Against the political world. Unless youre a stooge working in the white house. Weve heard time and time again, mika, republican senators especially saying voting by mail is safe. The election is not going to be rigged. We even had the wall street journal editorial page a few weeks ago saying donald trump is talking like a loser. Talking like a guy who they know is going to lose. If he wants to keep talking like a loser he should quit and let somebody run for the presidency who thinks they can win. Good morning, welcome to morning joe its friday, august 21st, along with joe, willie and me, we have washington anchor katty kay. And executive editor of the recount John Heileman. Willie, what do you think about last night . Well, it was an extraordinary moment for joe biden. I just go back again, it was six months ago that he was left for dead politically. It was over. Fourth place in iowa, fifth place in new hampshire, everyone knows the story. Now six months later there he is standing on
Joe biden promises to lead america out of what he calls its season of darkness as he formally accepts the Democratic Party president ial nomination. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The mystery over the condition of leading russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has deepened. The fierce and outspoken critic of president putin collapsed while on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in hospital. His supporters claim he was poisoned via a substance added to his tea but one of the doctors in charge of his care has this morning said that so far no traces of poison have been in his system. Mr navalnys aides have insisted he be transferred to germany for treatment, but the russian hospital chief says hes too ill to be moved. The hopsital say they have a diagnosis, which they have yet to reveal. They gave this update a little earlier. Translation today, from the tests we
Ballot. Who we are as a nation, what we stand for, most importantly who we want to be, thats all on the ballot. Paul lets bring in wall street journal columnist and deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and Editorial Board member kyle peterson. Dan, i think the message of this convention to me boils down to character and covid19. That is the democrats trying to make the case that trump failed in controlling the pandemic and the reason is his flawed character. Did they succeed in delivering that message well enough in your view and strategically, politically was it the right message . Daniel yeah, i think so. What the heck . They could not have possibly have overstated it one speaker after another went after donald trump. I believe joe biden opened his address last night by describe ing a season of darkness which sounds to me Netflix Series rather than political campaign. [laughter] daniel this is a poll tested convention, make no mistake about it based on 3
Could they choose . You wont want to miss that either. The Biden Campaign must be getting some alarming internal polling on wisconsin, because after trashing President Trump for visiting kenosha, joe biden made a seemingly impromptu trip to the battle scarred city today where he met with the family of jacob blake and hosted an entirely scripted town hall. Almost entirely scripted. My name is portia bennett. Im going to be honest, i was told to go out this way but i cant, you need the truth and im part of the truth. Tammy when trump visited kenosha earlier this week, the media was incensed. President trump wrapping up a controversial visit to kenosha, wisconsin. The white house has promised a unifying visit but that would be a gross departure from what we have seen from the president. The president in wisconsin not focused on the pandemic but instead as former Vice President joe biden puts it, fanning the flames of the nations racial tensions. Tammy not that there is any bias there, kee
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