Thats going to wrap it up for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Heres a political announcement. A political announcement. I saw already this was like two days ago. Take a look at this. Hes been called an elitist. He vacations on Marthas Vineyard. He has been accused of ignoring the crisis in missouri and overlooking the concerns of the africanamerican community. Hell, i could do that. Paid for by romney, 2016. Good morning, everybody. It is thursday, august 21st. Welcome to morning joe. A lot to get to this morning. Boy, we do. On the front page of all the papers, we have got news that there was an attempt to rescue jim foley. We start there. The pentagon confirms that dozen of special operation troops unsuccessfully tried to rescue the journalist james foley and
other american hostages earlier this summer in syria. The captives were not at the targeted locations and foley was eventually murdered by islamic. People are very angry right now about not only about this murder. T
Headquarters, saturday, june 6th. Unrelenting protests around this nation. Thousands marched from coast to coast while Police Respond with projectiles and more arrests. And new fallout and outrage over police use of force against Peaceful Protesters. This large demonstration in portland, oregon turned ugly last night when objects started flying, including flash grenades and smoke devices, sending protesters scampering to safety. And then there was this. Back up. Back up. Thats it. Thank you. Thank you. I was arrested for walking on the sidewalk. That was from brooklyn, new york, where nypd officers started taking protesters into custody. This is happening as police use of force and tear gas at protests are coming under increasing scrutiny. You have guns, we have flowers was the chant from protesters in seattle. A federjudge said the threat to physical safety and free speech outweighs the threat to property. And philadelphia staff inspector was charged with aggravated assault after vide
Because we are stopped a lot. You are being asked for autographs though. Yes. And it is odd though . Well with, yes. But it is pretty cool . Yes. Hello, again. Good afternoon, it is 2 00 here in the east. Im anaka brar ana cabrera in for fredricka whitfield. Right now, the u. S. Is gathering information for a intelligence review. And right now, anna is there in one of the strongholds, and what are you learning about the options in syria as well as iraq . Well, ana, no denying that the tone and the rhetoric coming out of the white house has changed significantly since the horrific murder of journalist james foley. We are hearing it from the top senior obama officials that the murder of foley is the equ equivalent of terrorist attack on america, and that it is a r terrorist organization that we have never seen before. They are laying the groundwork and the argument for why the u. S. Needs to go into syria, and launch those air strikes. And the reason being is that syria is a safe haven,
Britains Prince William and his wife kate are at the game. Lebron james and other players are taking their protesters message to the court during their warmup wearing tshirts that read i cant breathe. The last words that eric garner spoke while he was being held down and handcuffed. Over the past several days weve seen other athletes in other sports show their solidarity with eric garner and the protesters. Our deborah feyericks outside Barclays Center with the latest. Whats the scene there, deborah . Reporter anderson, i can tell you that when the crowd when one of the organizers told everyone that the players were wearing those i cant breathe tshirts everyone began cheering. That was right after they staged a massive diein right in the middle of flat busch and atlantic. You can see the crowd just behind me here, a couple of hundred people. It has dwindled a little bit over the last half hour. Its definitely getting much colder. But these are very determined protesters. And they are h
Words that eric garner spoke as he was being held down and handcuffed. We saw other athletes show their support with the protesters. Deborah feyerick is outside the Barclays Center. Whats the latest there . Reporter we can tell you that when the crowd, one of the organizers told everyone that the players were wearing those i cant breathe tshirts, everyone began cheering. That was right after they staged a massive diein. You can see the crowd behind me, a couple hundred people. It has dwindled a little bit over the last half hour. Its definitely getting much colder, but these are very determined protesters, and theyre here to make sure that their voices are heard. I spoke to one man from tennessee, another from rhode island. They said they are speaking for michael brown. They are speaking for eric garner. The two men involved in policerelated deaths who were not indicted, the two Police Officers. You can hear them saying our streets. They launched a huge diein here outside Barclays Cent