good evening, bret. this is a major step in the ongoing battle over tiktok and the growing attempts to limit its use or in this case, to ban it entirely. montana s law now signed by the state s republican governor prohibits any downloads of tiktok in the state and would find any, quote: entities, meaning an app. store or tiktok itself $10,000 per day for each time someone, quote, is offered the ability to access the social media platform or download the s enforce somebody scenes open question. ban come back increasing concern lawmakers nationwide and fbi and other agencies over tiktok, which is owned by a chinese tech company called bytedance. officials worry that the company could share data on american citizens with the chinese government. now, the montana ban, the first of its kind in the nation, seems certain to face legal challenges from tiktok, from those who provide access to the app. from businesses that use tiktok for advertising and f aclu who said the ban is unco
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
script and inspiring america. good evening everyone pessimism about the state of the american economy turned to welcome surprise today with new numbers confirming the nation is still cranking out jobs at a brisk pace a whopping 528,000 new jobs added last month. the unemployment rate dropping to 3.5%, tying the prepandemic low. the figures suggesting the country has not edged off into a recession. not to be ignored however inflation. still eating into pay checks and a federal reserve poised to raise the key interest rate next month for the fifth time this year in an effort to slow the economy and bring prices down. after suffering bad economic headlines for weeks an enthusiastic president biden today trumpeting the job gains with the steady drop in gas prices kelly o donnell reporting now from the white house. reporter: an unexpected summer scorcher the hot jobs market. employers added twice the number of jobs predicted for july 528,000. the unemployment rate dropping to
they were poor, and they were facing violence. the idea that that is somehow better because they were all living in the same house. well, joy, listen, we need to continue the conversation, quite obviously, my friend. there s a lot to unpack and that interview. thank you so much for joining me tonight. that is our show. over to lawrence o donnell, with the last word. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. glenn kershner is going to join us tonight because glenn kershner had the pleasure of being in the courtroom today when steve bannon got his report to prison date. so we will have the pleasure of hearing from glenn kershner how that went today. front-row seat to bannon s departure from the big house. i am eager to hear the caller. i am, too. thanks, alex. thank you. he wasn t the most important person there. the president of the united states is usually the most important person in the room or the most important person in the stadium, or the most important pers
me tonight. that s our show. over to lawrence o donnell with the last word. good evening. good evening alex. glen kirshner joins us. we will hear about that. front row seat to bannon s departure for the big house. exactly. i m eager to hear the color. i am, too. thanks alex. have a good show. thank you. he wasn t the most important person there. the president of the united states is usually the most important person in the room or the most important person in the stadium. or the most important person wherever the president is. not today. joe biden knew that the 200d- day veterans who surrounded him today on the coast of france were the most important people there. they were the most important people there 80 years ago and they were the most important people there today. the men who fought here became heros. every one of them knew the probability of dying was real but they did it anyway. they knew beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting and