they are surrounding the island with their largest military drills ever in that area. and include jets, helicopters, shooting live rounds and firing of ballistic this is. it seems pelosi s act of defiance and the hands-off approach is tipping the scales. but remember, it was that orange guide with the happy twitter fingers who was the real danger. speaker pelosi: the trump administration s reckless rash decisions are no substitute for real global ship. i said the bee gees president trump to apologize to the american people for his disgraceful dangerous and damaging behavior. what the president did is dangerous. it takes preparation. the president did not make because the president abused his power for his own personal political benefits at the expense of our national security. greg: calling the kettle black. china is just lighting up the skies by refusing to take a stand. really any extent on nancy going to that i want in the first place. that it was good that she wen
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
investigating the january 6 capitol riot will unveil new evidence of how donald trump tried to get the justice department to help overturn the 2020 election. and keep him in power. despite the fact that he lost. three former top doj officials are slated to testify. also a slew of new information and evidence has forced the committee to postpone two future hearings. and the latest from the senate, which is set to pass the first major new gun legislation in years. we ll get the latest when senator tim kaine joins us and jerome powell heads to the house for testimony as the administration continues to battle inflation. we ll play for you the warning one democratic senator had for him. please don t drive this economy off a cliff. willie. we want to begin with the fifth and final june hearing of the january 6 house select committee set to get underway in a few hours now. today s focus, former president trump s pressure campaign on the department of justice. the house committee w
also in the programme: one of america s top lawmakers, nancy pelosi is reportedly expected to visit taiwan on tuesday, putting further strains on relations with china. doctors successfully separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains in historic virtual reality surgery. champions! champions! and as england s lionesses celebrate winning the euros 2022, we ll talk to gurinder chadha, director of the classic celebration of women s football, bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news: president biden has confirmed that the al-qaeda chief, ayman al zawahiri has been killed in an american drone strike conducted in kabul. zawahiri was on the fbi s first ever most wanted terrorist list following the 9/11 attacks, which he had helped to coordinate alongside osama bin laden. this is what presidentt biden announced a short time ago. m
how virtual reality surgery has enabled doctors to separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains. and beyonce will re record one of her new songs, replacing a word, after disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. hello and welcome. more details are emerging about the us mission that s killed the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri. after years of tracking him, armed forces sent two missiles from a drone flying above the afghan capital kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said justice had been delivered . it comes nearly a year after the united states chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, as our washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. after decades, america has killed one of its most wanted terrorists. my killed one of its most wanted terrorists- terrorists. my fellow americans, - terrorists. my fellow americans, on - terrorists. my fellow - americans, on saturday, at terrorists. my fellow americans, on saturday, a