it is monday, september 24th and with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associate editor of commentary magazine and msnbc contributor noah roth man, former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc kasie hunt is with us as the supreme court story unfolds this week it's important to keep tabs on a number of other big developments we will speak with "the new york times" reporter who broke the news that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein talked about wearing a wire to record donald trump michael schmidt has the details right ahead. plus leaders gather in new york city with president trump taking part in several events throughout the day we will bring you the first live right here on "morning joe." mean while, the president's personal lawyer, not secretary of state, rudy giuliani says iran's government will be overthrown nikki haley reminds everyone that is not u.s. policy. and with six weeks left, joe, it's a 12 point spread, democrats lead republicans by double digits with near

along with willie, joe, and me, we have mike barnicle.mentioned, we'll be speaking with pulitzer prize winning associate editor of "the washington post," bob woodward. you may have heard he has a new book out. we'll be getting to all of that. first, we want to update you on hurricane florence which is inching closer to the united states as mourn than 1 million americans rush to evacuate along the southeastern coastline. fema is warning that hurricane florence could be the strongest storm to target the carolinas and virginia region in decades. more than 1.5 million people are under mandatory evacuation orders, meaning, get out. outside of charleston, south carolina, state highway patrol reversed lanes along a busy interstate to help residents move inland as fast as possible. at the ft. bragg military base, more than 80 military helicopters were moved inland. and fema started setting up for relief operations. tractor-trailers began arriving on monday. >> so let's go right now, mika, to bill karins with the storm's tracking and timing and, b

with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle.ast, sam stein, author zaneb salby. also rick tyler and columnist and associate editor for the "washington post" david ignatius. a lot to get to. especially the brett kavanaugh hearings and potentially a vote on friday. but what do you think about this clip? they were opening laughing at donald trump at his tweets, his lies, his reality show policies. aren't they? the world is laughing at the president of the united states. david ignatius, i'll start with you. the consequences are no laughing matter, are they? >> consequences are serious. the united states has been used to unquestioned leader sfwhip the world. the u.n. general assembly meeting every september was a symbol of that. what i thought we saw in watching president trump's speech was reality tv for real the reality is this president came before the body and makes the statement he made routinely, i've been more successful than almost any administration. and from that world body he had -- he received spontaneous laughter at that

we will win the wild card, i think. >> and that was mike barnicle's hot take. >> he just dropped hiss hot sauce. >> we need to do that. willie, we were talking before about polls and we've been doing it all week. so if you go down the checklist of polls we've done this week -- >> taking my mic back, sorry. >> pretty good -- doing better than expected in indiana, better than expected in west virginia, better than expected by the polls we were looking at this week in tennessee. now let's put up wisconsin. tammy baldwin, this is a state that has been, boy, a battle ground for the past six years. tammy baldwin easily in front. now let's go to texas where we see that hope and change may have to be put on lay away for a while if these numbers continue. ted cruz up by 9 percentage point and the thought that beto o'rourke might pull off a historic upset at least in this q poll, looking like an uphill fight. willie, it's always really been an uphill fight. >> yeah. >> i mean, you see polls that show one, two, three-point lead. just, again, i don't think texas is ready to be painted purple qui

it is monday, september 24th and with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associate editor of former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc kasie hunt is with us as the supreme court story unfolds this week it's important to keep tabs on a number of other big developments we will speak with "the new york times" reporter who broke the news that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein talked abou

mike barnicle is with us and he has a question. >> well, these past few minutes of this discussion have been, again, stunning to me, we're talking about the presidency. we're talking about a sitting president who has been described as a moral, petty, ineffective and john brennan would seem now that we're at a point where public servants, you were at the cia for years and nsa for years conscious might take precedence over the oath of office you take and others might take when you're surrounded by a president that might take the country right off the rails. >> well, it's against the law to follow an order that you know is illegal. and, so, i think this is an obligation on all administration officials to resist something like that. may have a disastrous future to it in terms of impacting the united states. i think it does require individuals of conscious to be able to push back against such an order and to try to resist it. i think we have seen examples of jim mattis and others doing exactly that. but then if you feel that you cannot

eddie glaud is with us and mike barnicle is with us on wellington road and wily has the top politicaltory this morning. >> hold on. eddie, another mississippi guy. >> which by the way, speaking of hurricanes, we would come over from pensacola for about everyday africa trinter katrina you feel for the people. >> absolutely. >> it is frightening. >> like you, i have lived through three others. it is a horroring experience. >> this one looks like it is going to set up shops over the weekend. >> the flooding going through and not reaching its peak until tuesday. sometimes we get to the category system and you wake up thinking it is cat one and it is not the case as all. >> the power of water. >> yeah. >> and eddie, it appears that i have three choices of mississippi jersey to wear. >> i think you look nice. >> i picked the one that's offensive to you >> i love oxford. >> i am a mississippi state fan. >> mississippi state fan and don't forget jackson state. >> so i had four choices and i picked up. >> you will be able to go home wearing that? >> yeah, i can go home wearing it. >> i will be

we have mike barnicle and washington anchor for bbc catty day wi c kay with us. >> there are a lot of midterms. >> you've got the midterms. i'm not so sure this is all breaking in the direction that democrats and democratic activists think it's breaking, because it's not. we'll talk about that later. >> yeah, good tease. good job. >> you like that? >> you kept it short. that's amazing. >> it was good. >> this is international know your value day. >> it actually is. >> your book is being released. >> it is. >> this morning in australia already. they have gone in sid noydney t opera house and stacked up a pile of them and started burning them. >> burning what? >> it is pub day. you've got your outfit. >> i've got my june form. i'm steve jobs. i'm going to wear this every day of my book tour. same outfit. looks great. why change it? >> do you remember when i wore my same sweater for three years? >> yeah. >> even in the summer. joe, it's july. >> you had the food from two thanksgivings ago right here on the shoulder. >> we're going to talk more about the book coming up. let's start with t

we've got around the table msnbc contributor mike barnicle, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan, historian, author of "the soul of america," rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt university and soon talk oscar-winning actor jon meacham. i'll explain that in a moment. he's in a new film, also is an nbc news and msnbc contributor. >> oh, god. >> and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, host of "kasie dc" on msnbc, kasie hunt. mika has the morning off. joe, back to you. >> so, you say meacham's going to win an academy award? will he have a photographer with him when they hand -- how's that going to work? >> here's the back story on this, and jon i know is glad we're starting off the show with this, this morning. >> i really am. >> "frontrunner" about the gary hart scandal, based off the book, starring hugh jackman as gary hart, also stars jon meacham. much to my surprise, watching the movie, a 1980s-era meacham with the big frames on his glasses -- >> oh, that's nice. >> holding a session, a seminar, college. >> i woul