obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. we ll play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to indict him, but shouldn t. we ll discuss his reasoning. and the 60-day sprint to the midters begins today, and it seems whoever is managing the money for the republican senate candidates can t get it right. how republican senator rick scott explains burning through loads of cash with little to show for it. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 8th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, author of the big lie, white house bureau chi
i m jose diaz-balart. right now, we are tracking the very latest on the deadly storms and tornadoes that slammed into parts of the south killing at least seven people. we ll bring you a live report from alabama. also this morning, we re following the very latest on the controversy surrounding the classified documents found at president biden s former office and delaware home. what the special counsel is looking into, coming up. on capitol hill a growing number of republicans are now call ong one of their own to step down after congressman george santos admitted to fabricating parts of his resume. we ll have congressman robert garcia about that and more. and here in miami, i had the chance to speak with the charity providing migrants with legal advice, food, and shelter. we ll discuss the challenges facing asylum seekers later this hour. we begin with the cleanup and recovery just beginning this morning after a dangerous storm system swept across parts of the unleashing a se
good morning. i m jose diaz-balart. any minute now we ll be hearing from president biden who is expected to deliver remarks opt the economy and efforts to tackle inflation. this as the new government report reveals consumer prices fell just a tenth of a percent from last month aligning with what economists were expecting. meanwhile, the development surrounding the president over classified documents. aids to the president found at least one additional batch of classified documents from the obama administration in a location separate from biden s office. according to a person familiar with the matter. this just days after the white house said less than a dozen documents were found in a locked closet in the private office at the penn biden center in washington. that sparked a doj review of the matter. joining us now is white house correspondent carol lee, who was in the nbc news reporting about the classified documents. also with us is glen kesher in, legal analyst. so what wil
crime, terrorism and other threats to their safety while safeguarding our civil rights. they do so at great personal sacrifice and risk to themselves. just before midnight, mr. trump posting on his social media platform that he is encouraging the release of documents his own lawyers could make public ahead of the court s disclosure. the house of representatives is expected to pass a $430 legislation, including new climate and clean energy investments and some controls on drug prices. a minimum tax on large corporations. i will speak to john podesta, former senior white house advisor on the state of the biden presidency three months before voters are heading to the polls. i will be joined by deborah tyce on the efforts by the biden administration to free her son from the assad regime. we begin with former president trump and the justice department. joining me now, ken dilanian, phil rucker, paul charlton and michael beschloss. welcome all. ken, give us the latest this is
forthcoming with investigators, or both. sources telling the times, investigators still are seeking more surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, a sign officials are looking into how the classified material was handle while improperly stored at the former president s estate. according to the times, the fbi declined to comment. president trump s spokesman did not immediately respond. joining us now, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg. good morning to you both. ken, i ll start with you. nbc news is working to confirm all of this, a blockbuster story dropped last night by the new york times . the top line, the 300 documents. 300 of them taken by donald trump, according to the times reporting out of the justice department, is a pretty staggering number when you consider all the excuses donald trump has made. well, he just slipped some things into his briefcase, or they were planted by the f