Hello and a good saturday morning to all, welcome to morning joe weekend. I am jonathan mayor, i am in this week, let s jump right into the week s biggest stories. You have used words like animal and rabid to describe like district attorneys. You have attacked black journalists, calling them losers, saying the questions they ask the court, stupid and racist. You have had dinner with a white supremacist at your mara lago resort. So, my question, sir, now that you are asking black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you? after you have used language like that? well, first of all i don t think i have ever been asked the question so it is such a horrible manner, the first question. You don t even say hello, how are you? are you with abc? because i think they are a fake news network, a terrible network. And it only went downhill from there. That was part of donald trump s contentious interview yesterday at a conference for the national association of black journalists.
Unjustly in russia. Paul, nearly six years. Vladimir since 2022. Evan since march 2023. Alsu since october 2023. They were convicted in show trials and sentenced to long prison terms with absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever, none. Now, their brutal ordeal is over and they re free. Joe biden speaking at the white house yesterday about the most substantial prisoner swap since the cold war. We ll have more of the president s comments and the emotional reunions for the wrongly detained americans in just a moment. Plus, donald trump is doubling down on his racebased attacks on vice president kamala harris after falsely claiming this week that she only recently decided to become a black person. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, august 2nd. I m jonathan lemire along with the bbc s katty kay. Joe and mika will be back on monday. Willie continues his hard assignment at the paris olympics. This story unfolded while we were on air yesterday, we were talking. We knew a pri
He tests attack lines. This as the vp could get the endorsement of all endorsements. Passing the torch, president biden s historic address to the nation, including an emotional plea to protect our democracy. High stakes sitdown, the challenges of today s meeting between president biden and israel s prime minister as benjamin netanyahu s controversial visit to washington prompts thousands to protest leading to arrests in our nation s capital. Good morning, it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and first this morning, the race for the white house, vice president kamala harris set to rally teachers in texas today as former president donald trump tests out new attack lines against his new opponent. This after president biden delivered a stirring prime time address from the oval office last night appealing to americans to preserve our democracy. I revere this office. I love my country more. But i ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generatio
The 81 year old president currently in isolation while recovering from covid was under increasing criticism since a poor debate performance against his republican opponent donald trump in latejune. A number of democrats called for president biden to end his campaign. Democratic donors also threatened to pull funding. Former president trump reacted on truth social, saying. Our news partner cbs news has also gotten some reaction from the former president. In a phone conservation with cbs news chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, mr trump said. I asked our north america correspondent about the endorsements the vice president has so far. You have this group of governors that were suggested as potential contenders tojoe biden s throne. You had the governor of california gavin newsom who has backed kamala harris tonight. You have the governor of pennsylvania josh shapiro. You have the governor of michigan gretchen whitmer who has not explicitly endorsed kamala harris
Night sleep i m 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. Who s 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. They re 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 johnson s 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 trump s lawyer is also here as well. There s eric trump sitting with his wife, bore trump, who s now heading these republican that s your commit