Good morning, everybody. Wow, what a crowd. What a crowd. Whoa. Were in detroit. [ cheers and applause ] were live in detroit this morning. Really great to be here. 10,000 Small Business owners behind us, a few of them. Just 14 months ago the story here in detroit and across
national headlines was the fall of a once great city but today were celebrating a lot of thing here. Were happy to say thats no longer the case in many ways. After decades of rising debt, dwindling population and increasing racial tensions, the birth place of motown and the Auto Industry is mounting a come back and were here to celebrate that through good oldfashioned hard work, american ingenuity, entrepreneurs seizing opportunity detroit success remade into a 21st century metropolis and over the next three hours well bring you the stories of how thats happening, the stories of the people behind us, well also be speaking to ceos warren buff jet and Lloyd Blankfein. Marc morial and dan gilbert will be here as well
Castro will be sworn in today. Castro replacing Shaun Donovan who serves as director of the office of management and budget. And new Los Angeles Clippers owner steve new loirngs clippers owner will meet fans today who is expected to hold a News Conference marking a new era for the team. That does it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Sunday started with prayers and messages of unity, peace, and justice. It took a very different turn after dark. And i believe the continued resolve of the good people of this community, ultimately triumph over the few people bent on violence and destruction. Good morning. It is monday, august 18th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, morning joe
contributor mark halpern. Former Communications Director for president george w. Bush Nicole Wallace and msnbc. Com germane standing by in ferguson, missouri. He has been on the front lines and community for days now doing great reporting there. Hell have the very latest after another violent nig
The rangers will host the flyers. Avalanche with the wild. Way too early and morning joe starts right now. You can do whatever you want. The little i ask you is not to promote it and not to bring him to my games. Black people cant attend his games. [ boos ] i couldnt have said that better myself. Folks, im shocked that sterling would perpetuate the cruel stereotype that white people are genetically superior at basketball spectating. [ laughter ] oh, let me guess because our muscular skeletal structure makes it easier for us to pump cheese. That is racist. And everyone has expressed outrage, folks. Even the clippers players made a statement. Clippers players staged a
silent protest dumping their uniforms on court and wearing the jersey inside out and concealed the clippers logo. They concealed the beloved logo of the clippers which we all know is [ laughter ] i want to say a guy getting a hair cut or [ laughter ] a toenail clipper with googly eyes. [ laughter ] good morning. Its wednesd
Welcome back, everybody. Lets get a check on the day ahead before the day ahead. Secretary of defense and chairman of joint chiefs will appear before the Armed Services committee to discuss the plan to defeat isis. Trump plaza hotel and casino in Atlantic City officially closes its doors today. Another casino shuttering there. That will do it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. You know, mika, we dont know a lot about the Shooting Range instructor in arizona who was tragically struck down last month, by a 9yearold girl. That horrifying incident obviously brought to light the insane practice of some shooting
ranges that actually let very young kids shoot very powerful weapons. But this morning were getting very glimpse of the very least what kind of a father he was. His own children fought through the grief of losing their dad to reach out to the little girl. We wrote this letter. We dont know your name but were connected by this tragedy. In the news we were just called the
All day, israeli bombarded gaza. Another u. N. School was hit. At least 15 of the 3,300 people sheltering inside were killed. Hours later, another strike. This time at a popular shopping area. Translator it is enough, she cried out. Have mercy. The ebola virus is considered out of control. Two peace corps volumes are
in isolation before they can return to the United States. A victory for former minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. Your pursue a lawsuit for the truth. If seeking the truth damages you, then we live in a pretty sorry world. Day through of the corruption trial of the Virginia Governor bob mcdonald this morning. Prosecutors say he gave mcdonald his children more than 150,000 in gifts, trips, and loans. House voted heavily along party lines to sue the president of the United States. Are you willing to let anyone tear apart what our founders have built . This is about the road to impeachment and if it is not, the speaker hasnt said one sentence, impeachment is off the table. We