call, i think that could represent a real watershed. the atlantic s tim alberta, thank you very much for your analysis this morning. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up live coverage right now. 7:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. we begin with the ongoing repercussions from the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago club, one week ago today. two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news the fbi and the homeland security department are warning of a spike in threats against federal law enforcement officers and their families in the wake of that search. the fbi responded to the threats by putting ground control barriers and crowd control barriers in front of its washington headquarters. it s also bolstering security at offices across the country. this comes days after a federal judge unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the search of trump s florida residence. they show the items federal agents seized include
down the rhetoric, despite a wave of violent threats against law enforcement. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 15th. a lot has happened since we got off the air friday, so since we finished coverage friday, we learned the search warrant for mar-a-lago revealed former president trump is being investigated for possible violations of the espionage act, tied to the mishandling of national defense information or classified material. now, according to the fbi, 11 sets of classified records were seized from trump s home, including some marked as top secret, meant only to be available in special government facilities. two other laws were also cited as a basis for the warrant pertaining to removing, destroying, or concealing records and obstruction of justice. according to the search warrant for mar-a-lago, agents were allowed to search trump s office, all storage rooms, and all other rooms available to trump, his staff, or anywhere documents could be
u.s. policy. basically diplomatic chaos this afternoon. ending with paper statement from the white house in an attempt at clarifying from the defense secretary. white house correspondent peter doocy is traveling with the president starts us off tonight tuesday morning from tokyo. good morning, peter. peter: good morning, bret. president biden spent months explaining the u.s. was never going to fight russia in ukraine. he was very clear about that. and when it comes to fighting china in taiwan, he was very clear about that, too. he just wasn t on the same page as his staff. the future of the 21st century economy is going to be largely written in indo-pacific. the president planned to talk about confronting china economically but wound up talking about confronting china on the battlefield. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. but what the president says the u.s. would help t
Nasdaq at 5,120. S p 5002,087 and the russell down almost a full percent. But we begin now with the big deal in health insurance. It is official. An them agreeing to buy cigna for 188 per share in cash and stock. An enterprised are value of 54 billion. Straight to bertha coombs. Combined anthem and sigma would unseat United Health to become the largest u. S. Health insurer with 150 billion in annual revenues. More than 50 million members covering nearly 1 in 5 americans. Anthems ceo joseph swedish aide mitts put admits putting the two big firms together will be challenging but with that scale they can generate operating savings and make them more affordable. It will improper our ability to serve customers across commercial medicaid medicare and International Markets and create greater efficiencies and afford ability for our customers. But the anthem deal taken with aetnas proposed merger with humana would result in the big five insurers becoming the big three. One antitrust lawyer tell
Fraud have impact on 2016 election, a new White House Commission, we will find out, i will talk with the chairman of that commission. And the president s travel ban facing a new challenge tomorrow from the ninth circuit of court of appeals. Its it heading for showdown to the supreme court. Attorney general of texas will join us live as we look right now in sunday morning futures. Maria search for new fbi director gaining steam this morning. President trump saying that the white house would name james comeys replacement as well as soon as this upcoming friday. The Justice Department is interviewing candidates, they interviewed eight candidates so far this weekend with a few other names reportedly in the mix. All of this taking place as james comey says hes willing to testify before congress, however, he only will do it in public, not behind closed doors. Newt gringrich, former white house speaker, understanding trump, hes also a Fox News Contributor and joining me right now. Mr. Speaker