what did you learn, mika? a lot of criticism. >> i think unfortunately he would say they've been offering solutions for years and at some point after the russians have already gone in, what else is there to do? >> i would think there would be something. >> whatever it is, the president is not going to do it because he hasn't done it for three years. this is an interesting what have we learned? >> what's interesting is bernie sanders has earned as much as hillary clinton. >> and ben carson, did get this wrong, raised more than both of them? >> no. >> i thought he got 31 million. >> wrap it up now. we have to go. >> it's way too early and it's "morning joe." what i learned is i'm not sure what i learned. but stick around because "the rundown" is next. >> good morning to you. i'm jose diaz-balart. hurricane joaquin rapidly gaining strength and the entire east coast watching the storm.

this quote is for you and mika.dead politically, he'll never be president of the united states ever. by definition i don't think you can be a front-runner if you're totally unelectable. i think there's an a-priori logic problem with that. >> did he say that six monthsing a or -- >> last week. this interview that's within the last few days. >> mike is that japanese soldier in 1952 on an isolated island because i can tell you the most powerful, influential, inciteful republicans are now all saying to me privately on the phone, oh, my god, donald trump could not only win this thing, we don't know how to stop him. if i were mike i would be saying the same thing, too, but he is alone and isolated in that opinion. >> in that poll, right? >> i will tell you this. jeb bush has a problem. jeb bush's problem is not donald trump. jeb bush's problem is jeb bush. you need to do articles on why he's mad at the establishment. >> yesterday morning trump tweeted "jeb is fighting to defend a catastrophic event. i'm fighting to make s

>> i'm great, mika, how are you? >> i'm really, really good.t wanted to clear the air. you two are like the democratic ticket should be mccaskill, mika mccaskill. hillary clinton was the topic we were all on together. is it better now with clinton feeling her mojo with her debate performance? are you going better these days? >> i have a very bad habit in my job of saying exactly what i think. >> it's a good habit. that's why everybody loves you. >> mika and i -- i never would have gone there if it weren't for our friendship and even that guy joe scarborough. >> i appreciate your transparency. i think it was a really fascinating conversation. >> it made me sweat. >> you were sweating but from out there in the twittersphere, i got it from all sides. i like it when you call things out and i think there is a little bit of confusion on exactly where some people stand about hillary clinton, who i think can be an amazing candidate when she's allowed to be herself. today what do you think the land mines are for hillary clinton in these hearings? >> i t

this is the first week mika and i have heard from leaders in both parties. he could win the nomination. this is the first week people have set back and said oh my goed. >> this is the reuters pole that came out yesterday. donald trump 31. ben carson 21. everyone else in single digits. >> just put it up there for a second and breathe it in. look at the single digits. thguy i heard the republican establishment swoon over, scott walker, out of the race. >> i happened to run into a couple senior republicans last night who moved beyond to a certain acceptance of the possibility and just of what's going on. for a long time they couldn't believe the numbers and believe what they were seeing. they couldn't look at those numbers. it's up 55, 56, 57% of the party want someone whose never held office. just getting that into their heads and getting their minds around that has been very difficult. i think they're finally getting there and saying gee, this is a real. >> when you're on the trail and talk to the voters, boy, do they hear that forcefully. >> this is some of

. >> mika, good morning. well, president obama expected to make that announcement a little bit later on today. this is, of course, a significant shift in policy for president obama. he had said he was going to draw down will all of the troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 and now as you just said, it was announced last night that he will be leaving a presence there of about 5500 troops. initially it was only going to be agembassy presence. about a thousand troops there really focused on the security capacity. now they're going to be bases in bagram, jalalabad and also canada ha, a significant increase in the u.s. presence there coming against the backdrop of the surge of the taliban in afghanistan as well as kunduz, the first afghanistan gan city to be overrun by the taliban since 2001. i was on a background call with six other reporters last night. if this recent uptick in violence prompted the president to come to this decision, they said no. instead, this is the product of a month's long review. >> p

sk >> it's going to be fascinating, mika. only thing i would urge my colleagues in the media to do is hold your fire and stop assuming. you look at these pole numbers, stop assuming this is some right wing witch hunt and see how to american people feel about it. you look at hillary clinton's numbers over the past few months, her trustworthiness and leadership qualities, a lot of those numbers are going down and there's a reason. i think i for one am going to be fascinated to see how tomorrow turns out. >> i think the same advice, hold your fire could be given to members of your own party this could be in a flash. >> they don't do that. they blow it every time but shooting their mouths up. i stand with tray goudy, republicans shut up. let the investigation go where the investigation goes. >> and you know how difficult it is to run against a female opponent. the must read opinion pages are next here on morning joe. some cash back cards love to overcomplicate things. like limiting where you earn bonus cash back. why put up with

>> well, we've got a fantastic summit, mika.oing to have 450 of them, ceos, senior executives. we've got a great lineup. we've got ginny rometti, cthe co of general motors, mrs. obama will be with us tomorrow night. we're excite bed that. i'll be interviewing kirsten gil brandt, senator from new york, and a whole lot more. loretta lynch is going to be speaking to us. we haven't seen much of her in terms of a one-on-one interview. >> this lineup is amazing. >> it's great. >> you have sheryl sandberg. you've got your most powerful women list. you have mary barra and indra into nooyi the top two. even ivanka trump will be there. she's fantastic. >> i'm very excited to hear from ivanka. she has an incredible business story of her own, and we're really excited to talk to her. so, overall, a great lineup. the energy in this event space, as you know, you have been here, it is unmatchable and the women are just incredibly impressive. and there's more and more of them every year, as we know. i keep saying, one day we're going to have to

mika made a valid point. democrats seem to be drifting.questioning the whole purpose of the committee. they've recovered amazing stuff. i think we can conceivably say it's been political. it's changed everything. >> it has. he has for the foreseeable future saved hillary's campaign. >> for sure. there's still the fbi cases and where a federal judge could put her in a vulnerable position. in the political round, huge turn around for her. you can feel it and see it in her step. >> see an error. this is hitting the ball right into the net when you have a chance to win the set. >> well, also, it's been said a thousand times it's telling the truth. >> no, it's not. >> the benghazi thing? >> no, it's not. >> why? >> because the fbi isn't investigating because of rush limbaugh. they're investigating this because of disturbing things. >> the ig of the -- >> all i can say is that the benghazi committee was set up to deal with something like this. to get into e-mails or otherwise embarrass her or make her vulnerable. >> we forget. before the new yor

. >> it's fascinating mika, on the saturday night clip we seen going in, they made fun of hillary changing positions and what a perfect contrast of bernie sanders whose been saying the same thing since 1962 and there's a reason why the crowds are out there. it's the same problem with republicans on the republican side why a lot of these main stream candidates are getting thrown out of the way. this is the year of the bern. >> what you have is donald trump whose using his celebrity to draw crowds to his message or sense of knowing what the ace of america is and tapping into it. this guy is a vermont senator in his 70s. >> he's also on the other side been saying the same thing. donald trump since 1987. i look at interviews on the today show. america's getting beaten up. whether it's leaders aren't battling for us like they should. whether it's the message drawing people to trump. at least the big message and to bernie sanders. neither of them sound like a conventional politician. >> you can talk about various scenari scenarios. whatever scenarios you want. if hillary clinton loses to bernie

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town hall with ohio governor john kasich. >> you know, mika, steve rattner is here. >> thank god. >>d. ohio depends a lot on auto jobs. auto jobs have come back very strong. how much credit to you give president obama for that? >> well, i mean, they did a bailout and that's fine and they're there. i'm glad they're there. am i running around pinning a medal on the president? i haven't done that. but i'll tell you what else i haven't done. i ran for reelection and didn't spend my team beating him over the head. >> you were there -- why don't i give you some credit, too. >> no, not but. >> i want john to say that one thing president obama did was good. >> look, i'm not app obama hater here. i don't agree with him. okay, so he did well on that but you know what he didn't do well on? growing this economy, steve. he's a government interventionist, a big government guy. what about balancing the budget? what about cutting taxes? om going to tell you a story. i called one of the high level economic officials in the obama administration and said why don't you bring all those profits home from

>> good morning, mika.olicy of abandoning the one-child policy and what are the ramifications, and also in t the short the term, who is going to pay off in the short term on wall street, and will it help to keep the growth engine alive. talk about the economics. because china has an aging population problem as a result of the policy in place for decades of one child. in fact, over the next several decades more than one-third of china's population is said to be over the age of 60 by 2050, and that it is a huge strain on the government's budgets, and benefits programs, and takes a lot of opeople out of the labor force. the share of the working population in china started declining in 2012 and they have declined at a much faster rate than the rest of the world and other emerging markets such as india who is set to see the share of the working population on the rise. e economists say it is not a quick fix, but it is going to take some time for the new policy to take the effect. but they are expected to surpass

. >> i think mika is saying jeb bush shouldn't get drawn into a lengthy discussion of what went right and what went wrong. >> that's not what she's saying. she's saying they have to have answe answers. >> he's running out of time to be a strong credible alternative to trump by establishing what he's for. >> and is he his own man or did his brother keep us safe and is that the only words he's going to use? >> no one else is stepping up either. who can stop trump? jeb still has more assets than the other candidates to stop trump. >> he does but he's got to have real fact based, researched base opinions on what went wrong and saying that he kept us safe is terrific. >> no he doesn't, mika. you're wrong. my job, if i run for office one day is not to defend my brother or my sister. my job is to talk about my vision for my country. >> i'm not saying he should defend his brother. here's what didn't go right. here's why we've lost thousands of lives. >> at this point you should punch it out and get on and talk about elections are about the future. i want to talk about the future and how i'm g

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. >> mika, is that sexist what bernie sanders said? >> no. that was -- don't make me say it. >> that's pathetic. absolutely pathetic. >> that's pathetic. i know she's the front-runner. i'm sure she will win. >> she will win but that's pathetic. but that's the sort of straight out of veep. >> it wasn't funny. >> and, you know -- >> when veep does it it's hysterical. that was pathetic. i know sexism. hillary clinton knows sexism. she should know better than let her staff do that. she needs to get out there and talk. everyone stop writing lines for her. they are bad. really bad. and when we talk about sexism, we talk about women and equal pay and all these things that are important let's not denigrate it with that sue paidity because we embarrass ourselves. i'm cringing. you should announce me. that was pathetic. that was pathetic. >> that's sad and pathetic and exactly why people like donald trump are doing well because it's political correctness, just total b.s. and why would hillary clinton's campaign feel like they needed to play the sexism

man, mika is excited. and she's completely dead inside from using thinking joe scarborough is interesting. that's ssmght it's impressive is all i'm saying. but this is will koo, paul ryan is standing up for work-life balance. it's a nice thing. sheryl sandberg, the author of lean in which gave a lot on this issue, gave him a shout out and lean in award of the day on her facebook page yesterday. so i mean, that's good stuff. okay, everybody, on to our next story. no, this is-- there is an asteroid the size of the empire state building hurtling towards the earth which makes sense. we do have a black president so this has been predicted, right? (laughter) okay. >> excuse me. >> larry: you know what i am saying, right. >> larry, sorry to interrupt. >> larry: hey t is dre, our director, our director dre, everybody. (applause) i'm going to do the met yor story. what's going on, dre? >> you skipped the takedown of paul ryan. you forgot to point out that he is a total hypocrite. >> larry: what? oh, oh, my bad. i m

>> mika's done that before.ery, very, very well. >> i'll come over with my coffee. >> don't look that one up. >> all right. >> all right, green on the map is where it's raining. >> it's raining. >> this is the south. >> i know -- >> a lot of rain all through the south this morning. so that's heading north by the way. you'll need your umbrella along with a lot of other people. as we go throughout the next two days rain moves in to the great lakes. and the leaves are at their peak, too. you get the slippery roads with the leaves. also dealing with a lot of wind which means the beautiful leaves are coming down. today's a good day to get out there and enjoy it while you can. then the heavy rain comes into new england, too. this map shows us how much rain is going to far. red is up to two inches. paducah up to cincinnati. this is a good grass growing time. lawns are loving it. in new england we've had a drought. i don't know if you've known about that. the last couple of months. so we're going to get one to two inche

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. >>> coming up this morning jeb bush will be with joe and mika as a special guest on that show on "morning joe." you don't want to miss that. >>> a new poll from "usa today" and suffolk university shows donald trump on top with 23%. ben carson and carly fiorina are tied for second place with 13% each. this morning we are also learning more on how much money some of the presidential candidates raised in the past three months. now we don't know all the figures for everyone just yet. but we do know hillary clinton has raised $28 million. her democratic rival bernie sanders is right behind her with $24 million. and republican ben carson has racked up just over $20 million. >>> this morning, a potentially revealing comment by a prominent republican has some democrats shouting partisan politics over the benghazi investigation. that as the public sorts through a fresh batch of former secretary of state hillary clinton's e-mails. nbc's andrea mitchell reports. >> it's like an obstacle course. >> reporter: hillary clinton dodging more obstacles but admits all the bad publicity over e-mails an unlik

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howard dean, a progressive, charles, mika and me talking about this for three hours.> this is one of the most difficult conversations this nation has to face. you talk about the issue of mental health as well. you look at this guy's background. he may have been odd and reclusive but then again he wasn't dangerous to society, he wasn't killing animals, he wasn't somebody who was a threat to society, he was just a bit different and klee reclureclusi. could something have been done? i don't know. >> we were covering a story and you reminded me 11 people shot and killed with a handgun in philadelphia. but they weren't going to college, they were in the inner city and no one pays attention. >> i do think it's a little unseemly when wild class people was killed. just on the conversation, you say we need a national conversation. there are think three things brought up that need correcting. first you mentioned connecticut's laws. yes, there was a 40% we redux in crime -- >> they controlled for numerous other states and -- >> brendan, they created what they called a synthetic

mika, you got a cupcake. >> i do. it's for barnicle.n light the candle for you. >> what you like to give him the cupcake or just hold it in front of the camera? >> here you go. why don't you take a bite. >> i thought you were going to -- >> i was going to do it. >> what did you learn today? >> beyond the fact that it's barnicle's birthday, the woman that asked that question of donald trump is a volunteer on jeb bush's campaign. >> i learned in new hampshire that voters are really fired up about problem solving, the no labels message. a young kid was there was talking about how he he couldn't go to college and had to become a real estate agent. there are some real problems floating up in new hampshire. >> mike? >> new hampshire voters are extremely sophisticated and knowledgeable. donald trump, no matter what you think about him, he's the one candidate that has no fear and will answer any question. >> mark mckinnon said he never saw anything yesterday in new hampshire like what he saw yesterday when donald trump took the stage. >> and st

>> mika, good morning.hat populist immigration red rick that's really in many ways lit up the base of the republican party and the way he's talking about it has a lot of republicans here concerned about whether it means that they're already seating swing states like colorado. >> i kind of know how a republican can win and lose the primary to win the general. >> long term goal is win swing states like colorado. >> thank you colorado. in 2012 myth romney beat back more conservative challenges. romney lost colorado by five points and the election in an electoral college land slide. >> hello, colorado. >> there's some evidence colorado hasn't turned completely blue. in the 2014 senate race democrats bet they were out to get them. republicans had a candidate who didn't sound as scary as democrats made them seem and corey beat senator mark. >> talking to voters in every community. whether it's a black candidate or hispanic advisories. >> that's where presidential candidate like bush who speaks spanish has a mexic

msnbc anchor mika brzezinski said clinton's attack on sanders sounded like weak scripted lines from the comedy series veep. >> i know sexism. hillary clinton knows better, she should know better than to let her staff make her do that. that was pathetic. >> sanders pounced on clinton by saying that the only reason she and her husband supported the marriage act. >> it wasn't true. >> sanders got trouble from a powerful democrat, nancy pelosi. >> bernie sanders was my colleague in the house, we voted along, against doma. against all of those things that people were subjecting to scrutiny now. he is fabulous and he is is a very important tonic for the country. >> pelosi casually added sander. she may be a warning shot or with a new monmouth university poll showing clinton has a 41-point lead in iowa, maybe a sign of democratic leaders trying to build up a nomination fight when we're actually edging toward a clinton coronation. brett? >> ed, thank you. >>> still ahead, are police officers backing off because they don't want to be stars on youtube? first, how much does president obama really

and here was msnbc's mika bre z z zinski taking her point. >> she should no better than to let her staff when we talk about sexism, we talk about women and equal pay and all these things that are important, let's not denigrate it with that stupidity. >> joy behar and some of the ladies at "the view" have a different take on the situation. >> you can't always play the gender card, and that was one of the criticisms during the debate. >> she's the first woman we've ever had in this position. play it. play it! >> no, no, no. >> yes. >> why? >> because -- in this position and we should love it. >> did anybody get mad when obama played the black card? >> here's the thing about that, he never plays it and he still gets accused of it. she might as we play the game she gonna get the name. >> joining us, amanda marquette has written about the shouting debate today. welcome to you both. amanda, you asked readers to put themselves in the shoes of women who were irritated by this exchange. she writes, when a man is condescending to you, it's hard to tell if that's how he is to everyone or it's just

. >> reporter: mika was just one neighbor who felt helpless as she watched a man being viciously attacked. >> throw water at them, one guy got in his car, rode up on the curb. they wouldn't stop. >> reporter: a neighbor who lived blocks away heard the screams. >> all of a sudden this guy came from down the street like superman. >> reporter: his name is art brooks. >> two pit bulls attacking a gentleman who was laying down and pulling at his feet. >> reporter: without thinking, brooks sprang into action. >> as i ran to them, they ran and i chased them into the yard. >> reporter: neighbors who watched brooks call him a hero for what he did to try and save the victim's life. >> the man would probably have been eaten alive. totally. >> reporter: but brooks doesn't see it that way. he says he was only trying to do the right thing. >> if it's god's will for me to die helping somebody, that's what's going to happen. >> reporter: the condition of the victim is unknown, but animal control officials tell us that the dogs will be put to sleep. it's an ongoing investigation, but at this point, they s

at the pharmacy counter. >>> i'm mika brzezinski, i invite you to join us with know your power.r to me that this prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution. so this morning i informed my colleagues that i would resign from the speakership and resign from congress at the end of october. i think that kevin mccarthy would make an excellent lead be. >> i'll taken on everybody, if we are going to unite and stay strong, we need a new mess help doing that. >> whus j when i thought i was out, they put me back in. it's friday, 10th 9th. with us this morning, managele editor, mark halpern. neck who wants to sand. >> jonathan is president of the counsel and foreign relations. thinks are haas. these are tee ls, donnie. associate editor of the "new york post," now that's a title. also reporter for "the washington post," elise win beck. give me a split screen of who layering was came offer. we ran knew doubt in tough, livingston he starts to difficult his first speech. hey around we thought at the time denny as tert we had an agenda. "the washington post" tax ab

mika get out of the way.d characters. you have these disney characters who are, offer to pose for money. they ask you for tips. and to be fair the majority of them are quite polite and this is the kind of thing you run into in any touristy destination. but there have been some problems with evil cookie monster and bad elmo. this has attracted attention. >> this does not work. >> these are totally unsanctioned characters. >> disney and "sesame street" -- >> why do they allow this? it used to be 11-year-olds would download an insync song and be thrown in jail. >> disney to send out cease and desist letters can't stop you from standing in the middle of times square and asking for money. panhandle is covered as free speech. as for topless women it's lelito be topless in new york city and not illegal to ask for money. this has been a great frustration in the way for the city they don't have any kind of legal mechanism to address what's going on and meanwhile it's been generating a lot of negative publicity. >> goi

mika actually called me after that and said watch. nobody else is going to attack donald trump tonight and sure enough, they all stayed away from him. kasich tried it and it didn't turn out well at all. >> nobody holds trump to a standard but he. >> actually they weren't holding marco either. >> i'm saying voters, he will pay no price from his voters. >> neither with marco rubio. >> i'm saying part of what makes this cycle so bizarre is the voters don't trust any other of the people doing the checking. trump was prepared with an attack. trump seemed to have done more thinking about how he'll respond. trump has evolved as a candidate. >> he was very disciplined. >> let me go to steve. let's go fact checking on the biggest lies. tell me what you thought of trump's attack. >> just on that point i thought trump was great. he was really prepared to say he punched and it worked. he punched below the belt. john kasich was not a managing partner of lemon brothers. he was sitting in columbus, ohio with one assistant trying to drum up business.

>> well, mika, the kids say it's morning joe. >> yes, but now it's time for "msnbc live," which is up next. have a good day! >>> and good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour in 2016 and the race for 2016. the candidates are making final preparations for tomorrow's first democratic presidential debate. the contenders will all take the stage tomorrow night in las vegas, the first of six planned debates. but not on that stage, vice president joe biden, who's spending the weekend at home with his family, reportedly deciding whether he should get into the race. nbc's peter alexander is in las vegas for us this morning. and nbc's kristen welker is outside the vice president's home in greenville, delaware. peter, let's begin with you. good morning. >> reporter: hey, jose. good morning to you. welcome to las vegas. the democratic candidates, all of them, of course, but joe biden -- he is not presently a candidate -- converging on las vegas over the next 24 hours. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, they'll be putting their chips on the table. joe biden may be taking a gamble by not

. >>> but first, bernie sanders sitting down with joe scar borough and mika berzinsky. >> how can hillarylinton be quiet? that always drove me crazy about people in my party as well as democrats. how can you be quiet on an issue this important? you and i disagree on key stuff, but i've got my view on keystone, you've got your view on keystone, let's put it out there and debate it and america is better for it. how can hillary clinton take so long on the issue as important to democrats as keystone and now tpp? >> well, i agree with you, joe. i mean, you'll have to ask the secretary why. but this is, you know, you're right. this is not a complicated issue. you can be for it, you can be against it. but i think serious people have got to have an opinion on the issue. >> you're going to want to see this full interview live on "morning joe." that will be aired in full tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda®... ...no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience... ...the joy of sugar... ...without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda® at safelite, we

. >> mika, what do you think?nd bite of jeb bush and it just -- >> i hate to say this, it was an entitled remark. either understand the greatness of me or i'm taking the ball and going home. >> just think about the temperament. martin o'malley was just in here. he's getting creamed right here. >> he's in the fight. >> he's happy, he's energetic, he's optimistic about his percentages even though he's at 3% of the polls and he's full of optimism and energy. >> and guess what, guys like that sometimes -- >> break through. you've got jeb who said he's not going o run unless he can do so joyfully and somebody else who worked with him said that rules him out after 9 a.m. in the morning. >> there specific. >> there's been a denial about trump, people didn't teak him seriously, et cetera, et cetera. everything that's happened to jeb bush over the course of these months is he was blindsided by the arrival of trump, by the strength of trump, the endurance of trump. jeb announced just a couple of days before trump announced.