that s what the white house wants to talk about. they believe they delivered. the president is dealing with a decision that was made out of his control. the significant, dramatic cut that was made in output levels by opec. the president, blunt, in his view of that. what s your reaction to the opec decision? disappointment. don t hurt him. is it going to be there s a lot of alternatives. we haven t made up our mind yet. reporter: there s so many different elements of this, the domestic economy, the global economy, the bilateral relationship, the geopolitics in the midst of the war in ukraine, and politics, 30 days out from the election. the white house is working on a series of options that the president may pursue to block major increases at the pump. they are aware this is a global market. a decision made by some countries that the u.s. viewed a s allies or should have been allies leading up to it. the disappointment is real. some rage, to some degree, when you t
this is on top of an announcement from another tech company in the region, micron, which said earlier this week it will spend $100 billion on a new plant in upstate new york. that is the good news that the president is trying to ride high into the midterms, which are 33 days away now. the not so good news, which republicans are seizing on, and democrats aren t too happen about either is opec plus s announcement to cut oil production, led by saudi arabia and russia. the cartel is taking 2 million barrels off the market a day, starting in november. that s 2% of the global oil production. now, while the united states is somewhat shielded from a price increase, because the white house has been tapping into the country s strategic oil reserves, the rest of the world is not, and prices are already climbing. beyond prices though, there is also political fallout, as we told you yesterday, the cut in production could have the effect of helping russia fund its war in ukraine. neutraliz
final tournament ever. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening those boxes of materials the fbi recovered from mar-a-lago are drawing broad scrutiny both inside and outside the government tonight for items that may not belong, as well as for signs of damage to national security. president trump s lawyers have asked a judge for a set of independent eyes, what s called a special master, to sift through the seized items government lawyers responded today, saying they have already reviewed the materials and separated out items that potentially contain attorney/client privileged information. a judge may decide if it s enough this week. but also tonight, the director of national intelligence has ordered a separate examination of the items identified as classified to determine what damage may have been inflicted by how they were stored and handled. it s where we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: tonight, measuring the mar-a-lago search f
possibility of more classified documents on the property. here is a teeny tiny, teensy-weensy hint, it came from inside. hold on. hold on. are you telling me the call came from the inside? wow. just going to leave that there. good morning. good morning, everyone. it is kind of like the mob, isn t it? oh, boy. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 11th. with us, we have scene from the sopranos. associate editor from the washington post , david ignatius. donald trump can grift money off supporters, but he can t erase history. it is not that he use to mock the fifth amendment before invoking it yesterday hundreds of times, it is also his attack on fbi director christopher wray, a man he nominated to the job as a, quote, impeccable individual and model of integrity. a model, donald trump said. christopher wray was a model of integrity. after all, why would the feds will worried about top secret documents floating around mar-a-lago? remember when
that turn that turn that, that, that turn um, blond in the sun. and the kid used to come up in and reach in the pool and rub my leg down and watch the hair come back up again. used to go in the key room lunchtime after free swim and sit on the floor because it was nice and cool. jesse: joe had a pretty good understanding about how to handle a hot summer. biden was never concerned about global warming. he was delaware senator for four decades. a state run by corporate america. not by joe biden. delaware doesn t have a single offshore wind turbine and gets over 90% of their energy from natural gas. joe hasn t been sold a single solar panel on either of his homes. and he definitely, definitely doesn t drive an electric car. sounds good. [tires squealing] [laughter] try the brakes. they re goods. jesse: joe s family isn t green either. hunter and jimmy the chin were making money from oil and gas over in ukraine and china. it wasn t solar panel money they were maki