This noon, a teenager is killed while walking along a Gloucester County road. And voters head to the polls for delawares primary election. And the big story is a developing story, another blow for the Casino Industry in Atlantic City. Trump resorts has filed for bankruptcy protection. It puts into question the taj mahal, the second largest remaining casino. Chad pradelli joins us live with this latest development. Reporter this would be the fifth Atlantic City casino to close this year, that is 8,000 lost jobs, the casino says it will shut down by september 13th, if it doesnt get a significant reduction in its expenses. The northern end of the Atlantic City boardwalk is quiet, desolate, and revel and showboat down here have already closed and now trump taj mahal is on the brink. You have been here since the beginning, what do you feel today . We dont know what the future holds, there is not enough jobs to be had in this town. I worked here since 79 at resorts. Dealer, terry brown, work
Keynote speech last night for the Democratic National convention. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, august 18th, along with joe, willie welcome back and me, we have white house reported for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire. Politics and journalism professor and msnbc political contributor jason johnson. And senior opinion writer at the boston globe, Kimberly Atkins is with us. Good to have you all. Its good to have willie back. It is. Youre not going to be talking ability ttal talking about the red sox. Willie has been on assignment, we cant talk about where that was but hes been on assignment. The Convention Last night, judging from the reviews across the political spectrum was quite a success. You had a couple of fox news anchors talking about dana prino talking about how Michelle Obama stuck the landing and Chris Wallace talking about what a great contribution she gave to the Biden Campaign. That she splayed donald trump. Its great to be back. Id rather be
Damage has already been done. Good wednesday morning, everybody. It is august 19th. And im yasmin vossoughian. Completing night two of the Democratic National convention. Joe biden now officially the democratic nominee for president. He secured the votes of Party Delegates in a first of its kind virtual roll call last night that spanned all 50 states and seven u. S. Territories. We heard from a Diverse Group of delegates and those representing them. Teachers, Small Business owners and elected officials, each representing their home state, casting their votes by video. A lot of them sharing brief but poignant messages. Lets watch a couple of those moments. I grew up in poverty as immigrants but weve been able to make a decent living were extremely lucky. And now we have three family members who tested positive for covid. And it doesnt feel safe. When joe biden was young, his father came to his house in scranton, sat down on joes bed and told him he lost his job. Its a moment that stayed
Want to vote . So, take a look. We asked people what is your preferred method of voting . Overall, 33 say on election day in person. 34 by mail. 22 early in person. Again, look at those bottom two numbers. 56 , a majority of americans in this poll, jake, say they dont want to vote in person on election day. They want to do it early or they want to do it by mail. But this is going to be the story of the election this fall. Take a look how this splits between Trump Supporters in the poll and biden supporters. For biden supporters, only 22 want to vote inperson on election day. 53 , a majority of biden supporters, want to do so by mail. It is the complete opposite for donald Trump Supporters. The president s supporters, twothirds of them, want to vote inperson on election day. Now, obviously that is also because the president is undermining votebymail as a legitimate way to cast your ballot. But it just shows you there are going to be two totally different universe of voters depending on
As the pandemic force more colleges to shutdown in person learning. Welcome to your viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is early start. Im Christine Romans. Im laura jarrett. Its tuesday, august 18th, 2020. 5 00 a. M. Here in new york. 76 days until the election. We begin with joe biden now officially the Democratic Partys nominee for president. Thank you very, very much from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all. It means the world to me and my family. And ill see you on thursday. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Votes in the firstever virtual roll call cast by delegates scattered across the country at sea shores, cornfields, bridges and in front of protesters. Even the process of nominating biden told a story as a scatter guard who bonded with biden last year in an elevator gave the first nomination speech. I see powerful people in my elevator all the time. When they go off they go to their important meetings. Me i just head back to the lobby. In the short tim