Kayleigh hello, everyone. Where is nancy pelosi . The house is in recess. House and Senate Democrats left town after failing to compromise and make a deal to provide relief to the American People. While nancy pelosi enter colleagues went home, this president remain hard at work. President trump took executive action, including stopping evictions, providing unemployment insurance, pausing student loan payments, cutting the payroll tax, which puts money in the pockets of all americans. Democrats apparently were unable to stick around to make a deal. Now, suddenly democrats will be rushing back to washington. But why . The answer, the United States Postal Service. It is a stunning turn of events. Democrats went home after accomplishing nothing. No deal and stimulus checks, no bail no deal on Small Business really, no deal on eviction protections. The concerns of Everyday Americans were not the concerns of democrats on capitol hill. Where is nancy pelosi . She and her democratic colleagues
Close in 2020. Big day yesterday. Autonomous chaos meanwhile. Seattle looking to dismantle the capitol hill occupied protests as new one pops up in washington, d. C. Plus, back to the ball game, Major League Baseball looks to assure season this year but the players still need to get on board. More on sports talk, stay with us next hour tennis pro joining me live to talk about future of u. S. Open and new bourbon venture. We will talk with one ceo who kept employees on the payroll and bringing new ones on, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria european markets are seeing uptick this morning. The ftse 100 up 65, cac quarante in paris up 72 and dax index in germany high by 76. In asia green across the board. The japanese nikkei average overnight up half of 1 . Now the top stories that we are watching this morning. Major unrest on nations capitol as protestors attempt to create what they are calling a black house autonomous zone right outside of the white house with large garbage ca
And greatly appreciate all of the work done by law enforcement, my heart goes out to georges family and friends, justice will be served. I can tell you as im briefing you at this moment, the president is receiving a briefing from the attorney general, bill barr, on this, and the Deputy Director of the f. B. I. That is ongoing as i begin this briefing. Secondly i want to transition into some news from s. B. A. And treasury that was announced that today the u. S. Small Business Administration in consultation with the u. S. Treasury department announced it is setting aside 10 billion of round two funding for the Paycheck Protection Program to lent exclusively to cdfis, Community Development financial institutions. Cdfis work to expand Economic Opportunity in lowincome communities by providing access to products and services to local residents an businesses. We are encouraged to see that finally before taking your questions i want to address whats going on on twitter and social media. I be
And cannibals. Does that sound like something you are behind or i havent i havent heard that. Is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing. The circus of it all, the meanness and lies and conspiracy theories. If i can help save the world from problems, im willing to do it. Donald trump hasnt grown into the job, because he cant. And the consequences of that failure are severe. Former president obama and President Trump both speaking yesterday. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 20th, joe is off this morning. Along with willie and me we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press Jonathan Lemire. Msnbc contributor, shana thomas. Historian john meacham, whose biography of john lewis accomplishes next week. And host of politics nation and president of the National Action network reverend al sharpton is with us. We are covering a lot this morning, including developments in the postal story, with House Speaker nancy pelosi saying louis dejoy will no
Series champion. Is it time to start fitting them for the world series rings, despite the fact they have the secondtolast worst record in baseball . I can feel those september breezes coming. Going to push them over the finish line. Joe, every four years we come out of the conventions wondering which candidate emerges with the big mo, its the Boston Red Sox, this time, joe. Two straight wins against the nationals. The grounds crew clearing space for a banner, this october wondering which exred sox star will get the bigger ovation, at fenway park, there wont be any fans, mind you, but still go with us. This is it, this is a turning point. This is the impossible dream. Like secretary going down the final stretch of the belmont in 73. These red sox are coming on, two wins in a row. Speaking of momentum, i do think that perhaps the president may have been a bit enraged yesterday morning after getting the ratings from his final night, but also the polling out of abc news, the Washington Pos