thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. happy monday. happy monday and thank you. welcome to the beat. on this monday many are marking today s holiday which honors doctor martin luther king. you can see the replay at the king monument at the national mall. also present biden making it clear that he does not see today i work about commemorating some past history but a test for right now, for all of us about how america faces the rising hate with today s problem and not just yesterday s. also how we deal with what we know is the original sin of racism and racial strife, supersized in some way for this maggot era. we face another inflection point and one that will determine what this country will look like several decades from now. will we choose democracy and community over chaos? love over hate? these are the questions of our time and in the life and legacy of doctor king and remind us to show us the way forward
know what, she is right. it is this extraordinary gift that all these people that we love and follow, you know, it makes sen. i m really proud of the fact that i wasted my life listening to the beatles and dissecting every melody and every bass line that paul mccartney ever did. he knows every one. every single one. big time. yeah. it s worth it s been worth every second. it really has. explain that. totally. and look at the power of joanie mitchell, who s at her peak now. these are songs that will be communicating to us for decades upon decades. cameron, on the topic of staying power, such a personal story for you, almost famous, but it has resonated for so many people for so long at this point and now in the new form. what is that like to have your story mean so much to other people? thanks, jonathan. you know, it tells it says to me that there s power in telling a personal story, because almost famous was a little movie we got to make because jerry mag
in georgia, raphael warnock s lead in the polls over herschel walker, it is a narrow lead and stacey abrams is trying to unseat brian kefrpt in the second head-to-head battle for governor. nearly three quarters of a million georgians have already cast their ballots. in pennsylvania, john fetterman is holding a slim lead in a race with trump backed mehmet oz. and tonight in florida, ron desantis holds his only televised debate with charlie chryst. this morning bernie sanders who caucuses with democrats is warning them to focus more on the economy and less on abortion rights. house speaker nancy pelosi pushing back on that. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than economy. but it s about both. and i can tell you, that that issue is very, very provocative and encouraging people to vote. here now cnn s senior data report harry enton. a laser focus on key senate races here. and in some of them, republicans have gained ground. in some of them, most of them they ve gaine
bipartisan issues of support, and so is the principle of not holding the full faith and credit of the united states hostage for ideological aims just because the president is from a different party. and that s your reality check. john, thank you very much for that. and new day continues right now. today, the trump organization goes on trial for tax fraud. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the former president s family business charged in connection with an alleged scheme to compensate executives off the books. one of those executives ex-cfo allen weisselberg, cooperating with the d.a. if the trump organization is convicted it would be required to pay back taxes and fines. donald trump and his children are not accused of wrongdoing in this case. kara scannell is outside the courthouse with the latest. just an hour or so from now, jury selection will begin in the criminal tax fraud trial of the trump organization. the judge will begin the screening of prospective
that s why the world works with servicenow. former president trump was interviewed by sean hannity on fox news and when hannity brought up trump s claim he declassified the documents at mar-a-lago, he gave an interesting explanation. is there a process? what was your process to there doesn t have to be a process, as i understand it. different people say different things, but if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified, even by thinking about it. [ laughter ] hannity was like, i get it, you re going to plead insanity. now it s making sense. welcome back to morning joe. it is 6:00 in the morning tong west coast as you look at los angeles, 9:00 in the east on this friday, september 23rd. a busy hour ahead, including the new pressure on donald trump s legal team to prove in a court of law the allegation trump has been making in public that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. there is also new reporting showing