Theres not a normal week for you. You are not done by any stretch of the imagination. I am hoping for a nap, schedule and wheaties. But theres not a nap this week because theres too much to do to talk about important hours of the night. So im going to be watching you guys all week and i thank you for everything youre doing and for some amazing shows this morning. And you guys, have a great few hours of breast. Yeah, write. A couple of hours and we are off. Have a good one. Velshi starts now. Good morning, to saturday august 18th. The election is 79 days away and tomorrow democrats will kickoff the national convention in chicago with the wind at their backs. Hoping to build on kamala Harris Momentum. This morning it was revealed the theme of this Years Convention will be for the people, for our future. Which borrows from the Vice President s pass campaign slogan, Kamala Harris for the people. Is going to be s a slightly different affair from past democratic conventions and a very differ
Harriss strong message to israeli prime minister netanyahu. Thats tomorrow at 6 00 p. M. Eastern right here on msnbc. That is tonights last word. The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Breaking political news, former President Barack Obama endorsing vp Kamala Harris. Michelle and i couldnt be prouder to endorse you, to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. A remarkable lead that all saw four corners of the democratic party really rally around her. Team harris leaning into the cultural storm and the beautification of her image. You think you just fell out of a Coconut Tree . We just had the best 24 hours of grassroots fundraising in president ial campaign history. Its experienced, shes tough, shes capable. Shes been an incredible partner to me and a leader for our country. These are weird people on the other side. I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday. Theyre going to call that racist. My god, they went after Cat People. Good luck with tha
Michelle and i could not be prouder to endorse you. Capping off a remarkable week that saw all corners of the democratic Party Rally around her. Team harris leaning into the cultural storm and the unification of her image. We just had the best 24 hours of grassroot fundraising in president ial campaign history. She is tough, she is capable. These are weird people on the other side. They went after Cat People. Good luck with that. See what Cat People do when you go after them. The campaign says i am the prosecutor and he is the convicted felon. That is their campaign. That is right, bring it on. If you are wondering why you are tired, all of that happened in one week. We are now 102 days away from the election. What a difference a week makes. Last Friday Biden was the presumptive democratic Nominee And Trump locked up the republican Nomination And Control of The Party. Today biden is no longer running, harris is on track to replace him as the nominee and in a few short days polls show s
Individuals interested, david avella, capac chairman. Americans dandies private evacuations tell Fox News the State Department is the only reason their plans have not left afghanistan. This is a Satellite Image here showing six planes just sitting on the tarmac, and then theres confusion over what causing the holder. People involved in the Effort Say that the u. S. Is banning them from landing in nearby countries. They say, quote, this is zero place to be negotiating with american lives. Those are our people standing on the tarmac, and all it takes is a phone call. If one life is lost as a result of the scum of the blood is in the White Houses hands. State Department Spokesperson responding with the statement. Quote, we understand the concern many people are feeling as they try to facilitate further charter and other passage out of afghanistan. We do not have personnel on the ground. We do not have assistance in the country. We do not control the airspace, over afghanistan or elsewhere
[applauding]. [cheering]. Greg remember The Good Old Days when the press could crap all over the unvaccinated. This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. In the unvaccinated are not to blame, who is. The antivacciners are like drunk drives. Xxers are like drunk drives. Its resistance. People say i dont want to put this stuff in my body. They are drinking on the weekend putting stuff in their Body Way worse than a vaccine. Lets be real. Greg was that fun . We gave it to those mindless hicks out in the Sticks . The message instead of getting vaccine they are Speaking In Tongues and watching Fox News and killing the rest of us. Then that narrative changed. After people like me pointed out its not white folks running from the vaccine. We know white people cant run. Its black and brown folks who are shy about getting the vaccines. In new York City twothirds of adults are vaccined but blacks at 31 and hispanic 42 . The Finger Point disappeared like governor cuomos hands during a selfie. [applau