And cannibals. Does that sound like something you are behind or i havent i havent heard that. Is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing. The circus of it all, the meanness and lies and conspiracy theories. If i can help save the world from problems, im willing to do it. Donald trump hasnt grown into the job, because he cant. And the consequences of that failure are severe. Former president obama and President Trump both speaking yesterday. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 20th, joe is off this morning. Along with willie and me we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press Jonathan Lemire. Msnbc contributor, shana thomas. Historian john meacham, whose biography of john lewis accomplishes next week. And host of politics nation and president of the National Action network reverend al sharpton is with us. We are covering a lot this morning, including developments in the postal story, with House Speaker nancy pelosi saying louis dejoy will no
Leaving the virus behind. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. We begin in the United States wher the number of people seeking Unemployment Benefits has surged for a third week as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. 6. 5 Million People in filed for Unemployment Benefits in the us last week and that brings the number of claims to almost 17 million injust three weeks. New figures also show that up to 60,000 americans could die with coronavirus, downscaling earlier estimates, but there is little cause for celebration there as the state of new york reported 799 deaths, the highest number in a single day since the outbreak. 0ur correspondent nick bryant is there and he sent us this report. Sirens wail. The sound of these sirens has become the sound of new york. A ceaseless noise, for many a terrifying noise, that has placed this city and are a form of mental siege. People here have become scared of ambulances and scared of the hospitals they end up at. In the past 2a
Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New alarm today. After a second patient has been positive in texas. The new patient is a Health Care Worker who helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan, the ebola patient who died last week. Procedures werent followed. Clearly, there was a breach in protocol. We have the ability to prevent the spread of ebola by carrying safety for patients. In dallas, texas, of course, with more on this breaking story. Tell us exactly what we know about this Health Care Worker who got infected, and who is it . Reporter well, alex, weve learned this Health Care Worker is a woman who in treating duncan had repeated close contact with him. Now, so far, shes not been able to identify specifically when this breach in protocol occur d occurred. She was 1 of 19 Health Care Workers being asked to selfmonitor signs or symptoms of possible exposure. She reported a fever on friday. Within 90 minutes, she was inside the hospital, in isolation and being tested. Those test results came b
Whole heck of a lot more firings . Absolutely. I mean, one of the most underappreciated, underreported stories of the Obama Administration is how much he swelled the government roles with crony bureaucrats. So, this is a liberal tactic. They know their ideas dont win at the ballot box, they bypass the people, they go to the courts and fill this with crony bureaucrats with their agenda. And the other is bully our kids on college campuses, they do this because in the marketplace of ideas, they cant win. Eric all right, its not just the democrats that could be leaking though, right . Arent there some maybe antitrump republicans that may be just as guilty . Absolutely. I think it could come from either side. The problem is, eric, that its tough to track down this leaker. I mean, weve seen the case of one leaker being caught, i guess you could say, the department the justice and its really trying to figure out who these individuals are. And its time consuming. But its a Critical Role for th