Bombshell. Kamala harris took money from convicted felon big news. One of the first polls taken since President Biden dropped out of the race shows Vice President harris leading former President Trump. You thought Kamala Harris has laughing hard before . Yeah. It seems like voters are excited by the idea of having a president who knows when their Iphone Flashlight is on. Yeah, she is way younger this trump and wears less Eye Liner than j. D. Vance she would have raised more Money But Melania hit her withdraw limits. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is wednesday, july 24th. Can us we have the host of kay too early Jonathan La mere. Nbc national Averages Analyst and chief columnist john heilemann. Host of msnbc Politics Nation Reverend Al Sharpton. Cohost of msnbc The Weekend simone sanders townsend, a former senior adviser and Chief Spokesperson to Vice President Kamala Harris. Joe and willie are traveling this morning. We will get to three national polls conducted after Joe Bid
Remnants of Hurricane Ida battered the northeast with recordbreaking rain and historic and deadly flooding. At least 46 people have now died across six states. Many drowning in their homes and cars. More than 20 Million people remain under Flood Warnings this morning. The threat of flooding from rising rivers is expected to continue into the holiday weekend. And officials say that more than 500 New Yorkers had to be rescued from flooded roads, buildings and subway stations. The new York Police department even had to make a Water Rescue in Central Park. At least eight tornadoes touched down in pennsylvania, massachusetts and New Jersey. At times reducing homes to nothing but splinters. And now, the Cleanup And Damage assessment begins. We begin this morning with cnns Polo Sandoval who is live in hardhit bound brook, New Jersey. Polo, hey, whats going on . And what are you seeing over there . Reporter kaitlan, good morning to you. That nearby river is slowly its still a big concern here.
Hurricanes ever hit the u. S. Mainland officials say at least two people were killed. Search and rescue operations are still underway in communities along the gulf i became unsure with everything that was advertised. All of our Levee Systems, particularly our Levee System performed magnificently. Having said that, the damage is still catastrophic. Catastrophic. The storm devastated more than 1 Million customers in louisiana the Citys Mayor issued a Warning Today for residents who fled during the storm, dont come back to further notice. Well have much more on the other major story just ahead. But first now our reporter is live now in New Orleans with the very latest. L. A. Youre virtually In The Dark. A city thats In The Dark. In the Number One question for residents is, when Will Power be restored . First of all Rain Front of me, this is from a neighboring restaurant, this is the French Quarter right now. Theres nothing you can see. The lights are off all the way through, in the French
President biden about the recommendation from the Covid Task Force for a Booster Shot for all americans ages 12 and older. We know that the highly effective vaccines are less effective over time, and that is why today we are announcing the plan to stay ahead of the virus by being prepared to over covid19 Booster Shots to vaccinated adults 18 years and older and prepared for the Booster Shot eight months after receiving the second dose of the moderna or the pfizer dose. We plan to start this september 2021. Three points are clear. Vaccine protection against the Sars Covid19 Protection begins to decrease over time. And second the Vaccine Effectiveness against the severe Disease And Hospitalization and death remains relatively high. And third, the Disease Effectiveness is increasing against the delta variance. And So it is a big announcement raising a lot of questions and we hope to answer many of them for you in a minute, and even as the federal officials are rolling Tout Plan for third
Independence legislation, it is recovery from the pandemic. Disruption continues on some of britains busiest Rail Lines, after small cracks are found in some high speed trains. Hello and welcome if you re watching the leader of the Uk Labour party, sir Keir Starmer, is expected to reshuffle his Shadow Cabinet today. Sir keir is facing a furious backlash from some of his mps and members after sacking the Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner, as national campaign co Ordinator And Chair of The Party. Labour sources suggested Angela Rayner had to take responsibility for what was described as a bungled Election Campaign. But they stressed she would be offered another role. The Labour Leader didnt have much to say to reporters outside his home this morning. Im sure he will have plenty to say in the coming days though. Lets speak to our political correspondent Iain Watson whos in westminster. Really the fallout from these elections already having quite the ramification . Ramification . Thats right. W