It is wednesday, july 20th. Were live again from cleveland. Cleveland [ cheers and applause ] you know what they call cleveland . What do they call it . The city of champions. And it is. Along with us we have former Communications Director for former president george w. Bush. Shes asleep. Are you okay . It will be interesting. Coho willie geist is here. Have you been mauled on the streets by women . We walked into an underground oh, i wasnt supposed to tell anyone . He gets mobbed. Thats so cute. The cavs won the title. The Cleveland Indians have the best American League title as well. Good job, good job. I need an indians fleece. Im really hoping not to wear this five days in a row. If i could get an indians fleece here. Can we talk about the fact im getting a truck here . You should. I should. Where is mike . Youre buying a truck . If youre just waking up and have never seen morning joe before, how many people are watching . 73 million. This is a big day. This is a big day, though. M
Suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. That was june 14th my birthday 1807. Well, good morning. That was the president speaking at his Campaign Event on friday or actually saturday in florida. Just a little context for that quote, though. The Washington Post and others have noted when president Thomas Jefferson wrote that letter, he was imbittered by reports of political opponents that are spreading newspaper stories that he was sleeping with sally hemmings, one of his slaves. Today, most historians believe she was the mother of six of his children and months before the Constitutional Convention and throughout his entire career, jeffersons actual view of newspapers, quite different. In fact, right before the Constitutional Convention when they were debating what role newspapers when the media should have, Thomas Jefferson wrote, were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, i should not hesitate a m
Time. With us here in washington we have politic senator sam stein. Great to see you. Editor of the Washington Post, and New York Times reporter. Good morning. Sam, just on the bump in, you and i have a different view of that. Your view is . For people expecting mitt romney to be this anti trump persona in washington, d. C. , you know, it was always a bit what happened last night sort of proved that which is a man who two years ago said he would not have taken trumps endorsement if he had known about all the things that he said about the kkk, took President Trumps endorsement. I know he needed to do it to get to a place, but it was a defining principle of this modern mitt romney which was he was going to be a force against and a force against donald trump. And first step out of gate was to take trumps endorsement. Two things. First of all, a couple of days ago before anybody was saying in the Republican Party, now donald trump was saying it it was courageous for mitt romney to say we c
His decision on whether the u. S. Will stay in the iran Nuclear Agreement. And a tease by President Trumps legal team. Reportedly picking the oneYear Anniversary of special counsel Robert Muellers appointment. To announce whether the president will grant investigators an interview. Today voters in a number of states head to the polls in primary elections and its the West Virginia gpa race that has republicans in washington very nervous. Can the very controversial Don Blankenship win the primary . And First Lady Melania Trump launches a new childrens wellbeing initiative called be best. But did she borrow from Michelle Obama again . With us to start things off, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. Pulitzer prizewinning historian and the soul of america, the author of the soul of the america the battle for our better angels jon meachum and elise jordan. Good to have you all on board. Joe, a lot going on. Kind of all over the map this morning. Yeah, all over the map this morning of co
Going to pull out. A swift resignation. New York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman, a champion, outspoke en champion of the me o movement, resigning after allegations of violence against women. And the polls are open. Primary season kicks off with Contentious Senate races in four states. Gop hopefuls testing the power of the president s antiestablishment message. Im basically trumpier than trump when it comes to those policies. We begin today with the Iran Nuclear Deal. All signs now pointing to the president reimposing sanctions that could spell the end of the agreement. Heres the question, what is plan b. I have a great panel to break all of it down. First lets explain whats going on. The president will announce his decision at 2 00 p. M. Today. While we dont know exactly what hes going to do, hes expected to take the first step in withdrawing from the iran agreement. The iran deal was formally implemented back in january 2016. U. S. , france, great britain, germany, russia, china a