I think they have more evidence as to President Trumps state of mind. Donald trumps former Attorney General with an ominous prediction for the former president in the 2020 election case. It comes as trump faces arraignment today in Federal Court in washington. Well get a live report from washington, d. C. , and legal analyst on what we can expect from todays hearing. Meanwhile, former Vice President mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. Well play those comments for you. Also ahead, new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns about the 2024 election. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 3rd. Along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. Senior attorney and fbi official, chuck rosenberg. Reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany. And Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Associate Editor of the Washin
the new hampshire primary. all three top republican presidential candidates are there and for nikki haley, she says it is about beating former president donald trump. we were focused on desantis in iowa. we re no longer focused on him. it is trump in new hampshire and trump in south carolina. meanwhile, new developments around several of trump s legal issues including his new warning to the supreme court about what could happen if he s left off of more state ballots this election. in washington today, top u.s. and mexican officials are meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis at the border. we ll talk to denver s mayor who says his city is at a, quote, breaking point. and the brutal and in some cases deadly weather conditions across the country, with at least 95 million people under weather alerts. we begin this very busy hour with a 2024 race for the white house. the republican candidates are entering the final weekend to make their pitches in new hampshire, whic
potentially multiple federal indictments. it s not a sure thing. i m like, oh, really, you really think biden can beat him? nothing s a sure thing. but it s also like if you re trying to get the least popular figure as your nominee, donald trump is definitely that. that s just what the data say. that is what the data says. all right, my friend, have a wonderful evening. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. if you are a republican running for president in 2024, there is one question that you know you are going to have to answer. what do you think of donald trump being indicted on federal criminal charges? and you would think at this point that anyone entering the race with the republican nomination would be prepared to answer that question, and you would be wrong. today miami mayor francis suarez announced he is joining the pack of candidates running for the republican nomination. he gave his first interview to good morning america, and that inter
that does it for a special coverage primetime special coverage this evening but we have much more ahead and now it s time for the last word with a great lawrence o donnell. we have breaking e. jean carroll knows which away began on your show with your interview with e. jean carroll and her lawyer, and that is in the lawsuit, she has another lawsuit against donald trump for all the comments he made about her, and today a federal judge, luis kaplan, granted e. jean carroll s request to revise the defamation lawsuit that she filed against donald trump to include the similar comments that he made recently on cnn, that he made last month on cnn. you had a chance to ask them if that is what their plan was. and it certainly sounded like it was. i said, i mean, you just got this huge judgments against him for saying these terrible things about you that were untrue, and then as soon as the judge came back he said again, what can you do about? that and e. jean carroll s lawyer said
indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o