answer. let s get started victory lap, in his first ever over office address, president biden touts a big win on a bipartisan bid to avert a catastrophic debt default. we re live on capitol hill, with the presidents message to both parties, ahead. and campaign chaos. the twice impeached criminally indicted disgraced one term ex president is trying to get his job back. sparred with his florida for ron desantis on the campaign trail by power of political panel is standing by with what voters think of this bickering. e , later, making a splash. one woman who helped buyout more than 100 theaters across the country, so little girls could see an aerial who looks like them. she will join us live. all of this and more is coming up. good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we start with a historic win for the country. united states will detect fall on its debt, avoiding a full blown economic meltdown. hours from now, president biden will sign the bipartisan debt limit bill
we ll read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of way too early and politico s jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immediately
Today were going to tell you about that, and if you cant win, change the rules. That is what republicans are doing to try and sway states in the 2024 election. Im ayman, lets get started. All right, mark your calendars. This week judge Tanya Chutkan set a date for trumps trial. We now know it will be monday march 4th, 2024. If that does sound familiar to you, thats probably because youre familiar with politics and it happens to be just one day before what is perhaps the most important day in any president ial primary season. Super tuesday. On march 5th, Republican Voters in over a dozen states are set to cast ballots for their 2024 pick. In total, youve got about one third of all delegates that will be up for grabs on super tuesday. Thats more than any other day on the primary calendar. Meaning the parties presumptive nominee could very well be decided right then and there, on that day. And since trumps lead over the republicans is growing, that means the disgraced ex president could o
we fell in love i got along great with president putin. i liked him. he liked me. that s a good thing, not a bad thing. imagine the fomo from trump, the two dictators he admires and praises, and trump s not there to join the party? hmm? election interference 2.0, roger stone s plan to retake the white house even if trump loses again. good evening and happy juneteenth. i m michael steele in for joy reid. we begin tonight with an earnest question. what on earth is wrong with the republican party? the grand state of the party was on full display when donald trump held a particularly unhinged rally where he spent 90 minutes, folks, spewing a combination of lies, vitriol, and rambling word salad. joe biden s formal granting mass he s going to formally grant a mass amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. less than four years ago our border was secure, inflation was nowhere to be seen, the world was at peace. in 2016 we won. and then we did much better here in 2020, b