deal, but it s closer to a done deal. the vote is on. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the latest. jacqui? edward lawrence. i apologize. i can be confused for jacqui. i can see how that would happen. no, no, yeah, this was all approved about 5:00 a.m. this morning. that s what we understand. the president says that this is good for america. this is americans avert the strike, could devastate the economy while giving the unions about a 24% increase over the next five years or so. again, the president says this is good for americans. here s the president. listen. together we reached an agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruptions of our economy. i m grateful for members of the administration who worked tirelessly to help get this done. republicans say there s still a long way to go. all of the unions now have to ratify this agreement. i hope i ve heard that they have a tentative agreement. i hope it becomes an agreement. i h
meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of anyth
and sabotaging our energy industry. it is nothing to do with foreign forces and foreign powers or boogie men, but actual policies that have been in the process now for decades. these policies they put under the name climated change or green new deal, they started out in 1970s in europe, where professors from world activists, marxists, left wing politicians, they met, and they came up with this notion of climate control. as a venue, a system through which they would push their economic agenda. their economic, agendis, if you read research and scholarship, which i have done, is economic degrowth. degrowth the central society . marx hated the industrial society, he was shocked when he saw in latter parts of his life in united states as our industries grew and our capitalist system expanded economic activity and prosperity, that rather than the workers rising up and over throwing the owners and managers, quite the opposite occurred. that is, the life style for most people went up
should he run again? we will take a look at it. [laughter] bipartisan group of senators say they have reached an agreement on a framework for a bill on gun control. the bill would include a federal grant program to encourage more states to pass so-called red flag laws. got a black sideline, full head of steam and a touchdown and the it philadelphia stars win their fourth straight. come on over down to the corner sister and my brother every different color. feel that sunshine. steve: good morning, atlanta, georgia, this is your 6:01 wake-up call. boy it s going to be a beautiful day today. go outside and live it up 75 degrees. it s nice and clear. you re going for a daytime high in the 90 s. lower 90 s, probably a little humidity on this june 13th, 2022. ainsley: i love atlanta. i have just such a love for that city because it s close to where i grew up in south carolina. that was the big city. we gold there christmas time because it was decorated and
midterm elections. in a hail mary, biden administration appears to be banking on the youth vote, i m john roberts in washington. you are all warmed up. sandra: and a lot more to dig into there, great to be with you. sandra smith in new york. this is america reports. biden administration is now just moments away from announcing that it is cancelling $5.8 billion in loans for borrowers who attended a for profit college. now middle class americans are left picking up the tab as experts warn a recession is just around the corner. it s the largest student loan cancellation in u.s. history as 560,000 borrowers are now off the hook. john: but could that just be a sweetener? the move comes a day after biden admitted gas and food prices are not going to come down soon. gas prices a new record high, up more than $0.50 in the past month. and new disappointing private sector job data out shows businesses are struggling to hire workers. sandra: it is a big problem and worse. south