Good morning, it is friday, august 1st. Oh, look at that. Oh, dear lord, where did july goes . Time flies when youre having so much fun. Welcome to morning joe, everybody. Time goes a lot faster. Boom with us on set, we have Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst, euGene Robinson. Pulitzer prize winning author jon meacham is here. We have so many pulitzers here. Won the masters in 86. Wasnt it odd three or odd four . We have breaking news so if we can just move forward here. Right, willie . In washington, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post sam stein. Never won a pulitzer. He has so many years ahead of him, though. What did we win our pulitzer for, willie . It was fan fiction we wrote. Yes that is it i think it was a how to. That was it. Did you forget what year it was . It was odd three. I cant remember what summer it was. They run together. Can we go to the breaking news now .
Theres more on our website. Well be back tomorrow. Thanks for watching. Same bad time, same bat channel. Coming up, hardball with chris matthews. Second amendment people. Lets play hardball. Weve been watching this scene in new york at the trump tower where a climber climbed the glass side of the building that serves as the headquarters
of the Trump Campaign. It is also where the trumps live. Anyway, moments ago police grab that had guy and pulled him into that open window. Were going to get all the days news and the political news including the fallout from trumps comments yesterday. First, adam reiss is outside trump tower. What is the story here . Is it just some guy seeking publicity and thats the end of the story . Were not cleared for that. Good evening. He didnt make it to the pent house but he is about to be taken out. For about three hours, he was able to chime almost a third of the way up. He made it to the 21st floor. When he made it to the 16th floor, the navy s. E. A. L. S
And good evening. Its great to have you with us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. And we begin tonight with president trump, exploding over the multitude of issues clouding his administration. Less than 24 hours after the stunning shakeup at the white house, the president ferociously unloading on twitter. His tirade about leaks, the russia investigation and the new bombshell report about attorney general Jeff Sessions and the campaign. The new White House Communications director digging in on his first full day, explaining why hes deleting his old tweets criticizing thencandidate president trump. Abcs david wright starts us off. Reporter today, the president s flamboyant new Communications Director thank you. Reporter sought to kiss off any and all harsh words hes had in the past about his new boss. Tweeting, full transparency, im deleting old tweets. Past views evolved and shouldnt be a distraction. Former wall street executive Anthony Scaramucci was already at pains to explain how in
At least 17 people have died after an air india plane skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in kerala. Many of the injured have been taken to local hospitals. The aircraft with around 200 people on board broke in two afterfalling down a ravine, but didnt catch fire. The lebanese shia movement, hezbollah, has denied any link to tuesdays deadly blast at the beirut port. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster, with widespread medicine and food shortages. 154 people are now known to have died in the blast and thousands more were injured. Union leaders are threatening industrial action, after accusing British Airways of naked greed, in forcing some cabin crew out of theirjobs. Others will have to sign new contracts on lower pay. The airline says the changes are needed for its survival following the coronavirus pandemic. Now on bbc news. Its time to click. This week, hong kong activists. A touch of Space Tourism. Fire, fire and cgi catwalks. Hey, welcome to click. Hope yo
The headlines joe biden and Kamala Harris have been setting out their vision for the us in their first joint appearance since he chose her as his Vice President ial candidate. Mr biden said he had no doubt he had picked the right person. Senator harris said the country welcome to bbc news. Is crying out for leadership. Im mike embley. Our top stories in belarus, people have come out in the capital, minsk, for a fourth joe biden appears in public night of protests for the first time with his against sundays election result. The re elected president , new election running mate Kamala Harris. Alexander lu kashenko, has dismissed the protesters as i have no doubt that i picked criminals and the unemployed. The European Union has said the right person to join the vote was neither free nor fair. I have no doubt that i picked the right person tojoin me i have no doubt that i picked the right person to join me as doctors in the lebanese the right person to join me as the next Vice President of