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S7E64: “The Morning Meeting” at 9:00am ET today
“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026
By Michael Dailey and Mark Halperin
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TODAY
* “The Morning Meeting” with Larry O’Connor, Kevin Walling, and me is LIVE at 9am ET.
* “The Morning Meeting” airs at 10am ET on SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly Channel (ch. 111).
* A new episode of “Next Up” drops later today.
* “The Group Chat” airs on YouTube at 4pm ET.
* Republican strategist Greta Joynes and Democratic strategist James Kennedy join me LIVE at 5pm ET on “2WAY Tonight.”
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“The Group Chat” is LIVE at 4pm ET.
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You can watch it on YouTube LIVE here.
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Republican strategist Greta Joynes and Democratic strategist James Kennedy join me LIVE at 5pm ET for a conversation like no other on “2WAY Tonight.”
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You can watch it on YouTube LIVE here.
“NEXT UP”
Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress is my guest and my reported monologue makes the case that a Jewish American can win the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nomination.
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
Records an interview with Punchbowl.
JD VANCE
No known public events at this writing.
CONGRESS
The House is out.
8:30am: The Senate Homeland Security committee meets to vote on a resolution holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt.
10:15am: The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee meets to examine ways to expand small businesses’ access to capital.
11:30am: The Senate votes on advancing an Iran war powers resolution, as well as a resolution to overturn a Trump HHS rule rolling back a Biden-era child care regulation.
2026
Tennessee voters head to the polls, which close at 8pm ET.
FCC
10:30am: The Commission convenes for its August meeting.
ECONOMY
8:30am: Weekly Jobless Claims and Preliminary Productivity and Costs reports are due out.
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* Michigan.
* AIPAC.
* Piker.
* Wisconsin.
* Midterms.
* Iran.
* Leaks run amok.
* Warsh as “My Kevin.”
* Vance ‘28.
* Tucker ‘28.
2WAY TODAY
