phones, free health care, school supplies, and more. this great giveaway, all at taxpayer expense. it comes as new york city schools prepared to enroll 1,000 illegal immigrants to the upcoming year. the new york post calling it the land of the free. interesting front cover there, pete. i want to juxtapose the statements that muriel bowser of d.c., where there have been 7,000 illegal immigrants sent, with mayor adams of new york city. there have been 900 illegal migrants there from texas. check out would have to say. bowser, this is the tipping point. our service efforts have become overwhelmed. sounds like someone from texas or arizona. adams, if we don t get these urgently needed resources we may struggle to provide the proper level of support our clients deserve while also facing challenges as we serve both a rapidly growing population and new clients who are seeking asylum. interesting he called them clients. pete: that s a new one. two mayors of sanctuary cities
biden aides and allies have been talking up key parts of the plan including prescription drugs, taxes and energy. lowering prescription drug costs is one piece. we can bring down costs burdening households like description drugs. pharmaceutical prices which will help health care and lowering the rate. long overdue tax reform. the parks repeal, not the full repeal, but the partial repeal of the trump tax cuts which would take some demand out of the economy. lowering utility costs by providing tax incensetives. the way in which we can assure reasonable energy expenses for households is to move to renewables to address climate change. freeing up fossil fuels in various ways in the short run, and making, with government support, the ultimate pivot to renewables. joining us now from washington, d.c., cnn white house correspondent john harwood. john, happy monday. good to see you here. it looks like a new coat of paint perhaps on some key elements of build back be
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
at this time he s probably not buying any long-term and civil bonds. if you are his investment visor you were telling today trey. yet tony fauci is still working. in fact is on the longest serving employees in the entire federal government, almost certainly the highest paid. why is that? is tony fauci is that good. the term national treasure comes to mind. decent people understand that. drive through any neighborhood with high concentrations of college educated professionals with desperately unhappy personal lives and you will see the yard sign shines erected in his honor. thank you, dr. fauci, they read, tapped with a perky little axle mission point at the dash with a heart at the bottom, thank you for being you and you can often understand the gratitude. as the men who got us through the pandemic. as the coronavirus wafted from a chinese military biolab in wuhan and settled over the united states, tony fauci was the man americans looked to for guidance. he was are sherpa, a
desperately trying to get enough to eat. and, the england and wales cricket board brings charges against yorkshire, and several individuals, over allegations of racism. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. new us aid for ukraine, worth $1 billion, has been announced by president biden in washington. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels, the us defence secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine receives the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we re seeing what president zelensky warned us about. after failing to take kyiv and reassessing its combat aims, russia has shift