stories we re watching today the first is joe biden heading to monterey park, california the president will deliver remarks on gun safety. we are also following a developing situation out of ukraine involving a u.s. intelligence aircraft that was forced down by russian war planes but we start today with the race to the bottom in the republic primary the leading contenders for the presidential nomination making clear that they will not stand with the fledgeling democracy. a statement from ron desantis in response to a questionnaire than none other than fox news and america s most prominent putin defender tucker carlson reads in quote, while the u.s. has many vital national interests, securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the chinese communist party, becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between ukraine and russia is not
investigations, now teachers unions attacking parents also showing you some shocking video from another unprovoked attack in new york city, and 36-year-old socialist prime minister living the high life while millions of europeans are suffering for war and millions more suffer for a bad economy in ruins. is that a problem? we will talk about it. but first tonight facing a dire problem from within. the deceit of political power in the u.s. washington swamp is completely totally hostile to all republicans, all conservatives, and especially anybody that dares support donald trump. as we speak, our nation s capital is now the most liberal part of the country than anywhere else in america and that includes places like california and new york and new york city. in 2020, joe biden carried the district of columbia by over 92 percentage points. look at that, over 92%, that never happens. all neighboring counties meanwhile voted by about 80%. every single career bureaucrats public serva
thank you. as you can imagine, politics is a total blood support the reason i m a republican, it s because those are my values of human being, i think that s resonating with other hispanics as well. how many of you voted for trump in 2020? i m not scared to say that i voted for trump. but i already voted for obama. the biggest misconception is that latinos are supposedly democrats. my first language was spanish, i m definitely not a white supremacist. we have a right to be there in protest. he is the best damn president in u.s. history. do you believe that the 2020 election was stolen? yes, i believe that president trump won that election, and i believe that voter fraud occurred. to me, 2020 was the political awakening. your children are not safe amid school systems. he s me man. i don t have anything against the lgbtq community at all, i don t think the kids should have it pushed on them. all right lately it s our always socialism, socialism
we appreciate it. stick around. we ll talk to you again in a few minutes on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. to do something with 50 votes is rough. to do small things with 50 votes is rough. to pass such a major piece of legislation with only 50 votes, republican minority, a caucus running from bernie sanders to joe manchin, wow. senate majority leader chuck schumer after the senate passed a sweeping climate health care and tax bill, putting democrats on the verge of another major win ahead of the midterms. republicans also scored a win for big pharma. we ll explain. donald trump s republican party gathered in dallas for cpac this weekend, where the big lie was on full display. along with an incredibly ridiculous guest and this is not the one i m talking about. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 8th. with joe and me, we have corresponde
plus, on the trail. as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. what s the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching the u.s. senate pull an all-nighter. you are looking at live pictures of the senate floor where tired lawmakers are still voting. after more than nine hours of all-night debate on the democrats sweeping tax, health and climate package. saturday vice president kamala harris cast a tie-breaking vote. right now democrats are trying to remain united as republicans and bernie sanders offer up amendments to the bill. i want to go straight to capitol hill and cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, you have been up all night. you don t look it, but you ve been up all night with