Thats going to wrap it up for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Heres a political announcement. A political announcement. I saw already this was like two days ago. Take a look at this. Hes been called an elitist. He vacations on Marthas Vineyard. He has been accused of ignoring the crisis in missouri and overlooking the concerns of the africanamerican community. Hell, i could do that. Paid for by romney, 2016. Good morning, everybody. It is thursday, august 21st. Welcome to morning joe. A lot to get to this morning. Boy, we do. On the front page of all the papers, we have got news that there was an attempt to rescue jim foley. We start there. The pentagon confirms that dozen of special operation troops unsuccessfully tried to rescue the journalist james foley and
other american hostages earlier this summer in syria. The captives were not at the targeted locations and foley was eventually murdered by islamic. People are very angry right now about not only about this murder. T
Medal of arts, the first lady is also going to attend. Thats it for way too early and t. J. Is back. Morning joe starts right now. Despite talk of a new temporary ceasefire 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 ceasefires acted upon hamas has rejected every single one of them. They have even violated their own ceasefire. 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 is guarded. Will you consider im
Bid committee. A beautiful place to be. Nightly news is next. At 5 00, the stanley cup finals. Good night. On our broadcast tonight, plan of action with heavily armed fighters working their way across iraq. President obama lays out the options for u. S. Military power. Tonight, whats on the table, whats not with iraq on the verge of collapse. Bergdahls return, the Army Sergeant held captive by the taliban for five years now back on u. S. Soil, tonight an update on his transition to American Life and what he knows about whats been said about him. The surge on the southern boarder with mexico, an exploding number of children flooding into the u. S. Illegally. Tonight were there with a firsthand look at this growing crisis. And dear dad on this fathers day weekend, a new father on our team gets a preview of what is to come. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening, their name is isis, heavily armed, r
That strategy backfiring are huge. J. R. On twitter says its tough love as well as good parenting. Thanks to everyone who respnded. We hope everyone has a great weekend. Fox friends starts now. Good morning. It is friday, october 3. A fox news alert. Another american diagnosed with the ebola virus. This as we learn the first inspected man lied to get to america. So many developments this morning to bring you, and we have them all coming up live. Meanwhile a followerer member of president obamas inner circle throwing his old boss, m obama, under the bus. And wait until you hear the administrations response. We pulled out the troops and there was no one there to protect the gains. Megyn, are you arguing that 10,000 troops or 5,000 troops or 25,000 troops would have prevented, would have been able to fight back against isil . Wait until you see how
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Sunday. Urgent and breaking news, the situation is getting too dangerous for some americans on the ground inside iraq. So now the u. S. State Department Says it will evacuate staffers at our u. S. Embassy in baghdad as well as the u. S. Consulate in ishi erbil. Our citizens are being relocated. The state department is tressing, however, that both those diplomatic facilities will remain open with limited staff for now. The pentagon says u. S. Aircraft have hit fresh targets from the air, with a lot of activity in the past 24 hours. These are weapons targets controlled by i. S. I. S. , thats
been threatening the city of erbil. As i mentioned or consulate is there. Thats a key air to know about, as we get reengaged it would away. Erbil is controlled by kurdish fighters, home to the u. S. Consulate that is open with limited staff, as i just talked about. Thats here. About 77 miles away, so not too long of a distance away is mosul, iraqs second largest city. Here and here, but those two are