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noonan's new piece on whether trump will soon reach his waterloo. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, july 10th. it's 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, president bide anne rivalled at 10 downing street in london where he was met at the door by uni...

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 bill hemmer live in new york. Big couple of hours here, dana. Did i recollects im dana pree no and ...

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, that's the question at hand, isn't it? you know, when you look at this war, brian, it's been a giant endeavor gone on for a generation. three-quarters of a million american troops have served there. it's a real war. we'v...

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 baghdadi's death is significant, but, as i've said before, isis still operates according to the inspector general of the pentagon in, by the thousands, thousands of fighters in syria, in iraq. they're also present in the sinai peninsula of egypt, in libya, in west africa, in afghanistan, in the philippines. they will not be disappearing just because the leader of the islamic state is now dead. natalie? >> right, hopefully this will be ...

The secretary of defense general mattis and the commander of the u.s. military central command, they're 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 public but to the world. >> well, i think that's right. and you can see how much chatter there has been ...