[cheering] its great to be back here. I want to thank president leblanc for welcoming all of us. Our family loves coming here. We were speaking and chelsea was dancing. Not nearly the range we could stay for the weekend to talk about all of them. Its an amazing book and so important to have stories of so many women in one place and people talk about that in a second. So we should get going because we dont have time. The process of the joined by line writing a book or anything else with someone is incredibly rich because of the different experiences and points of view that the coauthor brings to the project and virtual c. And d. If was especially exciting because it comes out of a conversation weve had since she was a little girl talking about people especially women who inspired us. Thats what is so great about iit is the stories are deeply personal. To most of you in some cases across the cultures and generations into geographies and backgrounds its an extraordinary range that youve p
[inaudible] great to be back here at gw. I want to thank president leblanc for welcoming all of us. Our family loves coming here. We were just talking backstage that both my husband and chelsea as well as myself have been here numerous times on this stage, bill and i speaking, chelsea dancing while she was on the ballet. I dont know why you all laugh. I was never a star. [laughter] its great being here and always great to be with you. I feel like weve done this in various combinations and its always fun and such an honor for me. First i just want to thank you on behalf of womankind for this book. I was saying to them ahead of time its a frustration tonight is going to be that we can only talk about so many of them. Not nearly the range we would want to, we could, we could stay for a week and talk about all of them. Its an amazing book, its so important to have the stories of so many women in one place. We will talk about that in a second. We should get going because we dont have a ton
To save the coastline. President trump has tried to distance himself from the send her back chants directed by his supporters at a black democratic congresswoman, a former refugee, at a North Carolina rally on wednesday. The president has claimed he was not happy with the chanting, but video footage makes it plain he made no attempt to stop it. From the podium he had specifically named ilhan omar and three other congresswomen of colour, who have criticised him. The bbcs nick bryant watched the whole rally. This is a rally that will be talked about for decades to come. After the racism of Donald Trumps original attacks on the four congresswomen of colour came the kind of racial demagoguery weve not heard or seen from a modern day american president. First, he singled them out by name. Representative ilhan omar. Crowd boos. Representative Alexandra Ocasio cortez. Crowd boos. Go back to where you came from was his message to the congresswomen earlier this week, three of whom were born in
Crossing the Southern Border soars. And as some republican governors resort to political stunts with peoples lives, well talk about that. Later this morning, former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton will be our guest. We look forward to talking with her as well. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, september 16th. Along with joe, willie and me, we have u. S. Special correspondent for bb news, katty kay in london, and the host of Way Too Early White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, also with us the president of the National Action network and host of politics nation, Reverend Al Sharpton joins us this morning. You know what people say about our show, that morning joe show is the most mindful show, we teach everybody that two things can be true at one time. Were not always that mindful. Were going to be talking about that. Were going to be talking about the crisis at the Southern Border, and by the way, i understand every two years, yes, theres the Conv
Really encourage you to do so. Its fantastic. And we have Copies Available at the registration desk. Without further delay ill get to my panel. Thrilled to have all of you here. Im joined by congresswoman Sherry Bustos who is really a case study i think for democrats in how to succeed in trumpfriendly territory and by representative philip henderson, south carolinas state representative from the greenville area, and last but not least somebody who im sure most of you know if you are watching cable news, amy walter the National Editor of the cook political report. Amy, let me start with you. Reading the New York Times yesterday there we go. Its like they stole your thunder. I saw that anita dunn, who served as Communications Direct ar for president obama, was quoted in a piece about the upsurge of women. Right. Particularly running in democratic primaries. Her response, when asked about this, was to proclaim 2017, and i think 2018, quote, the year of the woman. Yeah. Is she getting ahea