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noonans new piece on whether trump will soon reach his waterloo. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, july 10th. its good to be back. >> wonderful to be back. we were gone? i never knew. >> we were gone for a week. we have the host of "politics nation," reverend al sharpton. former aide to the george w. bush state department, elise jordan. and "the washington post"s david ignatius. pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham is with us this morning. moments ago...

Vote. Is there could be a mad Dash Scramble and nominate ago speaker and eight candidates seeking to acquire the gavel of this hour and watching that closely and updates as soon as we get them live from the hill. Meanwhile, from the middle east, it is day 18 of israel at war and idf cranked up air strikes against hamas targets in gaza overnight. Israel Still Deciding on major Ground Offenses or keep the jewish states powder dry. At least for now. Good morning. We await for more action on that im...

General barry mccaffrey, former battlefield commander in the persian gulf, these days our military analyst. where you served in vietnam was the origination of the modern talking point to throw off american opinion. body counts, k.i.a.s, wounded in action, et cetera. you advised the pentagon in 06. this was, to many, the original post 9/11. yet why are we still there? >> well, thats the question at hand, isnt it? you know, when you look at this war, brian, its been a giant endeavor gone on for a ...

Who became famous in the 1980s when he led the so-called arab mujahideen and was in the headlines from then until his death in pakistan in 2011. so, abu bakr al baghdadis death is significant, but, as ive said before, isis still operates according to the inspector general of the pentagon in, by the thousands, thousands of fighters in syria, in iraq. theyre also present in the sinai peninsula of egypt, in libya, in west africa, in afghanistan, in the philippines. they will not be disappearing jus...

The secretary of defense general mattis and the commander of the u.s. military central command, theyre going to be holding an on camera press briefing at the pentagon in -- at 3:30 p.m. eastern going through specific details, what happened, what the u.s. is doing. this is a significant development that the secretary of defense and the head of the u.s. military central command, which is in charge of the whole middle east region have decided this is a moment to speak not only to the american publi...

Of french tourists do. thats typical. >> they blew up a cafe and killed like 17 french tourists. thats what were facing now. >> theyre trying to establish themselves in this new era in the middle east. >> ksm, khalid shaikh mohammed, was he the mastermind of 9/11? whats the role and connection between the mastermind -- ksm was the ops planner. he figured it out, get some planes, run them into the world trade center -- >> he also had been in the united states so he understood how it worked. >> wh...

Of french tourists do. thats typical. >> they blew up a cafe and killed like 17 french tourists. thats what were facing now. >> theyre trying to establish themselves in this new era in the middle east. >> ksm, khalid shaikh mohammed, was he the mastermind of 9/11? whats the role and connection between the mastermind -- ksm was the ops planner. he figured it out, get some planes, run them into the world trade center -- >> he also had been in the united states so he understood how it worked. >> wh...

Anti-american and a communist. then there is jeff jones. this guy is working with the new york state government trying to figure out how to spend your tax dollars with the apollo alliance. he was also a founding member of the weather underground and he offered this viewpoint on cops. the point of action is if they are going to continue to attack the vietnamese and kill the black panthers when we as young white people are going to attack them behind the lines. thats why we smashed up peoples priv...

Anti-american and a communist. then there is jeff jones. this guy is working with the new york state government trying to figure out how to spend your tax dollars with the apollo alliance. he was also a founding member of the weather underground and he offered this viewpoint on cops. the point of action is if they are going to continue to attack the vietnamese and kill the black panthers when we as young white people are going to attack them behind the lines. thats why we smashed up peoples priv...