Some, among other things, suspicious math there for the former President Yesterday calling what he calls a News Conference, but it featured much of what he typically says at his rallies. We have more from that event in just a moment. Good Morning And Welcome to Morning Joe. It is friday, august 16. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Msnbc Contributor Mike Barnicle, Pulitzer Prize winning Columnist And Associate editor of the Washington Post Eugene robinson and managing editor at the Bulwark Sam Stein is with us. Sam. Thank you for joining way too early this morning. Donald trump held a second socalled News Conference in many weeks, this one at his club in bedminster, new jersey beforeHand Trump was seen meeting with Mypillow Ceo Mike Lindell who continues to deny the results of the 2020 election. As for the event, trump spoke for just under an hour before taking several questions from reporters at the end. Initially he held back from making personal attacks against Vice President k
Holy hell can this buy bring the fire. He can bring the fire. This is a visionary leader. Also i have to tell you everybody in nerc knows when you need a bridge fixed, call that guy. And i think sometimes we forget and you see people a little onedimensional, but seeing a guy who cares so deeply about his family, a man with compassion, vision, and i have to tell you this. I know this from experience. There is no one you would rather go to a springsteen concert in jersey with than him, than that guy. Minnesota Governor Tim walz praising the guy he beat out to become the running mate of vice president kamala harris. We will have much more from that raucous rally in philadelphia and we will dig in reporting on why governor sha Picture Shapiro was not picked for vp. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. We have the host of way too early, Jonathan Lemaire. Symone Sanderstownsend is with us. Hours after kamala harris announced tim walz as her running mate the pair held their first joint rally
Start hiding information from the public to promote the covid vaccine. Until this summer, osha require employees to retain records of any worker who suffered a serious side effect from the vaccine. Then in june, the guidance suddenly changed to this. Quote osha will not enforce a direct recording requirements that require any employers to report side effects from covid 19 vaccinations. That was a major change, especially since we are still learning so much about these vaccines in their possible side effects. Just hours ago for example, the telegraph in britain reported that quote teenage boys are six times more likely to suffer heart problems from the vaccine then be hospitalized from covid 19. In in israel were more than 80 percent of adults are vaccinated, covid cases are spiky. Israel has one of the world s highest daily infection rates. Heat exclude that in his remark to the nation joe biden didn t answer that. Instead, he put osha, the same agency that has been hiding evidence of
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