Crossing the Southern Border soars. And as some republican governors resort to political stunts with peoples lives, well talk about that. Later this morning, former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton will be our guest. We look forward to talking with her as well. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, september 16th. Along with joe, willie and me, we have u. S. Special correspondent for bb news, katty kay in london, and the host of Way Too Early White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, also with us the president of the National Action network and host of politics nation, Reverend Al Sharpton joins us this morning. You know what people say about our show, that morning joe show is the most mindful show, we teach everybody that two things can be true at one time. Were not always that mindful. Were going to be talking about that. Were going to be talking about the crisis at the Southern Border, and by the way, i understand every two years, yes, theres the Conv
Every weekend we will take stock of the big stories and share your stories about how the news is affecting you. Were kind of like a dam in a river using this nonstop flow of information to power your understanding of whats going on. Well help you stay on top of the news cycle and hopefully not get swept away. Tonight oddly enough our job is a bit simpler. The nation is mostly talking about just one story. Its been just over 24 hours since we found out. Some stunning and sad, desperately sad news tonight Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died. Hero and icon, a woman way ahead of her time. There were so many things that were off limits to women. All those barriers are gone but still with us and harder to deal with is what i call unconscious bias. I hope every american knows that she was an historic, courageous person who moved our country forward in all the right ways. She was an amazing woman whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. Her op
All time. Mitch albom will be our guest to talk about the 25th anniversary of his book. Tuesdays with morrie. But first, heres a look at some stories from the publishing world. Us book sales ended this summer, down 5 compared to last year. Thats according to the publishing news site publishing perspectives. But those numbers look much better when evaluated against prepandemic book sales. Compare to august of 2019. This year, sales were up 14 . So what is driving book sales today . Well, according to npd bookscan. Romance books are the leading growth category. Nearly 19 million units. So far sold this year. Bookscan traced the growth in romance sales to the viral phenomenon of book talk in which users of the social media site tick tock promote their favorite books. Quote, its clear that book talk is contributing to the most romance gains and helping to create a new romance fan base among young readers. Thats according to bookscan. And in other book news, the Seattle Times recently took
Talk about the 25th anniversary of his book. Tuesdays with morrie. But first, heres a look at some stories from the publishing world. Us book sales ended this summer, down 5 compared to last year. Thats according to the publishing news site publishing perspectives. But those numbers look much better when evaluated against prepandemic book sales. Compare to august of 2019. This year, sales were up 14 . So what is driving book sales today . Well, according to npd bookscan. Romance books are the leading growth category. Nearly 19 million units. So far sold this year. Bookscan traced the growth in romance sales to the viral phenomenon of book talk in which users of the social media site tick tock promote their favorite books. Quote, its clear that book talk is contributing to the most romance gains and helping to create a new romance fan base among young readers. Thats according to bookscan. And in other book news, the Seattle Times recently took a look at how this years record breaking he
Talk about the 25th anniversary of his book. Tuesdays with morrie. But first, heres a look at some stories from the publishing world. Us book sales ended this summer, down 5 compared to last year. Thats according to the publishing news site publishing perspectives. But those numbers look much better when evaluated against prepandemic book sales. Compare to august of 2019. This year, sales were up 14 . So what is driving book sales today . Well, according to npd bookscan. Romance books are the leading growth category. Nearly 19 million units. So far sold this year. Bookscan traced the growth in romance sales to the viral phenomenon of book talk in which users of the social media site tick tock promote their favorite books. Quote, its clear that book talk is contributing to the most romance gains and helping to create a new romance fan base among young readers. Thats according to bookscan. And in other book news, the Seattle Times recently took a look at how this years record breaking he