crossing the southern border soars. and as some republican governors resort to political stunts with people s lives, we ll talk about that. later this morning, former secretary of state hillary clinton will be our guest. we look forward to talking with her as well. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 16th. along with joe, willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bb news, katty kay in london, and the host of way too early white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, also with us the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. you know what people say about our show, that morning joe show is the most mindful show, we teach everybody that two things can be true at one time. we re not always that mindful. we re going to be talking about that. we re going to be talking about the crisis at the southern border, and by the way, i understand every t
december 31st, 1971. no lying up about your age. that actually happened. nominations are open until august 1st. but sooner you submit, the better. head to forbes.com to nominate someone today or nominate yourself. chief content officer of forbes media and editor, randall lane, thank you very much. it is now one minute past the top of the hour. the fourth hour of morning joe. and today is primary day across a number of southern states including georgia, alabama, arkansas and texas. in a moment, steve kornacki will break down the major races an update us on the republican senate race in pennsylvania that is headed to the courts i think. still too close to call. also ahead, the latest on the war in ukraine. where an ashamed russian diplomat quits over moscow s invasion. plus our conversation this morning with house speaker nancy pelosi. it was wonderful. willie. let s begin in georgia where polls open a just little over two hours ago. today s vote will have a major impact
And good evening from the Reagan Library in simi valley, just outside los angeles. This as the name suggests, dedicated to preserving the history of the 40th president s term in office. But it was the 45th president and current republican front runner who took center stage by his absence. The former president was in michigan tonight, Florida Governor ron desantis pointed that out. He also tried to do what he and the other six government grappling with without much success so far. Namely, how to set themselves apart from the former president without also ilion eighting his supporters. We will take that up in our coverage tonight and speak with some of the candidates as well as iowa voters that watch the debate tonight. We will also watch the first, one i want to start with one of the key moments on, tonight candidate Vivek Ramaswamy who was a vocal in the first debate including in this clash with former South Carolina governor nikki haley who is reacting to the answer he gave one asked
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