he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the
that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketb
Anderson cooper is in tel aviv and sources say talks are in place to try to secure the release of a large number of hostages in gaza. So far, just four hostages. Two americans and two israelis have been freed. One of the israelis, an 85yearold grandmother said she quote, went through hell. She said she was beaten and later received food, medical treatment, and was provided sanitary living conditions. She also blamed Israeli Forces and intelligence for failing to heed the warning signs. The lake of awareness by idf is a lot. They warned us three weeks beforehand that the fields that sent Fire Balloons and the idf did not treat it seriously. The humanitarian crisis worsens for the 2 Million People who cannot leave gaza. Today, they said efforts will be made to provide access to fuel but not quote allow it to reach hamas. What do we know about the large hostages . Yeah, they seem to be reaching a moment where one side or the other if you will has to blink because one of the points of cont
The palestinian Prime Minister talks to newsnight what chance of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the middle east . The question is, how do you get out of the crisis . There is a report out today that while israel is also a crisis, that there is a need to sit down and end the conflict. To discuss the palestinian Prime Ministers view that this war provides an opportunity, well bejoined by the Israeli Government spokesperson, eylon levy. Well also be assessing the impact the Israeli Military campaign is having on hamas with hugh lovatt, an expert in the middle east. And as the number of signatures to a petition in support of britishjews passes more than 38,000, including names such as sir tom stoppard, Vanessa Feltz and sir richard dearlove, we speak to the tv presenter rachel riley about the rise in Anti Semitism since October The 7th. Also tonight, we speak to the victims of serious crimes, forced to pay thousands of pounds if they want the transcipts of their trial. They did s