Candidacy for 2028. You re like, no, stop. Stop, please. Latenight laughs to start us off. Vice president harris is calling out donald trump after his campaign refused to commit to the upcoming presidential debate. Meanwhile, her campaign also continues to highlight jd vance s comments about childless politicians. We ll show you how they trolled trump s running mate. And we ll bring you the latest on the hush money verdict appeal from trump s legal team. Lisa rubin will join us with expert legal analysis. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, july 26th. I m jonathan lemire. Thanks for being with us. With us, we have a great, great group. Pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. Managing editor at the bulwark, sam stein. And former white house director of communications to president obama, jennifer palmieri. And the weekend is starting early, we have former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele,
While it has been my intention to seek reelection, i believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus entirely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term. Close quote now president biden says he will speak to the nation later this week with more details, though no word yet on when that will happen. However, we do know that president biden is endorsed, his vice president, kamala harris, to replace him. Erin and wolf. While harris says her intention is to earn and win the nomination too, crucial words earn and when someone lawmakers are now advocating for more open process to allow other candidates to compete for the nomination. Foreign president obama, in his statement, did not explicitly endorse harris. He wrote, i have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges. Wolf then we have a lot erin to get to tonight. Mj lee is over at the
Okay. It has now been 10 days since the first presidential debate, and let s be honest those 10 days have felt like 10 years in the political world. The speculation about joe biden s future has been rampant. The panic inside the democratic party has definitely not gone away. I would venture to guess that the conversations you all are having at your worth of july barbecue parties this weekend or maybe just a little more political than they usually are. The questions i know i m getting in text message from friends and family are two fold. What s going to happen, and what is the best path forward? i m not going to sit here this afternoon and tell you i know the answer to either question. Anyone who tells you they do know for certain exactly what s going to happen doesn t know for certain exactly what is going to happen. So the best thing i can do is tell you what is happening right now. I mean publicly, but i also mean my sense of what is happening behind the scenes. What is literally hap
But also, you, because you guys did it because you are the greatest fans, and you ve got to check this thing out. There is a guy in the audience. Look what he made. A guy named bart o. [applause] you don t have to clap for bart, only clap for me. But he built, he recreated this entire set using legos. He even got special legos because you need giant legos for him. And kat is a lego, which is approximately the same weight as she is. Isn t that amazing? i don t think don lemon gets a lego set. [applause] i don t even know what that all right. To the monologue! so, campus reform has a new video out where the interview college women on systemic sexism. I wonder, does america oppress women? would you say that women are treated unfairly in the united states? yes, i would say so. Yes. I have quit so many jobs because of the way i was treated at work. Definitely. I definitely think there are a lot of institutional factors that play into that, especially when you think, like, unequal pay. We al
But also, you, because you guys did it because you are the greatest fans, and you ve got to check this thing out. There is a guy in the audience. Look what he made. A guy named bart o. [applause] you don t have to clap for bart, only clap for me. But he built, he recreated this entire set using legos. He even got special legos because you need giant legos for him. And kat is a lego, which is approximately the same weight as she is. Isn t that amazing? i don t think don lemon gets a lego set. [applause] i don t even know what that all right. To the monologue! so, campus reform has a new video out where the interview college women on systemic sexism. I wonder, does america oppress women? would you say that women are treated unfairly in the united states? yes, i would say so. Yes. I have quit so many jobs because of the way i was treated at work. Definitely. I definitely think there are a lot of institutional factors that play into that, especially when you think, like, unequal pay. We al