Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Thats 1,754 votes ahead in a sdlact h district that has been in gop hands for three decades. The official outcome way not be known until other ballots are tallied and the race could be headed to a recount if the k candidates end up within 1 of each other once the votes are certified. This morning, balderson is claiming victory. Oconnor has not conceded. Regardless, well see a rematch when they compete for full term in congress. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, august 8th. With joe, willie and me, we have Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine noah raufman. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst Steve Rattner and National Political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc news, is he still away, Steve Kornacki. But you see this same thing happening. Theyre bleeding. Republicans are bleeding so badly right now in suburbs, and then
Individuals we disagree with. We live in a constitutional republic. We are supposed to have equal justice under the law and the equal application of our laws. Tonight in the United States this is all in jeopardy. After more than 15 months of intensive investigations surrounding one man, the president of the United States, more and more americans rightly are realizing that muellers seemingly never ending witch hunt is not only damaging the country, but it is rocking our system of justice to its very core. And following the New York Timess socalled Bombshell Report that the white house attorney, the president s attorney, white House Counsel don mcginnis, the president tweeted this Disgrace Discredited Bob Mueller and as whole group of angry democratic thugs spent over 30 hours with the white House Counsel, only with my approval, for the purposes of transparency. Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no
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A recap of the days news. The russia investigation, but i think in terms of optics as people watch all of this, it doesnt paint a picture of a group of men and donald trump is among them in the broader sense who play outside the rules, who bend rules when it comes to the financial stuff. Who are playing with players, oligarchs, that word thats been banned from the courtroom. And i do think it lends a general impression from the general public of people who have secrets to hide and those secrets coming out. What i think what was so interesting today is that rick gates also admitted that hes a liar, that he cheated paul manafort. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Right, so how do you figure out that testimony which is very damning because Defense Attorneys are going to get up and say have you not admitted youre a liar . And unreliable. And is it all the best people i hired all the best people. People who are accused of Money Laundering, tax evasion. Theyre all the best people. I hire the
Overabundance. They want to automate everything, including the way you think. Dont let them. Have a great evening in spite of all that. Sean hannity is up next. We will turn it over to him a few seconds earlier. Sean great show. Busy breaking news night. Its all over the place tonight. For well over a year, he has targeted President Trump and everyone around him. Just look at Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen. Anything to do with russia . After 460 days, mueller has found literally zero evidence of trumprussia collusion. Zero. The president is rightly calling out its been nice to atone for what it is. This is now a national disgrace. In moments, well have an important on two individuals that are caught up in a Special Counsels fishing expedition. Paul manafort, now being tried on an old Bank Fraud Charge and a Trump Campaign volunteer, George Papadopoulos, who pled guilty to lying to the fbi. His wife is here with us tonight and she thinks he should withdraw that plea, and he might. Also to
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