And welcome to hannity and happy friday. We begin tonight with Somethingr A little different, a brutal new sport taking the worldutal o by storm. Thats Dana Whites Power Slap competition. It is going viral like nothingen youve ever seen. Now Enterings Th itS Third seas and it is now the focus of a Brand New Fox Nationy. Documentary. Heres a previe w. This is Power Slap. And Coming Up tonight, Power Slap founder and Ufc Head Dana White will join us with a preview of season three. But now we are only 95 days until election day, 46 daysvotig until early voting begins. A shocking new development. From Kamala Harris now for the Veryci First Time since her coronation. The democratic hopeful spoke ths Off Script. It was just one sentencet about the hostage release. But even that didnt go particularly well. It was anothero partl. One of te words, salveS That didnt quite make any sense. And joe in J Bidene Biden was l, as per usual, totally dazed and confused. In a wh and for the first time in
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 theyre free. Joe biden speaking at the white House Yesterday about the most substantial Prisoner Swap since the cold war. Well 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. Im Jonathan Lemire along with the bbcs 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 Prisone
The result of the election. Latin american governments will hold an Emergency Meeting of the Organization Of American States Permanent Council on wednesday, due to profound concerns over sunday election s outcome. Perus Foreign Ministry ordered venezuelan diplomats to leave the country in response to rising tensions, in no more than 72 hours. Us Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken had this to say after the result was announced. We have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the venezuelan people. It is critical that every vote be counted fairly and transparently and election officials immediately share information with the opposition and independent observers without delay and that the electoral authorities published a detailed tabulation of votes. The international community is watching this very closely and will respond accordingly. The bbc s Ione Wells has this report from caracas. Protests broke out in caracas the day after the president
Breaking news good morning. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington, Jim Acosta is off today and we begin this its hour with Breaking News at any moment on Capitol Hill, acting secret Service Director Ronald Rowe will tell senators that he is quote, ashamed of the botched security that led to the near assassination of former President Donald Trump roe took charge last week after the Sniper Attack on the Trump And Trump forced the resignation of embattled director Kimberly Cheatle and his prepared remarks released ahead of his testimony this morning is saying, quote, what i saw made me ashamed as a Career Law Enforcement officer and a 25 Year Veteran with the Secret Service i cannot defend why that roof was not better secured and quote, roe, well discuss how the Secret Service is improving Security And Trump will likely put those new protocols to do it to the test very soon because he is saying that he will continue to hold outdoor rallies and will even hold an e
Assault Weapons Ban she supported a ban on handgun ownership. Bill more to come on that William La Jeunesse in los angeles. Thank you, sir. We shouldnt have to wait but a few hours or a few days or get this information out. I dont want to hear Anything Today to say that the secret Service Cant Answer our questions. Dana the Hearing Weve been talking about on the Senate Side starting right now. Lets get you to it. Were also attending the rally and also injured in the attack. Let me be clear, this was an attack on our democracy. Americans should be able to attend a political rally and express their political beliefs without without fear of violence. And political candidates for our nations highest office should be confident that their safety will never be compromised for their service. Although were still learning about the Shooters motive, this attack was a shocking reminder that the threat of political violence is alive and well in our country. By all accounts, this was an inexcusable