we appreciate it. stick around. we ll talk to you again in a few minutes on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. to do something with 50 votes is rough. to do small things with 50 votes is rough. to pass such a major piece of legislation with only 50 votes, republican minority, a caucus running from bernie sanders to joe manchin, wow. senate majority leader chuck schumer after the senate passed a sweeping climate health care and tax bill, putting democrats on the verge of another major win ahead of the midterms. republicans also scored a win for big pharma. we ll explain. donald trump s republican party gathered in dallas for cpac this weekend, where the big lie was on full display. along with an incredibly ridiculous guest and this is not the one i m talking about. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 8th. with joe and me, we have corresponde
being effected by a growing water shortage and what conditioning can do it address the issue. this from a senate agriculture committee runs one hour and 45 minutes. good morning, i m pleased it call this subcommittee competing on conservation climate forestry and natural resources and grateful the ranking member marshall for his partnership in organizing the hearing on with respect water reulgts. i know he shares my concern about the unprecedented drought the west faces as it is relates it declining water levels in the aquifer. spourp simple. to sound the locker room about the water crisis in the american west. it has not been there dry in 1200 years. if we don t get our act together here it will not only put our with respect agriculture at risk but the american west. my state is at the head waters of the colorado river which starts as snow melt before cutting across 1400 miles to the sea offer tez the river basin is the life blood and provides the drinking water for 40 mil
They are just adding names to this. If there was a way for you or other community leaders, to add to this growing item, because of you know the people, they want to know them also, and nine times out of 10, there is not a there and maybe youppening would be able to influence it by bringing together a group. Getting activeat power often means getting types of power oftentimes mean is that there are a lot of people who have power. In order for new people to have it, other people have to relinquish them and that will take all of us to really come to terms with what that means and i hope that we are all of to the challenge. Just to the comment on the erosion of democracy, i wanted to share that. The elections we see Strong Political participation. President ial elections it is somewhere in the mid 40s. To me that says when we see that we have people who represent us and take on issues relevant to our daily lives than we come out. I think there is a lot that we can do and i think this is a
Or rural, you want to live a make sure your children have a great future. Decentdont get up for they get up for good and for great. Thats really what it is. The Democratic Party is recognizing that. Ohio has 88 counties. In speaking that, starting with the issues we have in common four guns in urban areas it is a whole different discussion. Rural brothers and sisters. It is starting at those places where behalf that commonality about economic fairness, Economic Justice, where your children have a future. Because of the makeup of ohio, that forces us to do that. We cant really separate the two. We are trying very hard to bring that together a little more into leaf that into the narrative and weave that into the narrative. Wen with our party chairs, have found world leadership who will take that message back. We have the urban leadership and bringing those forces together, because we are the same in the struggle for good and for great. Say,erez i just wanted to as someone who is from rur
Candidate to speak at the iowa state fair. The Des Moines Register political soapbox. They heard from Mike Huckabee earlier. Jim webb here. And later today, democratic candidate Martin Omalley of maryland. Opening up the phone lines to get your thoughts. We expect to hear more from jim webb as he makes his way out of the soapbox area. The numbers are on the screen. He started off his comments talking about his vietnam war. Webb not only served in his vietnam war experience. Jim webb not only served in the vietnam war, but also as the u. S. Navy secretary in the reagan administration. He wrote about his experiences in the beirut war. He is a former senator from virginia serving one term for the commonwealth. He married he is married with six children and enter the race this summer on july 2. We get underway here on cspan with our road to the white house coverage today, this weekend, and into all next week with the iowa state fair. We expect to hear more from jim webb in a bit. Carol,act