59 minutes, 38 seconds and counting until the first polls close on Election Night. Thank you so much for joining us for this election count down and here is what is going to be happening, every friday night from now until election day we are going to be right here, at this hour at this board, bringing you the latest in polling, the latest data, the latest on the Ground Reporting and expert analysis as we draw near one of the most anticipated Midterm Elections in modern memory. Thats going to be november the 8th. Already, voting started in more than a dozen states. That includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a Georgia Early Voting set to begin this coming monday. It is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. A head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator Raphael Warnock, and his republican challenger, Herschel Walker. All year,
Crossing the Southern Border soars. And as some republican governors resort to political stunts with peoples lives, well talk about that. Later this morning, former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton will be our guest. We look forward to talking with her as well. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, september 16th. Along with joe, willie and me, we have u. S. Special correspondent for bb news, katty kay in london, and the host of Way Too Early White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, also with us the president of the National Action network and host of politics nation, Reverend Al Sharpton joins us this morning. You know what people say about our show, that morning joe show is the most mindful show, we teach everybody that two things can be true at one time. Were not always that mindful. Were going to be talking about that. Were going to be talking about the crisis at the Southern Border, and by the way, i understand every two years, yes, theres the Conv
Documents at his country club. It comes as trumps legal team picks up a significant win in court. And in uvalde, texas, there is a mix of anxiety and fear for students and staff today as they start a new school year. For some parents, promises of increased security arent enough to send their kids back to class. Good morning. And welcome to Way Too Early. On this tuesday, september 6th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. A riveting new twist this morning, following the fbi search of former president Donald Trumps maralago home in florida. A federal judge has approved a request from trumps attorneys for a Special Master to review the material seized during last months search. Temporarily blocking parts of the justice departments investigation. U. S. District judge cannon, a trump appointee, stated in her ruling yesterday, that the Special Master should be able to review the seized documents to address questions of attorneyclient privilege, and to litigate claims of
long-time trump adviser steve bannon is back in court. this time awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress. we ll take you live outside the courthouse and explain what happens if the appeals court decision goes one way or another. and with just 18 days to go until the critical mid-term elections, president biden continues his mid-term push. next hour he ll give live reports touting his economic plan. plus, we ll head out west on one of the key races that could decide control of the senate. the biden administration now says it has evidence iran sent troops to crimea to train russian soldiers to use those iranian-made drones. we ll bring you a live report from kyiv. and we begin this hour with the sentencing hearing now underway for former trump adviser steve bannon as he arrived at the federal court house in washington this morning. bannon spoke briefly thanking the press before attacking the biden administration who was convicted
4:00 in new york. happy friday. it is a very busy day of news here with the disgraced twice impeached ex-president subpoenaed today, and donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election that he lost. also in the news today, trump ally steve bannon has been sentenced to four months in prison behind bars for his refusal to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th select committee. a member of the committee, democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren will join us in a few moments. we begin with an incredible brand new piece of reporting from the washington post that makes it crystal clear that donald trump keeping government records including classified document at his private residence and members club was nothing short of a serious national security crisis for the united states. the post is reporting this quote some of the classified documents recovered by the fbi from trump s mar-a-lago home and private club included highly sensitive intelligence regarding iran and chi