Facebook and Instagram were hit by a massive outage

and stopped working for millions of users.

Facebook was only down for a day,

and in that short time, everyone got the vaccine.

Isn't that amazing? Amazing how that happened.

I don't know.

Yes, Facebook's entire site crashed.

They were like, oh my God, this is the best press we've had in months.

Facebook employees tried to reboot the system,

but couldn't get into the building because their badges weren't working for access stores.

As the panic grew, Facebook did not say what might be causing the outage.

Now, I'm no computer expert, but my theory is a just God.

We're going to dig into that Facebook fiasco in just a moment.

Also, the latest on the debt ceiling and why Republicans are refusing to pay part of their own tab. It's

dine and dash congressional style. Plus, we'll talk about the ongoing threats that teachers,

yes, teachers are facing from those caught up in the anti-science hysteria. And later,

someone just struck gold in California with a winning

lotto ticket worth $700 million. Good morning and welcome to Morning, Joe. It is Tuesday,

October 5th. That's a big one, Joe. Yeah, it really is. It really is.

And Willie, of course, the biggest story of all.

I think maybe the biggest story since 1978, the night that Bucky Dent had his name

in place.

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