Neck out. I want to commend Speaker Boehner for listening to the American People and for leading. For the house of representatives to stand up and vote to defund obama care is a tremendous victory. If and when we win this fight its going to be because House Republicans have stood up and showed the courage that they are showing right now that they dont stand up. The house is the one branch of government that the republicans have a majority. Okay. Good morning, everyone. Its friday, september 20. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set we have msnbc and Time Magazine. Are analyst mike halperin, Eugene Robinson on the set with us. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst ste Steve Rattner and john mecham. Well be talking about the pope in just a second. Also new information on the potential motive behind the Navy Yard Shooting and the effort to defund obama care, Mark Halperin well get to that in a second. How would you characterize where that stands . Not since Danny Bona
For up to three hours and some services up to three days. We will ask an expert on Infectious Diseases on that in a moment. In washington President Trump restricting travel for more than go dozen European Countries and says he still has tools he can use to slow the spread we have things i can do. Very strong Emergency Powers under the stafford act i have it memmemorized exactly as to the powers under that act. I have the right to do a lot of the things people dont know about. Are you going to do it today . I dont want to do that. Former Vice President joe biden and former top contender for the presidency criticizing the president s response today. Banning all travel from europe or any other part of the world may slow it, but as we have seen, it will not stop it. And travel restrictions based on favoritism and politics, rather than risk will be counter productive. This disease could impact every nation and any person on the planet. We need a plan about how we are going to aggressively m
Crisis back in march. Lets hope its not simply due to being a lagging indicator. Maybe this is a positive trend. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced his state will be pausing its reopening plan due to a recent spike in cases. He also asked texas residents to wear masks and practice social distancing. Its important not to lose track of the economic crisis unfolding alongside the pandemic. Frankly due to the pandemic. The Labor Department says an additional 1. 5 million americans filed for unemployment last week. Feels like the Third Straight week when thats the number. Joining me is my coanchor katy tur. What else are we going to be looking at this hour . Well, chuck, right now the house is debating its Police Reform bill. The George Floyd Justice in policing act. The house will vote on the bill this evening. Exactly one month after floyd was killed by Minneapolis Police. The proposal would likely be a nonstarter in the Republicancontrolled Senate but could offer a road map for democra
Funding one of the Many Republican superpacs that played a role in the primary process this year. Robert mercer funded his own superpac and the person put in charge of running it was kelly anne con way who you know and famous and widely recognized as the Campaign Manager for the donald Trump Campaign. When she got that job, became Donald Trumps Campaign Manager, she had to quit her old job running the superpac. So then the mers earls had to replace her, the guy they hired to replace her and run the superpac once she left to go to the Trump Campaign, this guy, david bossy and very shortly after they put him in charge of the superpac, he also left the Mercer Family superpac to go work for the Trump Campaign just like Kellyanne Con way did and became the deputy come pain manager to conway. Mercer is also reportedly the principle funder of breitbart. Com, a website thats on kind of a ragged, slightly unnerving edge of the conservati media. Depending on where youre coming from and been arou
She had to quit her old job running the superpac. So then the mers earls had to replace her, the guy they hired to replace her and run the superpac once she left to go to the Trump Campaign, this guy, david bossy and very shortly after they put him in charge of the superpac, he also left the Mercer Family superpac to go work for the Trump Campaign just like Kellyanne Con way did and became the deputy come pain manager to conway. Mercer is also reportedly the principle funder of breitbart. Com, a website thats on kind of a ragged, slightly unnerving edge of the conservative media. Depending on where youre coming from and been around far while and if you want a flavor of what it is like in the conservative media universe, breitbart. Com is these guys. Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy. Breitbart famously called bill kristol a renegade jew. For the crime of not supporting donald trump. After the massacre at a black church in charleston, south carolina, where nine churchgoer