meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of anyth
nearly two years, the dow dropped nearly 1200 points, it came after target reported a huge 52% drop in profits for the first quarter, walmart slashed its outlooks. these stores are pocketing less money because they have to pay so much more to get product on their shelves. wal walmart s stock fell more than 11% on tuesday, the company s worst day since 1987. and then of course there are also gas prices to talk b now above $4 a gallon in every state in america for the first time ever. the national average this morning $4.52 a gallon and climbing and that ripple effect is now hitting markets around the globe. overnight european markets opening lower, stocks also tumbled in asia after wall street s hellish day. inflation fears now depressing investor sentiment, many ceos publicly stating their concerns about a possible recession, something fed chairman jerome powell is keenly aware of. what we need to see is inflation coming down in a clear and convincing way and we re goin
Is not about intentions, this is about the reality on the ground 2. 1 Million People living there. And so this is not about judging the intentions. Its about judging the realities and the actions im afraid that the humanitarian situation in gaza now represents an absolutely grave threat to the lives of 2 Million People. Thats not a military question. Thats a humanitarian question. I will, secretary miliband, i very much appreciate your taking the time and talking to us tonight. Thank you very much for your time. Thanks for joining us. The news continues, right now here on cnn happening now, Breaking News, new reaction to video obtained exclusively by cnn showing rapper producer jon so did he combs physically assaulting is then girlfriend, Cassie Ventura back in 2016 standby to see the video and hear what venturers, husband now saying about balls. Also this our President Biden ramps up his outreach to black voters who could potentially make or break his reelection bid. Hes making a civi
Lead, you can listen to the show once you get your podcasts. The newest continuous on cnn with wolf blitzer, that situation reaction to video obtained exclude Sean Diddy Combs physically assaulting his then girlfriend, Nancy Venture For Back in 2016 standby to see the video. And hear what matures husband is now saying about balls. Also this our President Biden ramps up is outreach to black voters who could potentially make or break his reelection bid. Hes making a so rights my is murphy, the Civil Rights Milestone by warning that donald trump and his allies want a country for some, but not for all and breaking news tonight, the worlds number one pro golfer just spoke out about being arrested and charged with Felony Assault Scottie Scheffler, trying to downplay accusations that he injured a Police Officer while trying to drive past the scene im a fatal crash welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in urine, the Situation Room the skis, cnn
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