americans with president biden declaring the mission a total success. we will explain how it was carried out, also, china is now threatening a military response over how nancy pelosi s expected visit to taiwan, the u.s. is warning beijing not to turn the trip into a crisis. we will go live to the white house to speak with john kirby. it is primary day across five states with major implications for abortion rights and election integrity. meanwhile donald trump stirring up confusion in missouri after an endorsement that has leading candidates in the senate primary both claiming the former pete president is supporting them. good morning and welcome to morning joe on tuesday, august 2. good to have everyone with us. good to have you with us. every september 11th for 20 years we have reflected either personally or on air about what was lost on that day, who was lost and you talk about people on the street, you talk about loved ones that you knew, it was deeply personal for me
on a tour. so i walked around. watch this exchange i had with sarah bloomfield, the museum director. we re speaking about the shoes, the shoes that are on exhibit at the museum. watch this. these are shoes, old shoes. this is one of our most iconic exhibits. if you visit these killing centers today, you see thousands upon thousands of shoes like this. the shoes of the victims. the germans took their shoes because they were going to reuse them and recycle them, if you will. but of course the victims would be killed. but this is what is left of those lives. these shoes are 80, 90 years old and they re here. the only surviving elements for all those people who were exterminated. this is the trace of the people before they were gassed. i think of those shoes. my four grandparents, we didn t have anything. nothing was found basically. it s just horrendous, horrendous situation. it s so important, so timely to remind people who don t know anything about it. and i think