phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the water a
and yesterday i said the astros were feeling positive you laughed at me. that was the first time since 1956 there was a no hitter at the world series. and christiane, one of the pitchers, his parents told him before they felt it was going to be a no hitter. i m not saying anything because i don t watch it, know nothing. who won the astros. we have a lot to get to here. more volatility expected this morning on wall street as the fed again makes things more expensive for americans trying to cool the economy. that i know about. also a secretly recorded meeting revealed in the oath keeper s trial. the leader of the group was trying to send a message to president trump in the aftermath of january 6th. and the washington commanders football team might be up for sale soon as the scandals against the team owner keep piling up. and actress sharon stone is speaking out after doctors say they found a large tumor after a misdiagnosis. we have the former secretary of
todd: i m todd piro. carley: doubling down to nancy pelosi and making it clear to the u.s. concern over what pelosi planned to taiwan in firm opposition to visit if the u.s. challenges and it will be met with resolute countermeasures and must bear all consequences arising thereof. in washington alex, good morning. good morning, carley, todd it seems the chinese believe there was a trip to taiwan gland but the itinerary yesterday the self-governing island was not listed and read in singapore, malaysia, south korea and japan high level meetings to discuss how we can further advance our shared interests and values. pelosi and other democratic delegation has made the trip to discuss security, economic partnership in the region according to the speaker s office and taiwan is not on the public schedule but there has been intense speculation a stop could happen anyway despite a warning from china and president calling the visit not a good idea. mike pompeo said this, i don t
not ones to write home about. 11.3% is the jump in wholesale prices from a year ago and came in lot steamier than economists predicted coming off the you know what it feels like when you buy things. consumer prices are up substantially. fastest pace we ve seen since 1981 back in reagan years. you have to go to art laffer to find that out. white house points out wages are up. here is the deal. wages aren t rising at the pace of inflation. you look at a pay cut of 3.6%. if you crunch the numbers inflation is costing the average american household $500 a month. setting on fire every single month because you aren t getting anything for that $500. bill: questions now including this how did we get here? many economists blame out of control government spending along the way. democrats are passed more than $3 trillion in new spending under president biden and they aren t taking their foot off the gas as they look to revamp build back better. let s go to mark meredith live f
america. the president saying today s gop is, quote, dominated, driven, and intimidated by maga republicans. we ll have complete political and historical analysis of his address to the nation. plus, the latest developments in the investigation of former president trump s mishandling of classified documents, as another conservative legal voice predicts trump will be indicted. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 2nd. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay with us. the host of way to early, white house bureau chief at politico and the author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss joins us this morning. glad to have you all. so much to talk about. jonathan lemire, i must start with you. it is like secretariat at the kentucky derby in 1973. starts out slow and then, boom, takes off. i kn