Certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood, and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times which we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And it the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the rise of fascism in europe. So lets begin with talking about the politics of the era. It was a republican decade. Three republican president s, harding, coolidge and hoover, and the republicans controlled the presidency from 1921 until 1933, and congress from 1918 or from the 1918 election until 1930. Domestically it was an era of laissezfaire. An era of laissezfaire. In other words, give business
for god sake whose side are you on? the head-spinning republican ideological switcheroo as president biden, the democrat, slammed the maga threat to the rule of law. while trump s republican pal threatened riots in the streets. plus, at any moment we re expecting the doj s response to trump s request for a special master for the classified documents he stole and stasheded a mar-a-lago. also, there was a time when republicans campaigned with messages like morning in america. now they think americans are lazy bums. not sure they would even want to govern a country of such supposed slackers. senator elizabeth warren joins me. we begin tonight with president biden in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, near his hometown of scranton sending a sharp rebuke to the maga agenda calling out the republican and the right as the real threat to the rule of law. now it s sickening to see the new attacks on the fbi, threatening the life of law enforcement agents and their families for simply car
American alliances are what keep us, america, safe. It is the value that puts other nations up for working with us. If we turn our backs on israel, its just not worth it. Part of President Bidens address Last Night Urging Americans and congress to continue to support ukraine and israel in the vastly different war each is fighting. Well go live to israel for the latest on the expected Ground Invasion of gaza. Meanwhile, republicans are somehow creating even more chaos on capitol hill. With another speakers vote scheduled for this morning, it comes as the temporary speaker is getting fed up and is now threatening to resign. Plus, well get expert legal analysis on the surprise guilty plea from one of the many defendants in the Georgia Election Interference Case. Thats a big one. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, october 20th. Id love to get both you and willies reaction to the president s Speech Last Night. I thought it was really effective, part teacher, Part Influencer
never ever been more stark than it is today. that s because of thousands of miles away from our shores, president biden today marking the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion that pivotal turning point in the fight against the nazis in world war ii. he did so with more than two dozen heads of state and government leaders. president biden making the case that we must honor the legacy of those who laid down their lives in the fight against fascism by today supporting ukraine in its war against an aud democrat. he argued for everyone to resist the tide of authoritarianism. watch. we re living in a time when democracy is more at risk across the world than any point since the end of warld were ii since the beaches were stormed in 1944. now we have to ask ourselves. will we stand against tyranny, against evil, against crushing brutality of the iron fist? will we stand for freedom? will we defend democracy? will we stand together? my answer is yes. the specter looming over pre
Crowd size. It looked like a million or a million and a half people. Donald trump accuses the media of lying about the size of the crowd. But the photos comparing fridays crowd with obamas first inaugural tell a very different story. And that inaugural address that was a call for renewed american strength, and a dark portrait of the nation that President Trump now leads. This american carnage stops right here and stops right now. My guests this morning, Kellyanne Conway, Chuck Schumer of new york. Joining me is chris matthews, kristen welker. Hugh hewitt, and elliana johnson. Welcome to a special edition of meet the press. Good sunday morning on this most remarkable of inauguration weekends. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the Washington Mall to celebrate. The big stories turn out to be the massive demonstrations and then the head scratching decision by President Trump to pick another fight with the press. Two Million People, mostly women, took to the streets to fight for w