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
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With senator reid. The fbi steps in to investigate how 18yearold Michael Brown was killed. Legacy of laughter. Academy award winner Robin Williams dead at the age of 63 after an apparent suicide. Good morning from washington. Its tuesday, august 12th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. Im Chris Cillizza in for chuck todd. We begin this morning, though, in iraq, country dealing with military humanitarian and political crises all at the same time. Together they paint a picture of a nation that may be unraveling before our eyes. U. S. Officials are saying theyre doing what they can and are ready to do more but not until the country is beginning to show some signs of stability. Without any question, we are prepared to consider additional political, economic and security options as iraq starts to build a new government and very much calculated to try to help stabilize the security situation, to expand Economic Development and to strengthen the democratic institutions. Secretary of state kerry
Guns, smashg t smashing the car tassing a passenger. Two kids in the back seat. Caught it on video. We begin with breaking news on the Ebola Outbreak a nother person in spain, under observation suspected of having the virus. That and a time line emerging and the diagnosis of Thomas Eric Duncan. He remains in Critical Condition tonight. Stable condition we are told. As we learn more about what happened before he left liberia. We know that back in september, he helped a pregnant woman who had collapsed. We know that nine people who helped theyre that day, are now dead or dying. Infect with the disease. Nine people. Tonight, we now know that the pregnant womans ebola diagnosis came after, again, after mr. Duncan had already left liberia to come to the United States. We know this because reporting on the ground from cnns correspondent we learned a bit of this last night from our correspondent and asked her today to go back and see what more she could fine out. This is critical information.
Nine people. Tonight we now know that the pregnant womans ebola diagnosis came after, i repeat, after mr. Duncan had already left liberia to come to the United States. We know this because reporting on the ground from cnn, we re learned a bit of this last night and i asked her today to go back and see what more she could find out because this is critical information. She joins me now live from monrovia, liberia. There has been some confusion as to not only when exactly duncan contracted ebola, but also when he realized he contracted it. Youre learning more details. What have you found out . Well, we have now confirmed, anderson, with the Liberian Health official in charge of Contact Tracing in this case that Thomas Eric Duncan left liberia on september 19th, it wasnt until days later that they began to suspect that the pregnant woman who had he happened after her collapse may have been a victim of ebola and they learned this by tracing back the cases of all those people who were fallin
A great gift. Rachel, good to see you. Im katy tour, in for lawrence odonnell. Theres a weird vibe in the west wing. Thats how reporters put it tonight. Whats going to happen to john kelly. Theres talk of kellys resignation or firing grows. Kelly was having a rough week after rob porter resigned after allegations of spousal abuse from two of porters exwives was made public. Now its worse. Tonight a white house aide has resigned. David sorenson is also stepping down. The Washington Post reports that he was violent and emotionally abusive during their two and a half year marriage, allegations that he denied. Saying she was the one who victimized him. More details on those allegations in a moment. In less than one week, there have been two big white house departures under john kelly and heres how our nbc News Reporters describe the scene in the west wing tonight. John kelly was seen entering and leaving the offices of two high level communication staffers, there were aids sitting outside