This hour with Pocket Book politics. The economy is the top issue on most voters minds. And the Trump And Harris campaigns are both going on offense. And just about an hour from now, former President Donald Trump is expected to talk about the economy at an event in North Carolina. Meantime, the Harris Campaign is touting a new report that shows inflation on everyday items that shoppers buy is significantly cooling down its lowest level in three years, Vice President harris is also expected to roll out her economic plan in North Carolina. But on friday, lets take you now live to asheville, north North Carolina with cnns Kristen Holmes. Kristen, what can we expect from these remarks from former President Trump boris, this is part of a larger effort from the campaign to keep Donald Trump on one of the things that the campaign believes is that fundamentally at the end of the day, they can use same Talking Points they used against president Joe Biden when theyre running against Vice Preside
Have you been watching the olympics . If you have, you know that yesterday, Simone Biles, The American Gymnastics Phenomenon took home her sixth Gold Medal for team usa. Biles earlier battle with Mental Health Led her to withdraw from the Team Competition at the tokyo Olympic Ins 2021. And now, as of yesterday, Simone Biles is officially the greatest of all time. The goat, the most decorated u. S. Gymnast in history. She chose to redirect a little of her spotlight onto Donald Trump. Not in a good way. Earlier this week, if you recall, trump doubled down on his claim that immigrants are taking what he called black jobs. He was speaking to the national association of black journalists. And today, Simone Biles turned trumps comment on its head celebrating her olympic victory with a tweet saying i love my black job. That clap back is the capstone to what has already been a very bad week for Donald Trump. By contrast, trumps opponent Kamala Harris is having what would be called even imparti
Hello and a good Saturday Morning to all, welcome to morning Joe Weekend. I am jonathan mayor, i am in this week, lets jump right into the weeks biggest stories. You have used words like animal and rabid to describe like district attorneys. You have attacked black journalists, calling them losers, saying the questions they ask the court, stupid and racist. You have had dinner with a white supremacist at your mara lago resort. So, my question, sir, now that you are asking black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you . After you have used language like that . Well, first of all i dont think i have ever been asked the question so it is such a horrible manner, the first question. You dont even say hello, how are you . Are you with abc . Because i think they are a fake news network, a terrible network. And it only went downhill from there. That was part of Donald Trumps contentious Interview Yesterday at a conference for the National Association Of Black Journalists.
Tonight, starts right now, good evening, alex. Michael steele, do you realize that Chris Hayes when he was last on air, Joe Biden was still at the top of the democratic ticket. Hes like our Media Version of rip van winkle. Hes going to wake up and hes going to come back from a much needed rest and rejuvenating Family Vacation and he wont recognize whats happening here. Hes going to sit here and go, whos the nominee of the democratic party . Say what . The Vice President . Anyway, talk about a lot of unopened mail on his desk. Its great to see you, have a great weekend. Okay, have you been watching the olympics . If you have, then you know yesterday, Simone Biles, The American Gymnastics Phenom took home her sixth Gold Medal for team usa, that in and of itself was awesome but its also an amazing comeback story. Biles and her earlier battle with Mental Health Led her to withdraw from Team Competition from 2021 from the olympics and as of yesterday, Simone Biles is officially the greatest
Unjustly in russia. Paul, nearly six years. Vladimir since 2022. Evan since march 2023. Alsu since october 2023. They were convicted in Show Trials and sentenced to long Prison Terms with absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever, none. Now, their brutal ordeal is over and theyre free. Joe biden speaking at the white House Yesterday about the most substantial Prisoner Swap since the cold war. Well have more of the president s comments and the emotional reunions for the wrongly Detained Americans in just a moment. Plus, Donald Trump is doubling down on his racebased attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris after falsely claiming this week that she only recently decided to become a black person. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is friday, august 2nd. Im Jonathan Lemire along with the bbcs katty kay. Joe and mika will be back on monday. Willie continues his hard assignment at the paris olympics. This story unfolded while we were on air yesterday, we were talking. We knew a Prisone