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
A ninth house democrat calls for him to step aside after his devastating debate. On Capitol Hill, democrats meeting privately to discuss a path forward, and the unanswered questions. Why did a parkinsons expert visit the White House eight times. Also tonight, the shooting near supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayors home. The attempted carjacking involving a u. S. Marshal. The remnants of Hurricane Beryl on the move. The u. S. Death toll rising to 10. More than Two Million spent the day without power. And dangerous heat coasttocoast. Al roker is tracking it. The Dartmouth Student found dead in a river. Police investigating. Is it linked to a Fraternity Event . The possible close call between two Passenger Jets. What the faa says happened. Alec baldwin in court as Jury Selection begins in the rust shooting trial. Nbc news investigates the Texas Megachurch Pastor resigning after he was accused of sexually abusing a 12yearold girl decades ago. Our new reporting revealing his attorney tried
Haiti where the Death Toll is climbing from a devastating earthquake. Welcome, everyone. The Afghan Army has collapsed. The central government has fallen. And if nothing changes, the taliban look to be the new rulers of afghanistan. The militants racked up a blistering advance against major cities over the weekend, ending in the surrender of kabul. Ousted President Ashraf ghani fled the country, and this video that youre looking at from Al Jazeera shows heavily armed taliban looking very comfortable in the president ial palace. Now, the u. S. Militarys withdrawal set up the Taliban Takeover. The u. S. Says all of its Embassy Personnel have been evacuated to the airport, and many other countries have followed suit. This was the kabul Green Zone earlier. The former hub of military and diplomatic activity now a ghost town. But things have been very different at the airport. [ sound of gunfire ] gunfire ringing out earlier as these crowds raced to try to catch a flight out of kabul. Too ma
Because of her music. The question is, how did she do it . Its Way Too Early for this. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early, the show that was robbed of the bronze in the steeplechase. Im Jonathan Lemire on this thursday, august 5th. Lets start with the news. With coronavirus cases surging across the country thanks to the Delta Variant, dr. Anthony fauci is warning that an even more deadly strain could be possible. In an interview with mcclatchy, dr. Fauci says the virus has been given ample time to morph into a more dangerous variant. He said, quote, if another one comes along that has an equally high capability of transmitting but also is much more severe, then we could really be in trouble. Dr. Fauci also warned that covid cases are rising in a very steep fashion across the country and may double in the coming weeks to 200,000 a day. As the nation weighs travel restrictions, the biden administration is reportedly developing a plan that would require nearly all foreign visitors
Population is fully vaccinated. Daily Vaccination Rates are down about 50 since last week. Its having a big impact, a real world impact on our children who are not yet authorized to get the vaccine if theyre younger than 12. In mississippi, seven children across the state are now in Intensive Care units. Two of those children, were told, are on ventilators this morning. And as the School Year approaches, a Cnn Analysis finds that at least seven states are taking steps to ban public schools from Acqurequiring Vaccinations for teens even those eligible to get them. Lets begin with medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Health experts are worried and children are the ones paying the price for adults choosing not to get vaccinated, but also, lets be clear. Its still really rare for children to get seriously ill from covid, right . It is. It is very unusual for a child to get a terrible complication from covid. But, you know, i say to you, poppy, as a mom, im a mom. Why would you want to ri