Joe weekend. Here are some of the big conversations from the past fewo days that we wanted to highlight. Donald tetrump thought the Appearance Yesterday at a conference of like journalist. The former president was w combative with the moderators during his 34 minutes on stage. He questions whether Vice President , Kamala Harris, is black and if she passed the Bar Exam, which she did is a former prosecutor. Mr. President i would love you to answer i think it is a very nasty question, i have answered your question. I have been the best president for the black population, since abraham lincoln. Better than president johnson, who signed the voting Rights Act . Some of your own supporters, including republicans on Capitol Hill have labeled Vice President , Kamala Harris, was the first like an Asian American woman to be Vice V President on a ticket as an dei higher and would you tell those republicans and supporters to stop it. How do you define dei dei. Diversity Equity And Inclusion . With
Major Story Line in the president ial race, and his Cleanup Attempts, well, dont seem to be working as there are now more examples of him using similar phrasing over the past few years. Meanwhile, Vice President Cheyanne Harris is building real momentum with her campaign Holding A Raucous Rally Last Night in front of a huge and lively crowd in atlanta. It comes as the veepstakes is heating up and she will will appear with her new Running Mate next week. Well be joined by one of the men on the Short List for that job, Senator Mark Kweli of arizona. Hell be our guest this morning, and also ahead well bring you the latest out of the meet following a strike that killed a Key Leader of hamas. Good Morning And Welcome to Morning Joe. It is wednesday, july 31st. Im Jonathan Lemire along with the bbcs Katty Kay in for joe, Mika And Willie and we have political analyst former u. S. Senator claire mcas skill, she and our friend Jen Palmieri are the cohost of the Nbc Podcast how to win 2024. Also
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China plunged into deflation for four months with the sharpest contraction in Consumer Prices in m years injanuary. Meanwhile, falling Producer Prices continue to be a Problem. In june, they fell 0. 8 in line with forecasts, but easing from the previous months1. 4 drop. An ongoing crisis in the Real Estate sector, which has long accounted for a quarter of the Countrys Gdp, has dragged down growth. For more on this, im joined by kelvin wong, senior market analyst, oanda. Good to see you. What do these numbers tell you about the state of the chinese economy . If you look at the trend, it seems to us that it has started to improve significantly since the start of this year, and if it continues with this movement, it will actually filter down to a positive feedback to the consumer inflationary trend. Nevertheless, in order for the much more sustainable recovery, we also need to see movement in Business And Consumer sentiment as well, which is not showing up as well, which is not showing up