Flight. Well, there is of course parallel even in ancient history, mika. Of course, cesar would have never crossed the rubicon, but by that point in his reign he had control of the steam ships and made all of the difference. Sure did. His rise in ancient rome. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to morning joe. It is monday, july the 8th. With us we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. White house reporter for the Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire. Former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state Department Elise Jordan and the president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton. Great to have you all. Theres a lot already happening on this monday morning. Joe biden apologizes for how he described his past work with segregationist senators. But reminds everyone of his record serving with president obama. Billionaire convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will appear in Manhattan Federal Court today, arrested over the weekend in connection with what Law Enforcement Offici
Of negotiations, that big moment was finally set for wednesday, next week. And now this morning, who knows. Were going to have more on that in just a moment. But first another trump cabinet member is gone. The president announcing that labor secretary Alexander Acosta is resigning and announcing it with Alexander Acosta standing right by his card. Theres been mounting calls for acostas resignation because of skrut any of his plea deal with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago when he was the attorney. The president was standing right by him today. The fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labor and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. And i actually said, well, we have the press right out here, so perhaps you just want to say it to the press. But i just want to let you know, this was him, not me. Because im with him. But there is more to it than that. Lets start with cnn sarah west wood. Shes in milwaukee where the president is headed right now. The preside
Last provision of the aca. The latest on the court case that threatens to destroy American Health care as we know it. Plus Michael Flynn, general flynn is a wonderful man. Trumps former National Security adviser stops cooperating with prosecutors. And the president starts feuding with the British Ambassador. Were not big fans of that man. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight there is mounting pressure on labor secretary alex acosta to resign over his past treatment of wealthy sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, and there is a new focus on epsteins ties to donald trump, which are far more extensive than the president wants you to think. Epstein was of course indicted in new york yesterday, charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking of underaged girls. Prosecutors allege he abused dozens of victims, some as young as 14 and faces up to 45 years in prison and has plead not guilty. Now epstein faced similar charges in florida
Unprecedented and life threatening flooding. At this moment barry is a tropical storm, but it reach hurricane levels when it makes landfall early tomorrow morning, bringing with it a dangerous mix of heavy rain and massive storm surge. Adding to it fears this morning the mississippi river, those levels already twice as high as normal right now because of all the rain weve had across the midwest for months now. Natasha chen joins us live in new orleans again this morning atop one of the levies that will soon be tested. The fear here is that water levels would reach 20 feet or more, and thats how lie the levies are. Now thats been downgraded a little bit, but still 19 feet. Reporter thats right. And we can show you what that looks like here. Thats where the water level is at the moment, but already this is about 8 to 10 feet higher than where the river is typically this time of year. In fact, you can see where that large tree is right to the left of it is the top of a fire hydrant. So yo
I mean, first of all, you have pete alonso, rookie, new york mets, winning it. Incredible. I mean, the number of home runs that were hit, over 300. And you had young vlad guerrero jr. And Jack Peterson from the dodgers going back and forth with two or three hitoffs they call them. 49 home runs, 50 home runs. Just an amazing evening for Major League Baseballs home run derby. It really was. And 1 million to the winner. And alonso made more money last night than hell make all year for the mets. Yeah. Yes, but the good news is theres a lot of money waiting for him over the course of his career. Hes such a great player. George and i got to sit and watch a little of that last year. Some years it comes and goes. Vlad guerrero, hes been hurt all year but what a talent hell be in the big leagues. No doubt about it. All right, lets get to our top story this morning. Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein is being charged with one count of sex trafficking, conspiracy and one count of sex trafficking.