titmus is going to get that gold! katy kaye was edged out in her first event by aussie star ariarne titmus. i can t be too disappointed with it. it s my second fastest time ever. i got caught and put up the best effort i could.r: while titmus coach may have won the medal for the a close second on the 18-year-old becoming the first american woman to win a gold medal in tae kwon do. it s everything everybody looked up to. i want to be like her, she won the first gold medal. i m that person now. it s pretty unreal. reporter: another first, 13-year-old momiji nishia. japan owns the street! reporter: winning the first women s skateboarding medal for japan. and more good news for the host country in tennis with naomi osaka notching another win. while the u.s. picked up two more golds in skeet shooting. but in gymnastics, the
columnist and associate editor for the washington post , david ignatius. pulitzer award winning editor of the washington post and political analyst eugene robinson. washington annor fchor for bbc america, katty kay. we got the funeral details for john mccain. they were announced yesterday. while the office released a letter from the late senator which reads in part this. my fellow americans, thank you for the privilege of serving you and for the rewarding life that service in uniform and public office has allowed me to lead. i have tried to serve our country honorably. i have made mistakes, but i hope any love for america will be weighed favorably against them. i lived and died a proud american. we are citizens of the world s greatest republic, a nation of ideals, not blood and soil.
ask mike dukakis how civil and kind they were with the willie horton ad on john mccain how civil or kind it was to make up a story about one of his adopted children being an illegitimate out of wedlock child that really hurt him in south carolina. we could have a long discussion about that, but i wanted to go back to the previous point, that donald trump s problems with mccain are not ideological, because donald trump is not ideological. they were personal. and to katy s point, yes, it speaks to the basic ability of a grown, adult human being to be able to put aside those feelings, those personal feelings of what governor cuomo called effectively just jealousy of senator mccain and rise to the occasion and understand that that flag that flies above the white house is not his flag, and, in fact, that house is not his house. it s the people s house. and to not be able to see
it s going to be interesting to see how they actually come out and vote. if they re motivated to do so. catkaty, let me get to anoth part of the poll. the president always claims he hires the best people, and that he would hire the best people if elected president, but with four ex-advisers indicted, three of those pleading guilty, his former campaign chairman on trial right now, a former aide in open revolt, monmouth posed this question in its latest survey. does donald trump hire the best people? here we actually cracked that lower third with 30% saying, yes, but a majority 58% said no. on a serious note here, katy, when we get let s move beyond this fall, and if donald trump decides to run for re-election,
so you have, your headphones, chair, new laptop, 24/7 tech support. yep, thanks guys. i think he might need some support. yes. start them off right, with the school supplies they need at low prices all summer long. like these for only $2 or less at office depot officemax. welcome back to morning joe . it is tuesday, august 21st, 2018. still with us, we have national affairs analyst for nbc news, while while. got former aide to the george h. w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan. still awake history prove at tulane university walter isaacson. also washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. let s bring into the conversation editor-at-large of