and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al
we appreciate it. stick around. we ll talk to you again in a few minutes on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. to do something with 50 votes is rough. to do small things with 50 votes is rough. to pass such a major piece of legislation with only 50 votes, republican minority, a caucus running from bernie sanders to joe manchin, wow. senate majority leader chuck schumer after the senate passed a sweeping climate health care and tax bill, putting democrats on the verge of another major win ahead of the midterms. republicans also scored a win for big pharma. we ll explain. donald trump s republican party gathered in dallas for cpac this weekend, where the big lie was on full display. along with an incredibly ridiculous guest and this is not the one i m talking about. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 8th. with joe and me, we have corresponde
flights and now mountains of misplaced luggage. tom costello will explain the latest headache facing summer travel. it is just horrible traveling this summer. it is hard to get a flight that is not canceled. and the new comments from senator joe manchin as he now claims that he has not written off any of president biden s agenda. okay. we ll figure that out. but first, emotions running high still in uvalde, texas. after a tense school board meeting last night, parents are demanding answers after release of a scathing new report calling the shooting response at robb elementary school a systemic failure. nbc news correspondent sam brock joins us live from uvalde. sam, good morning. what are the families saying today? well, mika, good morning. look, this system was structured in such a way that the meeting was so that participants could vent frustration and feels for about 45 minutes. it lasted more than three years with young kids asking the grown-ups, what are you doing righ
every other american citizen in this situation. that was the chairman of the january 6th select committee, bennie thompson, weighing in on the report that former president trump plans to run for president again to help him avoid criminal charges. good morning and welcome to morning joe. we ve got a lot to get to on this tuesday, july 19th. in a moment, we re going to talk about the two trump white house officials who will testify in thursday s primetime hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump during the attack on the capitol. plus, a defendant without a defense? opening arguments in steve bannon s contempt trial get under way in a few hours, despite the judge dismissing almost all of bannon s legal options. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham is fighting a subpoena in georgia, but the court documents only refer to him as mr. graham. we ll explain why that s significant. dozens of deva
welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. last year, a texas woman neymar lionel suffered a miscarriage. nine and a half weeks into her pregnancy. she and her doctor and asked for a standard procedure to remove the fetus so there would be no infection, or other long term properties. here s what the doctor told her. because of the new law that is passed here, you have to schedule another ultrasound to verify the pregnancy isn t valid before we give you a medical intervention. the new law, that new law. texas s six-week abortion ban take effect in 2021. they called it a heartbeat bill because it bans abortion once they can protect cardiac activity. she says she had to carry a dead fetus for two weeks. and sit through three ultrasounds before she could find someone to do the procedure she had been denied. and i shouldn t have to beg to get a medical interaction to make sure that i can t get an infection to be here for my doctor that i do have. it is after up. she sa