gravity. the democrats started off as underdogs. then they had to contend with a string of really bad luck, part of it just the end of the pandemic s worth phase. getting back to normal, they were lingering supply chain issues from the pandemic, led to concerns that very well-documented baby formula shortage. those supply chain issues were also one factor in a record high inflation, which again, was afflicting basically every country across the world. but, you know, you can t tell voters, well, everyone is in the same boat. it really did seem poised to be the single undoing of the biden administration. pardon of that inflation where the enormous high gas prices. another issue for incumbent democrats. republicans, again, this is a political layup. taking every opportunity to talk about the price at the pump and how it s democrats fault. of course, part of the reason gas prices were so high is the biden administration was trying to contend with the largest land war in europ
president donald trump. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 25th. i m willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. let s dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their student debt. those are the figures from the white house following an executive action yesterday by president biden. the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. by resuming student loan payments at the same time as we provide targeted relief, we re taking an economically responsible course. as a consequence, about $50 billion a year will start coming
dispossession that intelligence officials needed to do a damage assessment. hard to believe a trump ally actually released this letter. we ll bring in a, cnn senior legal analyst. but carrie cordero. was a former counsel to the u.s. assisted ag for national security. good evening to both of, you so, early. we now know that trump had 700 pages of classified documents in his home. the information confirmed this letter released by his own team. that is a lot of information. how damaging is it looking for trump? there are two parts of it. there is what donald trump and his people had in mar-a-lago. 700 pages is a heck of a lot. the highest level classified. we re talking if you look at the permit, the top slice of that to stop secret. they are at the very tip-y top point of this with sci and the segmented client information. i m with s.a.t. which are special access programs. so the most classified classified, but with this letter shows us that donald trump s team knew, they wer
desantis, picked charlie crist, a former republican himself, as their nominee this fall. also, new details surrounding former president trump s handling of classified material. cnn learned overnight that the national archives told trump s legal team months ago that it wanted intelligence agencies to conduct a damage assessment on more than 700 pages of documents found at mar-a-lago. we ll get into that. also, a big announcement expected today from the white house, sources say president biden could cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for some borrowers and extend that moratorium, the pause on loan payments through the midterms. much more on that ahead. we have got our correspondents in florida and new york covering all the angles of tuesday s primary. let s begin this morning in new york with cnn national correspondent jason carroll. jason, you were out there yesterday as voters were going to the polls. you ve got new york s 19th congressional district offeri
stands for! plus president biden following through on a core campaign pledge wiping away thousands of dollars in student loan debt. and russia s war on ukraine turns six months old today, still locked in a bloody stalemate. translator: we re holding on for six months. it s difficult for us. we clenched our fists, fighting for our fate. up first, is it momentum or just a moment? democratic lawmakers and strategists hope a win in new york s special election stops a midterm drift 11 weeks before november. the verdict out of hudson valley is that democrat pat ryan will now represent new york s 19th district, that s where president biden won in 2020 by just 1.5 percentage points. democrats see major national political implications in ryan s surprise win because the candidate made abortion the centerpiece of his campaign. the sad truth, mark molinaro and the republicans oppose a woman s right to choose. republicans will allow women and their doctors to be prosecuted for g