interview with john fetterman showing how he relies on closed captioning as he recovers from a stroke. what are voters going to say? i will talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. i will speak with the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee leading the push to freeze relations with the saudis over their decision to limit oil supply and help russia. president biden will make saudi arabia pay for giving putin an economic life line. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where senate republicas are standing by herschel walker despite reporting that he pressured a woman twice to get an abortion. are you saying a denial to any knowledge of an abortion? flat out denial, lie. a lie, lie, lie. you know what s sad about it? what was it? a receipt and had a check and all that. it isn t showing anything. it isn t showing me having saying something about an abortion. that s what s terrible. with me now is ellison barber and cha
americans with president biden declaring the mission a total success. we will explain how it was carried out, also, china is now threatening a military response over how nancy pelosi s expected visit to taiwan, the u.s. is warning beijing not to turn the trip into a crisis. we will go live to the white house to speak with john kirby. it is primary day across five states with major implications for abortion rights and election integrity. meanwhile donald trump stirring up confusion in missouri after an endorsement that has leading candidates in the senate primary both claiming the former pete president is supporting them. good morning and welcome to morning joe on tuesday, august 2. good to have everyone with us. good to have you with us. every september 11th for 20 years we have reflected either personally or on air about what was lost on that day, who was lost and you talk about people on the street, you talk about loved ones that you knew, it was deeply personal for me
2020 director of press communications and the former campaign surrogate president biden. sandra: new york republican gubernatorial candidate zelden hitting the trail one day after he was attacked on stage by a man trying to stab him. quite something to see that video. john: the video no question is shocking. we ll get reaction as well. lawmaker talking to reporters last hour about the shocking experience, and the need to reform bail laws. put the suspect back on the streets shortly after the attack. only one option. dramatic video showing the man armed with the weapon approached zelden on stage. he was charged with felony assault, but then released from custody without bail. outcome that zelden predicted would happen due to the new york lenient bail laws. sandra: and the man who helped sub sue the suspect will speak with us in a moment. and andy mccarthy is here to weigh in on the punishment he should be facing, and what do we know about the alleged attacker? well,
they are reporting that the white house aides are closely looking out for biden, with some staffers pointing out his verbal and physical stumbles that have become an uncomfortable issue. the times writing this: he often shuffles when he walks, and aids where he will trip on a wire. he he stumbles over words at events and they hold their breath to see if he makes it to the end without a gaffe. i think america holds a breath, too. his speeches can be flat and listless and he sometimes loses his train of thought, has trouble submitting names or appears momentarily confused. more than once he has promoted vice president kamala harris, calling her president harris. god help us. adding insult to injury, more than 60% of democrats do not want biden as a nominee in 2024. what is so troubling to me, brian, if you be the start of this piece, the questions about his age and acuity are actually affecting his official plans as president. he starts by saying, when he goes to the midd
amazing! it was so upbeat. at least he didn t say maga. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. maga forces extreme. the extreme maga ideology. maga republicans. maga republicans look at americans and see carnage and darkness and despair. greg: carnage and despair. that was easy. if you were a maga republican with china, then imagine foreign policy. it would be call to arms against an evil empire. it s the standard tonight. our equality of democracy. as i stand here tonight, democracy is under assault. greg: and what? shaking hands with imaginary friends and believe every child s head is sacred and a playground for them. [ audio difficulties ] greg: yes, so did you, julie. okay. the biggest throat to our democracy is trump supporters. like when larry kudlow showed me his pole dancing videos, this is where it gets weird. not every republican are maga republicans. not every republican replacing their extreme ideology. i know because i ve been able to wor