This friday edition of the washington journal. Were back tomorrow morning at 7 00. Check out our Schedule Information on our website at c span. Org. Have a terrific weekend. President obama yesterday ordered flags at half staff and honor of Nelson Mandela. He was in prison nearly three decades. He willly became be buried in his ancestral village on december 15. Following yesterdays news, president obama delivered a. Tatement at the white house at his trial in 1964, Nelson Mandela closed saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against white ive cherish the ideal in which people can live in harmony. It is an ideal i hope to live within to achieve. It is an ideal for which i am prepared to drdie. Nelson mandela lived for that it real. He made today he has gone home, and we have lost one of the most influential, courageous, and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. He no longer belongs to us. He belongs to the ages. Through
Happening in venezuela and they are financing and that there is also a move to move in this direction. Is there any is there any outside pressure or suggestions from abroad to maybe move a little bit more . I mean, i think that, you know, from the perspective of the brazilians that primarily are concerned with being repaid for their investments, so, you know, reforms that, you know, facilitate repayment, you know, green light those. They like. They like those. Green light those right away. In the case of the cubans, i think youre primarily concerned about the oil shipments. So i think have they stayed low . Yeah. No change . Not that im aware of. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So okay. I mean, i think that i could see from a certain perspective the cubans arguing for more a more flexible economy, considering the recent reforms they have made to their own system. I think that would be i think thats plausible in some ways. And i also think that the cubans may have an interest in wanting to reduce som
As he sees it, there are too many guns in america, and too much killing. He and his staff are working very hard to see what more they can do to stop it. Governor Martin Omalley says the tragedy in connecticut has made it clear to him that the time has come to eliminate access to the sort of military style gone adam blanda is believed to have used. Adam relenzalanza is believed to have used. No bill has yet been drafted but the governor says a gun control package will join others already being proposed by senators in next months legislative session. We need to find a way to try to rescue some good for the future, this irreplaceable loss that these moms and dads have suffered in connecticut. Among the opinions we sampled today, we found none who disagree. Is just too dangerous and not necessary to teach bridgette to protect yourself. I own a handgun but i think anything beyond that as a little bit too much. Since it always gets in the wrong hands. It seems it always gets into the wrong h
Get a check on the day ahead. Primary elections held in alaska and wyoming today. Voters will decide who will run against mark begich. Paul ryan is more focused on his partys image and we will have a chance to ask him about it when he join the set of morning joe tomorrow. That does it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Its tuesday, august 19th. Welcome to morning joe. That is what t. J. Does. Hes into the glasses. Im glad someone does. I love those glasses. You have the situation with the last contact lens that falls and you just cant find them . I like them. Im telling you. Thank you, willie. I do. Its different when he says it in a way like he is not panting like t. J. Oh, yeah. Its different. Did he just wink at me and go is that bad . No. From the will meister . No. Morning joe contributor John Heilemann, what a weird start. He joins us. Usually youre the weird one, john. All right. Today, im innocent. Today, you are innocent and elegant. We al
Rare support of 2 3 of republicans. The nearly half of democrats voted against it. And that includes Vermont Democrat peter welch who serves on the National Security and Homeland Defense subcommittees. Congressman, thank you, as always, for joining us. Thank you. You did vote no last night, why . On this syria plan where were going to be trying to equip and train the socalled moderate rebels and then send them into this chaotic battle space with isis and assad. Its hard for me to have any confidence thats a realistic prospect of success. So thats why i voted against it. Also, we didnt pay for it. So, once again, were imposing this huge new obligation on the military while theyre still under sequester. And theyre going to hollow out the readiness and the defense of america. You voted no on the specifics of peace. And as you well know and criticized, a lot of this discussion in the house has discussed this as if this vote would mean theres a blank check to go on to a wider war. Whats goi