the grotesque and cynical politics behind the florida governor s migrant stunt. just like the racist reverse freedom rides of the 1960s, these migrants were lied to every step of the way, so desantis could own the libs. also tonight, new reporting from the washington post on how trump s team grossly mischaracterized the nature of the documents that he was keeping at mar-a-lago. when the national archives first asked for them back. and what a way to end the week. fresh from her triumphant victory at the emmy awards, sheryl lee ralph from abbott elementary joins me tonight. we begin with the freedom riders. the group of white and black civil rights activists who rode buses across the south in 1961 with the goal of integrating public transportation and bus terminals. one of the original 13 freedom riders was the late great congressman john lewis. it was a bold act of resistance to challenge the segregation laws and the riders encounters violence, beatings, and yale time.
cade of the nation s best minds, we begin with gordon chang. go. freeman of new york times he has praised the chinese system. the one party they know how to get things done. while condemning the american system. has he turned out to be right? what is going on in china? well, thomas friedman has been wrong, so has klaus schwab head of world economic forum who said that china was a model for the developing world, they are wrong, we ve seen the fire on the 24th. immediately there were protests, they were not coordinated. people were on the streets. they were on streets protesting covid rules which contributed to deaths in that fire, they said down with xi jinping, and down with the communist party. the mood on the streets in china, is they realize the root cause of the problems is the communist party, the system does not work. and if they thought about it, they would have said, thomas friedman is wrong. mark: yeah, new york times, and cnn, have both praised the communist c
a committee member joins us with more on that. and russia and chichina s leaders are meeting face to face. and speak with foreign relations committee chair bob menendez about it. today is day one of hispanic heritage month. we ll talk about efforts to address mental health access for latinos. plus thousands of people lining up for hours to pay their respects as the queen lies in state. we ll go live to london. we begin this hour with two buss with people who had crossed the border in texas arriing near the residence of vice president harris in washington, d.c. this according to fox news. they were reportedly sent by texas governor greg abbott, who has also sent buss with migrants to new york city in an effort to pressure the biden administration on immigration. this morning new york city mayor eric adams toured a center that s now helping those who were bussed there. el paso also bussed people theres last month. in florida the office of governor ron desantis provided
times higher than when president biden took office. bill: threatening to make it worse a possible strike by tens of thousands of railroad workers. could happen as soon as friday. stoppage would cost the economy $2 billion a day. that leaves about a third of the u.s. freight in the lurch. dana: biden administration is working to broker a deal between unions and rail companies. the dispute is already impacting service with amtrak suspending some trains. kelly o grady has the latest on the possible rail strike and edward lawrence reporting on the inflation news from the white house. the inflation year-over-year 8.3% ticks down a little bit. the federal reserve would like to see the number around 2%. the federal reserve is going to be focused on the core inflation. inflation without food and energy prices. that number went up for the first time in five months and rose substantially to 6.3%. that will spook the federal reserve. the biden administration will tout the overall
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over