this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
president donald trump. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 25th. i m willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. let s dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their student debt. those are the figures from the white house following an executive action yesterday by president biden. the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. by resuming student loan payments at the same time as we provide targeted relief, we re taking an economically responsible course. as a consequence, about $50 billion a year will start coming
seven people killed, 30 more injured. authorities the suspect had two prior run-ins with law enforcement. in 2019, an individual contacted state departments of the week after learning of them attempting suicide. a mental health professional at that time the second incident, he said that he was going to kill everyone, and police responded they removed knives, a dagger, and a sword from his home. two rifles, some pistols, possibly a shotgun. also saying this 21-year-old and had planned the attack for weeks in advance. nobody caught including posting disturbing images of videos. unfortunately, it does not end there. 60 people workshop in chicago 68 people were shot in chicago.g no time to go directly after them. each day, we are reminded there is nothing guaranteed about our democracy, about our way of life. defended and earned by voting must not carry assault weapons. i don t think a single one of them would have said that you have a constitutional right
fbi agents are facing an increasing number of threats as republican leaders stay mostly silent about the danger dangerous rhetoric coming from the right. plus, a preview of liz cheney s primary in wyoming where maga supporters seem to punish here for telling the truth about donald trump. i m tiffany cross in tonight for joy reid. we begin with significant developments and a number of investigations involving former president donald trump. today a federal grand jury investigating the january 6 report has subpoenaed eric hirschman for documents. this makes him the third lawyer along with white house counsel pat sill loney and patrick sylvan. their testimony was featured throughout the january 6th hearings. what this means to donald trump according to andrew weesemen that there is no question that trump is the target of the federal january 6 probe. he added, correct move here, lock people into the grand jury. meanwhile in georgia, have the investigation into trump s alleged
incredibly important for policymakers and for washington. look, we ve got consumer confidence numbers tomorrow, i mean, they could be really rotten. we know that people feel terrible about where the economy is going, a lot of people feel like they are already in a recession already. terrible consumer confidence. we will get those numbers. on wednesday we have a federal reserve interest rate hike expected, we are expecting another 75 basis points. that s big. we saw that in june, 75 basis points that was the biggest move since 1994, we re expecting that again. why? because the fed is trying to tamp town on inflation. that s going to be incredibly important to watch. we will get the first reading on second quarter gdp that comes thursday and that s expected to be negative again and that would mean as you guys just said two quarters in a row of negative growth. that s a big slowdown from where we saw at the end of last year 6.9%. but gdp alone is not the only gauge of whether we