president donald trump. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 25th. i m willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. let s dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their student debt. those are the figures from the white house following an executive action yesterday by president biden. the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. by resuming student loan payments at the same time as we provide targeted relief, we re taking an economically responsible course. as a consequence, about $50 billion a year will start coming
lawrence, and oberfeld as well as interracial marriage. jessica schneider is with us. the court made interesting calls this morning in other cases, including ones they chose not to take up. what have we learned so far? a flurry of activity as we end the term, guys. the supreme court just a while ago issuing orders. these are decisions on which cases they will and won t take next term. notably, the court has decided not to take a case that would have revisited the standard for libel. since 1964, new york times versus sullivan, they had to prove actual malice. so they are not taking that case next term. we are awaiting some big decisions on religious liberties, immigration, the power of the epa when it comes to climate change. checking on all that now and we ll come back with you guys in a few minutes. okay, jessica schneider, thank you very much. joining us is caroline kitchener, national reporter focused on the politics of abortion for the washington post. good to h
those words shouldn t even compute, they shouldn t fit in the same sentence. a hate crime at a grocery store. this time it was buffalo residents in a predominantly black neighborhood who were just trying to take care of their families when a white gunman opened fire on saturday killing ten people and injuring three others. all of the evidence so far suggests this young man, this suspect, just 18 years old, was poisoned by laws and bs from online message boards. now police members of the media are going through his so-called manifesto, full of hateful memes and ideas and some of the same messages shared by the christchurch mosque killer. yes, it s the great replacement theory rearing its ugly head again, white replacement nonsense that convinces isolated men on the internet that a cabal is replacing whites with people of color. the same conspiracy theory you hear primetime on fox news. it s important no, it s essential to map the media environment that preys on white fear. t
The adf also put out a statement saying it is conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident, and that our gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf spent the last two months in the territory and has more. ,. ,. , , more. The information is still very small. More. The information is still very small, still more. The information is still very small, still emerging more. The information is still very small, still emerging as| very small, still emerging as we speak. But what we know so far is that a car was travelling from north to south and it was near an area in central gaza. It was hit by an air strike according to the hamas run health ministry. There was a big explosion and it took them by 45 minutes, according to a doctor in alex sarr hospital, which i spoke to this evening. He said it was about 45 minutes between the explosion and the bodies arriving at the hospital. Al aqsa hospital. There were three foreign nationals with bullet
Also put out a statement, saying our gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf spent the last two months of the conflict inside the territory, and has more. The information is still very small, still emerging as we speak. But what we know so far is that a car was travelling from north to south and it was near an area in central gaza, it was hit by an air strike according to the hamas run health ministry. Local people in the area, there was a big explosion, and it took them 45 minutes, according took them 45 minutes, according to a doctor in al aqsa hospital, which i spoke to this evening. He said it was about 45 minutes between the explosion and the bodies arriving at the hospital. There were three foreign nationals with bullet proof vests with the World Central Kitchen sign on them and also the palestinian driver was driving them was also killed in the air strike or the explosion. Their bodies are now in central gaza hospital, al aqsa, and there is more investigation and more information tha