Days. Vice president Kamala Harris, of course, is now Donald Trumps opponent in the race. Were going to go through the strategies for that showdown. Also ahead, well have expert legal analysis on Hunter Bidens surprise guilty plea in his federal Tax Case. Well have the latest on that. Well also bring you the very latest developments out of georgia, as the father of the suspect is now facing charges. And the weapon used in the attack appears to have been a gift to his son. The shooter. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is friday, september 6th. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, white House Bureau Chief at polpolitico, jonathan lem. Special correspondent for bbc news, Katty Kay is with us. Pulitzer prize winning Columnist And Associate editor of the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson is here. And Msnbc Contributor and author of the book how the right lost its mind, Charlie Sykes is here. Well start this hour with pretty big theres a lot of stuff to t
In court amid revelations the father gave his 14yearold son an Ar15style Rifle after both had been questioned about alleged threats the boy made to carry out a school shooting. The teenage suspect was in the same courtroom, shackled and tried as an adult. Its now a campaign issue. J. D. Vance on the defense after the Harris Campaign pounced on him saying he wishes School Shootings were not a fact of life. I dont like that this is a fact of life. If you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. We have to bolster security at our schools so that a person who walks through the front door good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington with Donald Trump speaking in new York City just at this hour. He has been lashing out at his multiple legal cases and at the judge overseeing them and at the Justice Department. The former president claiming again that he has no idea who e. Jean carroll is. The writer who won her sexual Assault And Defa
This morning on washington journal we take a look at the Michael Flynn perjury case that was reheard yesterday i the d. C. Circuit judge court of police judge court of appeals. Good morning, its wednesday, august 12, 2020. Yesterday afternoon joe biden named Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 election. The 55yearold daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants becomes the first lap woman in first asianamerican to run for Vice President on a major party ticket. This morning we are getting your reaction. Phone lines are open to let us know your thoughts. Republicans can call in this ,orning at 202 7488001 democrats 202 7488000, 202 7488002. You can send us a tax that 202 7488002 a text at 202 7488002. Good wednesday morning to you. You can go ahead and talk calling him right now as we show you how the joe biden for Kamala Harris played out on the front pages of several Major National papers. This is the front page of the Washington Post. A historic move. Ine first woman of color
Down a review of the flynn case. I wonder your reading of the judges reactions and interactions with the lawyer. Guest anytime you are in front of one judge, it is difficult as an attorney, to be in front of multiple judges at the Appellate Court level, that is a challenge. I have been there, and you dont know which question is coming, and sometimes i have had judges that i thought were absolutely against my position and gave me the hardest time in the courtroom, and i left very disappointed only to find out later that they actually agreed with me, but we were testing the parameters of the argument but they were testing the parameters of the argument. I would think any lawyer in front of the court certainly have to take a step back and watch and see what happens. There are some incredible he thoughtful judges on this panel. You look at merrick garland, and i expect he is one that does not put politics in front of his role to assess the facts and the law. I am interested to see what wil
Between to two of his most important and favorite officials. Fox news is told within the past hour that the department of justice has no plans, no plans to release that list of names. One doj official told fox news today, quote the Justice Department is confused as to where the idea that we would be releasing this information came from. Given that the office of the director of National Intelligence is the owner of that information. If they want to release it, they can do it. Thats their call. The Justice Department was consulted by acting dni Richard Grenell because any u. S. Government intelligence that is released to the American Public does have to go through a review by either the doj or the president. It is, however, illegal to release unmasked information for political gain. That issue will have to be worked out as another source familiar with the intelligence confrontation says grenell is moving to declassify several more pieces of intelligence in stages. The source stresses the