Guest they are here, working, and it would be in our interest as a country to bring them online. They need to learn english and pay a fine and pay taxes, which will help contribute to the economy and solidify programs like Social Security and medicare. I think these are all net benefits for why we should allow them to work their way into the country legally. There is no way we will round everybody up and throw them out of the country. That makes no sense. There is no way to do that and we shouldnt. The reality is they are here, and what will we do to resolve this situation . We need to sit down and have a thoughtful discussion about that. You need to learn the language and pay a fine for violating the law, and start paying taxes. If you do that, you will now be a contributing member of society and over several years, you start achieving some of those objectives, come into the country, welcome to america. Host new jersey, democrats line. Caller i am concerned about income inequality, a
Not necessarily retiring from professional activity, but transitioning into a lessdemanding role. I plan to spend a lot of my time writing and look forward to that opportunity. But i feel that its really a great time to pass the baton to the next leader because the college is in such a strong position. We have had a very Successful Campaign as was mentioned. Our goal was 150 million. And we raised 158 million. Our alumni have really rallied around the institution. We have the highest alumni Participation Rate ever in the history of the college. Our students are doing great things. Great opportunities have been made available to them. Weve been able to triple our Financial Aid budget. So many wonderful things have been able to take place that i feel like its a Perfect Moment to pass the baton to the next leader because theres a lot of momentum. Lets go to craig waiting in missouri city, texas. Youre on with dr. Tatum. Caller yes, good morning. I want to first thank cspan for the efforts
Looks like her already in such a role. So theres a lot of opportunity for mentorship a lot of opportunity for inspiration. And as you mentioned Morehouse College is across the street which means we really have the best of both worlds. Theres plenty of opportunity for coed interact if thats what you want to have. But in the classroom, youre at the center of the experience, as i said. And i think that makes a huge difference for young women giving them lots of confidence and the sense that they truly can do anything. And when we look at what our graduates do we see that they are indeed doing anything and everything that you would hope they would be able to do. Lets head up to new york. Carmines waiting new rochelle new york. Caller i wanted you to know that i have a niece who attended a historically black college. But were not africanamerican. Were italian. And her experience was so rewarding and so beautiful. She wasnt just accepted by the college, the students and the president. She wa
A day behind the united states, brazil and india. Meanwhile, in new york, where cases spiked in march and april, sunday marked the first day with no confirmed or probably coronavirus deaths. With the virus now hitting states in the south and the west in particular, arizona, california, florida, mississippi and texas, all have broken their records for average daily fatalities. President trump had this to say. We are, we test more than anybody by far and when you test, you create cases. So weve created cases. Were doing a great job. Were doing very well with vaccines and very, very well with therapeutics. Theyre always talk iing about cases. The number of cases. Well, it is a big factor that we do have a lolt of cases because we have a lot of testing. Had we not done what did, mike and i were talking about it before, 2 to 3 million lives lost, but we did that so were at about 135,000 and well be at somewhat higher than that by the time it ends. On the ground, doctors and nurses are paint
So we have an election this year. I heard the music and that so we have an election this year, mika . Yes, we do. Do we really . Yes. 60 years in 60 seconds for you. The Democratic National Convention Kicks off today and because of the coronavirus, it will be unlike any of the Party Conventions weve seen to date. Wont look like any of those. Good morning and welcome to morning joe it is monday, august 17th. With us we have White House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire wait. Jonathan, this is important. Jonathan, so the great thomas ricks who has a wonderful book coming out in a couple months said that what the Boston Red Sox are doing are nothing less than a remarkable experiment. He said they decided to elevate an entire triple a pitching staff to the major leagues at the same time, of course, tom is a little off. This is single a, double a pitching staff the red sox have sent up. But its just its beyond words how bad the pitching staff is. I dont know if you know thi