j . so i m just going to leave it there. want to be prudent there. this is under review by the justice department, i m not going to go beyond what the president shared yesterday what my colleagues at the white house council shared with all of you as well. not many answers there, but a lot of questions about classified documents and a lot of no comments from the white house. good morning, everyone. poppy is off today. it s kaitlan and i in new york city. but we have a lot to cover in washington. you could be in washington again today with all the news. we brought washington here basically. we re talking about president biden s legal team finding another batch of classified documents. the new revelation now intensifying the republicans attacks on the president. also congressman george santos is under pressure to resign from members of his own parties. and kevin mccarthy side deals going into effect, a handful of detractors now on top of committee assignments. we be
maybe this will give him more time to be a mentor, i hope more time to write and be inspiration to young physicians and kids in high school. i hope this president would give dr. fauci presidential medal of freedom, but he s received presidential medal of freedom. todd: kevin corke, is that what kids need, fauci as a mentor? kevin: i m not a kid. dr. fauci clarifying he s not actually retiring, hes he s moving on to a mentoring role at the end of the year. president biden did thank his chief medical advisor on twitter. america is stronger, more resilient and healthier because of him? many republicans are calling for a federal investigation into fauci. dr. fauci, retirement or not, will be spending a lot of time in front of a congressional committee and committees if republicans take back control. we will ask him questions about gain of function research, why he didn t push back on china s lives. we ll have a lot of questions and will subpoena him and expect him to answ
and a former nba star says he is going to russia to free brittney griner but the biden administration is not on board with his plans. good morning. welcome to way too early, on this monday, august 22nd. yobz is taking a well deserved break. we will start with the news. former president donald trump says he is planning a full descent to keep the justice department from analyzing the documents seized from his home. in a posted social media site on friday, trump accused federal law enforcement of quote destroying our country, and teased that he would soon file a motion based on the protection from unreasonable search and seizure. further details was shared by trump s top attorney on saturday who said he was considering a motion to appoint what s called a special master in the case. this would be an outside official selected by a judge to carry out the judicial matter on the court s behalf. as of this morning, however, there is still no indication that trump s team has actu
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
Kitchen charity arrived at the hospital after their car was hit by an air strike. The Israeli Military says its investigating the incident. In a statement on X Formerly Twitter world Central Kitchen said it was aware of the reports. They described them as a tragedy , saying humanitarian aid workers and civilians should never be a target. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed one australian woman was among those killed Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom who you can see on the left here. Mr albanese said hes contacted israels ambassador to ask for accountability. The truth is that this is beyond, beyond any reasonable circumstance that someone going about providing aid and humanitarian assistance should lose their life. And there were four aid workers as well as palestinian driver in this vehicle. This is a Human Tragedy that should never have occurred. That is completely unacceptable. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic service. Various details are coming through, what more