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president donald trump. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, august 25th. i'm 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. let's dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their ...

Debt cancellation not particularly popular. 46% of registered voters say they're more likely to vote for a candidate who supports cancelling student debt. 33% said it is less likely. let's bring into the conversation columnist of "the washington post," megan mccartt l, and former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst, steve rattner. good morning to you both. steve, let me begin with you on the pure economics of this. what do you think this does knot economy? what do you think it does to inflation? >> first of all, willie, it'd be difficult to overstate the vastness of this progr...

About meddling in the 2016 election. here we are a year and a half later and there is still confusion about the trump administration's stance is on that russian interference. yesterday trump with sergey lavrov in the oval, the white house's readout of the meeting stated that trump, quote, warned against any russian attempts to interfere in u.s. elections. but in a press lense lavrov held less than an hour later, quote, mr. lavrov suggested that mr. trump had not delivered such a warning, although the minister contradicted himself. he said the two have not discussed elections. and in the second...

Katty kay. historian and author "soul of america" and rogers professor of the presidency vanderbilt university john meacham and joining the conversation columnist for "wall street journal," peggy noonan and "new york times" columnist, tom friedman with his latest book. peggy, i want to go to you because john mccain was not always a happy warrior. he didn't always bob his head like the gipper and smile with a nice hollywood flare with everything he said. he reminds me in a sense of bobby kennedy. we were telling the story a couple of weeks ago. i asked my parents, i said tell me about bobby ken...