take this country backward. backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. biden slammed what he called trump s threat to democracy, the former president publicly dangled pardons for the rioters who violently stormed the capitol on january 6th, attacking police officers, and threatening the lives of lawmakers at the capitol of both parties. this as two former trump white house lawyers are expected to appear today before a grand jury in d.c. investigating the january 6th attack. plus, significant development surrounding the mar-a-lago search, a federal judge signaled she may release a more detailed inventory of the items seized by the fbi as we wait for her ruling on trump s request for a so-called special master to review those documents for anything that might be privileged lawyer/client communication, let s begin with cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. jeremy, this was q
america. the president saying today s gop is, quote, dominated, driven, and intimidated by maga republicans. we ll have complete political and historical analysis of his address to the nation. plus, the latest developments in the investigation of former president trump s mishandling of classified documents, as another conservative legal voice predicts trump will be indicted. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 2nd. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay with us. the host of way to early, white house bureau chief at politico and the author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss joins us this morning. glad to have you all. so much to talk about. jonathan lemire, i must start with you. it is like secretariat at the kentucky derby in 1973. starts out slow and then, boom, takes off. i kn
the fbi s search of mar-a-lago. the department has until noon today to release it. the affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. in his order judge bruce reinhart said the justice department made a good argument for why portions of this document behind this search should remain shielded saying, quote, disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement officers. the investigation s strategy, scope, methods and grand jury information. the judge agreeing with the justice department s decision to cut as we learn new details about trump s strategy or lack thereof and the legal advice he is getting from a conservative activist. privately the president and some of his allies have become concerned about the legal fallout. joining us now former federal prosecutor ellie honing. bring us up to speed on what documents we have seen and haven t seen and the one today. john, by the time this is all over ever
featured guest on this week s version of the all-american summer concert series. he is extremely talented. 5 9 . steve steve how much does he weigh, brian? 37 years old. born november 9th. i would think he is about 172. and i think he is going to be in canton, ohio next but more importantly with us soon and as soon as they start rolling the turn out on thursday, the whole city changes shape. it just becomes they just start buzzing about the summer concert series. katie: i love country music and i love chris lane so i m looking forward to that later in the show. steve: that s right. you know, as we look outside though, it s dark. when we started the summer concert series, it was really bright. steve: there you can see the mclemores because they have been grilling up food for the vips who are in attendance today. and it s john and john. what are you fixing today? steve, katie, brian, we you may have an empty stage behind you, but you are not going to have empty st
would get. the former president called this release today a total public relations subterfuge. the doj says that premature disclosure of more of this information could have a negative impact on their continuing investigation. here s president biden asked about this investigation, which he s been careful to keep at an arm s length publicly moments ago. the president said he declassified these documents. did he declassify them? i ve declassified everything in the world. i can do it all. come on. i m not going to comment. i ll let the justice department take it up. that a short time from the president. bret baier is standing by. first to david spunt, our reporter covering this live at the justice department. good afternoon. good to see you again, david. what is the latest? interesting document. 38 pages. here s page 30 and 31, which you can see. you can consume some information. then there s page 15 and 16. so it just depends on which page you look at. there is some new