Ask ourselves, which is a terribly, terribly serious question is who is the best candidate, which campaign is the best campaign to defeat trump [ cheers and applause ] we are better than this president , and so get up, lets take back this country were the United States of america and theres not a single thing we cannot do, and we do it together and then there were two. Not that long ago the field of president ial candidates looked like this. More than 20 contenders vying for the democratic nomination. Today on this super tuesday it looks more like this. Effectively, a twoperson race between joe biden and Bernie Sanders with Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bloomberg still in the mix. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. Super tuesday, march the 3rd. Along with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and msnbc National Affairs cohost of showtimes the circus and editor of the recount John Heilemann joins us. Great to have you this hour. And joining with Steve Kornacki
Why he could not change course. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. We have two major new developments in the case of that mysterious death in a texas jail cell. For the first time you will hear from sandra bland in her own words, the phone call she made from that jail asking for help before she was found dead. Also tonight here, the part of the dash cam video the public had not seen of that traffic stop until now. Tonight you will see and hear the escalation as it unfolds, what the officer ordered her to do, how she responded. Her family late today saying they are appalled by what they saw. Abcs ryan smith leading us off. Reporter from the local sheriff tonight, an explosive admission. On the day sandra bland was put in this cell the intake form notes she had attempted suicide within the last year but said shes not feeling suicidal today, all leading to new questions about whether she was watched closely enough. Also tonight, the phone call. On sa
Hurricane katrina and super storm sandy. Now a new estimate that says that harveys damage could cost more than both of those combined. 190 billion is the total coast. Now dr. Joel meyers says that Business Leaders and major banks, the Federal Reserve should factor in the negative impacts this catastrophe will have on business, corporate earnings and employment. Thats consistent with president trumps guess that theres never been a Natural Disaster like Hurricane Harvey. Some businesses wont be able to get back the money theyll be losing the next few months as mold is removed and drywall is replaced. Many businesses wont get the money theyll lose. Part of the calculation is like gasoline going up because harvey interfered with the normal supply process. Then you have the cost of replacing houses and the belongings inside of them. That is something that harveys victims will have the start doing as soon as theyre allowed back. Lauren . Lauren peter, thank you. Harvey hitting as the news of
Lot of family and friends that are down there in the great state that are suffering right now and our thoughts and prayers certainly go out to everybody that is down there. When you try to separate though that devastation and it is horrific, you look about the economy which in houston which is a 500 billion economy and how it affects the greater economy over 20 of the nations refinery ability has been shutdown. The Colonial Pipeline that goes from houston to new jersey that carries most of the gasoline is not even able to run at times because theres not enough fuel coming from lake charles into houston. That will affect gasoline prices and oil prices. The immediate loss in houston is going to be more of a regional event as far as job loss and as far as economic destruction. Overall though once you start seeing feds step in, the state step in and insurance step in, you will start seeing this slowly recover. What happened in new orleans is a bit different because you had people leave and
Their bills. Neil youd think just whatever funding youre going to have emergency or otherwise have it dont tie it or attach it to anything or put provisos on it . Absolutely not. Straight up or down vote on the aid necessary to make sure the people in houston not only can get through this first period but i could tell you from the Hurricane Sandy period that if this lasts for a while afterward s then the rebuilding on the people are going to need to get their areas back to what it needs to be. Neil well gary says hes right also here charlie gasparin o, ben stein and charles payne, jerry willis off this week so gary, your view is do it get the aid out there, dont start quibbeling about it. 300,000 people have applied for aid, neil. 80 of homes do not have Flood Insurance. These people need help and they need help quick. You do a standalone bill, two words standalone. Though disclaim turpitudes no caveats no nothing get the vote in get the money out, if you need to do it in tranches fine