good morning, this friday, august 23, i'm yasmin vossoughian. president trump heads to france this weekend for the annual g7 summit. once again, he's proving to be, quote, the wildcard of world leaders. he's already shaken up the schedule to discuss the global economy. his message to allies, be lomor like the u.s. he will tell world leaders to follow his economic models. we are told, eehe'll hold meetis with world leaders. he will press the president of france. the canadian prime minister trudeau is expected to hear from the president on trade and angela merkel on defense spending. the president tweeting out a chart that shows how much the u.s. spends on defense compared toef allies posting this, quote nato very unfair to the united states. based on trump's performance last year at the g7, it is no wonder world leaders are bracing themselves. last year, he arrived late stating he is the president and has a lot on his plate. he also left early. trump arrived behind schedule on a discussion of gender equality. here you can see him strolling into t

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. trump responded in cincinnati taking the party to task for something he typically special eyes in, criticizing former presidentng obama and mocking t chief defender former vice president joe biden. >> i was watching the so-called debate last night and i also watched the night before. that was long, long television. the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attacking me practically. [ applause ] they would love to see a guy like g sleepy joe biden who haso clue what the hell he's doing. they'd say to sleepy joe, sir, just sign right there. oh, okay. i'll sign. a guy like sleepy joe biden is going toep come in and say i ca do better. he wants to goet back to sleep. >>to the president's attacks on biden o follow a recent follow that show him trailing biden in aid recent follow and five poin four years before that. at a restaurant stop, biden said small improvements in swing states will defeat trump. >> if i get the nomination, i will win mib. i promise you. i wil

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour.g after a massive immigration raid in mississippi at food processing plants near six small towns near jackson, mississippi called the biggest work site immigration raiding in a single state. 271 were released after processing with a court date. 32 others were released at the work sites. 377 were still in custody yesterday afternoon. many children of those taken into custody were left temporarily homeless yesterday as you see in some of the footage. the local cbs affiliate talking for some of the children taken to a community gym. >> fighting back tears. the 11-year-old expressed to us her devastation. >> government, please put your heart that my parent be here. >> children's left behind and families impacted stress their parents and friends are good people. >> i need my dad. my dad didn't do nothing. he's not a criminal. >> so the special agent in charge of the security unit said they took tremendous care to make sure no children were left in vulnerable positions despite the fact that

. >>> good morning, everybody, it is monday, august 12th, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we start this morning with more questions than answers following the apparent suicide of wealthy jeffrey epstein. multiple people briefed on the investigation telling nbc news that checks on inmates are supposed to take place every 30 minutes or so, but there are questions if there was a delay the night that epstein died. according to nbc news, epstein was not on suicide watch at the time of his death even though he was found unconscious in his cell with marks around his neck three weeks ago. sources telling nbc that epstein underwent a psychiatric evaluation and they cleared him from suicide watch on or around july 29th. officials telling "the new york times," because of the incident three weeks ago, epstein was supposed to have another inmate in his cell but the jail had recently transferred his cell mate and allowed epstein to be housed alone. the president for the local union for staffers told "the washington post" that the two corrections officers assigned to watch the special u

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. amid increasing concerns of a recession, according to the "washington post" several senior white house officials are starting talks about a payroll tax cut to put more money in pockets. discussions about the idea are still in early stages and could include other types of tax breaks. the new york times is adding that in addition to the payroll tax cut, the administration is muling possible tariffs. would need to be approved by congress. it isn't clear if he would support the cuts. the white house is disputing the reports telling nbc news the cuts are not being considered. the white house continues to push back with concerns over the state of the economy. kellyanne conway saying the fundamentals of the economy are, quote, very strong. but there are history of that phrase. john mccain was accused of being out of touch when he made a similar claim hours before investment bank lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy that started a global financial crisis. >> president trump is laying any conc

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.resident trump will try to play the role of consoler in chief today as he visits el paso, and dayton, ohio, in the wake of back-to-back shootings. trump is expected to travel there this morning, and some democratic officials asking him to stay away. the congresswoman who represents el paso continued to speak out last night. >> this community is full of hope and resilience and beauty. but other thing that i heard, chris, totally unsolicited from victims still in the hospital. as they grab my arm and tell me, tell him not to come here. >> we got a call from the white house earlier, inviting us to be part of the motorcade as the president arrived and to greet him. my response back was, i need a phone call today because i would like to have a conversation with the president about everything i've been saying on national tv. i want to say it to him directly. and i want to see if he would have a dialogue where he accepts responsibility for his words. where he understands the power that they'v

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.t has been a week of whiplash introducing policy shifts from president trump. the president is no stranger to reversing course, this week he has contradicted aids, allies and himself multiple times when it comes to issues such as gun reform, tax cuts and his interest in purchasing greenland. some officials in recent days saidnt they were increasingly worried about the president's behavior suggesting it stems from pressure on trump as the economy seems more worry some and the election is approaching. casting off advisors who displeased him at a record rate. trump now has fewer aids around him willing or able to challenge him,ge much less restrain his me imprulsy instincts. yesterday, he attacked the prime minister of denmark calling her, quote, nasty. he also referred to himself as, quote, the chosen one. >> only wednesday by the time alldn of this has happened. let's get into all of that. for the second day in a row, president trump accused jewish-american voters of disloyalty to jewis

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. president trump pushed back concerns of a depression. trump was asked about the likelihood of a recession and whether or not it is looming. >> i don't see a recession. i mean the world is in a recession right now and although that's too big to say. >> a lot of economists say you are preparing for a recession. no presidency is immune. >> i'm prepared for everything. i don't think we are having a recession. our consumers are rich mtd i gave a tremendous tax cut. they are loaded up with money. when you analyze a curve. the curve means two years later, that's a long time two years. interest rates are low. i could be helped by the fed. >> i sure don't see a recession. i we had block buster retail sales consumer numbers. block buster numbers. despite a lot of worries with the volatile stock market, most economists on wall street had been marking up their forecast for the third and fourth quarter. that echos our view. what we've got here, consumers are working at higher wages. they are spend

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin in el paso, texas where federal prosecutors are using the shooting in walmart there as a case of terrorism. the suspect is being charged with hate crime charges. the office will seek the death penalty. the suspect drove about 10 hours to get to the el paso walmart that was packed with back to school shoppers before he opened fire killing 20 people and wounding 26 more. the suspect surrendered without incident. he has been speaking freely and forth coming with information. >> about 20 minutes before the shooting, a hate-filled message on line posted on an extremist website and said the attack was motivated by anti-immigrant hatred specifically posting to a mexican invasion. in the attack in march, a suspect published an essay on line calling the theory called the great replacement. saying elites in europe have been working to replace people with immigrants. stating in general, i support the christ church shooter. this attack is in response to the hispanic invasion of texas. it

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. the death toll in el paso now stands at 22. two other victims died. the latest victim, 77-year-old juan. he and his wife were returning curtains when it happened and 60-year-old arturo staff sergent. he retired from the military in 2001. javier rodriguez was honored. we are hearing more from the father of andre anchondo who diedon protecting his wife. she was killed trying to protect their two-year-old son. >> they are both heroes. they were doing their job as parents protecting children. >> in gilroy, california please will hold a joint conference. it has been nine days since a gunman opened fire there. the suspect posted white supremacist propaganda before thean attack. they don't believe he was targeting a specific group. >> the president is expected to travel to dayton and el paso in the coming days. he is likely to meet with first responders including some personnel who responded to the scene in texas. presidential p candidate beto o'rourke tweeted, this president, who helped cre

it's wednesday, august 21st, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.e start with the president, where he says he's considering cutting pay roll taxes for individuals. speaking in the oval office yesterday, trump confirmed that the idea is in fact on the take. >> payroll taxes, i've been thinking about payroll taxes for a long time. whether or not we do it now or not -- it's not being done because of recession. because we are legitimately, if we had a cut in interest rates by the fed, if they would do their job properly, and if they would do a meaningful cut, because they raised too fast, you would see growth like you've not seen ever in this country. payroll tax is something that we think about. and a lot of people would like to see that. and that very much affects the workers of our country. >> now, the president's confirmation that the idea is being considered comes just one day after administration officials denied reports that a temporary payroll tax cut plan was being contemplated. when the white house was pressed by nbc news about why the preside

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.e begin with the new information surrounding the jailhouse suicide of sex offender jeffrey epstein. a justice department official tells nbc news that a team from the bureau of prisons will be at the metropolitan correctional center today. to examine what went wrong there. we're told that it is protocol, whether there is a significant event at a detention facility. meanwhile, the administration official telling nbc news that the fbi and doj inspector general which are also investigating the circumstances around epstein's death are being stymied by some federal employees who are, quote, lawyering up. this comes after yesterday's news that the warden at the federal lock jot has been reassigned. and two guards tasked at monitoring epstein have been placed on leave. >> we're also learning about one of the workers supposed to be guarding epstein at the time. yesterday, we learned the employee was not a full-fledged officer. and now a person tells nbc news that the employee had been a correct

i'm yasmin vossoughian with ayman mohyeldin.the 66-year-old was found semiconscious with marks on his neck in his cell at the metropolitan correctional center in manhattan. some time in the last two days according to two sources he's now on suicide watch. >> why wouldn't he be on suicide watch before that? >> yeah. >> that was our reaction nearly three weeks ago. the last time jeffrey epstein was found with marks on his neck while behind bars. yet, over the weekend, he still wasn't being properly monitored and apparently he took his own life. will his victims ever get the justice they deserve? good morning. welcome to "morning joe." monday, august 12. mika has the morning

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.in a trip meant to console americans, president trump focusedic on his own feelings o victim hood with twitter out bursts that span the day attacking joe biden, the president, senator sherrod brown, democrats and cable news anchors, the president was focused onde controlling the appearance ofng his visits releasing videos of meetings with medical staff and victims and first responders. he continued to lash out at even mild criticism with more personal attacks. >> president trump said you today was about unity, you have touched on several like joe biden, senator brown and others of the media. >> they shouldn't be politicking today, i had it with sherrod brown, he and the mayor. they asked could we go in. i said let's do it. i took them in. wehe make the tour. they couldn't believe it. he said it to people. i get on u.s. one where there are a lot of televisions. they say, i don't know if it was appropriate. et cetera, et cetera. a dishonest line. that's probably why 0% he failed as the p

it's thursday august 15, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. an armed suspect in philadelphia surrundered this morning. a suspect was in custody and swat officers were clearing the house where the standoff took place. police said the suspect surrendered without incident and was taken to hospital because tear gasta was used. police went to the house to serve a narcotics warrant. police were in the house when they opened fire. officers took cover and blocked surrounding streets as they were fired upon by the shooter. two officers were trapped upstairs more than five hours before they were safely freed with three civilians. all officers had been released from the hospital adding that one officer suffered a graze woundof to the head. police have not said what kind of weapon was fired. >>> global stocks under pressure following a possible recession. asia stocks are in the red. dow suffered the worst performance of the yearor plungg 800 points. s&p 500 and nasdaq also shedding highls numbers. stemming from the bond market sending warnings of a possib

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. begin with the president who once again continued to push back over growing concerns of a possible recession. the president and some of his aides spent the week trying to down play the worries. to return to the white house yesterday, the president was asked about the likelihood a recession could in fact be looming. >> i don't see a recession. i mean, the world is in a recession right now. and although that's a big statement. >> a lot of economists say we should be preparing for a recession. and no president is immune from a recession. >> phil, honestly, i'm prepared for everything. i don't think we're having a recession. we're doing tremendously well. our consumers are rich. i gave a tremendous tax cut. they're loaded up with money. when you go in and analyze the curve, the curve always means about two years later, that's a long time, two years, but i don't think so. interest rates, i think i could be helped out by the fed, but the fed doesn't like helping me too much. >> i sure don't

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. >> former vice president joe biden got to speak more than anyone else last night with over 21 minutes total. twice the time than six of the other candidates as he was repeatedly responding to attacks. which he anticipated in this comment just before the debate got under way. >> from california, senator kamala harris. >> go easy on me, kid. >> you go? . >> i'm good. >> just look at this stage made up of very diverse people from various backgrounds that went on to by senators, congress people and even the former vice president. yes, this is america. we are strong because of it. mr. president, let's get something straight. we love it. we are not leaving it. we are here to stay and we are certainly not going to leave it to you. >> the first major clash came between biden and harris on the response to health care. >> the senator has had several plans so far. no talk about the plan in ten years will cost $3 trillion. you will use your employer based insurance. to be blunt and straight forward. you can't beat trump with double talk on this pla

yasmin vossoughian picks things up from new york right now. hi, yasmin. >> hey, kasie.est of your day. i'm yasmin vossoughian in for ali velshi. the democratic brawl finally breaks loose. last night another contentious round of debates, much of it focused on attacking the current democratic frontrunner, vice president joe biden as well as the opponent he clashed with during the last debate california senator candidate, one of those candidates joining me live also in just a moment. also today the candidates are looking ahead 27 days from now we'll officially find out who makes it to the next round of debates in september. and the qualifications are much tougher. by august 28th, candidates must reach at least 130,000 unique donors and register at least 2% support in four qualifying polls. so far only seven candidates have made the criteria. former vice president joe biden, new jersey senator

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.xas, where prosecutors the calling it a case of domestic terrorism. the officers are investigating the 21-year-old white male suspect whom we will not name for hate crime charges and firearm charges which carry a penalty of death. the office will seek the death penalty. officials say the suspect drove about ten hours to get to the el p paso walmart, and opened fire, killing 20 people, wounding 26 more. the suspect surrendered without incident. we're told he is speaking freely and has been forthcoming with information. >> 20 minutes before the shooting took place, a hate filled manifesto appeared online, believed to be linked to the shooter. the unsigned manifesto was posted on an extremist web site, and said the attack was motivated by anti-immigrant hatred, mentioning a spanish invasion of texas. it draws direct inspiration from the mass murder at two mosques in new zealand that left 51 people dead. in the attack, the suspect published a manifesto online, a white supremacist, the mani

. >>> that's a wrap for us this wednesday morning pneumonia i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin back with build that wall and mexico will pay for it. so far, that is long gone. despite the information to the contrary, there is no new wall. same span, not new place. the total of repaired barrier is about 60 miles along that 2,000 mile border. the president also said in the tweet the wall is going up rapidly. it is not. as we just reported, there is no new wall. only replacement for walls in need of repair or upgrade. those are the facts. >> we trust shepard smith at fox news. president trump has to deal with the fact some at fox news aren't working for

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i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. has a serious weight problem. go home, start exercising. there's never been a movement like this. never. our movement is built on love and it is. >> when a movement built on love involves shaming other people over their weight. i don't really know what to say other than of course as you know because you have been watching this show now -- willie, 1947? i remember truman wanted somebody to spread the good news across europe. armed forces -- >> yay for greenland. >> exactly. the danes didn't take the gold then, they won't take it now. i think it was '47, what did we say when we first -- what did we say the show would be built on when we first started it. >> love, joe. >> all you need is love and then of course the beatles stole that 20 years later. we were cool with it because this show is about love. but willie, my question is this. if we were not a show built on love, would we not point out that the guy fat shaming somebody in the audience probably a lot closer to 300 bucks than what

i'm ayman mohyeldin, alongside francis rivera in for yasmin vossoughian.trump has announced a potential breakthrough into continued escalation with his trade war with china. speaking earlier this morning amid the g7 summit, the president said that beijing has signalled it wants to try and reach a deal. >> china called last night. our top trade people said let's get back to the table, so we'll be getting back not table, and i think they want to do something. they have been hurt very badly but they understand this is the right thing to do, and i have great respect for it. i have great respect for it. this is a very positive development for the world. >> so this latest twist comes after president trump on friday announced he would be hiking tariffs on most imports from china following beijing's decision to place tariffs on $75 billion in american goods. the white house says it will raise existing duties on $250 billion in products from china from 25% to 30% on october 1st. tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods will increase from 10 to 15% beginning this sund

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.starts right now. >>> back in iowa kamala harris debuted a new campaign bus with her name on the side. look at this thing. whoa. bill de blasio is riding in something similar but across the side it

i'm yasmin vossoughian in for ali velshi. the democratic brawl finally breaks loose. last night another contentious round of debates, much of it focused on attacking the current democratic frontrunner, vice president joe biden as well as the opponent he clashed with during the last debate california senator candidate, one of those candidates joining me live also in just a moment. also today the candidates are looking ahead 27 days from now we'll officially find out who makes it to the next round of debates in september. and the qualifications are much tougher. by august 28th, candidates must reach at least 130,000 unique donors and register at least 2% support in four qualifying polls. so far only seven candidates have made the criteria. former vice president joe biden, new jersey senator cory booker, south bend, indiana, mayor, pete buttigieg, california senator kamala harris, former texas congressman beto o'rourke, vermont senator bernie sanders, and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. but let's talk about last night's debate where msnbc garrett haake is joining

i'm yasmin vossoughian with ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe" on a beautiful friday morning in new york city. august 9. i'm willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. with us is john heilemann. the host of saturday night politics, donny deutsch. it's going to be a long morning as you can see. from commentary magazine and a contributor, noah rothman. from moveon.org and an msnbc contributor, karine jean-pierre and nbc political analyst, eugene robinson. they said in the makeup room when they saw you and me, all the freaks are out this morning. i think they have it right. >> let's not leave out gene robinson. >> thanks a lot, donny. >> gene is bringing a little bit of dignity to the show. >> a little mean. >> mean, but accurate. that's what we strive for. >> freaks and geeks. >> i love any category that donny is in. >> a fair assessment. we have serious stuff to get to. police in missouri arrested a man yesterday after he brandished a loaded tactical style rifle inside a walmart. a 20-year-old man was taken in to cus

spiral in confidence and that means that things could start to go wrong. >> soumaya, this is yasmin vossoughianthe calling card for the president ahead of 2020. if this economy begins to tank as predicted and we could see a recession in 17 months or so after the general election in november, if you were advising 2020 democratic candidates leading up to the elections, what would be your advice in going after the president when it comes to this economy? >> i think -- i think for a lot of democrats the president's fight with china, they agree with that. they would agree there are problems with chinese behavior. i think it's -- i think it's the unpredictability of the president's behavior that's been generating a lot of the problems and so i would suggest that they really hammer him on that. i would suggest that, you know, at the moment it's not clear, you know, one day it's on, one day it's off. no one knows what's happening. part of the problem is that america has really gone off to china pretty much on its own so i would encourage them to essentially hammer the president for doing that. and sugg

i'm yasmin vossoughian with ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts now. >>> the 66-year-old was found semiconscious with marks on his neck in his cell at the metropolitan correctional center in manhattan. some time in the last two days according to two sources he's now on suicide watch. >> why wouldn't he be on suicide watch before that? >> yeah. >> that was our reaction nearly three weeks ago. the last time jeffrey epstein was found with marks on his neck while behind bars. yet, over the weekend, he still wasn't being properly monitored and apparently he took his own life. will his victims ever get the justice they deserve? good morning. welcome to "morning joe." monday, august 12. mika has the morning off but with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk. and washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. one sign that anyone could see something coming is if i saw

yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin. >>> the president started back with build that wall and mexico will pay for it. so far, that is long gone. despite the information to the contrary, there is no new wall. same span, not new place. the total of repaired barrier is about 60 miles along that 2,000 mile border. the president also said in the tweet the wall is going up rapidly. it is not. as we just reported, there is no new wall. only replacement for walls in need of repair or upgrade. those are the facts. >> we trust shepard smith at fox news. president trump has to deal with the fact some at fox news aren't working for him. shep never really has. we have come a long way from build that wall and i promise you we're going to build that wall, believe me. mexico's going to pay for it, believe me, too, as shep said, no new wall has been built. none. in fact, the only thing donald trump has done is he's rebuilt 60 miles of barack obama's wall, which really is not going to be that catchy of a chant in 2020, rebuild obama's wall, rebuild obama's wall. that's what he's doing. he has 6

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> back in iowa kamala harris debuted a new campaign bus with her name on the side. look at this thing. whoa. bill de blasio is riding in something similar but across the side it says greyhound. >> that's jimmy fallon taking a gratuitous shot at his hometown mayor. with willie and me we have katty kay. and contributor mike barnicle. nationals affair analyst for msnbc and nbc, john heilemann. political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. also with us, pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. and willie of course, the top story this morning, still a lot of people talking about jeffrey epstein and as we said on the show yesterday, this is -- the outrage actually is a bipartisan outrage. it is red state outrage and it is blue state outrage with a question being how in the world was this guy left alone in his cell? as the attorne