Hello and a good Saturday Morning to all, welcome to morning Joe Weekend. I am jonathan mayor, i am in this week, lets jump right into the weeks biggest stories. You have used words like animal and rabid to describe like district attorneys. You have attacked black journalists, calling them losers, saying the questions they ask the court, stupid and racist. You have had dinner with a white supremacist at your mara lago resort. So, my question, sir, now that you are asking black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you . After you have used language like that . Well, first of all i dont think i have ever been asked the question so it is such a horrible manner, the first question. You dont even say hello, how are you . Are you with abc . Because i think they are a fake news network, a terrible network. And it only went downhill from there. That was part of Donald Trumps contentious Interview Yesterday at a conference for the National Association Of Black Journalists.
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Certain more than liebermann at the pentagon at this cnn this is cnn breaking News Welcome to all you watching us here in the United States, canada, and Around The World, im Kim Brunhuber. Were following Breaking News this our a dramatic and emotional scene playing out in just the past few hours outside of washington, Three Americans held in russia are now back in the u. S. AS Part of the biggest Prisoner Exchange since the cold War President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris joined a crowd at Joint Base Andrews in maryland, where they first welcome home marine veteran Paul Whelan. He spent the past six years in a russian prison also returning were journalists, Evan Gershkovich and also kurmasheva, who were amongst 16 people set free by moscow negotiators have been working on the deal in secret for more than a year. It involves 24 people in total and cooperation from seven countries why did you have to face the Three Americans and their Family Members welcome home and beyond t
Nation of belgium, and the person you see in the center of your screen is u. S. Olympian Brittany Griner. Brittany griner helped lead the united states to victory 8774 against belgium. And the reason that was possible, the reason that Brittany Griner was able to represent the u. S. In these Olympic Games and help the united states claim victory in Womens Basketball was because of a real feat of diplomacy by president Joe Biden. It was February Of 2022 when ms. Griner was detained in russia on trumpedup charges related to Cannabis Products that were found in her luggage. By August Griner had been sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony. But just a few months later in december of that Year President biden announced that he had negotiated a historic Prisoner Swap, securing Brittany Griners safe release. And that is why Brittney Griner was able to play today for Team Usa in the olympics. The biden White House worked to use the momentum from that deal to continue negotiations for
Because he cannot talk about substance and that has always been the case with Donald Trump. Thank you to both of you, Symone Sanderstownsend and zerlina maxwell. That is it for this thursday night. Alex wagner, i apologize for cutting into your time. My friend, noah apologies necessary. Theres a lot going on in the world right now, a whole lot. I want to start tonight with these new images that we have from the Olympic Games. That is Team Usa competing in Womens Basketball against the nation of belgium. The person you see in the center of your screen is u. S. Olympian Brittney Griner. Brittney griner helped lead the united states to victory, 8774 against belgium. The reason that was possible, the Reason Whitney Greiner was able to represent the u. S. At these Olympic Games and help the united states claim victory in Womens Basketball was because of a real feat of diplomacy by president Joe Biden. It was February 2022 went ms. Greiner was detained in russia on trumped up charges related