and we'll talk about those. i do think also -- i know some of the polling about the economy, i think it's also out of date since some of those polls were taken. the price of gas has come down dramatically. we're seeing economic growth, we're seeing prices come down. we're seeing real income go up. so i think we have to, you know, bring up to date the narrative to where it is today. but again, i think the most important thing i could emphasize here is that there is just a choice about where we go from here. are we going to continue to do the things that will bring prices down next year, that will control inflation next year with the inflation reduction act, or will republican leaders in congress succeed in repealing all those thing, helping big corporations, cutting taxes for big corporations, and seeing

prices for consumers and families, seeing those prices go up? that's the real choice between where the democrats are headed on the economy, where the republican congressional leadership is headed on the economy. >> hey, ron. good morning. >> good morning. >> polls have suggested for a while now that inflation was top of mind, the economy top of mind for american voters. we've heard warnings from inside the democratic party and its allies, bernie sanders among them, saying democrats need to talk about the economy more, not just abortion and threats to democracy. we need to talk about these pocketbook issues. white house has come under criticism for moving slowly on this or getting it wrong. last year inflation was deemed transitory by many in the administration and it obviously wasn't. why the late pivot here? why not make this argument earlier in the campaign season? >> the president has been talking about the economy and inflation all year long. his signature economic i

achievement this year in august was a bill called the inflation reduction act. so he's been out there fighting to bring down prices. he's been out there fighting to bring down the price of gas. it fell all summer. we had a little increase in october. we're bringing it down again. he's out there fighting to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, something he's been talking about all year long, and again succeeded in getting a bill passed. so we are not coming to this economic argument late. we've been on this argument all year long. we'll continue to be on it next year too. the economy and inflation is a critical problem. the president has put forward measures to address it. we passed them through the congress. for 30 years people have been trying to get prescription drug prices under control. we've got a bill passed to do it. the republicans in congress say if they win this election they will repeal that provision. that's a clear difference, a clear choice. >> good morning, ron.

that was jonathan lemire. we're throwing bodies at you. >> i apologize. i apologize. >> let me ask you about the places president biden is going. obviously, pennsylvania is pivotal, he'll spend time there in the next few days. today going to the state of new york. i know it's an economic announcement and he'll make a speech but also throwing his support behind a governor a few months ago he probably didn't think he'd have to cross the finish line in cathy hochul. have you been surprised at some of the places democrats have had to put money and spourpt as republicans put real pressure on places that went plus 8, plus 10, plus 11 for president biden in 2020? >> willie, i do need to be careful here. i'm covered by the match act. i can't be a political prognosticator. i can say the president is a big fun of governor hochul. she's doing a great job. his trip to syracuse today is about a national economic achievement. what they are unveiling in syracuse today will be the

largest private investment in a new manufacturing facility in the history of this country, creating thousands of jobs, many of which will pay a six-figure salary, even for people who do not have a college degree. a that's national economic achievement and thanks to governor hochul and senator schumer's leadership getting the chips and science act passed through the u.s. senate. we're happy to go to syracuse and talk about that today. that's something that resonates. the president ruz in ohio a few months ago to unveil what was then the largest such investment in southwestern ohio, a new intel plant there. one of the interesting things we're seeing is because of what the president has done, what the congress has done, we're seeing major investments in manufacturing, parts of this country that have been forgotten for decades, ignored for decades. central new york, southwestern ohio, a big micron facility in idaho.

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vote yes on prop 31. all right. we're back with cnbc's andrew ross sorkin. andrew, a couple of issues to get to you with. first, our interview with ron klain. >> right. >> joe biden and many members of the cabinet hitting the road and doing events across the country to try and send out a message about the economy that gas

prices are going down, the economy just grew, the inflation reduction act and many other things they have done are leading to better days ahead. will it resonate? what are other realities pertaining to this economy that could stump democrats? >> well, the sprint is clearly on and there's the argument made on your broadcast earlier about just, you know, whether the pivot talking about economy is too late at a time when the dwop spent a lot of time hammering this issue of inflation. i think they have a lot to crow about, the white house, that is, about where the growth numbers are at 2.6%. we talked about a release today on gdp. that's a very good number. the conundrum i think is that it's a theoretical number to most people, meaning ub say that and it's hard for people to feel that inflation has come down, but it's come down just marginally. the issue of, you know, gas at the pump, that price has come down. but the truth is over the next

two weeks it may go up again. as we know where the saudis have been in terms of releasing more gas. so i think that is going to be the issue. you sort soft have these crosscurrents where you can look at headline numbers and talk about those, but how do americans feel about it is going on the real question. >> okay. now the big question, kanye west. what was he doing at skechers? why did he go in there? and then how awkward, he had to be escorted out and they put out a statement saying we want nothing to do with this guy. >> going backwards, obviously, with the adidas piece in this, the caa piece of this, obviously all sorts of companies abandoning kanye, parting ways with him over those really terrible anti-semitic remarks he's made, and he made them repeatedly. in this instance, with all of that aside and his billion-dollar wealth, asset values deteriorating, i think he

was looking for another sneaker deal. ey he literally tried to get a meeting with the c.o.o. of skechers, got to the lobby, and they didn't want him in there obviously. >> wow. >> they said thank you so much for playing, please leave, and i think some security guards came and pushed him out. the whole thing, though, those anti-semitic remarks were terrible, horrible, but there's also this issue, not an offense at all, but of mental health, and the fact that someone like him is showing up, you know, unannounced at places i think speaks to perhaps some of these health issues. >> he has backed off those anti-semitic comments. he posted something on instagram saying he lost $2 billion in a single day. andrew ross sorkin thanks so much. let's turn to a story out of kentucky, a happier one, where a father's love and dedication to

his son was captured in a single photograph that has gone viral. jacob soboroff has more. >> it's just all mind-blowing. i never imagine it. >> reporter: disbelief and excitement. michael maguire and his wife, molly, are awe struck at the attention this one photo garnered in a matter of days. on saturday, maguire rushed from the coal mines to pikeville in order to take his 3-year-old son, easton, to his first in-person college basketball game. >> he has take an huge interest in sports, so it was the perfect time to buy tickets for michael and easton to start that. >> reporter: working long hours under ground and up to six days a week, family time is precious to maguire. with no time to spare, not eve on the clean off the coal mine dust that powdered his face and clothes, he got to the game in the nick of time. >> didn't want to miss it. i've had to miss quite a few stuff. >> the sight of maguire and his son moved john calipari who

wrote, "my family's american dream started in a clarksburg, west virginia, coal mine, so this picture hits home. he wanted to give the family tickets to rupp arena. and another, being an ex-coal miner myself, i know this all too well. another writing, "this is kentucky in one photo." the annual blue/white scrimmage is one of uk's biggest fan favorites ahead of the regular season, but it was especially important this year held in pikeville because it raised over $162,000 to help victims of this summer's deadly floods in eastern kentucky. floyd county, where maguire is from, was one of the worst-hit areas. >> we had some friends that lost a lot. that's when we looked at each other and was, like, all right, let's do what we can. >> reporter: the check was presented by the wildcats to kentucky's governor during halftime. as for the maguires' time of the

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one of my favorite things was to watch the company bell because i always knew what they were really thinking. first, the young man who is thrilled to be there. [ applause ] [ laughter ] and then the modest person who thinks she's stolen the show. [ applause ] [ laughter ]

and then there was old albert who played all the great roles celebrating his 58th year with the company. now he only had a line or two in it, each production, but the audience adored him. [ applause ] se ] [ laughter ] and then the leading man exhausted from the effort of another spectacular performance. [ applause ] that is two-time tony nominee gabriel byrne in a scene from his new broadway show "walking with ghosts." it's a stage adaptation of his memoir of the same title offering an intimate look at the actor's life.

and gabriel joins us now on set. good morning, it's great to see you. >> lovely to be here. >> you couldn't watch yourself in that. what was that? >> i don't like watching myself in anything. if i'm at home and a film that i've been in comes on, i scramble for the remote to turn it off. >> i get that. the sound of my own voice and all that. but what is that for you? >> well, i think it's something most people can relate to. very few people take up photographs of themselves and say, away, that's amazing, i look incredible there. most people are pretty -- i suppose it's very difficult to be objective about yourself. you can't. it's not possible. every filter is subjective. so what you hear and what you see is very different than what other people hear and see. so when we get to the place where you can be objective and subjective at the same time, maybe i'll be able to look at

it. but it's not something i enjoy at all. >> and you obsess over the one thing you think you could have done better when the rest went well. let's talk about the show. it's a show that you've done in dublin, a show that you've done in london. how are you feeling tonight to bring this to broadway? >> well, the interesting thing about the journey of the show is that you're performing to different audiences. what makes people laugh in london may not necessarily make people laugh in new york. but so far in previews, the broadway audiences have been wonderfully warm and supportive. and when i wrote the play, i set out to do something that i look for when i go to the theater. i want people to be entertained. i want them to laugh, and i want them to really listen, and then take away something that pertains to their own lives. so it's a wonderful thing to be in a theater and really hear

silence, the silence of attention and then to hear laugher, it's really beautiful. especially after covid when people really appreciate the power of live, live performance. >> you played many characters over the course of your career. never yourself, though. it's you up on the stage telling your own story. does that feel more vulnerable? is it more difficult than playing a character? >> i suppose the challenges are unique in both areas. but although it uses the kind of structure of my life. it's really about all of us. i didn't want it to be just about me. i wanted it to be something that people can relate to. it's not really about -- it's not about hollywood. it's not about celebrities. it's about life. >> and, mika, gabriel says, i don't want you to look at my life, i want you to look at your own life when you're watching

the performance. >> yeah, but, gabriel, you do that by sharing your story and even talking about the ghosts that everyone has in their lives. and i'm curious, writing it down is a lot. that in itself to make a memoir that really goes there. but then to perform it in front of a live audience, i'm curious what story in your life is the hardest to share with a live audience? >> well, i don't think there's any such thing as on ordinary life. everybody's life is absolutely extraordinary. and what unites us as human beings in terms of humanity is the ups and the downs, the joys, the fears, the longings that we all share. no matter what culture we've come from whether it's irish or american or english.

i think your duty as a writer or as an artist is to say the things that other people think so we can be united in terms of seeing our similarities and not our differences. >> you were talking about some soft differences of performing this in london versus broadway. what have you noticed about the audiences? do they laugh at different moments? do they relate to others? >> sometimes they do. what i found and what's been really satisfying is that generally speaking, audiences have reacted across the board in the same ways. there's some cultural differences that -- you know, a phrase here and there that an english audience might get or an american audience might not get, but i think, you know, generally speaking, what people respond to is the material itself and the language that i use to express

that. >> well, you may not be able to watch yourself, but audiences are enjoying this, the reviews are great. it opens tonight on broadway. "walking with ghosts." if you plan to be in town, you'll want to go see it. it's great to see you. >> thank you so much. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage in just one minute.

and good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. with just 12 days until election day, races across the country are heating up as candidates make their final pitch to voters. we'll take you