under scrutiny. the past 24 hours have been a doozy. it was yesterday evening when thedo former president, donald trump, put out a rambling, chest pounding, feet stomping statement announcing to the world that the fbi had raided his words his florida home. so-called law and order president called it a witch hunt and gave a shoutout to hillary clinton about her emails. he cldid, however, let the worl know a fascinating detail that the fbi got into his safe as part of their search. so let s take a step back now. it s been 24 hours. acknowledge the seriousness of what happened yesterday. justice department officials didn t just wake up yesterday and usdecide, hey, let s send se federal agents to search the immediate past president s home because we think a crime was committed there. what this hour s long search on trump s homeur means is that la enforcement had to convince a federal judge that there was probable cause that a crime was committed there. federal prosecutors had to
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
this is highland park, an affluent chicago suburb known for its safety. we certainly have great cops there. four hours yesterday those police hunted down the person of interest. arresting 21-year-old aspiring rapper with a very long history, what you can see online, violent postings, had been there a while. they caught him about 5 miles north of the mass shooting. identified him as 21-year-old, again, violence online is what marks his history. those who managed to escape the bullets raining down became witnesses to this unforgettable crime skin. we saw people falling, people screaming, people going all different directions perry migrant daughter said to me pop but don t let the bad guys shoot me. and she s two years old. daughter, mommy i don t want to die. closer holding her saying okay, honey, it s all right. keep running. harris: you can see on the screen right now the ages 8-85 years old the authorities have publicly identified two of the deceased, 73-year-old grand
fundraising operation, he died in 1976 but that statue still stands in arkansas today. but he is about to have another moment in the public eye. because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nationwide movement that he tried to build. a movement that he named. and that he led. and that he promoted tirelessly. and that he wanted to outlive him. the motive behind the term christian nationalist is easy to define and simple to interpret. we believe that the destiny of america in relationship to its governing authority must be kept in the hands of our own people. we must never be governed by anyone. we must keep control of our own money and our own blood. in other words, we must remain true to the declaration of independence. that is nationalism. we believe that the spiritual symbol of our statesmanship is the cross, which indeed is the symbol of christianity. we believe that the inspiring dynamic out of which america grew is christianity.
virginia. the security in hopewell was not as tight as it would have been as maximum facility. lamonty willis and shaw were missing on saturday and serving lengthy services for gun and drug charges. the federal bureau of prisons has come under fire for lack security at similar complexes where it s typical to leave doors unlocked and security cameras not in working order. the u.s. marshal service has launched an internal probe and the fbi and local law enforcement are involved as well. mike. mike: marianne rafferty, starting us off. anyone with information on the four men encouraged to call (804)545-8501. rising inflation and soaring gasoline prices are weighing heavily on the biden administration prompting historically low poll numbers. lucas tomlinson joins me live from the white house with the very latest, hi, lucas. lucas: hi, mike, after president biden fell off bicycle while ride target beach today, today the new york post showed the president on the asphalt with a headl