It's very sad to see that we are once again at a point in history where people believe that it's okay to express their political sentiments through violence.

And so I think it really demonstrates that we have to calm things down.

We have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an American society, that it's okay to disagree.

San Francisco's district attorney makes a plea for decency and discourse following the politically

motivated attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. And now we are learning more about what the suspect

had planned for the Speaker of the House.

Also this morning, President Biden is hitting the campaign trail again as we are now one week away from Election Day.

We'll tell you where he's headed today and why.

Meanwhile, a member of a group who tried to overturn our last election expresses remorse for his actions.

What he told a federal judge about January 6th straight ahead, and will have the very latest from Ukraine,

where there are long lines for essential needs following weeks of attacks on critical infrastructure.

Retired Admiral John Kirby will be our guest this morning. Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe. It is Tuesday, November 1st, exactly one week until the midterm vote. Joe will be back tomorrow, but along with Willie and me, we have Pulitzer Prize winning columnist at the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson. Member of the New York Times editorial board, Mara Gay,

the host of way too early White House Bureau Chief at Politico, Jonathan Lemire, and NBC News,

senior reporter Ben Collins, and Willie were having been back today. He was pointing out the

conspiracy theories yesterday in light of the attack on Paul Pelosi and how they've spiraled out of control with no guardrails.

And we saw it again yesterday after the news conference that we just showed you a part of where within seconds,

if you went on Twitter or anywhere online that was, you know, off the mainstream media, off of the focus.

It was incredible.

The conspiracy theories, the vitriol, the hatred, the cruelty that started flying once again

about Paul Pelosi.

Things are different.

And there's a new level of dangerous.

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