a swing district that went to trump in zweent and then joe biden in 2020. steve joins us in just a moment to break down how democrats messaging on abortion rights is now recasting the conversation about that once expected red wave this fall. also from new york, a victory for two key figures since the impeachment of donald trump, jerry nadler handily defeated caroline maloney after powerful allies were forced to run for the same seat. and in a crowded 10th district, federal prosecutor daniel goldman won unseeding mondaire jones. and in florida, democrats have placed their debts on charlie crist to challenge the state s current republican governor ron desantis in the general elocation. and it will be former orlando police chief congresswoman val demings trying to unseat marco rubio in the united states senate. both charlie crist and val demings will be our guests on the show a short time from now. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, august 24th, i m willi
ready to discuss a prisoner swap. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and the executive director of the wnba players association will join us to break down the latest. also ahead, democrats reach an agreement on their economic package helping president biden make good on a major campaign promise. we ll have the latest from the white house. that is because, and willie, my gosh, our economy later job numbers have just come out. you talk about a resilient economy, man. it keeps rolling. this is an incredible jobs number. the july jobs report is in and much stronger than expected. the u.s. economydded 528,000 jobs last month. with the unemployment rate ticking down to 3.5%. that jobs number notably higher than what we ve seen in recent months. economists are expecting gains to slow this month and in months to come. let s go right to nbc news senior business analyst stephanie ruhle. by my count, this is about twice as many jobs as most analysts expected to be added
hearing. cassidy hutchinson testified that donald trump and chief of staff mark meadows ignored warnings about potential violence before the attack and did nothing to stop it once the attack was under way. according to hutchinson, trump knew there were weapons in the crowd but during his speech at the ellipse, still ordered his supporters to march to the capitol. and new details about efforts close to trump to intimidate witnesses who have cooperated in the congressional investigation. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, june 29th. it seems that history bends every day this week. mika, we, of course, had the supreme court decision last friday. and yesterday, had the most testimony on capitol hill since watergate, what was your takeaway? well from my perspective, it was revealed, exposed really that the men around trump are weak, feckless cowards who had this pathetic need to be close to a failed president. and they almost destroyed our democracy. and
and 51 people dead in the back of the truck in sweltering heat and it happened in the united states of america. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a transformative moment in what was some of the most explosive moment in the january 6th hearing to see date. cassidy hutchinson, former top aide to trump s chief of staff mark meadows laid bare just how much trump wanted the crowd to march to the capitol, knowing they were armed, knowing his rally could turn violent. here she is talking about the warning from top white house aide tony ornato. i remember mr. ornato had talked about intelligence reports, coming in and saying we had intel reports saying there could potentially be violence on the 6th. remember tony mentioning knives, guns, in the form of pistols and rifles. bear spray, body armor, spears and flagpoles. spears were one item, flag poles were one item, tony, then relayed something to the effect of and these effing people fastening spears on to
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