Republicans with what was the word of the week, weird. Both candidates were on the Campaign Trail over the weekend with Donald Trump making an pitch to voters. Well play the comments. Meanwhile, trumps Running Mate defends his remarks on childless Cat Ladies. Well show how Jd Vance decided to double down. And well bring you the latest from the Middle East, where there are growing fears of a wider conflict following a deadly attack in israel by hezbollah. Also ahead, an update on the Paris Games, including an Injury Scare for one of Team Usas most decorated athletes. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is monday, july 29th. Im Jonathan Lemire. Joe and mika continue their vacation this week. Theyll pop back on, though, in the event of any big, breaking news. Willie, that lucky guy, is on assignment at the olympics in paris. We will check in with him at various points during the week. But with us this morning, we do have msnbc political analyst elise jordan. She is a former aide to t
Dampen the crowds enthusiasm. There were surprise performances throughout a pink feathered Lady Gaga and the french malian singer, Aya Nakamura performed alongside teams of dancers high kicking the can can or perching perilously on poles. The olympic flame, which had been carried by a host of global Sports Superstars including rafael nadal, Serena Williams and zinedine zidan, was used to light a huge cauldron on a hot Air Balloon that rose high into the paris sky. The culmination of the show included an emotional return of canadian icon Celine Dion her first live performance for four years. She sang on a spectacularly illuminated Eiffel Tower for the first time since revealing a serious health condition. For Rights Reasons we cant show any of Celines Performance or the Opening Ceremony, but my Colleague Maryam Moshiri watched In Paris. What a culmination, what an end to what has been at times a difficult day for the organisers of the Paris Olympics and, indeed, the ceremony. The day st
Everybody. I martha maccallum. Today on The Story, former white House Doctor who treated former President Trump after the Assassination Attempt will give us his firsthand medical account about weather President Trump was hit by a Bullet Or Shrapnel after Fbi Director Christopher ray raised questions about that in front of congress it. A lot of questions about why it Christopher Ray did that and we will talk to the doctor about that. Meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at maralago. Netanyahu says he hopes israel is getting close to bring hostages home. He met with President Biden and Vice President Harris Yesterday and harris said they had an unwavering commitment to israel and the Security Book called what is happening in gaza devastating. Some of her comments angered those in the Netanyahu Camp and here is the reaction on that from President Trump. Mr. Trump i think her remarks were disrespectful pertaining to israel. I dont know how a person who is jewish can vote for her but that is up
Night sleep im Stephanie Elam in Los Angeles and this is cnn this. Is cnn special live coverage, Republican National Convention in milwaukee, Donald Trump in the building expected to enter the hall at any moment, i want to go to full mattingly. Whos standing by . Bill, what are you can you tell us well, all eyes have been on the stage for much of an eye right now. Theyre turning to the back of the room and the Vip Section where we have started to see Trump Family members start to walk in, including john junior, his girlfriend, kimberly guilfoyle. They have joined Jd Vance, who has already standing there with the speaker, mike johnson, mike johnsons wife, kelly, Byron Donalds, and other House Member as well, Tiffany Trump has also walked in. Eu cb family, friends, close advisers, including dance we know from the Trump Team and they know haba trumps lawyer is also here as well. Theres Eric Trump sitting with his wife, bore trump, whos now heading these republican thats your committee sho
675,000 estimated to have been lost in the 1918 flu pandemic. This is now the deadliest Disease And Mass Death Event in u. S. History. Today there was hope of shielding young children from the virus, that is parents who are willing to give them the vaccine. Pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children 5 to 11. And there has been heat on the Travel Ban over foreign visitors. The White House will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to fly into our country in november. And as mentioned, biden will make his debut at the general assembly tomorrow. This is at a time after the afghanistan withdrawal and when france is angry at us. We are committed to those alliances, the threat of leveling the economic playing field. Those are all issues we will continue to work with our partners on. The president s ambitious push to rebuild the Infrastructure And Safety net is running into the realities of the House And Senate, back in session for the first time since july. Looking to make the president