i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press
In about 1 4 of the states. You can see that on the map, all the states in pink, red orange and purple have closed and results are beginning to come in. In fact, the Associated Press has called races in kentucky where Mitch Mcconnell is declared the victor and the two South Carolina senate races, and in West Virginia all going to the g. O. P. We have cameras at the headquarters for Mitch Mcconnell and Allison Grimes and you see rand paul talking to supporters at the mcconnell headquarters and what it looks like over at the Allison Grimes headquarters in kentucky. Later on tonight as their speeches get underway, well certainly be there so you can hear what they have to say. Our colleague, steve scully, will be out all night at the desk looking at the details of the votes as they come in. Lets see what he has for us. Susan, you mentioned West Virginia. Thats a pickup for the democrats where senator Jay Rockefeller is retiring, First Time Since 1942 a republican has won in the senate race
Were political factions, really political parties. He said he worried that future americans would put the interests of the political faction ahead of the interests of the country. Really, were living washingtons nightmare today. Used to be quite diverse. Do thisee if i can quickly. Every year, one of the magazines washington rates members of congress in three areas, social policy, foreign and National Security policy. Ad they rate them, us, on liberalconservative scale. Years, most years, youd middle, about 20 or 30 people, which was a mixture of democrats and republicans. The last recent years, you a democrat who is more liberal than any republican do i have that right . No. The other way around. Seepublican who is more what an independent i am . You know what im saying. Its like warring camps. Heres the bottom line. Youmain point, are republican, democrat or an american . And obviously youve got to put america first. The second thing is, youve got to be willing to compromise. You can
Warning not to intervene or take military action. He said it will own make matters worse. This one is a big day at the United States Supreme Court, and the justices today gave a huge victory to the big four television networks. The justices ruled that the start up company aereo was violating copyright law and take programs from the airwaves and allows customers to watch programming on smart phones and other smart devices. How did aereo do that . Aereo was arguing to the court that it was not providing television content, just dimesized antennas that every consumer who subscribed to the service would have their own antenna, and they would use that antenna to access broadcasting and stream it down. But the court argued that it sounded like a Cable Company and decided it was a Cable Company, and broadcasters have right to broadcast its programming. They found aereo activities infringed on broadcast rights. The court upheld the copyrights protection enshrined in law. So a big win for the C
It was a big day at the u. S. Supreme court. Today the high court gave a huge victory to the big four television networks. The justices ruled that the internet start up company aereo is violating copyright when it takes programs from the airwaves and allows viewers to watch the programs on smart phones and other devices. How did they lose this one . Aereo is just over two years old but it was a company that struck fear in the heart of broadcasters. It allowed consumers to watch over the air, stream it by internet. The Court Decision against aereo may mean one less big competitor in the tv world. The nations highest court has pulled the plug on an Innovative Streaming Service that was hope to go change the way americans watched television. In a 63 decision the Supreme Court ruled start up aereo violates copyright law by rebroadcasting Television Programs without paying for them. Its a big win for Television Companies and the four major networks. Its probably the biggest supreme Court De