america. the president saying today s gop is, quote, dominated, driven, and intimidated by maga republicans. we ll have complete political and historical analysis of his address to the nation. plus, the latest developments in the investigation of former president trump s mishandling of classified documents, as another conservative legal voice predicts trump will be indicted. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 2nd. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay with us. the host of way to early, white house bureau chief at politico and the author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss joins us this morning. glad to have you all. so much to talk about. jonathan lemire, i must start with you. it is like secretariat at the kentucky derby in 1973. starts out slow and then, boom, takes off. i kn
politician up ahead of reelection this monday. now the nation will be holding his funeral. president biden paid a visit to the japanese embassy yesterday saying he was stunned, outraged and saddened by the former prime minister s killing. and he had this to say about the assassination on japan s security. we re going to learn more about, as time goes on, about motive, about the whole japanese, prime minister is a stable ally and we, do not believe it s likely to have i don t know yet likely to have any profound destabilizing impact on japanese security or japanese solidarity. when we look at this, japan one of our key allies, particularly in this region and particularly militarily with all that goes on with chinese efforts to expand. and a lot to talk about on a global scale. absolutely, and i think that hearing the outpouring from so many world leaders about the legacy of abe, japan s youngest prime minister when he took over and the longest serving when he was don
places. and the wind could be slow moving. for many temperatures in the high teens but further east we could get to 23 degrees. pollen levels moderate to high across england and wales, low to moderate across scotland and northern ireland. there may be an odd shower across the south east of england which could affect play at wimbledon at times but there will be a lot of sunshine and a top temperature of around 23 degrees. showers around western areas as we move towards friday and the start of the weekend and then high pressure settle things down with plenty of sunshine for many. and that s bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the programming, candy king of clay reclaim his crown on grass? rough in adults being mad
three, two, one. and soon this will be for real. the go ahead for lift off of artemis and a return to the moon is expected from nasa. live from our studio singapore, this is bbc news, with newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 8am in singapore and 8 in the evening in florida where the former president donald trump has asked a federal court to temporarily block the fbi from reviewing the materials it seized from his mar a lago home two weeks ago. in a filing to the court, mr trump s legal team is requesting the appointment of a watchdog to oversee the fbi review. this is the first formal legal action since federal agents seized highly sensitive documents. our north america correspondent chi chi izundu has been examining the documents filed by mr trump. 27 pages of what donald trump s legal team are trying to assert in a court in florida, and donald trump himself has just issued a statement, helpfully i might add, detailing exactly what it is he believes occurred when
to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least, to celebrate its bicentennial, orat least, part to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least, part of him does! welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a short time ago, nasa announced it s given the go ahead for the launch of the artemis mission test flight to take place on monday next week. it s being heralded as the return of human exploration of the moon you re watching the flight readiness briefing for nasa s artemis mission. it is to split is targeted for monday, august 29, with storage launch pad, 309b. and it s expected that it will lead eventually to the first woman and the first person of colour setting foot there. it is the apollo mission for a new generation as our science editor rebecca morelle explains. after a 50 year gap, we re heading back to the moon, see and it all starts here with the artemis mission and nasa s huge rocket. it s called the space launch system, or sls for short, and it s t