days from today. we re seeing key developments here in the final stretch shaking up the battleground states with power in the senate hanging in the balance. we ll watch day-by-day as we get closer. new hour starts right now. dana is off today. back tomorrow. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. sandra: cruised through the first hour. i m sandra smith. election day is now just five weeks away. democrats are losing ground in one key state, pennsylvania, where the senate race is getting tighter there. democrat john fetterman watching his lead slip away as dr. oz gains momentum and closing the gap. it dropped from 11 points in mid-summer to 4.3 in the latest real clear politics average. as that race gets tighter, both sides arguing who is tougher on crime. i m sick of oz talking about john fetterman and crime. the truth. john gave a second chance to those who deserved it. john fetterman has the courage to do what s right. dr. oz doesn t know a thing about crime. they endo
unbelievable story. but first, the race for control of the united states congress. the battle comes down to netting five house seats and one senate seat. that s what the gop hopes to do in five weeks. the four yellow states on our senate fox power rankings map. these are the biggest ones to watch. they are arizona where democrat mark kelly s lead over blake masters is now at six. in georgia, five points separate raphael warnock and republican herschel walker who is facing a controversy today. and in nevada, republican adam laxalt s lead over katherine masto well within the margin of error. he was with us yesterday. in pennsylvania, democrat john fetterman s lead is now to six points over dr. mehmet oz. that race is where we get started today with correspondent bryan llenas. hi, brian. the last poll you mentioned, usa today s suffolk university poll. it not only shows a narrowing of the lead over dr. oz but shows the number of voters that view fetterman unfavorably has sky
still quite dangerous. rescue crews are looking for survivors now five days later and the death toll is climbing. officials have confirmed 76 people have died. most in lee county where ian stormed ashore as a category 4. it is feared there had be more victims. now the power is slowly being restored in florida. more than 6,000 homes and businesses still in the dark this morning and it could be months before many are back on the grid. many don t have clean tap water, that makes the overwhelming task of rebuilding that much harder. and now officials in lee county are facing questions about why the first mandatory evacuations weren t ordered until a day before landfall despite a plan that said evacuations should have happened earlier. governor ron desantis defending their actions. they informed people, and most people didn t want to do it. are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to? i don t think that s the appropriate use of government. florida res
barr, who did much of donald trump s bidding during the russia investigation, defends the fbi decision to seize classified documents from the former president s florida estate. this as we learn more about what was found in the search, including dozens of empty folders marked classified. plus, the former president sharpens his attacks against federal law enforcement, calling the fbi and doj, quote, vicious monsters, while warning of unprecedented backlash. how will his supporters interpret that? and president biden hits the campaign trail this labor day, visiting two key battleground states, pennsylvania and wisconsin, both union strongholds. we ll have a preview of his holiday campaign events. good morning. it is monday, september 5th. welcome to a special labor day edition of morning joe. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your holiday with us. we now have a clearer account of what the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home in palm be
moved. immediate test for the new king as the uk starts a week-long bid g g goodbye to quen elizabeth ii. plus, russia is already striking back. and now the campaign stretch. primary season ends tuesday, opening an eight-week sprint to election day. we ll break down the midterm fight for control of congress. we begin, though, in scotland. as the united kingdom opens a week long farewell to queen elizabeth and as her son takes over the monarch. members of scotland paying their final respects to the longest reigning monarch as the queen lies at rest at st. giles cathedral. this morning, the queen s body was moved to that cathedral. the crown of scotland placed on her coffin. king charles iii walking in the procession to the cathedral along with his siblings. the farewell events are meticulously choreographed as are the first glinjss of the new king at work. this morning in london, his first address to parliament as king. as i stand before you today, i cannot help but fe