good morning, it is friday, august 1st. oh, look at that. oh, dear lord, where did july goes? time flies when you re having so much fun. welcome to morning joe, everybody. time goes a lot faster. boom! with us on set, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. pulitzer prize winning author jon meacham is here. we have so many pulitzer s here. won the masters in 86. wasn t it odd three or odd four? we have breaking news so if we can just move forward here. right, willie? in washington, senior political editor and white house correspondent for the huffington post sam stein. never won a pulitzer. he has so many years ahead of him, though. what did we win our pulitzer for, willie? it was fan fiction we wrote. yes! that is it! i think it was a how to. that was it. did you forget what year it was? it was odd three. i can t remember what summer it was. they r
all right. let s get a check on the day ahead. former florida governor will hit the trail to campaign for current governor rick scott. scott faces his predecessor charlie crist coming up this november. president bush will return to the white house on sunday. president obama heads back to the vineyard on tuesday. that is going to do it for a friday edition of way too early. good show, everybody! good week. it would be better if it were payday friday. it is not! morning joe starts right now. ! i grew up here and this is my community and my home. therefore, it means a lot to me personal that we break this cycle of violence and diffuse the tension and build trust showing the utmost respect for every interaction with every
citizen. i understand the anger and fear that the citizens of ferguson are feeling and our police officers will respect both of those. good morning. it s friday, august 15th. it s good to have you with us. we have got a huge show today. willie, i mean, this i
medal of arts, the first lady is also going to attend. that s it for way too early and t.j. is back. morning joe starts right now. despite talk of a new temporary cease-fire in gaza today, both sides in that war launched new attacks. hamas rocket launches roar to life. in israeli, fired back. we have accepted five cease-fires acted upon hamas has rejected every single one of them. they have even violated their own cease-fire. you want to recognize israeli as a jewish state? no. more fighting in ukraine is preventing outsiders from reaching malaysia airlines flight 17. the fighting, some of the
worse of the fighting seems to center around the crash site itself. so much of what people do is psychologically annual lies so you tell us what is he like? you met him many times. he is very tough. if he wants to stare intently at you with his very bright blue eyes he can turn on the charm. the fighting in elaborate rages on tonight. so the u.s. embassy in triply i
great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. a fox urgent news tonight. indications that investigators are getting closer to identify the savage killer of american james foley. good evening, everyone. i am julie bandaras. according to the report of the sunday times of london. british intelligence officials have identified the terrorist but have not named him publicly. in the meantime the united states issued a new warning that a massacre could be imminent in iraq. they are trying to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. it sits 100 miles north of
baghdad and under siege from isis terrorist for two months. residents have been living without water and food and supplies are low. the dire situations is drawing comparison of mount singjar where thousands of yazidis were draped for weeks. the debate is growing in the obama administration about the u.s. military s next move to confront isis. top military officials are considering expanding the air strikes in
they ll accomplish, they ve already fail. they fail because, like people around the world, americans are repulsed by their barbourism. their or hifk acts only unite us and stiff fin our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists. and those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget and our reach is long and that justice will be served. top of the hour, welcome to morning joe. that was president obama in estonia in the past hour talking about isis and the latest a horrific video. a lot of people shaken up by it, obvious obviously. i got a friend calling me yesterday afternoon asking me after the beheading whether new york was still a safe place to raise their kids. i know you got a call from a friend who was shaken.
asking all sorts of questions about it. not that the first wasn t horrific, but the second has a chilling effect. both of them just absolutely terrible. americans are wakening to the fact that what we re witnessing i