Thats going to wrap it up for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Heres a political announcement. A political announcement. I saw already this was like two days ago. Take a look at this. Hes been called an elitist. He vacations on Marthas Vineyard. He has been accused of ignoring the crisis in missouri and overlooking the concerns of the africanamerican community. Hell, i could do that. Paid for by romney, 2016. Good morning, everybody. It is thursday, august 21st. Welcome to morning joe. A lot to get to this morning. Boy, we do. On the front page of all the papers, we have got news that there was an attempt to rescue jim foley. We start there. The pentagon confirms that dozen of special operation troops unsuccessfully tried to rescue the journalist james foley and
other american hostages earlier this summer in syria. The captives were not at the targeted locations and foley was eventually murdered by islamic. People are very angry right now about not only about this murder. T
Sunday. A fox urgent, were hearing now from a widening circle of people into how some of our veterans may have decide awaiting medical care. A whistleblower going on the record just a few hourgs right here on fox. Is it possible that all this was going on in phoenix and now we find out in other va facilities around the country and that washington didnt know about it . No. They have been cheating about this. The cheating has gone on for a long time. There was a memo in 2010 where she showed all the various cheating schemes and he told
everybody not to do this anymore. They knew this was a big problem. And with that, were coming to light about claims in at least 11 states now across our great nation where allegedly secret lists were kept to hide massive wait times for our veterans who needed lifesaving care. Tonight, both the white house and congress gearing up for a new week to press for answers and accountability we hope. The top official for Veterans Health care, dr. Robert petzel is
Violence against women and allowed our culture to act as though this is something we can deal with later or in a hush hush way. We got to confront it, we should use this opportunity to confront and change something that is too readily accepted and excused. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton, have a great weekend. Hardball starts right now. Night of the generals. Lets talk hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington. Does this new war in iraq and syria make sense to you . Does it sound right to you, that a campaign of air strikes will bring down a zealous army of 30,000plus fanatics . That our pilots can kill enough of them to get the rest of them
to give up the fight . Also tonight, the pollsters get it wrong in scotland. The people over there vote overwhelmingly to stay in the uk. And Roger Goodell takes questions from reporters and but comes up with no answers. So why is he talking . Lastly, a look at the greatest bill cosby who made history again and again and again. Bu
Welcome back, everybody. Lets get a check on the day ahead before tossing over to morning joe. Rick perry dips his toe to be i hampshire today with Business Leaders attending a gop reception. Bob mcdonnell is back on the stand again today in the corruption trial against he and his wife maureen. That is going to do it for way too early. Great week, everybody know what day it is . Payday friday morning joe starts right now president obama played eighth round of golf of his vacation today. Hes played so much golf, i guess he is getting pretty good but still not at the pro level yet and ill show you what i mean. Here is Rory Mcilroys tee shot. In the hole they are yelling get in the
hole, get in the hole. Now see the difference with obamas swing. Listen. Get back to the white house get back to work get back to work get back to the white house. Get back to work, get back to the white house. Thats pretty good. Thats funny. Hi. A little bit of a controversy that the president gets for sure. E
Thanks for joining us. Big hand for the audience tonight. Thank you for being with us well see you back here monday. Have a great weekend. Thats it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. This is a fox news alert. On the record is tracking two major breaking news stories. Tonight, new video showing isis savages hostage in iraq. Terrorists warn there will be a another beheading and that one will be an american. Ebola in america and there is fear it is spreading right now several americans under treatment in isolation. Many more under quarantine. Ebola impacting all corners of the u. S. Tonight from washington, d. C. , to texas, to georgia, and nebraska Fox News Team of reporters tracking reporters every move across america. Casey stegall live in dallas. Thats where we start. Casey . Greta, good evening. The latest news involves one of our own. In fact, a freelance journalist, a photographer that was working for nbc news that has now come down with the ebola virus. He caugh