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have been killed in county donegal in the republic of ireland. hello and welcome. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions of ukraine in red it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. in the last few hours president putin has ordered his fsb secret service to tighten security on the peninsula. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built, and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then sp ....
trying to expand their territory, but they ve got their own problems to deal with. starting with new allegations against herschel walker. we ll go to georgia live in just a minute where a walker event just wrapped up. plus, president biden trying to sell pessimistic americans on his economic message, pointing to new gdp numbers that are stronger than forecast, as proof of things getting better. with food and gas prices up 10% in a year, does anyone care about the gdp? i ll ask white house deputy chief of staff jen o malley dillon when she joins me later in the show. the mass exodus of health care workers just ahead of what s expected to be a brutal covid and flu season, the alarming statistics and what they mean for you coming up. we start with the midterms and a deep sense of late campaign uncertainty gripping some of the closest races in the country. in pennsylvania some top democrats are second-guessing john fetterman s decision to debate, appearing in pittsbur ....
jdbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser in new york. breaking news in the united kingdom, the country s third prime minister in seven weeks has officially been decided. rishi sunak is, therefore, elected as the lead of the conservative party. you heard it there, rishi sunak, britain s former finance minister will take over for liz truss who resigned last week after 44 days on the job. we ll talk about the latest twist in this political turmoil. does the u.s. have a triple-demic on the horizon with the covid, the flu and respiratory viruses on the rise. you re seeing a tidal wave of sweeping across this country right now. but we start with crunch time before the midterm elections. two critical states begin early voting today. with 15 days to go, polling shows historic levels of voter enthusiasm with 70% of registered voters expressing high interest in this election. ....
despite the biden administration really trying to do what they can on inflation, another key measure of inflation shows how high it is soaring. the producer price index which measures the prices paid to producers of goods and services jumped 11.3% year over year in june. this is all after what we pay for things, showed inflation at a 40-year high. the white house says congress has to pick up some of the slack. some of the most significant steps we can do right now are things he needs to partner with capitol hill on. there are steps congress could take to reduce some of the big tickets facing families and that legislation has been languishing over there. joining me now is the chief u.s. economist and managing director of fs investments. thanks for the time and good morning. good morning. so let s begin where the white house just left off there. they are saying there s more we can do. one thing is a gas tax holiday. there was a piece that highlighted carter admini ....
weeks ago. what we could learn when the document comes out. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, august 26th. i m willie geist. with us this morning, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former united states senator and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. we wake up to some news this morning. a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the search warrant executed at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate will be made available to the public by at least noon today, possibly this morning. federal magistrate judge rhinehart yesterday ordered it to be unsealed after the justice department submitted the redacted version for him to review. in the order, he outlined which sections of the affidavit the government redacted before public release, saying, i find the government has met its burden of finding a compelling reason, a good cause, to seal portions of the affidavit. because disclosure would reveal the ....