good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over
it s not vladimir putin himself. the most evil man in history. no, ladies and gentlemen, this threat is worse and home grown. it s coming from inside the house. the single gravest threat to america today is republican voters. all 75 million of them. they are nazis and destroyers of democracy. that s the message of joe biden s speed. he referred to maga forces near a red lobster near you to take over the country. to underscore how much joe biden feels about this, this speech has the full sponsorship of the white house. what joe biden is saying right now is the official position of the entire executive branch of the u.s. government. that include the justice department and intel agencies and the world s most powerful standing military. think about that. does it make you nervous? you don t have to be a trump voter to see a speech like this as a turning point in american history. for hundreds of years the u.s. has had a political system comprised of two competing parties. if you d
that prompted the white house to go into a spin overdrive like this. you would be amazed if they would declare this period to be a recession, even if two quarters of negative growth. we have a strong labor market and we are creating one of those jobs that is not a recession. i think probably. there is so much out of our control to read what inflation is being a global problem. brian: in fact, the gas prices coming down in the summer is extraordinarily rare. that is not something we see very often pure they follow every single day since started. that is progress but not enough and we need to keep working on this. we begin with gillian turner reporting live from the white house, good morning. good morning to you julie and bill. we did not see him at all over the weekend and we will not see him in person before wednesday. his position wrote in the letter, this just in and we will hear direct from the white house the covid coordinator this afternoon and we will get some
Lifestyle. Also ahead, the starstudded event with an obama cameo. How a state dinner for kenya became a showcase for the allies who President Biden is keeping close during the heat of the campaign season. Plus, they were bitter rivals, but is donald trump warming to the thought of nikki haley on his team . Also could he be reading too much into her comment that she would vote for him. And the Memorial Day Rush is on. What you need to know if youre planning to skip town for the weekend. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian on that hearing for hunter biden. Just got a slew of rulings from the judge about what can and cannot be referenced at trial. What can you tell us as this wraps up . Reporter thats right, chris. The hearing does appear to be over now, and the judge worked through a series of motions by the prosecution and the defense to admit or deny certain evidence. This is a w
If donald trump is found guilty after closing arguments, he will not only be the first criminally indicted former president. Hell be the first Felony Convict to have held the presidency and who is trying to hold it again. If so, what will it change about the race. We have polls that suggest it will matter, and polls that suggest it will not. We just wont know until we know. Which is why the Biden Campaign is trying to put the onus of beating donald trump firmly on the voters. For one person familiar with bidens plans for a more aggressive posture, Donald Trumps legal troubles are not going to keep him out of the white house. Only one thing will do that. Voting this november for joe biden. President biden and his team have barely mentioned the indictments and the trials, instead, trying to focus voters on trump as a threat to democracy, and a threat to women. But is that enough . In a survey after survey, most voters say their Biggest Issue above democracy, above abortion is the economy