Subject, then well go back to the other because we sort of love that dont we no, its important they say its the most important subject. Im not sure it is. But they say its the most important. Inflation is the most important, but Thats Part of economy. All right. Donald trump undermining what his campaign had hyped as a significant economic address. The former president was light on policy and heavy on personal attacks. Well show you more of what he said straight ahead. Meanwhile, the economy is the top issue for President Biden, as it appears his administration is going to pull off the soft landing he predicted. Also ahead, well go through the normal things suburban women care about, uhhuh, thats according to Vice President Nominee Jd Vance. What he thinks is normal. And republican Governor Greg Abbott of texas is promising to keep bussing migrants to northern cities. But theres one big problem with that plan. We will explain. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Joe. It is thursday, a
sitting before you to receive your approval. martha: colon powell in 2001 reflecting on his past to become the first black secretary state. a trail that he blazed as national security adviser. his family announced his death from covid-related complications. he had cancer as well. he was 84. he played a major role in u.s. politics for decades. many wanted him to be a presidential candidate. instead, he was president bush s secretary of state. eight months before september 11th. back then, the country was focused on the pressing war on terror. centers in iraq, afghanistan. today we learn of frightening advances in chinese military technology. a very important issue for the country to face and to think about and to be ready for. we ll talk about that in a few minutes. first, karl rove served with colon powell in the bush administration. he s pays tribute and talks about their relationship. first, jennifer griffin with a look back. hi, jennifer. hi, martha. known for his inte
on all federal workers and large companies. but is the governor s order legal? we ll speak to the mayor of austin. hello, welcome to the programme. how did the uk a country that, pre covid, had been held in such high regard for its pandemic preparedness, end up with one of the highest death tolls per capita of any large economy? the first official report into what went wrong was released today, a joint inquiry by two parliamentary committees, and it comes to some damning conclusions. the committees, led by two conservatives, said the failures amounted to one of the worst public health failures in uk history. thejohnson government had followed the science so unquestioningly that politicians and scientists fell victim to a form of groupthink despite the fact the groupthink was fatalistic and flawed. the crisis exposed major deficiencies in the machinery of government , with public bodies unable to share vital information and scientific advice impaired by a lack of transp
islam of a big smear campaign is underway against the first muslim american nominee to the federal appeals court, the nomination in peril thanks to republicans and democrats. let s do it. in the race for campaign cash, donald trump is the one thing he hates, a loser. the disgraced ex-president is set to hold a big-ticket fundraiser next weekend at his mar-a-lago resort/residence. the event hosted by hedge fund billionaire comes on the heels of a massive haul from trump s 2020 for rival, president joe biden. the president raked in a record $26 million at his new york city fundraiser last week, which featured a star-studded lineup of celebrities, not to mention presidents bill clinton and barack obama. trump is pledging to break that record for the meager cost of $250,000 per person. you can attend the event saturday in mar-a-lago, if you have an $800,000 lying around you would earn the coveted title of chairman contributor. in exchange, guests walk away with a personalized cop
right. thank you. than k you. thank you.than thank you. so it s crazy when the girl scouts of america are in the audienceof ameri . happy happy thursday. so are the young uns about to sot to that drooling old coot? in a new fox, donald trump is crushing joe biden, 51 to 44 among voters under the age of 30, a group joe won by 25 points in 2020. i know truwon bye. it s early yet. then again, when you consider joe s age, i don tgain, wh think anything could be too early. let s just sae toy joe hass a pizza delivery and the guygo on the phone says it s going to be 45 minutes. he breaks int45o a cold min sweat because he s like old, really old, really old. like jesus christ was a freshman in his senior frf talking old.d. so we got two possible candidates. one of them is skin glued to a skeleto n and the other is trump. true, donald s aging just like anybody else except oddly, it s backwards. everybodelse, ex he looks grer his hair is stil il a naturalhav orange that i