ayman mohyeldin picks up the coverage now. >> hello there, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle. maximum impact, new questions this morning about now supreme court justice brett kavanaugh's potential influence on the court and the midterms. does he help or hurt democrats chances of taking back the house as republicans unleash a fierce new attack against kavanaugh's critics. >> the mob descended on capitol hill. >> i'm glad those who tried to overturn the rule of law and replace it with mob rule lost. >> a horrific crash. the deadliest transportation accident in the united states in nearly a decade. >> you can't wrap your head around such a tragedy where you have four of your daughters die. >> international mystery. a veteran journalist and "washington post" columnist walks into the saudi consulate in turkey but never walks out and now growing fears he was murdered. >> saudi arabia is using state terror against its citizen. >> we begin with brett kavanaugh. the final chapter on his confirmation may not be written until voters head to the polls in november. let me explain wh

>> i'm ayman mohyeldin along hallie jackson and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> there any senator in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, the yays are 98, the nays are 1, the motion is agreed to. >> i will soon sign into law, the largest legislative effort in history to address the opioid crisis. rob and so many others helped. very little democrat support. >> okay. earlier this month the senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill to fight the opioid epidemic. it was opposed by just one member, a republican, yet according to donald trump the 98-1 vote translates to, quote,

that is absurd on its face. >> and ayman mohyeldin joining us by phone. your view of this new statement from the saudi government. >> yeah, this is obviously a story that is developing quite rapidly, ari. we're getting now information on a few different levels. officially from the saudi press agency which is the official spokes agency if you want to call it, the media agency of the government. here's what we're learning. they identified 18 people that are now being subject to investigation, according to the public prosecutor's statement, that is being broadcast. in addition to that, interestingly enough, we now have two individuals that have been named as part of this investigation who have been removed from pretty senior positions within the saudi government. first of all, the deputy head of general intelligence, that is a name that has been floating around in the media for some days now, but we know he's been removed from his position. that's a pretty powerful position, and pretty senior. he's in the intelligence structure of the saudi government. in ad

. >> nbc's ayman mohyeldin is with me now.ng we have investigators in turkey but not saying much else. >> except defending the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia. >> which he has a good one. >> it certainly has been if you look at it from the transactional perspective that has benefited both countries. at this particular stage you have a bipartisan group of senators who have essentially triggered an investigation by sending a letter to the president to see if there are any violations of the mignitski act. something like this would fall under that category if it is, in fact, proven to be the saudi arabian government. there are still a lot of questions. my colleague at the investigative unit here has been trying to piece together the timeline of his disappearance. we certainly have narrowed down a window of when he was communicating with people in these what's app messages. you know the checkmarks when they're grayed, when they're unread. when there are two checkmarks it means they've been delivered and when they're

i'm hallie jackson alongside amid a ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf., the latest on the investigation into the murder of jamal kashoggi happened in the saudi consulate in istanbul back on october 2nd. right now turkey's president is delivering a speech to his parliament where he's revealing details of the investigation. just moments ago president erdogan said saudi officials planned the murder of kashoggi days before his death. his remarks come as korea director gina haspel is in turkey to try to find out more information about what happened. president trump latest saudi explanation on kashoggi's killing. >> i'm going to know very shortly, because i have a great group of people in turkey right now and a great group of people in saudi arabia. we will know very soon. we have tremendously talented people that do this stuff very well. they're coming back tonight and tomorrow and i will know very soon. i'm not satisfied with what i've heard. >> president trump later appeared to back up parts of the saudi explanation, saying kashoggi was killed in a, quote,

i'm wondering, ayman, what reports you're hearing out of the middle east if it's seeming more evidents here that there is no way the crown prince is going to be able to survive this without saudi arabia forever being a rogue nation. >> that's a really good point, the point that you brought up at the end about the crown prince and it's almost important to emphasize with all this information that was coming out from the saudi arabian government late friday evening one of the most important pieces of information came out was that the king has actually formed a ministerial committee headed and chaired by the crown prince to investigate this murder as well as to reform the intelligence services. so in simple terms, the king is doubling down on his son. anybody who thinks that this may have been an opportunity for some royals and others to perhaps push the crown prince aside or express their dissatisfaction with what has happened, the king has really put an end to that really quickly. that's the first part of that. the second part of that as you were saying, there are so many holes and so m

have four or five alternatives, two very good alternatives, that would not be acceptable to me. >> ayman, i'm sorry to interrupt but i think it's important to play that. the president of the united states not knowing if he was a citizen or u.s. resident when this is an international incide incident. >> it's very telling on two fronts. the fact that he is not aware of his status suggests that perhaps he's not heavily engaged on this particular front. you think after the disappearance that's been more than a week and all of the news reports and how significant of an international incident this has become that the president would know almost every detail about this investigation and know exactly the status of jamal khashoggi and whether or not the u.s. should be involved in this investigation. the other aspect of that which is very telling is how defensive the president became immediately saying that he was not going to assign any moral judgment on what the saudis may have done compared to the value of what the saudis are buying from the united states. that in itself is very telling, that t

. >> let's get back down to washington, d.c., and ayman javers with all of these comments on president the president trump continuing to jaw-bone the fed he's not as you heard larry kudlow point out, he's not calling the fed directly and issuing any kind of directives, whether or not he has the authority to do that, he's not attempting to do that. according to larry kudlow. he's attempting to do put a maerker down that he thinks the fed is being too aggressive and place some blame for yesterday's sell-off saying it's the fed's fault, not his administration fault and not the trade policy and not tariffs with china that are the problem here underlying the sell-off yesterday. we'll see how the president continues to play this we'll see him on tape in a few moments. kanye west is expected here at the white house momentarily. kid rock is here the number of other things going on at the white house to occupy attention. we'll see the president before cameras here a couple of times throughout the afternoon we'll see what else he has to say on this. >> and ayman of course we get this just after

i'm ayman mohyeldin here in washington, d.c.sident trump and gop senators gathered at the white house yesterday for a ceremonial swearing-in for supreme court justice brett kavanagh. trump began by apologizing to kavanaugh and his family for the contentious confirmation battle where kavanaugh faced decades-old allegations of sexual misconduct. take a listen. >> on behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception. you, sir, under historic scrutiny were proven innocent. >> meanwhile, at a gathering of law enforcement officials in orlando yesterday, trump slammed kavanaugh's accusers and their allegations. >> he's a great person and it was very, very unfair what happened to him. false charges, false accusations, horrible statements that were totally untrue that he knew

ayman? >> scott, that's right the president has been sharply critical of the fed all week long as you guys have been pointing out he's done it just again here at the white house. in a meeting on another topic altogether the music modernization act, the president took some time out to make some more comments on the fed. here's what he said. >> we're still at 40% for the period of time so i mean the markets are way up over what they were. it's a correction that i think is caused by the federal reserve. with interest rates. the dollar has become very strong which frankly, people can debate whether or not they like a strong dollar or not the dollar is very strong, very powerful and that causes a little difficulty with doing business frankly. strong dollar doesn't necessarily mean all good. but we do have a very strong dollar and we have interest rates going up at a clip that's much faster than certainly a lot of people, including myself, would have anticipated. i think the fed is out of control.

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside alex witt.begin this morning in the senate where the senate plans to hold a key vote at 10:30 a.m. which will move supreme court nominee brett kavanagh a step closer to confirmation. two critical republican votes, senator susan collins of maine and jeff flake of arizona, indicated yesterday that the fbi probe into kavanaugh was adequate. however, both caution they would continue to read the closely-held report. satisfying flake and collins as well as lisa murkowski of alaska would be enough to confirm kavanaugh to the supreme court. democrats are nearly unanimous in their opposition to kavanaugh's nomination. hi one senator announced she will oppose kavanaugh's nomination. that leaves senator joe manchin of west virginia. he has yet to announce his plans. yesterday manchin was seen reviewing the fbi report and said he would return today to study it more. after speculation that republican senator steve danes could miss the confirmation vote on saturday due to his daughter's wedding in montana, a

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera.begin with the fbi which has finished its supplemental background check into brett kavanagh. >> this evening the senate will receive the results of the fbi supplemental background investigation of judge brett kavanagh. there will be plenty of time for members to review and be briefed on the supplemental material. >> the report was given to the white house and delivered to capitol hill where it will be reviewed today. the investigation centered around decades old allegations of sexual abuse will be kept secret. chuck grassley will be first to see the report at 8:00 a.m., followed by diane feinstein at 9:00 a.m. the gop members on the committee will get the report at 10:00 a.m. and democrats on the panel can view the report an hour later. other senators will have access afterwards. mcconnell arranged for a key vote for kavanaugh's nomination to be held on friday. if that vote passes, there will be up to 30 hours of debate setting up a final confirmation vote on kavanaugh as early as satu

i'm hallie jackson on this monday morning alongside ayman mohyeldin, louis burgdorf.p stories. president trump is still defending the saudi crown prince over the death of jamal kashoggi. a bunch of top republicans have been out this weekend saying they do believe mohammed bin salman was in fact behind the killing of the journalist. watch. >> i feel certain that the crown prince was involved and that he directed this. that's why i think we can not continue to have relations with him. i think he's going to have to be replaced, frankly. but i think that sanctions don't go far enough. i think we need to look at the arms sale. this is not just about this journalist being killed. it's about the war in yemen where tens of thousands of civilians are being killed. >> we have intercept from the past that point to involvement at a very high level. let's let this play out. but my guess is at the end of the day the united states and the rest of the world will believe fully that he did it. >> can you imagine us having a relationship with the saudi government that's positive if the

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside hallie jackson. the latest in the kavanaugh investigation in a moment, but first to some breaking news on trade. the u.s. and canada have reached a deal to replace nafta with what's called the united states mexico, canada agreement. break it down for us. >> it's been a fair amount of drama, many months. but minutes, hours really before this midnight deadline, everything kind of came together. 2016 on the campaign trail, then-candidate trump hated nafta. he talked about it at every rally. he said it was the worst deal the u.s. has ever come up with. now there's this deal to salvage nafta. the president says it's nafta no longer. this usmc. but it's basically nafta wrapped up in a different package with different provisions. one of the sticking points had been can cwith canada over the of milk. well, they managed to get an agreement where canada will ease up on some of the ways that u.s. farmers can get into the canadian dairy market. that was what let this whole thing move forward. this thing came dow

ayman, what do you make of this report by the saudi official news agency? >> i think you have to take it in its totality. anyone who is watching in and has watched what has unfolded the past couple of days will look at this and immediately think this is something that has been in the making for some time. this was clearly a narrative that the saudis were slowly trying to put together and floating and testing to see how much they can buy time until they can come up with an explanation that clearly does not meet any of the questions or answer any of the questions that people had. and we take that step by step. what i mean by that is as you mentioned in the outline, the prosecutor's statement that came out tonight identified that jamal khashoggi is dead. interestingly enough the foreign minister put out a statement they acknowledged this was an attempted rendition. they say these individuals who traveled to istanbul to meet with khashoggi did so after it appeared that there was information that they were going to be able to bring him back to the kingdom. so cl

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside hallie jackson.sident trump rallied in tennessee last night and accused democrats of trying to sink brett kavanagh's nomination. >> this election is a choice between a republican party that is building our future and a democrat party that is trying to burn our future down. the democrats only know how to obstruct, demolish and destroy, as we've seen in recent weeks. democrats are willing to do anything and to hurt anyone to get their way, like they're doing with judge kavanagh. they've been trying to destroy him since the very first second he was announced, because they know that judge kavanagh will follow the constitution as written. and he's a good man, great student, great intellect, never had a problem. all of a sudden, oh, let's go back to high school. and then they want to take a lot longer with the fbi. no, the fbi they should take -- by the way, if we took ten years, they'd want more time. but they want to take a lot longer. but diane feinstein, she had this -- she had this letter for months a

ayman. >> a 70 or an 80 being the estimate. i want to bring in my panel. ashley parker, white house reporter for "the washington pos post". and evan siegfried, a republican strategist here in new york with us. picking up on that last piece of data there, ashley, are you surprised that mcconnell is going ahead with the vote without knowing that it is going to be a solid 100% success? >> yes and no. leader mcconnell, he's very savvy. he often knows a bit more than he lets on. and so it is a true mix. there is some nervousness about not quite knowing where everyone falls. especially it's worth singling out senator murkowski. she all along has been the biggest wild card, at least from the republican leadership's point of view on this. in part just because she very much keeps her own counsel and has not given many clues as to where she is. i'm hearing that from inside and outside the white house as well. while mcconnell might not know 100% exactly where it falls, that he wouldn't go ahead with this unless he was confident that 70% or 80% peter just mentioned. >

with me now, nbc's ayman mohyeldin following the story. you have spoken to him, been following the story. it is hard to make sense of. >> it is a complex story. you have the investigation into a person that's gone missing and the geopolitics of the region where everything is trying to spin things. evidence is there, but not entirely transparent. the turks say they have evidence, haven't made it public. >> what we have seen is video of him going in and the saudis say he left but the cameras weren't working. >> that's bizarre. i have spoken to somebody in the saudi government familiar with the security protocols and all kinds of security structures. >> that's not heard of. >> they said it is unheard of because of saudi arabia takes security very seriously at the consulates. istanbul is a complex landscape. it is highly unlikely they left that security vulnerability there without fixing the cameras. if they were being fixed, where are work orders, talk to people you reached out as they say, get these fixed. show us evidence to substantiate. o

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside alex witt.begin this morning in the senate where the senate plans to hold a key vote

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside hallie jackson and louis burgdorf. >>> president trump is waking up hereshington this morning after a trip to texas where he continued to push unfounded claims about immigration and more ahead of the midterms. as the lead headline in this

i'm ayman mohyeldin.begin with the death toll from hurricane michael, which continues to rise as search and rescue teams comb through debris looking for survivors. six deaths are being blamed on the storm and officials are warning that number could rise. mexico city beach where the storm made landfall on wednesday has been left totally devastated. look at those images on your screen shot with a drone. wau once a tourist destination, that small beach front town is now littered with debris after 155 miles an hour wind gusts tore up homes and businesses there. >> i have nothing left except the clothes i'm in and my two dogs and that's it. my house right over here is gone. i don't know what to do. >> everything is just so devastated. i've lived here a long time and i've never seen it quite this bad. >> electrical crews are coming in from several states to try and restore power. governor rick scott said the damage left from hurricane michael is still yet to be fully understood. >>> to the latest in the disappe

. >>> that does it for me on this monday morning, i'm ayman mohyeldin. prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of god. >> you have lost too much, but you have not lost everything. and you have certainly not lost america. >> and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

>> shot it all in ayman in jordan. >> jimmy: in jordan. >> double as libya, sri lanka, afghanistan, iraqlaces, amazing. >> jimmy: based on a true story and true man. >> yeah. it's a film to come in and out of it, but it's rows amman pike plays an american lady but was a "sunday times" which bass a big paper in the uk, a war correspondent there for 25 years, and she died in syria in 2012, and it's a movie of -- it's much more than a but it was a very emotional journey for everybody because we used real syrian and iraqi refugees as extras in the film and -- and i think sometimes they wouldn't be prepared for sort of the authenticity that's created on a film set and at times we'd just be rolling and hearing people wailing and crying and that fine line of do we document it and put a camera in their face but also it was tough -- a tough shoot. >> jimmy: what about the man you play, the character you play? >> i played paul conroy who is a -- a photojournalist. he's -- he's become a very good friend of mine. i find it really talking about him. impressed with him all the time and marie had a ter

>> thank you, ayman, for your question. i'm a former prosecutor. i've never seen a law enforcement or background investigation where they don't actually interview their accuser or the person being accused. so this fbi investigation really was a whitewash. i'm on the house judiciary committee. if we flip the house, we will look at the witnesses and interview them. and we will subpoena the relevant documents and see where the evidence takes as you say no mincing words there. the senate democrat and judiciary member chris coons was asked about impeachment. to listen his zblons house democrats are talking about reinvestigating kavanaugh, possibly looking at impeachment. what do you make of those pledging coming from some house democrats? >> i think that's premature. there's only ever been one justice that's been impeached, and talking about it isn't mugabe us forward. >> i know that you are for an investigation and try to subpoena the documents that were behind the communications from the white house, limiting the scope of the fbi background investigat

i'm ayman mohyeldin. let's start with the morning's top stories.ontinue the celebration over the confirmation of his second supreme court nominee with a prime time ceremony. it comes after the president hit the campaign trail over the weekend looking to use the political wind to fire up republicans ahead of next month's midterms. kelly o'donnell has more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. the supreme court fight was longer than most people expected. it went a full three months. it was more bitter and brutal and partisan than many anticipated. it isn't quite over. for both parties it has the potential to drive voters to the polls next month. justice brett kavanagh's sworn oath was not an end point, but instead a political reboot. for energized and sometimes angry democrats. >> i've said to the women who are justifiably angry but determined and i said they should be just focused hikelike laser beam on the elections. >> reporter: and a recharge for republicans. >> i want to thank the other side for the tactics that have allowed us to ene

ayman, you have a lot to talk about. >> i can't imagine what we could be talking about, richard.s? all right. i'm moiayman mohyeldin here. who will fey price in the wake of the bitter battle over justice brett kavanaugh? will the be democrats who may see their blue wave wash away. >>> the impact on the #metoo movement in history. will this further energize protesters or the narrative that men are the real victims of the movement actually take hold? >>> plus, an international mystery, a well known saudi journalist has vanished and one country is accusing the other of having killed him. we're going to delve into that story later this hour. >>> we begin with a nation divided after the confirmation of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. kavanaugh will be on the job this week after the bruising battle that left a president and republicans basking in victory and democrats vowing this fight is far from over. >> -- can do, they've always said is supreme court justice. [ cheers and applause ] and some of had none. >> the mob desended on capitol hill and tried to intimidate our members

i'm ayman mohyeldin.begin with the latest on the nationwide manhunt into the pipe bomb investigation. senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news that investigators are now looking into whether some of the packages passed through the same mail facility in florida, possibly those addressed to president barack obama, hillary clinton, john brennan, eric holder and even maxine waters. officials are now dealing with ten separate packages that are all similar in nature. in fact, the latest was a second package addressed to former vice president joe biden, which was intercepted at a mail facility in delaware. early yesterday morning a similar package was discovered at robert de niro's production company in lower manhattan. all of the devices are being examined by the fbi in quantico, virginia. investigators say at least some of the devices were poorly made and had no possibility of exploding. we're also told that it is unclear if the flaws were intentional to make a convincing hoax or just bad design of const

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i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. in just one week voters will be going to the polls.n the closing days of the campaign president trump's approval rating is now dropping, down four points to 40%. his disapproval rating up to 54%. what was a six-point negative approval rating a week ago is now a 14-point gap. republicans are now pouring last-minute money into reliably red districts to hold off democratic challengers. the trump campaign announced it is spending $6 million to air a closing ad that does not feature a single image or mention of the president. the campaign tour has visits to west virginia, ohio, georgia, tennessee and montana. last night the president inflated the size of those rallies as the white house again tried to rewrite the history of the 2016 election. >> i'm getting 25 and 30,000 people to these rallies. this isn't bragging. there's never been anything like what's happening. i went to illinois. a boeing 747, this massive hanger packed and they had to use a second hanger for the over flow. >> he got elected by an overwhelming majority of 63 million a

. >>> josh, you have some new reporting here with our colleague ayman moll ha dean. this new plan, what is it? >> we don't know exactly what the saudis are going to say. we do know they are discussing some way to move forward beyond saying that khashoggi left the consulate to say, okay, yes, we do have some culpability. he clearly was killed after entering the consulate, but that they want to try to isolate the leadership of saudi arabia, king salman and crown prince mohammad bin salman from this saying they have plausible denyability. they were not involved in ordering this. they did not know about it. some type of offramp that allows saudis to save face, try to deescalate this with turkey but admit that something terrible happened and mr. khashoggi is no longer alive. we know as secretary pompeo was headed to the region to meet with saudi officials that the u.s. was aware that the saudis were preparing for an about-face of sorts on this to say, you know, we're ready to come clean but that u.s. officials still were not exactly sure what the saudis were going to say

i'm ayman mohyeldin. we begin with a lot of news.nationwide investigation is underway after what amounts to assassination attempts against some of the president's most prominent critics, former president barack obama, hillary clinton, eric holder, john brennan at cnn, congresswoman maxine waters and george soros. the devices were sent in envel

i'm ayman mohyeldin. we begin with a lot of news.ht now a nationwide investigation is underway after what amounts to assassination attempts against some of the president's most prominent critics, former president barack obama, hillary clinton, eric holder, john brennan at cnn, congresswoman maxine waters and george soros. the devices were sent in envel hopes with debbie wasserman schultz listed as a bogus return address. a pipe bomb like the one found in the mailbox of george soros was found near the home of bill clinton and hillary clinton. it was scodiscovered by screene. then a routine screening of president obama's mail turnedup another explosive device. the package to eric holder was incorrectly addressed and wound up being sent back to wasserman schultz's address where it was intercepted by the secret service. >> the device addressed to brennan, an nbc analyst, was sent to cnn's time warner building in the heart of new york city. it was discovered in the mail room and the aftermath played out live on air. >> these are no longer

ayman mohyeldin is with us, as well.moments ago, the turkish leaders revealed details during his speech to parliament. what did we learn from him? >> this was a significant speech. one, we now have an official turkish narrative as to what happened and it definitely contradicts what the saudis have been putting forward. the saudis have been trying to make all along that this was never meant to be a murder, that it was a spontaneous fight that led to the death of jamal khashoggi. what we now know, now we have the president of that country going on record and laying out a very detailed timeline, putting together a turkish picture of what happened. that includes two teams of high ranking saudi officials that arrived in country days before. he said that this was preplanned, that it was meticulously planned and that it went to the highest levels of the saudi government, including generals. he wants to see accountability. he said they want to be able to hold these individuals accountable, no matter how high their rank may be. s

ayman mohyeldin picks up the coverage now. >> hello there, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin in for stephanieavanaugh's potential influence on the court and the midterms. does he help or

. >> joining me is ayman mohyeldin and host as well as treata parsi president of the national iranian-americanncil as well as the former state department senior adviser in the obama administration. eamon, you first on this turkish newspaper reported that allegedly mr. khashoggi might have taped or might have taped the, what happened to him on his apple watch. d do we know -- who is this paper? what are their sort of leanings? is this a reliable account and could this be the recording that the turks are talking about and not let's say a bug inside the consulate? >> i think it's important to make the distinction on a few fronts. since the beginning of this story and since the tragic events have begun, the turkish government as a matter of policy is deliberately disseminating information through the media. not providing updates every day, the type we would normally see. press briefings. this is increasing the pressure to let the world know the kind of information they have by using pro--friefriendly media os like this turkish newspaper. ed miya landscape inside the country for the most part is su

i'm ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle. will gavel in with the very first vote on kavanaugh expected in about 90 minutes. all eyes turn to four still undecided votes, as anger and emotion grip the process. >> don't you wave your hand at me! i wave my hand at you! >> you grow up! >> when i grow up! >> hundreds of protesters arrested on capitol hill as judge kavanaugh pens an op-ed apologizing for his tone during the hearing and insisting that he would be a fair and impartial judge, but it's that tone which most concerns a former member of the supreme court. >> his performance during the hearing caused me to change my mind. >> and friends becoming enemies. a new pentagon report concludes that the u.s. is too reliant on foreign countries for defensive parts and equipment. and china is attempting to exploit that vulnerability. this, as the administration paints beijing in increasingly adversarial terms. >> beijing has

daca it ayman al-zarqawi is a socialist in new york.re to see them in politics but watch. >> bryans wins the game in overtime. pete: i was watching that game. overtime touchdown, texas and am ruined number 13 kentucky's perfect stand in, they beat the florida gators with a wild 20-14 upset at home and another one, 19th ranked longhorns winning 48-45 over number 7 oklahoma and the texas longhorns are back. how did this sneak in, 22 florida scoring a top-5 upset, lsu 27-19, a different kind of swamp, gators swamp. pete: rose your headlines. pete: judge cavanagh is already to the high court the democrats not giving up their fight. alan dershowitz is here to weigh in and watch your step, one person gets a surprise on her doormat. ♪ ♪ don't need your policies ♪ we have no apologies ♪ 300 miles an hour, that's where i feel normal. having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. learn more at retire your risk dot org. hey guys. today we're here to talk about trucks. i love trucks. what the heck is that?! whoa! what truck brand comes fro

. >>> that does it for me on this monday morning, i'm ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of god. >> you have lost too much, but you have not lost everything. and you have certainly not lost america. >> and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. ♪ amazing grace >> somebody just said your hair looks different today. i said, well, i was standing under the wing of air force one doing a news conference early this morning, a very unfortunate news conference, and the wind was blowing -- >> american presidents reacting to a space disaster, domestic and international terrorism, a massacre in a church and another at a synagogue. 11 people were murdered on saturday and hours later the commander in chief was cracking jokes about his hair. joe, before we go to the news, we have to ask where are we as a nation right now? what's going on? >> well, what's going on, it's a national reckoning. for two and a half, thr