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well, that does it for me today. don't worry. jen will be back with you tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and remember you can catch me every saturday and sunday with my friends on the weekend, 8:00 a.m. eastern. but for now, stay right where you are because there's so much more news coming up on msnbc. trump's not fighting for your family. he doesn't give a damn. and his running mate shares the same dangerous twisted backward

agenda. >> someone who suggests we should terminate the constitution of the united states should never again stand behind the seal of president of the united states! vice president kamala harris and her running mate, minnesota governor tim walz, speaking to large crowds in a pair of battleground states over the weekend continue to ride a wave of momentum. meanwhile donald trump held one rally in the deep red state-of-the-state of montana, complaining about crowd sizes, and unveiling a long list of grievances. we'll bring you the big moments on the campaign in just a moment. also ahead, the latest from the middle east, where iran is

on the verge of attack on israel. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this monday, august 12th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we've got a lot to get to this morning, and we'll begin with the battleground blitz by vice president kamala harris and her new running mate, minnesota governor tim walz. the two campaigned together in arizona, just outside of phoenix. the campaign says that 15,000 people packed the arena, making it their largest crowd yet. the vice president highlighted her experience as a prosecutor in a border state and criticized donald trump for killing a bipartisan border bill earlier this year. >> hello, arizona. wow. hey -- yeah, wow.

well, you might have seen a few people showed up in philadelphia the other night, and then 10,000-plus walked into a field in western wisconsin. and then on wednesday the largest crowd of the campaign showed up in detroit, michigan. but arizona just couldn't leave it alone, could you. wow! you know, it's not as if anybody

cares about crowd sizes or anything. >> so i was attorney general of a border state. i went after the transnational gangs, the drug cartels, and human traffickers. i prosecuted them in case after case, and i won. so i know what i'm talking about. we know our immigration system is broken, and we know what it takes to fix it. comprehensive reform that includes strong border security and an earned pathway to citizenship. >> but donald trump does not want to fix this problem. be clear about that. he has no interest or desire to actually fix the problem. he talks a big game about border security, but he does not walk

the walk. earlier this year, everybody here knows earlier this year we had a chance to pass the toughest bipartisan border security bill in decades. but donald trump tanked the deal because he thought by doing that it would help him win an election. but when i am president, i will sign the bill. >> for his part, former president trump is falsely claiming that the crowds at some of the most recent rallies for the vp have been fake. from late tuesday until yesterday, tens of thousands of americans have attended rallies for the harris campaign about in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, and nevada, but in a series of social media posts, trump has been spreading

misinformation, claiming the harris campaign has been using artificial intelligence to fake the crowds. in one post, trump included a photo from harris's rally in detroit, writing, look, we caught her with a fake crowd. there was nobody there. the harris campaign hit back, writing, one, this is an actual photo of a 15,000-person crowd for harris/walz in michigan. two, trump has still not campaigned in a swing state in over a week. low energy? what trump did do is spend part of his week at fund raisers and then rallying in montana. the former president traveled to bozeman friday night but arrived 90 minutes late after his plane was diverted for mechanical issues. according to secret service,s he plane landed in billings and he continued on in a private jet. the gop spent part of his rally

endorsing a candidate. trump attacked tester not for his qualcomm qualities but for his appearance. >> one of the biggest phonies in politics, his name is john tester. speak badly about someone's physical disability, but he's got the biggest stomach i have ever seen, i swear. that's the biggest stomach i've seen. he doesn't look that heavy. you're not allowed to use the word fat. you can say obese, but you can't say fat. that's the end of your political career. i said it the other night. somebody in the audience said chris christie is a fat pig.

i said, sir, chris christie is not a fat pig. we argued about it for three or four minutes. no, he's not a fat pig. >> classic. trump went after joe biden, who he, of course, is no long err running against. >> what do you like better? it doesn't matter anymore? crooked joe or sleepy joe? it doesn't matter. okay, ready? they're both correct. i think crooked joe is more correct to say. all right, ready? crooked first, right? what do you like better? crooked joe? [ cheers and applause ] >> or sleepy joe? [ cheers and applause ] >> okay. crooked seems to always win. he's a crooked guy. all he had to do is -- think of it. if he didn't do the debate, he'd still be running.

>> joining us now, politics reporter for semafor, shelby talcott. thank you for joining us. let's talk about what trump's doing here. he's resurfacing social media posts from the far right corners of the internet, giving them some legitimacy. that's not true. attractioning crowd size. that's to me more than nuts. but to me it's a campaign that's adrift right now. there's been a lot of reports about the anger out of mar-a-lago, trying to get a handle on the race. what's going on inside the campaign? >> this has certainly been a transition period for the campaign and campaign aides will say that. the big issue here, of course, is getting donald trump on message. i heard from republicans close to the campaign and outside of the campaign who are worried that the harris campaign is sort of egging him on with these, you

know, crowd size comments and he's taking the bait, and a lot of republicans sort of wish he would stick to the campaign. the problem right here is the candidate not focusing on those sort of talking points about immigration, about crime, about the economy. >> and do we anticipate trump's campaign schedule to pick up? i mean, he had that sort of unhijed news conference in mar-a-lago a few days ago. he said, well, e i'm going to wait until the democratic convention. that's still a week away. what's he up to? >> it's interesting. i asked about that afterward because i found it surprising. his campaign aides told me actually he will be campaigning and picking up particularly in all of these battleground states and they do anticipate they'll have a heavy schedule during the dnc convention, which isn't, of course, what donald trump said during that press conference. >> let's take to the other side now. night after night, the harris campaign is bringing in these huge crowds. they've concluded now their

initial barnstorming tour with her new running mate. talk to us about how democrats are feeling right knew. we saw some polls over the weekend that show some narrow leads now for their ticket, but they still -- it's still a long way to go to election day. >> absolutely. and, again, i think democrats are feeling really happy and even energized, particularly because, of course, they're not having to run with joe biden anymore. and harris has provided this sort of younger energy that has, as you see, boosted crowd sizes, gotten people excited. but they're not taking their foot off the gas. they have reek niced early in her campaign. there is merit to this argument in the donald trump campaign this is sort of a harris honeymoon. the question is how long can they push the harris honeymoon? it's not that far from the campaign and the problem for the trump campaign and having to define kamala harris in such a small period of time.

>> of course, the democratic convention starts one week from now in chicago. if that goes well, that could provide a further boost. politics reporter shelby talcott. thanks for talking with us. we'll talk again soon. up next, we'll dig into some brand-new polling that shows the vice president leading donald trump in three battle grounds states. plus, the trump campaign says some of its internal communications have been hacked. what we're learning this morning about that. we'll take a look at those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. come right back

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among likely voters in michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. now, we should note, those are all within the margins of error. harris has also narrowed the gap in who to trust more on issues that matter the most to them. on economy, she trails trump by 6 points and on immigration by 5 points. meanwhile harris holds a 21-point lead on the handling of the issue of abortion, in those three states, the trend line is clear. trump had had narrow leads, and now it's harris. her side at the moment clearly has momentum. meanwhile donald trump's campaign says some of its internal communications have been hacked, and they've gone on to suggest that actors from iran were involved. on saturday the campaign said it had been a victim of a foreign hack after it received questions about a vetting document on senator jd vance, which had been sent to a number of news outlets, "politico" first to report this.

the campaign blamed foreign sources hostile to the u.s., siting a report from microsoft, which indicated that iranian hackers sent a spearfishing email in june to a high-ranking official on the presidential campaign. microsoft at the time did not identify the campaign that was targeted and has declined to share any details about the incident. iran's mission to the use nighted nations when asked about the trump campaign denied being involved. we'll bring you more on this as it develops. meanwhile the national democratic convention will indeed kick off in chicago, one week from today. nbc news has learned several prominent democratic figures are expected to speak at the event, including president biden, former presidents obama and bill clinton as well as secretary of state hillary clinton. billy carter's grandson will

speak for his grandfather. next up, we'll talk sports and bring you a final day of what was a triumphant paris olympics, but we'll explain why the international olympic committee is now poised to take away a medal from team usa. all that and we'll get a check on the forecast that starts the workweek when we come right back. easy-to-use tools, like dynamic charting and risk-reward analysis, help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley with powerful, easy-to-use tools, power e*trade makes complex trading easier. react to fast-moving markets with dynamic charting and a futures ladder that lets you place, flatten, or reverse orders so you won't miss an opportunity. e*trade from morgan stanley diabetes can serve up a lot of questions. like what is your glucose and can you have more carbs? before you decide with the freestyle libre 3 system

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welcome back. time now for sports and the strong finish for team usa on the final day of the olympics in paris. the american women's basketball team earned one last gold medal for the u.s. yesterday, squeaking by home country france by one point in the gold medal game. fueled by a game-high 21 points from asia wilson, the u.s. rebounded from a ten-point deficit in the third quarter. the contest came down to what looked like a buzzer-beating

three-pointer to send the teams to overtime before replays of the shot by france's gabby williams showed that her foot was on the line and therefore only counted for two. that left team usa with a thrilling 67-66 victory and its agent consecutive gold medal. the u.s. women's team leaves paris with a remarkable 61-game win streak in olympic basketball. earlier american jennifer valente defended her olympic omnium gold medal in cycling, fifth in three games makes her the most decorated medalist in u.s. women's cycling history. meanwhile the u.s. women's volleyball team settled for a silver. the men's water polo team wins bronze, the first in 16 years. and kennedy blaze became the fourth american woman to win

silver. the united states finished the paris olympics with 126 medals, the third highest total ever, and the most since the 1984 los angeles games. it marks the eighth and has tied for most golds with china. paris closed out 2 1/2 weeks with olympic sports in a star-shoulded stow in france's national stadium last night and in long beach, california, as they handed over the site to the 2028 games, los angeles. after tom cruise descended on a roof to riffs by an r&b artist. cruise drove his bike past the eiffel tower, onto the plane, and sky dived over los angeles where he affixed the olympic rings to a hollywood sign to a

song by the red hot chilly peppers followed by snoop dogg and billie eilish. it kicks off july 2028. it can't get here soon enough. meanwhile the u.s. is fighting to keep the bronze medal from being stripped. it was determined that a successful appeal made by chiles'coach following her routine that boosted her from fifth place to third was submitted four seconds too late. four seconds. now, the u.s. olympic and paris olympic committee is challenging that ruling, writing in a statement, quote, there were critical errors in both the initial scoring and the subsequent appeal process. u.s. gymnastics is usualing back against the ioc ruling claiming

it has time stamped evidence that proves chiles' appeal was submitted on time. we'll see how it plays out in the weeks ahead. time now for the weather. let's bring in ryan ham raanan. >> temperatures out there across the deep south still super, super warm. we've got temperatures in the 90s, and you factor in the humidity, it feels even warmer than that from portions of louisiana and texas. farpter to the north there's a jet stream allowing cool air to come down from cain da. check this out tomorrow. kansas city, a high of 76. 12 degrees below normal. certainly feeling much more comfortable across the midwest and great lakes. 85 on wednesday, 84 in detroit. friday in detroit, upper 70s, not bad. hung season not peaking until

september 10th. you aisle still got a month to go. you've got a potential cyclone out in the ocean. a tropical storm posted for puerto rico. it's expected to strengthen as it moves toward the caribbean. it lookings like it passes by early wednesday morning. the name will be ernesto as the storm moves. it will move out to see. it should remain far out in the atlantic ocean. it looks like it passes well to the east of the low 48. something we'll keep our eyes on for that. next up here, back to politics, jd vance tries to clean up comments donald trump made about possibly revoking access to abortion medication. we'll show you those new remarks and discuss their potential impact ahead of november. we'll be right back with that. nr we'll be right bacwik th that. wanna know a secret? with new secret outlast, you can almost miss the bus... but smell like you didn't. secret fights 99% of odor-causing bacteria. smell fresh for up to 72 hours. secret works!

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welcome back to "way too early." it is coming up on 5:30 a&m here on the east coast, 2:30 out west on this monday morning. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. back to politics now. republican vice presidential nominee jd vance is trying to downplay recent comments made by former president donald trump where he indicated that he would be open to revoking access to abortion medication if he retakes the white house. cbs news yesterday says vance was asked to respond to remarks trump made to nbc's garrick headache at a press conference

last week in mg. here's that exchange followed by vance's new comments. >> would you direct your fda, for example, to revoke access to -- >> you can do things that would supplement, absolutely. and those things are pretty open and humane. you have to be able to have a vote. all i want to do is give everybody a vote. the votes are taking place as i speak, yeah. there are many things on a humane basis you can do outside of that. >> even some of the reporters who were in the room who heard it said it wasn't clear. maybe you couldn't hear the person super clearly. i don't want to put words in trump's mouth. > in a trump/vance administration, would you approve it? >> you want to make sure any medicine is safe, that it's prescribed in the right way and so forth.

>> joining us now, congressional reporter for your thehill, mychael schnell, good morning. let's talk about this right here. let's talk about what the trump/vance policy might actually be, but also how nervous are republicans that reproductive health care will loom large this november because since the dobbs decision, it's been undefeated at the ballot box, and that would seem to favor the democrats. >> i think it is a large concern for republicans, jonathan. it's because of the issue of the women's reproductive rights, the issue of abortions has been such a motivating factor for the democrats up and town the ballot. we saw the red wave and it did not materialize largely because of these democratic returns that were fueled by the outrage and anger over the dobbs decision which overturned roe v. wade. i know democrats are seeing a similar dynamic where the issue

of abortion and reproduction active rights motivates voters once again to go to the ballot box. now it's also the fact there are a number of ballot initiatives that are coming up in november, including in former president trump's home stayed of florida where voters will be able to go to the polls and cast their opinion on this extremely hot button issue. i think what we're seeing play out with trump and advance, trump coming out with those controversial comments, trump coming in to play cleanup, it shows by and large they recognize that the issue of abortion is extremely motivating for democrats and also recognizing they don't have a cohesive message on it and the democrats are hoping that helps fuel them for the ballot box come november. let's talk about the ballots. republicans were growing really confident they could win both the house and the senate.

but since then president biden steps away from the top of the ticket. vice president harris is in and has momentum. give us the latest from republicans you speak to on the hill how they feel right now about their chances in the two chambers of congress. >> look, jonathan, on that note, i'll tell you. after the jd vance election, trump did select jd vance arguing on the fact he doesn't expand the gop tenlts. he appeals to the same voters trump already appeals to. this was essentially a cocky move by the trump campaign. they felt like they were winning. there was this pressure campaign within the party to get bide on the leave his spot. republicans had a string of good weeks in terms of news coverage. they were riding a high. and then after president biden stepped town and democrats had this sort of seamless transition

to vice president kamala harris, it exacerbated those concerns with somebody like jd vance at the top of the ticket. now we're seeing all the polls recalibrate. we're seeing the surveys spit out new numbers and seeing where this race truly stands, but it's extremely different from the confidence that the republicans were putting out when it was a trump/biden matchup. now it's speak to speaker johns >> speaker johnson said he was confident in the republicans winning the house but also in his chances of becoming speaker next year if that victory does materialize. he, of course, still has a number of vocal detractors, namely congressman marjorie trailer green, thomas massie,

people who triggered a vote against him a month ago. he said if there's a large victory come november, he believes the conference will unite behind him as speaker. we'll have to see how that pans out, a, if that materializes come november, and, b, if those very loud detractors end up coming behind his side. nonetheless, a few months out from the election, speaker johnson very d confident about his personal chances and his party's. >> thank you for joining us this morning. next up here, we'll go live to c nbc for an early look at what's driving the day on wall street as the market recovers from last week's losses. >> plus, stellantis is laying off thousands of workers. we'll dig into that and the issues plaguing the automaker when we come right back. issues plaguing the automaker when we come right back.

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time now for business. joining us from cnbc, silvia amaro. we're looking at this wednesday. give us a sense of what we should expect today. >> very good morning. so at this stage, futures suggest it could be a mixed start to the trading session on wall street, and this after what was a very volatile week last week. so all eyes on wall street today to understand whether this volatility has dissipated, but no doubt that the big event this week is likely to be that ci report on wednesday, this as investors are looking for clues about what the federal reserve is going to do at their september meeting. at this stage, some market expectations suggesting a 50-basis-point cut, but, of course, all of this coming data, including this wednesday's cpi print, will be very important to understand whether that's going to be the case or not. >> all right. so investors are also hoping to

get a better sense of the state of the economy at large after some recent fears of a job market slowdown because of what happened last week. so give us a sense how the global markets are shaping up. >> we're seeing a rebound. at this stage here in europe, equities are trading with a bit of a mixed signal so far, but it's also important to note we're also waiting key inflation figures from the united kingdom this week. all in all, this is likely to be a very important week for equity traders as everyone is trying to understand what central banks are going to do next. it's not just about the fed, but also about what the bank of england and also the european central bank are going to do with some actually projecting a possibility that all of these major central banks might announce significant moves on their rate policy in september. we shall wait and see. >> that will certainly be

significant. one more for you this morning. chrysler parent stellantis is planning to lay off more than 2,000 factory worker this year. tell us what prompted its decision and how it could impact the auto industry. >> a significant announcement here. let me share with all of the numbers here with you. stellantis has said it's going to lay off up to 2,450 factory workers in the united states later this year. so likely around october time. this is after the company decided to discontinue brother ducz of an old version of its ram 1500 pickup truck in michigan. we've already heard from the uaw president. he was very critical of the management team, saying that the ceo of stellantis, carlos say veras, is a disgrace. we'll see how this evolves. we know the auto industry as a whole is under significant

pressure, particularly as we see cheaper models being manufactured in china. let's see what's going to happen here. no good news for the time being stellantis workers stateside. next up here, gaza officials say an israeli air strike on a school-turned shelter killed dozens and dozens of people. we'll have the latest on the attack and what the white house is saying about it when we come right back. e house is saying about it when we come right back wers our phones. (aaron) so whatever's next... we're cooking with fire. (vo) switch to the partner businesses rely on. [coughing]

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the white house is deeply concerned about the reports of casualties from a strike on gaza on saturday that the civil defense agency said killed at least 100 people and injured dozens more. that's a statement from a national security council's spokesperson.

they killed at least 19 hamas and jihad terrorists located in a command center embedded into hamas that was embedded at a school. hamas denied having a command center in the school compound, and called israel's claim it killed nearly 20 terrorists in the strike false and baseless. nbc news is unable to independently verify whether there was a command center at the school, but some of the images from the scene showing children casualties extremely horrific. meanwhile axios says they believe iran is poised to attack israel directly within days, according to two sources, with direct knowledge to someone who spoke to the outlet.

it's led the u.s. to bolster its defenses in the region. on saturday president joe biden shoutsed to reporters his warning message to iran as he left the delaware church. >> what's your message to iran? mr. president, what's your message to iran? >> any thoughts from the presidential -- >> hard to hear there, but the president simply said don't. joining us now, the director of the research group. he focuses on international terrorism and geopolitics. it's been a week or more since israel has been bracing for hamas' response. it could still come. there's also a scheduled meeting this week to talk about a cease-fire in gaza complicating matters. what should we be looking for? >> first of all, the iranians have to respond, right? in the middle east, there's

nothing worse than appearing weak that makes a regime extremely vulnerable, especially a regime like iran, which isn't necessarily popular at home. the other piece, why are we seeing this delay in a response by iran in its absence of resistance partners. the secretary-general recently said the group will respond with anger, but also with wisdom and they're showing you the delay there, you know, that's a big component of terrorism, that psychological aspect of every day the israelis are waiting. the israeli population is waiting for this, and that's a terrifying feeling. >> let's talk about what could happen next. it was in the spring when iran struck directly at israel. that itself was noteworthy, and the attack was significant in terms of numbers, but it was highly telegraphed. it was in many ways a show attack, easily defeated. what do you think would happen this time around? more of the same, or do you

think this would be an attempt to be truly deadly? >> i think we're going to see more of the same. look. we're in this kind of strange situation where all the players involved, they all have domestic political considerations, claim that they don't want war, but as the missile strikes showed a few weeks ago that set off this recent round of escalation, accidents happen, and miscommunication and mistakes happen, and i think that's the real concern here, is that hezbollah responds and we see some kind of error again and that brings us up the escalatory ladder and they say the response will be disproportionate. lastly, in the assessment? should we have any hopes for some sort of cease-fire/hostage deal to be struck in the days ahead? >> you know, the human part of me really wants to hope for that, to end all the suffering we're seeing on all sides, but the analyst in me says it is going to be very difficult.

especially if you look at the elevation of sinwar to now the head of the hamas political bureau, marrying the two sides, political and military, replacing the recently slain haniyeh. he had veto power and now it is formalized. it'll be difficult, especially after incidents like this, to reach a cease-fire and hostage deal in the coming week. >> we'll be watching for those talks to be head later this week in the middle east. watching teheran, as well. director of research, colin clarke, thank you for joining us this morning. next up here, president biden is reflecting on his legacy after residing to drop out of the 2024 race. we'll play you remarks he made in a brand-new interview. that'll be next. coming up on "morning joe," donald trump now is spreading false claims that the crowds seen at vice president harris' rallies are fake. we'll dig into his obsession with these large crowds and how the harris team is responding. "morning joe" just a few moments

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remember president biden? >> that he proved democracy can work and got us out of a pandemic, produced the single greatest economic recovery in american history. we're in the most powerful economy in the world. we have more to do. it demonstrated we can pull the nation together. but one of the problems is, all the things we did take a little time to work their way through. now people are realizing, oh, that highway, oh, that big mistake we made, we didn't put up signs saying, "joe did it." >> that was president joe biden reflecting on his legacy in a sit-down interview with cbs news that aired yesterday. joining us now to talk about it, pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, our friend, eugene robinson. good to see you this morning. let's talk about president biden here. a revealing interview yesterday talking about his decision to

step aside, saying he believed the polls showed he could still win, but he'd lost the faith of democrats in his party. he mentioned speaker pelosi by name. let's talk about your thoughts on why he said he made the decision he did. also, how do you think that'll help inform his legacy? >> well, i thought the epitaph he wrote for his administration was apt. he proved that democracy could still work. he got an awful lot of important things done in a polarized, divided country, using the system as it was designed to work. bipartisan legislation, regular order, or the closest we can get to regular order these days, and i think he is very proud of that because he is such an institutionalist. he said that he stepped aside because he feared being a distraction and, frankly, he was

a distraction because so many americans felt he was too old to run for a second term, to serve a second term. there is a contradiction there between saying he believed he could still win and knowing that he had lost the support of so many democrats. the two things don't go together, you're not going to probably win the election if you have lost so much support within your own party. >> yeah, the president also in that interview confirmed some of our reporting that he is going to embark on some campaigning for his vice president, particularly target areas. pennsylvania he mentioned. he also talked again, parting words in the interview, that he truly believes donald trump is a threat to american democracy. not sure the nation would be the same if he were to win again. that's clearly something the president deeply believed. do you think it'll resonate with voters this time around? >> you know, in elections,

recent elections, some polling have shown that the democracy issue is remarkably potent. you know, people keep saying, well, that's not really the way to go. in fact, people do pay attention to that, and i think joe biden has great credibility to speak about that. what he does, i think, to the harris/walz campaign is he -- if he focuses on that issue, he allows them to do what they're doing now, which is to talk about moving the country forward together, about how we're not going back, the themes that they are striking on the campaign trail. so you have joe biden, especially in a place like pennsylvania. when he was in the senate, he was thought of as the third senator from pennsylvania because he so identified with that state. he's from scranton. i think he powerfully,

potentially, adds to the campaign's ability to hit a variety of themes. >> so you got a brand-new piece about how democrats should defend tim walz's military record. tell us about it. >> well, you know, they're trying to swiftboat tim walz. it didn't exist before the 2004 campaign in which john kerry, the democratic candidate, was a legitimate, genuine war hero from the vietnam war, was attacked by swiftboat veterans for truth, a group that sought to muddy up his sterling war record and succeeded. some of the mud stuck, and i think one of the problems retro

this is ridiculous. they pushed back a little, didn't push back very hard. so my advice is when they started trying to do that to tim walz about his national guard service, is to push back hard. just come right back in the face of those who are lying about his service because i think being above the fray didn't work in 2004. i think it's not the way to go this time. i think they should hit hard. >> we'll see what they to in the days ahead because the attacks from the right continue. please read the piece. "washington post" website. associate editor of "the washington post" and political analyst eugene robinson, thank you for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. hello, arizona! [ applause ] wow! hey

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