Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Thats 1,754 votes ahead in a sdlact h district that has been in gop hands for three decades. The official outcome way not be known until other ballots are tallied and the race could be headed to a recount if the k candidates end up within 1 of each other once the votes are certified. This morning, balderson is claiming victory. Oconnor has not conceded. Regardless, well see a rematch when they compete for full term in congress. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, august 8th. With joe, willie and me, we have Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine noah raufman. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst Steve Rattner and National Political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc news, is he still away, Steve Kornacki. But you see this same thing happening. Theyre bleeding. Republicans are bleeding so badly right now in suburbs, and then
Be great, too. we re seeing it now. there s a real buzz in the airport. i m here at hartsfield-jackson in atlanta, and people are just thrilled to be going. and they re talking about who they re going to be seeing and what they re going to be exploring or reuniting and connecting. it s a joyful experience. can i ask you about what s going on with ticket prices? so i tried to book just a weekend in august to go back home to minnesota, and it was $880. and this is across the airlines. i am hearing a lot of folks say it s so expensive. can you explain to us why, and are those prices going to go down when you get more planes in the sky? well, we have a considerable amount of capacity already fully restored. we ll be operating in the u.s. close to 90% of our capacity and our seats this summer. yes, as we add more seats that will improve the seat opportunity. pricing on average is down in the 15% to 20% range in the moment for people booking,
What are you thinking? what has to change over the next three months? is it changeable in that short of time with president trump controlling the levers of what goes on? you start by asking yourself where is the weakest part of my line? my front line, defense to hold off that 23 seat opportunity for democrats, where is the weakest link there? and i begin to take a closer look at the type of candidates that are running. the resources that are available, the ground game that s in place and whether or not the state party organization in addition to county and local organizations are all prepared to do what needs to do to hold that line. how much re-enforcement do i need to put there? the senatorial committee. so that becomes an important assessment. but here is the other thing, willie, i think the party needs to do, we have this the history that when we win, we somehow