and welcome to morning joe: weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. let s begin this morning with a new report from house democrats that alleges the first two years of donald trump s presidency. his family business received seven point $8 million from foreign governments. democrats on the republican-led house oversight committee yesterday released the findings of an investigation that began back in 2016 into violations of the constitution s foreign cause. the report finds from 2017, to 2019 alone, trump s businesses received at least seven point $8 million from 24 in governments. most of that money? according to the report came from china! whose government allegedly paid more than five and a half million dollars to rent out trump s own properties during that time. the government of saudi arabia where, trump visited on his first foreign trip as president paid his business is more than $600,000. the. information stems from documents obtained from the trump s fo
near. you believe there s enough evidence? they won t indict if there s enough evidence. former attorney general bill barr reiterating his belief that the former president is likely to be indicted for refusing to return classified materials. the latest developments connected to the mar-a-lago documents. this comes as a key witness in multiple investigations into donald trump, finally gives testimony to a grand jury. meanwhile, chris christie officially jumps into the 2024 race for the republican nomination, we ll on show you his pitch to voters and what he had to say about his past support for donald trump. also ahead, a republican revolt in the house, we ll explain why a group of far-right lawmakers intentionally tanked a couple of gop-led bills. and we have the latest on two major stories tied to the war in ukraine, the flooding caused by a destroyed dam and what we re learning about last week s drone attacks in moscow. plus, a merger that has stunned the sports w
world tour have agreed to a shock merger with the saudi backed liv golf. this comes despite the pending litigation between pga and liv. that will now be halted as they move forward as part of the same enterprise. over the past year liv golf caused huge disruption in the men s game, with top players such as rory mcllroy and tiger woods boldly criticising it. but other players such as brooks koepka joined liv golf for large sums with the backing of the saudi arabia public investment fund. the bbc s golf correspondent iain carter believes it is the big investment being offered that has made this deal possible. players can get along fine when they are playing for the biggest prizes. money is the massive driver here, the likes of rory mcilroy and the establishment from the live setup, they used to be west friends. michael roy was a groomsmen at garcia s wedding. they now do not speak. but that sort of thing will be shoved to one side. what we wait to see is what shape men s golf t
From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc new thanks for staying up late for me, ill see you tomorrow. Chris hayes of the night, of he will be tomorrow night, thi is a Special Edition of Jo Scarborough tonight, including our interviews with presiden joe biden, former presiden bill clinton, former british Prime Minister tony blair, Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, and many of the other architects of the 25yearol Peace Agreements in Northern Ireland. But we start tonight Wit Explosive News the announcement from fox news that rightwing host Tucke Carlson is out at the network. The surprisingly brief statement from fox reads, quote, Fox News Media and Tucke Carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlsons depart was ordered by fo chairman Rupert Murdoch as early as friday. Nbc hasnt confirmed the details, but you dont have to look far to find the reasons fox would want to get rid
joe scarborough presents, with some very big guests show. but before we get to that, it been a weird news day, a whole lot going on your thoughts? what a newsday it s been one of the bigger media news days in quite some time, joy a lot to cover, thank you so much by the way, you guys have to much fun we wake up so early. nobody is laughing at six a.m. too much fun entirely. listen, we were trying to replicate the phone you have, see you guys having fun, don t try to say you are not havin fun, we know you are we are trying to carry it on into the evening there you go, only after th coffee kicks in, thank you s much, joy. i really appreciate it chris hayes has the night of but he will be back tomorrow night. this is a special edition of joe scarborough presents we have so much to get t tonight including ou interviews with president jo biden, former president bill clinton, former british prim minister tony blair, secretary of state hillary clinton, an many of the other arch