Some, among other things, suspicious math there for the former President Yesterday calling what he calls a News Conference, but it featured much of what he typically says at his rallies. We have more from that event in just a moment. Good Morning And Welcome to Morning Joe. It is friday, august 16. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Msnbc Contributor mike barnicle, Pulitzer Prize winning Columnist And Associate editor of the Washington Post Eugene robinson and Managing Editor at the Bulwark Sam Stein is with us. Sam. Thank you for joining Way Too Early this morning. Donald trump held a second socalled News Conference in many weeks, this one at his club in bedminster, New Jersey beforeHand Trump was seen meeting with Mypillow Ceo Mike Lindell who continues to deny the results of the 2020 election. As for the event, trump spoke for just under an hour before taking several questions from reporters at The End. Initially he held back from making personal attacks against Vice President K
Holy hell can this buy bring the fire. He can bring the fire. This is a visionary leader. Also i have to tell you everybody in nerc knows when you need a bridge fixed, call that guy. And i think sometimes we forget and you see people a little onedimensional, but seeing a Guy Who cares so deeply about his family, a man with compassion, vision, and i have to tell you this. I know this from experience. There is No One you would rather go to a Springsteen Concert In Jersey with than him, than that guy. Minnesota governor tim walz praising the guy he beat out to become the Running Mate of Vice President Kamala Harris. We Will Have much more from that Raucous Rally In Philadelphia and we will dig in reporting on why governor sha Picture Shapiro was not picked for vp. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. We have the host of way too early, jonathan lemaire. Symone sanderstownsend is with us. Hours after Kamala Harris announced tim walz as her Running Mate the pair held their first joint rally
Unjustly in russia. Paul, nearly six years. Vladimir since 2022. Evan since march 2023. Alsu since october 2023. They were convicted in Show Trials and sentenced to long Prison Terms with absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever, none. Now, their brutal ordeal is over and theyre free. Joe biden speaking at the white House Yesterday about the most substantial Prisoner Swap since the cold war. Well have more of the president s comments and the emotional reunions for the wrongly Detained Americans in just a moment. Plus, Donald Trump is doubling down on his racebased attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris after falsely claiming this week that she only recently decided to become a black person. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is friday, august 2nd. Im Jonathan Lemire along with the bbcs katty kay. Joe and mika will be back on monday. Willie continues his hard assignment at the paris olympics. This story unfolded while we were on air yesterday, we were talking. We knew a Prisone
Animal and rapid to describe black District Attorneys. You attack black journalists, calling them a loser. Saying the questions they ask are, quote, stupid and racist. Youve had dinner with a white supremacist at your maralago resort. So my question, sir, now that you are asking black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you after you have used language like that . First of all, i dont think ive ever been asked the question so in such a horrible manner, first question. You dont even say hello, how are you . Are you with abc . Because i think they are a fake news network, a terrible network. And it only went downhill from there. That was part of Donald Trumps contentious Interview Yesterday at a conference for the National Association Of Black Journalists, where trump questioned whether Vice President Kamala Harris is black. Well show you that moment and the defiant response from the Trump Campaign to the widespread Criticism And Outrage about the former President S
narcotic intent of the bite and campaign itself. remember that? don t worry. we are moderates. we ll make everything normal again. whatever you think of joe biden, that turned out to be one of the greatest lies ever told. in four months, this white house has changed america more quickly and more radically than ever before. they have moved so fast and with such stunning aggression, even people who are paid to keep track of it like us can barely keep up. every change they have forced has moved to the country in the very same direction, away from democracy where every voter has the same power and towards something very different, toward tyranny. most ominous of all, this is the hallmark of tierney. they have not hesitated to use the force of law to punish their political opponent. here s the latest example. at 6:00 a.m. this morning, federal agents raided the home of rudy giuliani. they seized his personal property, including his electronic devices, which include all of his digi