Good morning, it is friday, august 1st. Oh, look at that. Oh, dear lord, where did july goes . Time flies when youre having so much fun. Welcome to morning joe, everybody. Time goes a lot faster. Boom with us on set, we have Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst, euGene Robinson. Pulitzer prize winning author jon meacham is here. We have so many pulitzers here. Won the masters in 86. Wasnt it odd three or odd four . We have breaking news so if we can just move forward here. Right, willie . In washington, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post sam stein. Never won a pulitzer. He has so many years ahead of him, though. What did we win our pulitzer for, willie . It was fan fiction we wrote. Yes that is it i think it was a how to. That was it. Did you forget what year it was . It was odd three. I cant remember what summer it was. They run together. Can we go to the breaking news now .
Why would the president admit to the American People his National Security team unp der estimated the terrorists were now hunting in iraq and syria. And what does that mean for our fight against the savages who have beheaded americans, slaughtered christians and continued to kill. We have seen bits of an interview that the president had given throughout the day, it actually was taped on friday with another network. The embargo has lifted as we hit the top of the hour. We have the reaction thats pouring in to his words. The fox news political insiders are standing by with early am analysis. U. S. Led air strikes continue to
hammer isis targets in bother rang and syria. And at the same time, an Al Qaeda Linked terror group as issued a warning. The jihadists around the world will hit back at the United States and our allies if we do not stop pounding them from the air. And then theres been a lot of talk on this sunday about what happens next, the words Ground Troops are being spoken. Lets
The fact that very successful people wont call you out. Im very proud that those young athletes, with their mull pi in it will dollar athletes stood up. I used to do a sermon, some of those young men and young ladies stood up on this showed their soul wouldnt be compromised for a contract. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Hi ho silver. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews up in new york. Is this something thats bigger
thannen basketball . Bigger even than sports . Is this a National Setting oof a higher bar for public and private behavior on matters dealing with race . Is this decision to shun steriling from the nations professional league mark a hiking up of standards, private and public both . Are we now in an environment where hate speech, even in the most personal kind and setting is a matter for severe punishment . Tonight, we look at the thought of what may go down as an historic condemnation. The verdict from the nba is that donald s
Good morning, everybody. Wow, what a crowd. What a crowd. Whoa. Were in detroit. [ cheers and applause ] were live in detroit this morning. Really great to be here. 10,000 Small Business owners behind us, a few of them. Just 14 months ago the story here in detroit and across
national headlines was the fall of a once great city but today were celebrating a lot of thing here. Were happy to say thats no longer the case in many ways. After decades of rising debt, dwindling population and increasing racial tensions, the birth place of motown and the Auto Industry is mounting a come back and were here to celebrate that through good oldfashioned hard work, american ingenuity, entrepreneurs seizing opportunity detroit success remade into a 21st century metropolis and over the next three hours well bring you the stories of how thats happening, the stories of the people behind us, well also be speaking to ceos warren buff jet and Lloyd Blankfein. Marc morial and dan gilbert will be here as well
All day, israeli bombarded gaza. Another u. N. School was hit. At least 15 of the 3,300 people sheltering inside were killed. Hours later, another strike. This time at a popular shopping area. Translator it is enough, she cried out. Have mercy. The ebola virus is considered out of control. Two peace corps volumes are
in isolation before they can return to the United States. A victory for former minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. Your pursue a lawsuit for the truth. If seeking the truth damages you, then we live in a pretty sorry world. Day through of the corruption trial of the Virginia Governor bob mcdonald this morning. Prosecutors say he gave mcdonald his children more than 150,000 in gifts, trips, and loans. House voted heavily along party lines to sue the president of the United States. Are you willing to let anyone tear apart what our founders have built . This is about the road to impeachment and if it is not, the speaker hasnt said one sentence, impeachment is off the table. We