President of the United States thought the Confederate Flag was okay. That cant be overstated. She didnt touch that issue, didnt come out and denounce it. And another tweet saw the president weigh in about the nicknames of washingtons football team, the cleveland inians in baseball and took a shot at senator Elizabeth Warren while doing so. This is a fight the president wants, even though a lot of people around him and most people in his own party dont. As you say his chief of staff mark meadows was on Morning Television moments before the tweet of Bubba Wallace saying were looking at the economy, china and joe biden. Then comes the tweet. Well dig deeper into everything the president was saying yesterday but more importantly cases of the coronavirus continue to surge nationwide. So far the United States has confirmed nearly 3 million cases, at least 131,000 deaths. The seven day averages in a dozen states have hit new highs with the u. S. Adding nearly 300,000 cases in the first week
Good morning. Its tuesday, july 7th. Im Alicia Menendez. We begin with President Trump and his xenophobia. Yesterday he amplified his message in a series of tweets, asking when nascar driver Bubba Wallace would apologize for the noose found h his garage, suggest nascar made a bad decision by banning the Confederate Flag. He again referred to the coronavirus as the china virus. He called out the cities of new york and chicago to stoke fear of immigrants and crime. He accused sports teams that are rethinking their names of giving in to political correctness. The Washington Post robert costa reported this yesterday. A trump adviser tells me this morning that many in the president s circle are eager to turn to biden and china, to make that front the battleground. Very little appetite for this continued focus on race. But the president in60s on driving his own message t adviser says. Meanwhile coronavirus has left no state unscathed as cases continue to surge. So far the u. S. Has over 3 mi
And cannibals. Does that sound like something you are behind or i havent i havent heard that. Is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing. The circus of it all, the meanness and lies and conspiracy theories. If i can help save the world from problems, im willing to do it. Donald trump hasnt grown into the job, because he cant. And the consequences of that failure are severe. Former president obama and President Trump both speaking yesterday. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 20th, joe is off this morning. Along with willie and me we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press Jonathan Lemire. Msnbc contributor, shana thomas. Historian john meacham, whose biography of john lewis accomplishes next week. And host of politics nation and president of the National Action network reverend al sharpton is with us. We are covering a lot this morning, including developments in the postal story, with House Speaker nancy pelosi saying louis dejoy will no
Theyre lying and you know theyre lying. If this isnt the turn, i dont know what it is. Well and golfing amid a Public Health crisis that killed over 125,000 americans and counting. Infections are surging with arizona, florida and texas as the latest epicenters. Good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday june 29th. With us we have White House Reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. Former chair of the Republican National committee now an msnbc political analyst, michael steele. Correspondent and host of kasie dc kasie hunt. And the reverent al sharpton, great to have you with us on this monday morning. The u. S. Has get erred intelligence that russia has offered to pay bounties to those who kill americans. The New York Times first broke the story on friday,s aspects o which have been patched and reported by cnn, the washington journal, and abc news. According to the times large amounts of American Cash at a taliban outpost in afghanistan helped tip off officials.
Who blinks first. Will it be the president or beijing . Lets mention moscow too. In just the last 90 minutes the white house taz taken its toughest actions yet against rush. Why the new sanctions matter. And related to Stormy Daniels, we follow his first comments about the porn star. What sheryl says about the possible of opting out of targeted ads. Heres a hint, it involves your credit card. We have a packed 60 minutes ahead of us on this friday. We want to start with the new trade developments. Jeff, its not just the president but they sent out hiss to be economic adviser a couple minutes ago to basically tell the markets, chill out guys, dont freak out. Will that actually work . Reporter the administration has spent the past few days trying to trump down fears with the trade department. Just in the last hour, it was stated he think it is u. S. Could potentially hammer out a deal with beijing. Take a look. This is not a trade war, theres no war here. All were trying to do is save and