Have a great day. Its an election alert and the republicans have won control of the u. S. Senate. Also they won a bunch of statehouses. They had a very good night. They did indeed catch a wave. And keep control of the house. If youre just waking up, weve got all the numbers for you because many of you were sleeping when the numbers were coming in in the middle of the night. The senate has gone to the republicans, and sore if a with two races yet to be determined at least youve got alaska still up in the air, virginia still up in the air and a runoff in december. But heres the balance of power as it looks. 5245. Right there youve got to wonder what is going on in the white house, as expected what happens so often, the sixth year of a twoterm president , they usually take a pounding and the president s party has certainly taken a pounding. So Mitch Mcconnell
will be the majority leader there in the senate. Meanwhile over in the house, john boehner has expanded his majority. Look at that
Castro will be sworn in today. Castro replacing Shaun Donovan who serves as director of the office of management and budget. And new Los Angeles Clippers owner steve new loirngs clippers owner will meet fans today who is expected to hold a News Conference marking a new era for the team. That does it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Sunday started with prayers and messages of unity, peace, and justice. It took a very different turn after dark. And i believe the continued resolve of the good people of this community, ultimately triumph over the few people bent on violence and destruction. Good morning. It is monday, august 18th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, morning joe
contributor mark halpern. Former Communications Director for president george w. Bush Nicole Wallace and msnbc. Com germane standing by in ferguson, missouri. He has been on the front lines and community for days now doing great reporting there. Hell have the very latest after another violent nig
Indicted moments ago for his abuse of power for his use of the vito. Good night from washington. On the record is next. The on the record special christians under attack starts in just minutes. But, first, breaking news. Police in ferguson, missouri, releasing the new Surveillance Video they say it shows Michael Brown in a strong arm robbery at a Convenience Store just minutes before he was shot to death by police. At the same time police also releasing the name of the officer who fatally shot brown who was unarmed and tonight there is growing controversy over whether there is any connection whatsoever between the videotaped robbery and the shooting. Fox news correspondent mike tobin live in ferguson with the very latest. Mike . [horns blowing. The attention now comes back to the demonstrations here. Really ground zero. The land in front of the ground in front of the quick trip store where you see the demonstrators gathering. Where they gather all night
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To watch them up close bear their pain, bear their grief with dignity and not succumb to the temptation of wayward words and inflaming tensions has made me a better activist, a better person, a better commune indicator. I thank these families for making it a better america. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Who you gonna call . A hawkish hillary or a dovish rand paul . Lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in new york. Let me start with the wild possibility that we may have to choose for our next president between a democratic hawk and a republican dove. If you want to see a
transformational election in our country, let the democrats put forward a war hawk like Hillary Clinton. You will see a transformation like you have never seen. What will this do to mix up the decision after lee elections voting against a war can we choose a democrat who voted for the war and sounds hawkish today who takes a harder line on putin, iran, syria . How will re
Dropped the phone in the toilet and havent had a phone. You got everything done and then dropped it . This is a fox news alert im bret baier in washington president obama has vetoed a bill from congress to authorize construction of the Keystone Pipeline. Move comes despite the state departments conclusion that it would have no adverse effect on the environment. Chief correspondent james rosen is with the latest. This is the third veto president obama issued across his six years in office but the first since republicans regained control of the senate. In a brief written message to the Senate President obama said he was vetoing the keystone legislation on procedural ground
because the president wrote this act of congress conflicts with established executive branch procedures. It has earned my veto. The white house said earlier alerting to expect the action. The president intends to veto this legislation. Reporter the Obama Administration spent some six years delaying a decision and casti