Morning Joe 7/9/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Washington, Congress, Government, Politics, President, Scarboro, Election, Brezinski, Ms Now, News, Issues, Giest, Campaign

3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The Morning Joe panel discusses the latest in the coronavirus, extreme weather, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Olympics.

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0:00.0	Good morning, a wet, windy, sloppy morning in Times Square in New York City.
0:14.0	Welcome to Morning Joe. It's Friday, July 9th. We're following a number of developing
0:19.5	stories this morning. It's the weather that's
0:22.2	making a major concern across the country, whether it's major flooding on the East Coast or
0:28.6	historic heat in the West and even reports of an earthquake. President Biden forcefully
0:35.8	defends his decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
0:39.9	We'll have a live report from Kabul. And major news in the fight against COVID with Pfizer now saying it is developing a booster shot of its vaccine that strongly extends protection against the original virus.
0:57.3	And history was made yesterday at the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.
1:02.8	We'll show you who won and what the winning word was.
1:08.8	Oh my gosh, love that.
1:10.6	We're going to start, though, right now
1:12.2	with the extreme and dangerous weather impacting much of the country. Thunderstorms and
1:17.4	heavy rain hit New York City and its suburbs yesterday. Videos posted online, flooded streets,
1:23.6	rainwater seeping into subway stations, some uptown stations getting hit the hardest.
1:31.4	Subway surface was largely interrupted with only the northernmost end of the A-line shut down.
1:38.9	The interim president of the New York City Transit said the underground flooding was due to
1:43.3	overwhelmed drains.
1:44.7	Even more rain hit the area overnight, thanks to remnants of tropical storm Elsa wreaking havoc
1:52.7	in New York City. And then out west, states are preparing for another scorching weekend.
2:00.1	Scorching. Forecasters predict temperatures will be up to
2:03.4	25 degrees higher than average. This comes as California Governor Gavin Newsom asks residents to cut
2:10.8	water usage by 15%. The state is grappling with a record-breaking set of temperatures and a drought, Joe, 100% of California.
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