bertran. good morning. what is the president doing right now? i know that he said some words just a short time ago. reporter: yeah, good morning, laura, so right now the president is meeting with members of the north atlantic council which is the main political and policy making body of nato. and of course in that meeting is turkey. and one of the biggest diplomatic achievements of this entire summit has been turkey s dropping of its opposition to sweden and finland actually joining the alliance, obviously something that has been the main topic of conversation over the last two days is the expansion of nato. so that will obviously be discussed. the president met with erdogan yesterday and praised him for allowing this bid by sweden and finland to move forward to join the alliance. so they will be discussing all of this. of course the enhanced force posture that the united states is providing to nato, providing to europe am mid the russian invasion of ukraine and the threat
for many americans, mount rushmore is one of the country s most patriotic and awe-inspiring symbols, like a giant apple pie wrapped in a kid rock t-shirt, yee-ha. but for others, it s a reminder that this country was intended to be whites only. as we talk about the removal of controversial monuments and statues, mount rushmore is a part of that. located in the black hills of western south dakota, it s become the epicenter in a battle over who are the rightful inhabitants and caretakers of the land currently known as the united states of america. i m letting you go first because i m a gentleman. but really, it s because i m afraid. and these two have a lot to say about all of it. this is nick tilson of and krystal two bulls of the northern cheyenne and lakota. she is also a military veteran. we met at the entrance of mount rushmore park there with the ndn collective, an indigenous nonprofit fighting to get indigenous lands back into indigenous hands. our people this
[bleep] when he accused border patrol agents out of whipping illegal immigrants. those were the actual words. total [bleep]. the head of the border patrol announcing the results of their absurd months long investigation into an incident that both the dems and the media use to demonize innocent agents. after an extensive review, the u.s. attorney issued their decision not to prosecute the case. opr found no evidence border patrol agents involved in this incident struck any person with their rings intentionally or otherwise. greg: thank you for the heads up, chris. but we could have told you that on day one. those claims were already debunked by everyone including the guy who took the damn pictures. what a waste of taxpayer money, and all to cover their asses. i got two words for you, instant replay. they use it in sports to clear up a questionable call and this one isn t are wasn t even questionable. even the migrants say don t you dopes know how horses work? but a second
americas remain in mexico a silent policy and whether high school football coach can be fired for praying on the field. trace: progressives are urging the president and his party to dramatically reshape the court, even if it means using extreme measures like killing the filibuster or impeaching conservative justices. dana: on deck with a let s begin on capitol hill as this all settles in. good morning to you both. emotions as we sat are still running high on the hill even though congress is out this week. plenty of democrats have been on the airwaves talking about how they feel about this ruling. most of them are still trying to encourage voters to get out the vote this november. others are taking it much further. saying that the g.o.p. is going to rig the election. they are calling to abolish the filibuster. they re even raising this question about whether or not it s time to impeach the justices. watch. you think lying in a confirmation hearing is an impeachable off
a swing district that went to trump in zweent and then joe biden in 2020. steve joins us in just a moment to break down how democrats messaging on abortion rights is now recasting the conversation about that once expected red wave this fall. also from new york, a victory for two key figures since the impeachment of donald trump, jerry nadler handily defeated caroline maloney after powerful allies were forced to run for the same seat. and in a crowded 10th district, federal prosecutor daniel goldman won unseeding mondaire jones. and in florida, democrats have placed their debts on charlie crist to challenge the state s current republican governor ron desantis in the general elocation. and it will be former orlando police chief congresswoman val demings trying to unseat marco rubio in the united states senate. both charlie crist and val demings will be our guests on the show a short time from now. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, august 24th, i m willi