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president donald trump. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, august 25th. im willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of "politics nation," reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for "politico," sam stein. lets dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least...

>> i believe my plan is responsible is fair. it focuses the benefit on middle-class and working families. >> so will it help or hurt the president and democrats politically? today opinion sharply divided. >> i voted for the president specifically for this issue. $20,000 for pell recipients would be a major victory. >> i just feel its a little slap in the face to those who worked hard to pay it off. >> also today restrictive abortion bans taking effect in oklahoma, tennessee and texas. ...

d.c. conventional wisdom. the summer beginning with democrats almost fatalistic about losing the house. here are todays headlines. a shift in trends showing democrats daring to dream, the "times" reported on the rebound. the post reporting democrats showing momentum in these recent special elections, which is hard data. the d.c. website axios reports on the democrats now stunning turnaround. now, first, this is classic washington -- a narrative zigs and zags. everything gets exaggerate...

[inaudible] [screaming] ladies of "the view" were upset they fled the country and did the show from the bahamas. watch. >> you better hope that they dont come for you, clarence and say you should not be married to your wife who happens to be white. [applause] >> nobody said well, you are not in the constitution, you are back to be a quarter of a person. >> jesse: by the way the ladies of "the view" probably didnt run this by their travel agents but abortion is illegal in the bahamas. j...

back better agenda to efforts to fight climate change, to attempt that filibuster reform, to taxing billionaires. joe manchin is made himself the man standing -- the democratic agenda yelling, stop. tonight -- may have just had a major breakthrough. the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer released a joint statement with senator manchin saying the west virginia democrat will now support, not oppose, but yes, support the democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just t...

democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just two weeks ago. now, we dont have all the details yet. but he one page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas, including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other unnamed provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats hav...

interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economys health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and well break down whats in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says theres a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and wel...

critical issues like taiwan and uk. a surprise among democrats to lower drug prices and address climate change. were going to discuss with democratic senator brian schatz from hawaii. also new this hour, a u.s. prisoner swap proposal to bring wnba brittney griner and businessman paul whelan home from russia. what moscow is saying, ahead. we begin this hour with the state of the american economy. a short time ago the government reported economic activity fell by 0.9% between april...

roe v. wade according to our res shannon bream is that roe v. wade has been overturned and the question of abortion has been returned to the states. >> tucker: pandemonium ensued immediately in the headline of the babylon become democrats paused january 6th hearing to pause for insurrection and that is basically true but from a legal perspective, which is what matters, there is nothing surprising about todays decision. its only a matter of time before roe v. wade was overturned. thats ...

payback. what is next with cdc changes. breaking tonight we have to wait a little longer, at least, to get a look at the materials used by the justice department to obtain the search warrant for last weeks search and raid of the florida compound of former president trump. the judge declined to order the unsealing today instead scheduling a hearing for thursday. the president is calling for the release of the affidavit that was part of those materials in what he calls the interest of tr...