Prosecutor will begin presenting her case to grand jury setting up a fourth possible indictment. And speaking of iowa, ron sdaens did not have a great time there. He was heckled several times by Trump Supporters and trolled by the former president s campaign. Also ahead, a Special Counsel is appointed in the doj investigation of hunter biden. Well explain the new development. And plus an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in more than history. Joe, the scenes are just staggering. Yeah, what a tragedy. Unspeakable tragedy. And it seems to have been a Perfect Storm. Winds blowing and whipping around, a lot of people saying they should have turned off the electricity. But the response from officials, that is how they were keeping the water pumps going. Really just again a Perfect Storm, a disaster of unspeakable proportions for the people there. And well be covering that obviously across the four hours. And also a lot going on in politics this past weekend
the lawyer alerted the committee which in turn alerted the justice department. sources tell cnn that the person was concerned because they are not someone who routinely communicated with the former president. when asked to respond, trump s spokesman pointed to a tweet criticizing congresswoman liz cheney. the committee is not ruling out future hearings later this summer. the chairman pointed to that surprise june 28th hearing with cassidy hutchinson saying quote something could come up. another member of the committee said additional hearings would quote depend on where the evidence takes us, and there was chatter last night there may be a few more set for august. the hearing that is set one week from today will focus on donald trump s actions or lack thereof, while the attack was under way. what many have called a dereliction of duty. joining us now, senior reporter for insider, great to see you again this morning, it feels like every hearing has outdone itself with surpri
meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of anyth
Kevin almost the sweater vest season. Youve been warned folks. We start another the clear skies. Were in the lower 50s in and around manchester. Were in the mid to upper 30s in parts of the north country. Any sort of low lying fog will burn off. It leads us to a lot of sunshine not only today but tomorrow with the certain warming trend that arrives with a chance of showers storms on wednesday. Much more on that in just a bit. Lets look at your monday morning ride. Joined live by deb davidson. Good monday morning, deb. Deb good monday morning. If your commute is going to start you off on interstate 89, everything is looking great from concord to and from with no problems on the southbound side. 93 south is moving well from north of the notches down to the stateline. 293 remains a good ride from the upper to the wrapping up from the massachusetts stateline to exit five. From the traffic network, im deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Sean tops our news, the danville man accused of murdering a w
Kevin 30s to lower 40s. A much lighter breeze than yesterday. It is going to mean nothing but sunshine. A little bit of fog, especially in the normal fogprone areas. Again it is sunshine into the afternoon. Despite the cooler start, there will be a lot of areas up into the 70s. Maybe as high as 76 or 77 in southern areas. A new hold outs in the upper 60s. Much more on the one rain chance in extended forecast coming up in just a bit. Lets look at the monday morning ride joined live by deb davidson. Good morning. Deb good morning. Right now we have road work taking place in tilton. It is on route 3 on the railroad tracks. The rest are lane closures. Thats due to some road paving. 93 south is moving well through the state. Were seeing some road paving on the everett turnpike northbound. We have the right lane to mile marker five. If you are heading into massachusetts, all major roads are up to speed. Im deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Sean thanks. Topping our news, the danville man accused o