. >> deputy secretary sherman, back in 1790 seven, john adams was in a situation of observing that the french were seizing u.s. commercial ships, so he requested authorization to respond and congress did not respond. in may of 1798 congress did give him authorization and then he deployed u.s. ships to protect our commercial navy ships. in 18 oh one, thomas jefferson was president and the ruler of tripoli was seizing u.s. commercial ships in the mediterranean. thompson asked -- thomas jefferson asked congress for authorization to respond. a few weeks later, congress did, in 1802. he made the request in december of 18 or one in february 18 02 congress gave authorization. in 1815, president madison had the situation where the regency of algeria was seizing u.s. ships in the mediterranean. so he sent a message to congress and ask for a declaration of war . in march, the following month, congress rejected the request but passed legislation authorizing responding. why did these three presidents not simply assert article two powers and proceed to deploy u.s. ships, naval ships to protect our

john adams and the founding fathers said fear is the foundation of most governments. this is what this is, this is fear-mongering. nobody died from delta. nobody died from it. it is loo a bad cold. you will mask people up coming into the restaurant they will not want to come in. stuart: could it work the other way around, joe? if you can just walk into a restaurant, just flash a green pass, you know, i'm vaccinated i can walk in, isn't that to some people attractive? when you have got what, 50, 60, 70% of the population vaccinated in new york or the surroundings, that could help, couldn't it? >> i disagree with you. no, it will not. we will have the to hire someone really knows what they're doing to check these vaccinations. if it is on a card. it is on a app, we don't know how it will be. it has to be checked. like taxes, if we don't collect the taxes on the check we'll be responsible for them an we'll being responsible if anything happens, whether we up our insurance or whatever, we don't know. this is purely, in my opinion political. you have the biggest clown in t

adams turning over the keys to thomas jefferson the first time the federalist lost election and there was no violence. no one contested. no one came to the capitol. no one did anything except accept the fact that was the result. when we go state astate is not willing to accept election is to try to reframe the electorate. make sure that certain 350e78 -- people don't vote or participate in elections is the most antithetical thing that's happened in this country in 2 1/2 centuries. my father, didn't preach too much, taught me a lot of lessons by example. one thing he always used to say. when you are a winner, be a good winner, don't gloat. when you are a loser, accept the consequences and move on. i think america should learn that. that when it's a level playing field and you compete and we are going to have differences of opinions, we should accept the outcome and be prepared to move on. since it's clearly not happening in parts of this country, i'm going to support this. frankly, i wish my friend, john lewis, were here to see us do this. but time to move forward. with that i yield. m

john quincy adams said america doesn't go in search of monsters to destroy. and now is the time to get out. we're cutting our losses. we cannot put more people in there to justify what we're trying to do. by and large americans will agree with him this is a difficult and dangerous mission. wars are easy to start. they're much harder to end, and he's ending it. >> all right, thank you all so much for starting us off on this breaking story. >>> when we come back a former service member, now a congressman, weighs in on today's tragic loss of life overseas. and a struggle that still remains for getting americans out. plus, what we know about isis-k, the group suspected to be behind today's attack in kabul. all those stories and, of course, the president will address today's breaking news when "deadline white house" continues after this. continues after this without my medication, my small tremors would be extreme. i was diagnosed with parkinson's. i had to retire from law enforcement. it was devastating. one of my medications is three thousand dollars per month.

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she was adamant that the john lewis voting rights advancement act to pass the house this week. and as i mentioned, voting rights demonstrators will be held in many cities saturday. we, martin and i doing the major one on saturday in washington going from black lives matter plaza to the capitol. congresswoman sewell, chairman of the caucus, baby and others will be joining martin luther king and i and others leading the voting rights march in washington that day right to the capitol. it would seem that public and political pressure specifically defending voting rights is a concerted effort as it has been. and yet i acknowledge there's no guarantee it will be enough to change republican minds let alone votes. do you think this legislation can pass where hr-1 did not, congresswoman, and that we should put the pressure on a carve-out or the end of the filibuster if it passes the house this week our objective of the march would be to address that. >> thank you, reverend al. and it's because of your leadership and the leadership of the people's movement that's going to allow our votin

lisa: pentagon spokesperson john kirby said the u.s. has been adamant with the taliban who should be allowed through. >> we've been very clear wit taliban leaders about what credentials want them to accept. the people that we have made clear to the taliban that we want to have access through the checkpoints have been able to get througby and large, again, with caveats. so it hasn't been a big problem to date. lisa: "newshour" spoke by phone with one american citizen as he drove to the airport he says he reached out to the u.s. embassy but never hed back. >> i am a u.s. citizen. my wife, she has a green card and my two kids was born in boston, massachusetts. they are u.s. citizens. right now the situation is really tough, as you know. >> i came, i think it was on july 13. on the u.s. embassy website, there was an email address that i could send an email and i could request embassy assistance. and i did that. i just got the auto-reply and i didn't get anything else other than that. and then i was just waiting for last three days for a res

aron's company afloat, editor ron john roy. help us out here where do you sit on this side of the debate, is amc a growth company, a tech company or is this just getting, you know, too inflative from the fundamentals? >> that question is the question around any kind of growth story over the last few years. i think it is worth stopping and looking at what is happening to the fundamental business because hype aside, certainly market capitalization aside, it looks like a business that is coming out of, you know, a shock that is doing kind of well, 22 million tickets sold, food and beverage per patron is up 44% versus 2019, which is a good sign and they're doing kind of creative things. again, it is not a technology play, but streaming ufc fights on a saturday night and charging $25 per ticket, that shows they understand their customer, and that shows that at least they can try new movie things they have a new deal with warner bros., where they have 45 days exclusivity, a classic movie business thing, so they are turning around the

on my left is mary frann is, who -- francis and she is joined by john, tyler and we have adam over here sitting over to the -- next to the ranking member. i have gone through before the names of your staff. we are grateful for the great support and work you've done, each one of you. i would be remiss if i didn't thank -- you don't get to be floor managers without somebody in the leadership saying, we'd like you to be floor managers so to senator schumer and senator mcconnell, thank you for putting your confidence an trust in senator capito and me, to the floor folks, thank you very much to keep us on the straight and level and heading in the right direction. while senator portman is here on the floor, i don't see senator sinema, senator portman succeeds senator voinovich, we were governors together and senators together and i miss george every day, but you have more than filled his shoes, my friend and salute you. senator sinema is fairly new here but she has impressed a lot of people and took the bull by the horn and never gave up and because of her efforts and partnering with senator

adam kinzinger,ts has been cryig again, we will try toet get to e bottom of that story and get you the latest on the adam kinzinger trail of tears. that is tomorrow's show. meanwhile, in dallas, a lunatic judge called clay jenkins is forcing masks on children and people dining in restaurants. there is no medicine behind this. by the way, the order violates the law, texas' ban on mask mandates. what is interesting as this is the same judge who ostentatiously went out of his way several years ago to tell us ebola wasn't dangerous. if you thought it was, you were a bigot. so whatt are the effects of this judges new order? for restaurant owners in dallas, it is crushing. we check in with one of them. the ceo of charter holdings and operates a number of restaurants in the areas. he joins us tonight.or ray, thank you for coming on. what effect does this had that it has been a tough year and aea half restaurants -- what effect does this have on you? >> tucker, an interesting thing is the dallas metropolitan area encompassess six different counties, eight if you really stretch it out, andd we

that's not eric adams. that's not shantel brown. these are people who are pretty liberal. we're talking about gradations. >> but it was evictions in the middle of a pandemic. it's an issue that actually hits voters' hearts. and i think you have to do the right thing because real people who have to vote in 2022 and in 2024 are going to lose their homes if something wasn't done. >> that's true. >> all right, thank you all so much. >>> and just in, a big new vaccine mandate expected as soon as this week impacting tens of thousands of americans. the breaking details up next. the stronger, lasts-longer energizer max. one of my favorite supplements is qunol turmeric. turmeric helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. unlike regular turmeric supplements qunol's superior absorption helps me get the full benefits of turmeric. the brand i trust is qunol. lively hearing aids have been a game changer for me. the process with lively. is insanely easy, you take a hearing test on your computer the doctor programs it, it shows up at your house a few days later. you can stream ca

compound and seized the weapons of security staff are on my colleague, neil harvey heard from a local john this about the latest developments in afghanistan. now that the taliban is empower taliban are very adamant and quite publicly so that there isn't a necessity and that no one would be targeted. no one would face in their traditions. the thought of on hold to instructed their fighters not to go inside people's homes. i was looking at a statement under twitter page of how much i had the official spokesman riding that some people who had gone in and collected armored vehicles and weapons and other stuff. what identified. and no one has the permission to go inside people's homes that everyone should feel secure inside their homes. what we have to see in weight is how the thought about transition. now, from fighting into governance into politics. we have to remember. taliban are no more of the shadow government. they've got to control and we are still not clear what sort of government we might be looking at. you know what that government might look like, who will be part of it? will it onl

. >> adam stand by. i want to bring in louisiana g.o.p. senator john kennedy, has been closely monitoring this storm. senator, i know you have been getting some briefings on this the storm surge is not as bad in as it was in katrina 16 years ago, but there is a significant amount of water that has pushed in. are you confident that the new 18 billion dollar flood control system is effective. what are you hearing, sir? we'll try to get him established. we'll give -- show you pictures of new orleans. we have been talking about the irony 16 years ago today was hurricane katrina, we spent months in new orleans after hurricane katrina. remember when the storm came through, it was a category 3. katrina came through as a category 3 and we walked outside in french quarter seemed that everything was fine, maybe an hour and a half or two hours we got reports that the levees had broke, when they broke, you know as we look back, you know what happened after that. it was disastrous. it went on for weeks and months and years the stay of new orleans, and

. >>> we have more, press secretary john kirby will be our guest. >>> and republican congressman adam kinzinger who served in afghanistan. >>> also this morning in louisiana the major storm is over but the recovery from hurricane ida has just begun. the latest on the path of destruction across that state. plus the european union takes the united states off of its safe travel list amid a surge here in covid cases. what that means for american travelers. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. back. ♪ ayy, ayy, ayy ♪ ♪ yeah, we fancy like applebee's on a date night ♪ ♪ got that bourbon street steak with the oreo shake ♪ ♪ get some whipped cream on the top too ♪ ♪ two straws, one check, girl, i got you ♪ ♪ bougie like natty in the styrofoam ♪ ♪ squeak-squeakin' in the truck bed all the way home ♪ ♪ some alabama-jamma, she my dixieland delight ♪ ♪ ayy, that's how we do, ♪ ♪ how we do, fancy like, oh ♪ vo: just getting by, it's an ongoing struggle. that's why president biden and democrats in congress have a plan to lower costs for america

ok, thank you so much. adam. raney reporting from venice. new zealand prime minister has made a formal apology for re john people who overstayed their visa nearly 50 years ago. the often violent raids were racially motivated because police mostly targeted pacific islanders for deportation while ignoring people from other countries. from auckland, here's wayne hay experiences. the tears flowed as pacific islands, community leaders, and those affected by the door raids gathered in oakland town hall. they came to his new zealand prime minister jacinta rod durn said the words they've been calling for decades today. i stayed on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal an unreserved apology to pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 1970s that lead to the events of the dawn rights the immigration quack down in the 1970 targeted pacific islanders who had been brought here because of labor shortages. the often violence don't rage, which the government has now apologized for. so police se

my colleague, neil harvey, heard from a local john this about the latest developments in afghanistan. now that the taliban has taken pow, all the bond are very adamant in quite public the so that there isn't a necessity and that no one would be targeted. no one would face in their traditions the taliban holes to instructed their fighters not to go inside people's homes. i was looking at a statement under twitter page of how much i had the official spokesman riding that some people who had gone in and collected armored vehicles and weapons and other stuff. what identified. and no one has the permission to go inside people's homes that everyone should feel secure inside their homes. what we have to see and wait is how the time of transition. now from fighting into governance into politics. we have to remember. taliban are no more of the shadow government. they have got to control and we are still not clear what sort of government we might be looking at. you know what that government might look like, who will be part of it? will it only be the taliban? but there's also talk of curfew ton

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. >> and then a day after nick's murder, john's kids snapped these pictures of a woman poking around nick's house. >> my children were adamant that it was jessica. >> does it seem at all significant to you that nick was murdered like almost exactly a year from the time of his breakup with jessica. >> i found it very odd. >> or very coincidental. >> correct. >> the number of scorned lovers in nick's past was enough to warrant a scorecard, and investigators weren't even done counting. there were more answers to be discovered in the place where so much of nick's social life was centered, marana aerospace. >> that mystery woman at nick's house, was it an angry ex? coming up -- >> some of the family identifies you as being the one that was at the house. >> it wasn't me. >> a lover's triangle and a tightening circle of suspects when "dateline" continues." if you can help heal your skin from within. with dupixent adults saw long-lasting, clearer skin and significantly less itch. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is se

shortly after that happened, the feds came for adam. even though he had committed no violence, had done nothing criminal, the feds and immigration a 30 locked him up and leaned on him to try to inform on his community, to try to be an apartment. he refused to do that. he considered it an affront to his dignity and considered it unjust. as a result, he spent a tremendous amount of money, years in jail in florida while ultimately the fbi and the local prosecutor who eventually would be a trump cabinet member alex acosta, came up with pretext to prosecute him. he was originally charged as a codefendant with josÉ padilla who is now placed in federal custody. and even though there was no way the government could connect him to any act of violence, thanks to the patriot act and, frankly, the atmosphere politically in the years after 9/11, he could be charged with things that simply were not acts of violence or active contribution to specific people committing specific acts of violence. he was convicted. as he was sentenced, the judge reduceh

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. >> i'm going to say thank you to adam win, clear this has been one of the most detailed discussions of guns that i have heard in years. thank you for coming. >> >> instructor john crevasse teaches a class about the first and second amendments to the u.s. constitution and how these rights have been interpreted by the courts. located in bradenton florida, the academy is part of a preparatory boarding school focused on student athletes. >> gentlemen, this afternoon we're gonna be looking at the ten amendments to the constitution which are called collectively, the bill of rights. it's the third part of the constitution. and gentlemen, the bill of rights is unquestionably -- shining beacon in a world of darkness. because it really says to the world, as it has over the last 200 years feel that america is an exceptional country. that america is a country that provides. okay? and considers the rights of its citizens the rights of its inhabitants before anything. what we are going to look at this afternoon are going to be, hopefully, we're gonna cover all ten of the amendments. when we see a

yesterday, the john lewis voting rights act advancement act passed the house representatives and every single republican, everyone voted against. it all of them. this genie and adam kinzinger voted against it right, now there is no such thing truly as a robust, pro-democracy republican in 2020. they are unwilling to do with democrats have always done to secure the basic right to vote for all americans. joining me now by phone is congresswoman sheila jackson lee with a democratic represented of texas. she was arrested last month after protesting in favor of new voting legislation. what i want you to describe what this bill does and compared and its get its scope and boldness and its potential controversial news to the more aggressive we hr1. well >> thanks chris for having me. the first thing i would say is the john lewis advancement act that was worth getting arrested. for the bill that was voted on yesterday has enormous piece. it strengthens the opportunity to fight against voter suppression. and means that it clearly holds states accountable across the nation that may have a number

liz cheney and adam kinzinger voted against it. because right now there is no such thing truly as a robust pro democracy republican in 2021. they're unwilling to do what republicans and democrats have always done to just secure the basic right to vote for all americans. joining me by phone is congress ann sheila jackson lee, a democrat representing texas' 18th congressional district. she was arrested last month at a demonstration rallying support for new federal voting legislation. congresswoman, first, i wonder if you could just describe what this bill does and compare it in its scope and boldness and potential controversialness to the more aggressive hr-1? >> chris, thank you for having me. first of all, what i would say is the john robert lewis advancement act was worth getting arrested for. voting rights was worth getting arrested for. frankly the bill that was voted on yesterday has enormous teeth. it strengthens the opportunity to fight against voter suppression and it means that it clearly holds states accountable across the

john f. kennedy said all the powers of the presidency was unable to control the columnist. lbj did his best to co-opt him. and nixon put him at the top of his enemies list. to register an international perspective on all this, winston churchill once dubbed drew pearson the most colossal liar in the united states. so i discovered a pattern. pearson certainly made his share of mistakes. usually through haste of his understanding and sometimes the people who leaked to him were less than honest about their intentions. i never found an instance where he knowingly lied. instead it was his accusers who lied regularly to cover their own tracks. raised as a quaker, he regarded truth seeking as both a moral obligation and a self-defense mechanism. he was sued for liable. at least 120 times. more than any other journalist. and he won every case except for one. and that one he would have tried to appeal except his lawyers said it would be cheaper to settle it out of court. the way he won all those cases

i voted for john kerry, because i am against the war, against nationbuilding. everything mr. adam has to say, i am agreeing with. i had know idea what is going on at the heritage foundation. thank you very much. host: adam weinstein, you touch briefly on the cost of the afghanistan war appeared what are your concerns going forward about how that will affect u.s. military spending, u.s. social spending? guest 2: we have to learn the right lessons and learn that these protected interventions simply do not make sense for u.s. citizens. they don't make sense for our country. in most cases, they don't make sense for people we are trying to help, even if the alternative is also bad. i am glad that we all agree that nationbuilding is not a productive use of our resources and young american lives. i think where we disagree is the idea that we can be involved in these boots on the ground, counterterrorism campaigns without them transitioning into nationbuilding. in the case of afghanistan, at least, because our partner was a corrupt government, and that is, by the way, not an indictme

john heilemann is still here as well. tim, i put those together because you hear from adam schiff and from congressman adam schiff and congressman jamie raskin, two things that were elusive to robert mueller and all of the other countless investigators of donald trump's conduct. one is clear intent and two is criminality in his coverage duct leading up to the election. do you think they're getting closer to having something on either of those fronts where he is concerned. >>. >> well, look, i think the intent element of this is pretty open and closed. you know, unlike what was happening with russia, the question was always, you know, not so much whether, you know, trump cared or even obviously we knew that trump wanted russia to help him. he said that publicly. the question was whether, you know, he had worked with russia, right. that was the whole collusion discussion. this is a different element with january 6th, right. like this is trump himself at the top of the funnel of the improper and illegal activity. i think tha

let's go to "america reports." >> john: we begin with fox news alert. we are expecting an update from the white house as the nation mourns the 13 troops killed in afghanistan, this is big chance there will be more terror attacks to come. i'm john roberts in washington. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york. the pentagon says there are specific credible attacks on kabul airport. there was one suicide bombing yesterday, not two, as first reported during the chaos and confusion after the

she and adam, i don't know how many times they talked on the phone but it's many, many, many. rebecca higgins, john kaine, greg doddson, laura, jordan, heather dann, mackey mcintosh, andy, kenneth and tyler hoffman reardon for their dedication to this process as well. so with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. carper: i'm going to ask if i could just insert one quick comment, mr. president. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: ranking member senator capito has mentioned very graitionly the names of -- graciously the names of our staff. i was here this weekend. she was here this weekend. there were people working this weekend, not just our staff, not just on the appropriations committee. staffs like right here in this body. folks throughout the building, throughout the complex. they were here working. they have children, they have spouses, they have parents, other obligations. they were here working. we would be remiss if we didn't mention that. the other thing i want to say, ranking member senator capito knows i go back and forth on the train a lot of

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floyd holly, daniel greer, adam benjamin, those are names that i know. we will learn the names from yesterday and let's honor them. >> harris: amen. say th name. thank you. thanks for watching. let's go to "america reports." >> john: we begin with fox news alert. we are expecting an update from the white house as the nation mourns the 13 troops killed in afghanistan, this is big chance there will be more terror attacks to come. i'm john roberts in washington. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york. the pentagon says there are specific credible attacks on kabul airport. there was one suicide bombing yesterday, not two, as first reported during the chaos and confusion after the blast. despite the danger, the u.s. military continues evacuation efforts there with new urgency, president biden calling it a worthy mission during an event with israel's prime minister a short time ago. >> president biden: come with significant loss of american personnel. it is a worthy mission because they continue to evacuate folks out of that region, out of the airport, evacua

. >> president biden more adamant than ever that america's sustained military mission in afghanistan is over. we'll be joined this morning by a top voice at the defense department when pentagon spokesman john kirby joins us as chaos grips a country now ruled by the taliban. >>> plus new developments in the fight against covid. the biden administration has decided that most americans should get a booster vaccination eight months after they received their second shot. we'll have the details on that just ahead. >>> good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, august 17th. and we're going to begin this morning with the chaotic scenes from kabul's international airport. with thousands of afghans surrounding planes in a desperate attempt to escape taliban control. richard engel has the latest from kabul. >> reporter: tens of thousands of afghans swarmed into kabul airport. desperate to leave at any price. they burst through security. climbed over walls. and spilled onto the tarmac. searching for any airplane that would take them far away from afghanistan. away from the taliba

regarding franklin's committee -- chameleon like religion, john adams called him a -- the church of england clinton as one of them. the presbyterian's saw have half a presbyterian, and the friends believed him a wet quaker. that means a quaker that is not well behaved. the key i think to understand franklin's ambivalent faith is the contrast between the skepticism of his adult life, and the indelible imprint of his childhood puritanism. the intense piety in fate of his -- acted as a tether. restraining franklin's skepticism. as a teenager, it is true, he abandoned his parents purely and belief. that's the traditional faith kept him from getting too far away. he would stretch his moral and doctoral tethered to the breaking point. by the end of a youthful -- he made to london, when he returned to philadelphia and 1726, he resolved to conform more closely to his parents ethical code. he steered away from extreme the-ism. could he craft a christiana centered on virtue? rather than traditional doctrine. and avoid alienating his parents at the same time? more importantly, can he convince the evan