Plus, the video just in showing a small plane crashing into the water near san francisco. What happened next. Spotting the winner, can you figure out which horse won this race . The decision this morning. And the woman sued for bingewatching friends at work. Just how many episodes she allegedly watched in one day. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We begin with President Trump sending mixed messages this morning on three big issues. First guns. Yeah, so abc news has now confirmed the president is backing away from his call for gun background checks after speaking with the head of the nra and meanwhile on the issue of taxes hes now contradicting his own staff and confirming that he is considering a payroll tax cut. Then theres the big issue of buying greenland. The president abruptly canceled his Upcoming Trip to denmark which owns greenland after a danish official called trumps discussion of a sale absurd. Serena mgood morning. Reporter janai, trevor, good mornin
Costs of fighting wildfires like this one in southern california. And keep the news out of ka lee coming. The red carpet awards that willy night in nbc. Your host this year, the very talented seth meyers. Thats going to do it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. I was under the impression. I thought bruce said he didnt want his music played at youre vents because he didnt believe in your politics. No, youre wrong about that. Bruce has never asked me to do that. I saw bruce about a week and a half ago, and he had every opportunity to tell me not to. He didnt and he never has told me not to do it. Im pretty sure i know him and youre wrong. Youre now expressing your
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1. 7 million. People stealing foods out of a bird feeder caught. This worked like a charm. Good morning. It is wednesday, august 20. Im elisabeth hasselbeck. We begin with a fox news alert. They are calling it a message to america. Isis terrorists beheading an american journalist. As far as brutality goes, these people are just butchers. Isis not stopping there. They are threatening to kill another american. Meanwhile, its thent view we never thought we would replay. This is james foley after he survived a kidnapping in libya with bill oreilly. Ive got to stick to my story, make sure i tell the absolute truth that im a his last interview with
fox news coming up. Eric holder heading to ferguson today to help the investigation, but is he the right guy for the job . Things racial, we have always been and we, i believe, continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards. In ferguson today are we a nation of cowards . We report, you decide. Because mornings are better with frie
Unarmed black teen by police. Tense moments overnight, calm most of the day. Peaceful protesters could be screaming not tonight as water and glass bottles were thrown at police. 47 people were arrested, but Ronald Johnson askan is hopeful violence may be declining. I think that turning point may made by the clergy, women of Law Enforcement partnered together to make a difference. But also those citizens who took to heart what we talked about last night, not allowing criminals in a peaceful protest. They protested early and went home early. And allowed us a better look at the criminals and agitators roaming the streets for their own agenda. Earlier in the day, another policeinvolved shooting, killing a man armed with a knife and yelling kill me now. Attorney general holder is making a pledge to the residents of ferguson. He vows there will be a full, fair and independent investigation. Meanwhile, the funeral will be on monday for 18yearold Michael Brown whos death led to the widespread
And the kurds have been proven to be a good ally. We have the ability to start walking back isis. We cant wait. Foleys family asked for privacy. His mother made a statement we have never been prouder of our son jim he gave his life to expose the suffering of people. We implore the kidnaper to spare the lives of remaining hostages. They say they will execute another hostage a man from miami. President obama left washington yesterday to resume his vacation. We expect to hear from him sometime today about foleys murder. Thank you, leland. This is not the first time james foley had been captured and held in the middle east. They reported on the up rising of dictator moammar qaddafi. He sat down with bill oreilly. We have it on tape. This was in 2011. We stopped, passed the checkpoint, heard qaddafi. They were forces were close. Not a minute later two heavily armed qaddafi pickup trucks came over the hill. Did you identify yourself . No. The fire was so heavy we pressed ourselves as far as