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
nominee for the federal reserve. to be exact. [gavel] mr. crapo: this hearing will come to order. this morning we will consider the nominations of the honorable judy shelton to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. and dr. christopher waller, to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. welcome and congratulations to each of you for your nominations. i see friends and family in the room today and i welcome them as well. we re fortunate to have these two highly qualified nominees appearing today. these positions are critical to ensuring a safe, sound and vibrant financial system and a healthy, growing economy. the federal reserve was created by congress as the nation s central bank to promote a stable economy and a safer, more flexible financial system. among the federal reserve s responsibilities is conducting the nation s monetary policy with the mandate of promoting maximum employment, stable prices and moderate lo
officials talk about efforts to prosecute hate crimes. this is one hour 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, a monarch introduce our next speaker, united states special envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism, elan carr. special envoy car advises the secretary of state and is responsible for directing u.s. policies and programs aimed at countering anti-semitism all across the world. special envoy car has served as a special district attorney in los angeles as an offers in the u.s. reserve, as an international president of the jewish vote early alpha epsilon phi, and on the national council of the american israel of luck affairs committee. special envoy carr is also the proud son of iraqis jewish parents who fled persecution in iraq. please join in extending a warm welcome to special envoy carr. [applause] welcome thank you so much. what a pleasure it is to see not only great friends in the room but to partners in our mutual and most urgent struggl
familiar, what he was saying. the process by which rudy giuliani can provide the doj reverend james cleveland, 1980, a strong hillary clinton also quoted and you decide whether info. she had a black accent as she and the reduced sentence for did so. roger stone after the 9-year can we roll that as well? i don t feel no ways tired. sentence that had been worked out by the former mueller i come too far from where i attorneys. the attorney general for his part may well fun with started from. nobody told me that the road would be easy. next month s hearing. lou: both indeed discover be in that the road isn t easy. withdrawing jessie liu s nomination. your thoughts about following it was ultimately brought down this same playbook and template, by her ties to a group that supported abortion rights and if not outright imitating opposed the nomination of samuel hillary clinton. biden tied himself to obama alito to the supreme court. on ukraine, the attorney general from the get-g
info. and the reduced sentence for roger stone after the 9-year sentence that had been worked out by the former mueller attorneys. the attorney general for his part may well have some fun with next month s hearing. he didn t have a role in withdrawing jessie liu s nomination. it was ultimately brought down by her ties to a group that supported abortion rights and opposed the nomination of samuel alito to the supreme court. on ukraine, the attorney general says there is an open door policy for anyone to provide information. the white house and the department strongly denying there was intervention. the president commenting on the case and unloading on the corrupt prosecutors from robert mueller s special counsel team who were looking to put stone behind bars for nearly a decade. president trump: he was treated very badly. y years recommended. quickly. if you look at the mueller investigation. it was a scam because it was illegally set up on false documentation. you look at how