Need other countries to step up, because they va commitmehave am the 2 threshold. Some could do it form, and he is asking them to step up. And he wants them to be a little bit more sharing. And this is not the only global conflict that the administration is facing. And now we are edging closer to a fullscale trade war with other countries. Other countries are rising up to say that the tariffs are causing them to have a difficult time to hold on to power. And pat roberts saying there is nothing in this. And joni ernst saying we want to support the president , my constituents want to support the president as well, but they can only keep that stiff upper lip before things collapse. And so, with this, it is a domestic risk for the gop . Hans nichols at the white house. And, Sarah Huckabee sanders is singing the same song before, but with the significant of the calendar, what are you seeing . Well, the tone is more and more in stride here nor this president , but Sarah Huckabee sa sanders i
And google is politically biased, rigged, suppressing conservative voices, thats what the president says. What does the search giant have to say . This started with the president ial tweet about 24 hours ago, one we thought wed laugh off. Here we are. A white house investigation. Good morning, welcome to early start. You cant make that stuff up. No, seriously. Im laura jarret. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with an historic upset in the Florida Democratic primary for governor. Cnn projects tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, a proceeds griffive backed by Bernie Sanders, will win the partys nomination. A win in november would make him the states first africanamerican chief execut e executive. He was the only nonmillionaire in a field of five candidates and welcomes the challenge of putting the florida Governors Mansion back in democratic hands for the first time in two decades. Tonight we have shown the rest of the country that we can be the david in the situation where theres a goli
It is going to be an interesting november, joe. Thank you so much. Hello, im Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. This morning, hes just not into you. Reports that President Trump has been privately musing about firing attorney general Jeff Sessions again. The white house says the warning the firing could touch out of a wave of resignations. And president s supporters in Congress Just hoping he waits until after the midterms. I think Jeff Sessions is a goodman. He brings unquestioned integrity to this office. I have total confidence in the attorney general. I think he ought to stay exactly where he is. The stage is set. Stunning upsets in the final primary before the november midterms. Arizona poised to send its first woman to the senate. In florida, it will be the trumpendorsed round ron desantis versus Andrew Gillum. And correcting history, a new report reveals that the official deaths of maria was off. Way off by nearly 3,000 people. 2 in 975 deaths now blamed on the storm. Over 1,
Members approaching the senators casket. A private Memorial Service being held inside the Capitol Rotunda where his body is lying in state for the rest of the day. The junior senator from arizona, jeff flake. Were grateful for his life and for his sacrifice. Gathered in this spot we are especially grateful that john made arizona his home. Dana were live in phoenix with more. A ceremony about the late senators service to arizona. Absolutely, dana. All branches of the military and Law Enforcement were represented here for the services and the ceremony. I have to tell you watching the folks watching this unfold it was right behind us here you saw people getting teared up. It was hard not to especially when the Arizona National guard casket team retrieved the senator and went into the rotunda. Everyone saluted this man who represented service to country. In a private ceremony that we the public were allowed to watch and listen his friend, former arizona senator john kyle spoke of the dedic
And he was tweeting about the fbi. Once again that official president statement was apparently based on something that he had just seen on fox news, and bob mueller, well, he wouldnt be the special counsel if President Trump had not fired jim comey. So whats the consolation prize to sacking attorney general Jeff Sessions . As the president has been discussing. I dont know that the president wants to know that. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 29th. With us we have two slightly nervous red sox fans. For good reason. For good reason. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and politics editor for the daily beast sam stein. Also former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state departments elise jordan, National Political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc steve kornacki, a lot to talk to him about. Hes got a forthcoming book the red and the blue the 1990s and the birth of political tribalism coming out october 2nd. Also in washington, former chairman of