And welcome to morning Joe. It is 6 o'clock on the East Coast as you take a live

look at Washington DC D.C.

It is Tuesday, October 24th.

This morning, for the first time, we're hearing from a hostage freed by Hamas.

We'll play for you comments from one of the elderly women released

yesterday by the terrorist group. Meanwhile, the efforts to free more

hostages appears to be the main factor in delaying Israel's ground invasion into Gaza. We'll go

through that new reporting. Also I have the very latest from Capitol Hill on the

Speaker's race which now stands at eight Republican candidates all of

whom in the past supported overturning the 2020 election results terrific along

with Joe Willie and me we have the host of Way Too Early, White House

Bureau Chief at Politico, Jonathan Lemir. President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations,

Richard Haas, and U.S. Special Correspondent for BBC News,

Katikay. And before Willie launches into our top story, can't they come up with

someone who actually believes Joe Biden won the election to be Speaker of the House?

Literally, eight election deniers? That's the choice? I think it's six.

I think it's six of eight. So that's a healthy margin in 2023. Six of eight. Okay, healthy margin. We thank we

thank God for tender mercies. But speaking of thankfulness, two more hostages released yesterday.

Of course, so many still held Axias

reporting this morning that Israel is willing to hold back

on possible invasions while his negotiations still move forward.

You know, we'll take whatever good news we can get out of this grim, grim situation and story,

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