Morning Joe 8/2/24

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Biden and Harris greet freed prisoners in emotional return to U.S.

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0:00.0	Well, good afternoon, and this is a very good afternoon, a very good afternoon.
0:06.2	Today we're bringing on Paul, Evan, Alsu, Vladimir, three American citizens and one American green cardholder.
0:14.6	All four have been imprisoned justly in Russia,
0:18.5	Paul for nearly six years.
0:20.8	Vladimir since 2022, evidence since March of 2023,
0:25.0	and I'll sue since October of 2023.
0:28.0	Russian authorities arrested them, convicted them in show trials, and sent them the long prison terms,
0:36.8	with absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever, none. And now their brutal ordeal is over and they're free.
0:45.0	President Joe Biden speaking at the White House yesterday
0:49.4	about the most substantial prisoner swap
0:51.6	since the Cold War. We'll have more of the
0:53.9	president's comments and the emotional reunions for the wrongly detained
0:58.2	Americans in just a moment. Plus, Donald Trump is doubling down on his race-based attacks on Vice President
1:05.6	Kamala Harris after falsely claiming this week that she only recently decided
1:11.8	to become a black person.
1:15.0	Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe.
1:17.0	It is Friday, August 2nd.
1:19.0	I'm John Thlemir, along with the BBC's Caddy Kaye,
1:22.0	Joe Meekil will be back on Monday.
1:24.0	Willie continues his hardship assignment at the Paris Olympics.
1:27.0	Kaddy, good to see you this morning.
1:29.0	This story of course unfolded while we were on air yesterday.
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