i'm frances rivera alongside louis burgdorf. last night trump complained that the murder of 11 people inside a synagogue and 14 pipe bombed mailed last week have hurt republicans' electoral chances. the president's remark came in the final five minutes of his missouri campaign rally. trump briefly appeared to catch the gravity of his word in the middle of saying them, but nonetheless doubled down. >> i will tell you we have gotten tremendous numbers. tremendous numbers of republicans are going out to vote. now we did have two maniacs stop momentum that was incredible, because for seven days nobody talked about the election. we have to take care of our people and we don't care about momentum when it comes to a disgrace like just happened to our country. but it did nevertheless stop a certain momentum. >> democratic senator brian shots said the next president should be a fundamentally decent person. >> the president says birthright citizenship will be exploited by enemies of the united states. >> the democrats want to continue to

i'm frances rivera. it is the final sprint to the midterms with just five days left until the polls open. president trump is on a whirlwind tour to try and get out the republican vote. he is stumping in missouri today after doubling down on his controversial immigration proposals in florida. he once again called for an end to birthright citizenship despite pushback from within his own party. >> the democrats want to continue giving automatic birthright citizenship to every child born to an illegal alien even if they've been on our soil for only a matter of seconds. hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant children are made automatic citizens every year because of this crazy policy. >> the president's comments, another sign that immigration is a keystone to his midterm strategy. nbc's tracie potts joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning. that strategy clearly seems to be driving out republican voters with this issue of immigration, not only with what he just heard on the campaign trail -- and we c

i'm frances rivera. >> good to have you back. i'm philip mena. >>> as 50 million americans tried to head home this weekend, a winter storm snarled travel, wreaking havoc from the great plains to the great lakes. more than 1,000 flights were canceled between chicago o'hare and kansas city yesterday. major airlines like american, delta, united, and spirit are waving their change fees for people willing to travel later this week. but the storm isn't just causing headaches at the airport. the roads have been especially treacherous for drivers. >> it is very bad conditions. in my 19 years as a trooper, this might be the top five i've ever seen across kansas and this area. >> one of the hardest hit, kansas. the governor issued a state of disaster emergency, urging people to stay home. the whiteout conditions forced several roads to close down for hours. some drivers in colorado found themselves caught up in a massive 20-vehicle pileup. this was in frisco near denver. that line of cars, suvs, and at least one semi truck were involved. l

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera and louis burgdorf.lection day is tomorrow and the final round of national polling shows democrats with a steady lead but one that could mean a smaller wave than they had hoped for. the poll has democrats ahead by seven points on the ballot, 53-47%. the "washington post"/abc news poll shows democrats 52% to 44%. democrats are performing best among african-americans, latinos, young voters and independents. republicans, on the other hand, they do best among white men and white women without college degrees. voters between the ages of 50-64 and men. and there is record level enthusiasm with 85% of likely democratic voters expressing a high level of interest in the midterms and 82% for republicans. according to data, nearly 35 million americans have voted early or through absentee ballots. president trump tried to lower expectations for his party's performance. >> i think we're going to do well with the house. i my primary focus, of course, has been on the senate because there are so many people on the house

check on this morning's other top headlines outside of the world of money and business nbc's frances rivera in new york with those frances? >> reporter: hi, brian as 50 million americans continue to head home, a winter storm wreaked havoc from the great plains to the great lakes. more than 1,000 flights were canceled between chicago o'hare and kansas city. it was wicked on the roads massive 20-car pile up near denver as drivers try to navigate the snow in the streets. luckily no one was injured. >>> nikki haley said the united nations will hold a meeting this morning. the ukrainian military says russian forces fired on three of its ships injuring six soldiers. they've seized three ukrainian ships they claim trespassed into russian waters illegally both the european union and nato have urged restrain and are calling for russia to de-escalate the station. >>> nasa is counting down to mars the billion dollar insight mars lander is set to touch down on the martian atmosphere after a six-month journey through space. insight is designed to study the surface of the red planet. brian, send it back

i'm frances rivera alongside louis burgdorf. we begin with more racing called.emocrats extended their gain in the house adding 37 seats to their caucus with three still undecided. that number goes along with significant gains in state governments all over the country. democrats won the national popular vote in the house by at least 7.7% according to the cook political report. they estimate that number could go as high as nine points. but in an interview with fox news, president trump insisted that the election was a far greater victory for republicans. >> i won the senate and that's historic too. because if you look at president's in the white house, it's almost never happened where you won a seat. we now have 53 as opposed to 51. that's a tremendous victory. nobody talks about that. that's a far greater victory than it is for the other side. i wasn't on the ballot. >> you kept saying -- >> i said look at me -- >> you said pretend i'm on the ballot. >> i have people that won't vote unless i'm on the ballot, okay. and i wasn't on the ballot. >> as for the preside

. >> i'm frances rivera. developing overnight, heavy california as of already scarred by wildfires. a water rescue team saved a man clinging to a tree in aising l.a. river in southern california. that's where offials warn of ash flooding and power outages. the butte county sheriff's ofce issued evacuation areas for some areas of paradise california. that's the northern town recently devastated by the camp fire. the heavy rainfall increases the risk of mudslides like these on en here which shutdown highwayna 38 in the sanrdino mountains. according to local reports, the occupants of the vehicles were not injured. >> let's get over to nbc meteorologist bill karins tracking the storms for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. coast to coast, hitting california hard yesterday, todao g into the southern plains, we have life-threatening weather that's going to head to us in arkansas, louisiana and also through hemississippi, through overnight hours, even into saturday this stormuss going to problems with life-threatening weather on the gulf coast. it's ato multifaceted because we

with you.ing i'm frances rivera. president trum is cleaning house in his cabinet. before the election day dust couldven settle attorney general jef session resigned at the request of the president. the move not a major surpriser anyone who follows president trump on twitter. since taking office the commander of chief has insulted his chief8 lawyer times. the attorney general was an early supporter of mr. trump, but their relationstep soured sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. nbc's pete williams has a lk at wha comes next. reporter: it's the end of a slow motion fall for jeff sessions, leaving office, the man who was the first u.s. senator to endoram and cpaign for donald trump. >> this is aai camp. this is a movement. g>> reporter: as attorneyeneral sessions was a loyal trump soldier. >> ande wholeheartedly join in the priorities of president trump. >> reporter: but in a letter addressed to the president sessns says, "at your request, i am submitting my resignation." sessions' ouster wasab inev. he was the target of blistering criticism from pr

i'm frances rivera from and i'm phillip mena. you're waking up to a new day in america as speaker-elect nancy pelosiut it last night after a major shift in power. the nation waking up more divided than ever this morning as seen here on front pages all across the country. a record-breaking number of americans cast their ballots in one of the most consequential midterm elections in history. >> a wave of democrats is now making their way to congress, seizing control of the house of representatives and bringing an unprecedented number of women to power to serve as a check on the president. >> this resistance began with women, and it is being led by women tonight. they refused to let anyone shut them up or stand in their way, and that is how real change begins. >> and it wasn't just women who went left. african-americans, hispanics, and asian-americans also went for the democrats, joining those consequential female voters. >> while that coalition may have been enough to propel democrats to power in the house, it was an entirely differ

. >> i'm frances rivera. new signs that one of the driving forces behind the white house shake up is the fst lady. in an unprecedented move, melania trump is calling for the firing of one of her husband's top advisors. senior national security council official mira ricardel. she slammed they dep to john bolton in a statement. her spokeswoman saying, in part, she no longer deserves to serve in the white house. nbc's kristen welker has more on the first lady's feuds. >> reporter: thead first flexing her muscles. melania trump taking the unprecedted step of publicly calling for the firing of one of her husband's top advisors, mira ricardel amid other clashes with the chief of staff, john kelly, so significant it could lead to kelly's departure. seven people familiar with the situation tell nbc news kelly has tangled with the first ve lady's team o everything from staffing issues to travel requests. one white house official telling nbc there have been instances where the east wing staff were not treated as equals

frances rivera has more on that. >> one person is dead and two more were injured after a stabbing spreene. witnesses say a knife-wielding suspect got out of a burning truck and attacked three people. the man then tried to attack an officer who was forced to shoot him. the suspect died of his injuries the man was a person of interest to australian intelligence agencies. >>> mass devastation in northern california as a fast-moving wildfire scorches 20,000 acres and continues barrelling down at a rate of 80 football fields per minute all night residents have been driving through an inferno trying to escape tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate two fire fighters have been injured. even kim kardashian and her family had to leave. >>> and ruth badbader ginsberg e hospital recovering from three fractured ribs i don't know if you've seen on twitter, people are volunteering to give up their own ribs to save her saying she needs to be wrapped in bubble wrap, anything to keep her healthy. >> the notorious rbg as she is called thank you very much. >>> we're just a little over halfway throu

let's get the latest on those california wildfires from frances rivera in new york >> good morning toou president trump is flying to california tomorrow to meet with first responders and victims as those wildfires continue to ravage the state in northern california the camp fire is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in california's history with the death toll at 63 the number of people missing has doubled to 631 authorities estimate that over 50,000 people have been driven from their homes and into shelters. >>> the u.s. justice department revealed the existence of charges against julian assange a spokesman for the u.s. attorney's office said the disclosure was made in error after a court filing was unsealed in an unrelated case. >>> and the justice department is preparing to prosecute and is optimistic about getting assange in a courtroom >>> for the first time in months, elon musk's spacex successfully launched a satellite in or bit. the falcon 9 rocket lifted off from kennedy space center. this is the 18th successful mission in 2018. those are your headlines for this frida

the quite brilliant frances rivera picks up our coverage. >> always great to have you with us.m in for richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york.

thank you very much for that let's check in on the other headlines outside of the business world frances riverark for us. good morning >> good morning to you just five days until the midterm elections, president trump is firing up his base on immigration during a rally in florida. he once again called for an end to birth rigright citizenship. he is now threatening to triple the number of troops he's sending to the border, up to 15,000 >>> a crucial discovery off of indonesia. navy divers recovered the black box from that lion air flight that crashed into the sea killing all 189 people on board. >>> a skateboarder turns the mean streets of new jersey into a new world. he dressed up as aladdin with his board decked out like a magic car testimony. he then glided down the road with it. one thing he is missing is a print princess jasmine >> he has some pace on that skateboard thank you. >>> let's see how november is starting in the markets. futures are pointing higher to the tune of 70 points, 80 points nasdaq up 16 positive day yesterday we were up 1% for the s&p. the nasdaq up 2% that meant two da

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera and louis burgdorf. president trump is now publicly discussing a possible pardon for his former campaign chairman. president trump left open the possibility of a pardon, telling the new york post, quote, it was never discussed but i wouldn't take it off the table. why would i take it off the table? in that interview the president criticized robert mueller's probe claiming they were all asked to lie. if you told the truth, you go to jail, trump said. you know, this flipping stuff is terrible. i have three people, manafort, corsi -- i don't know corsi but he refuses to say what they demanded. it's actually very brave. i'm telling you this is mccarthy-ism. >>> mueller claims manafort violated his plea agreement by repeatedly lying to investigators. those lies may include comments about his personal business dealings and contacts with a former associate in ukraine. manafort allegedly made inaccurate statements about his communications with a man who worked for manafort's lobbying firm in ukraine. both he and

>>> good to be with you, i'm frances rivera, at nbc world headquarters in new york. recount, a statewide recount machine is ordered in florida as the vote totals for the governor and u.s. senate races narrows. >>> plus deja vu, why some are already saying the new acting attorney general should also recuse himself from the mueller probe. >> and deadly wildfires raging through california affecting one community days after it was rocked by a mass shooting. just hours ago, florida's secretary of state announced a statewide machine recount of votes cast in the midterm elections. this will only affect a handful of races including governor, u.s. senate and commissioner of agriculture. the results are due no later than 3:00 p.m. on november 15th. >>> while in france, president trump responded to the news on twitter, quote, trying to steal two big i elections in florida. we are watching closely. the latest numbers have democrat andrew gillum within.41% of his republican opponent, ron desantis, and the senate race shows bill nelson within .15%. gillum had this to say. >> what

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. polling places across nine states open in one hour.he stakes, control of state houses, congress. and here are the numbers. in the senate, democrats need a gain of two seats to win control. in that claimer they received some very good news in a quinnipiac poll of new jersey where bob menendez gained momentum to open up a 15-point lead against the republican. democrats need to gain 23 seats to take control. the cook report says 75 kp15 se held by republican are toss-ups. >>> republican governors in ear iowa democratic candidate fred hubble is at 46% two points ahead of republican governor kim reynolds at 44%. over to oklahoma sooners poll which has the republican just three points ahead of democrat drew edmundson. >> we could know by it went if all the talk of a democratic wave is real or as the "new york times" points out, the other option, a district by district battle for control of the house that could go into the early morning hours or even take weeks to be resolved. meanwhile, president trump hit three states in his final days of c

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera.ction updates are still coming in as a democratic candidate makes history and vice president mike pence joins the president in denying defeat. four-term congressman jeff denim conceded to democrat josh harter. and tom mcarthur, one of the architects of the 2017 republican health care bill conceded his race against democrat andy kim. a former aide to president obama, kim will be the first korean-american to serve in congress in 20 years and the first ever to represent his state. the updated count in california's 39th district shows the lead of young kim has shrunk to just 122 votes over the democrat. and democrat katie porter is now 4,000 votes ahead of republican incumbe incumbent mimi walters. mike pence said he thought the democrats failed to make sizable gains. >> we made history by expanding our majority in the senate. we won some great elections in governo governors' offices around the country. i think it's because the american people see the results. >> but the results actually t

the quite brilliant frances rivera picks up our coverage. >> always great to have you with us. hello, everyone. i'm in for richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york. we begin in florida where in a matter of moments we are expecting to hear from government democratic candidate for governor adam gillum. he's expected to address the statewide rekou widwide recounty the secretary of state. the results of the recount due no later than 3 p.m. on november 15th. the latest numbers have gillum within .14% of ron desantis. good afternoon. >> reporter: we are about to hear from andrew gillum. we're officially in recount mode. we hit the first of the thresholds we've been talking about all week, that .5% margin in three statewide races here. the place we are right now we're going to be talking about the governor's race, which is at about that .4%. that's an automatic machinery count. in the senate race it's much closer, about 15,000 votes separating bill nelson and rick scott. we're waiting if that's going to a hand recount, which we expect it will on thursday after the machine does it

let's get you up to speed on this morning's top headlines frances rivera has the latest details.ood morning >> good morning to you the heartbreak continues in northern california. the death toll in the camp fire is now 48. it's the deadliest fire in california history with dozens still missing. firefighters are still struggling to control the camp fire which has grown to 130,000 acres and 35% contained. full containment may not happen until the end of the month. >>> outside of los angeles, the woolsey fire burned 97,000 acres but crews have made progress full containment is expected by sunday >>> now california's tech giants are stepping in. airbnb is helping relief workers and victims get temporary housing. google and facebook are each donating between $250,000 to $500,000 for relief efforts. >>> we're one day away from the deadline to finish recounting the votes in the florida governor and senate race right now nbc news still has that florida senate race as too close to call. >>> having trouble finding love? you could be living in the wrong place. wallethub ranked the top citie

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. polling places across

i'm frances rivera alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i would love to get the military out as soon as we can. a lot of money and a lot of money for us. we don't get paid fully for that military which i'll be talking to south korea about. >> we've already dispatched for the border the united states military. and they will do the job. they are setting up right now and they're preparing. >> the cost can of preventing war on the korean peninsula, too much. the cost of an election eve troop build up, that's nothing more than, well, the political farce against migrants. apparently priceless. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, november 2nd. with us, we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle. the man who wrestled the legendary title away from barnacle, donnie deutsch. the man has had a busy life. former aide to the white house alesse jordan, former editor of "the washington post" eugene robinson. and mika has the morning off and, willie, that is a good thing because there are some things yo