Even the bipartisan noms are being blocked and delayed, so much so that the Democrats have

been forcing me when I file cloture just to get a nominee considered on the floor to go

in and out of executive and legislative session. So these are just dilatory tactics designed

to block and obstruct the president and his agenda. This has got to stop,

and clearly the Democrats are starting something and creating a precedent that is going to come

back to haunt them. This is really bad. This is a bad practice on their part.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune calling out Democrats for stalling President Trump's nominees.

Those comments coming hours before Senate Republicans pushed through the confirmation of one of the president's former personal lawyers despite serious allegations from three whistleblowers.

We'll go through the details there.

Also ahead, we'll take a look at some heated moments between Democrats, among themselves, on the Senate floor yesterday, over a bipartisan package of police funding bills. We'll tell you what they were fighting about. Plus, President Trump answered more questions about his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the convicted sex offender stole workers from Mar-Lago's spa.

And we'll get expert analysis on the Trump administration's new efforts to repeal landmark climate regulation.

Good morning. Welcome to morning, Joe. It is Wednesday, July 30th. Let's dive right in because moments ago, the tsunami warning for

Hawaii was downgraded to an advisory. Advisories in Guam and the northern Mariana Islands also were

canceled. Tsunami waves did hit Hawaii in parts of the West Coast overnight, putting residents on high

alert. Warnings also were issued for several other nations. This after Russia was hit with a

massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that quake expected to rank as one is the largest ever on record.

In Japan, officials measured more than four foot tsunami wave off the east coast as well as

smaller waves along the country's southern islands.

This video shows people standing on the roof of a building in the country's northernmost

island as a cautionary measure in case of large waves. Let's bring in meteorologist Angie

Lassman for the very latest. So Angie, it looks like the worst that was feared in Hawaii

and other places may

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