speaker. at home we re watching a major test of former president trump s influence over the republican party. in the five states where voters are headed to the polls today to vote in primary elections, all eyes will be on the slate of candidates who the former president endorsed and have embraced the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. will that message resonate with republican primary voters? today will also be a big test for these three house republicans who were among the ten who voted to impeach the former president. will they survive after taking a critical stand? one of today s biggest tests will happen in kansas where abortion rights are on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. we ll have the latest into the massive implications of that vote. let s get right into it with nbc s steve kornacki at the big board. steve, what are you looking for this morning? a couple things, jose, you touched on. i think this referendum in
appointed director of the fbi, responds to threats against asians in the aftermath of the search. d-against agents in the aftermath of the search. good morning to all of you, welcome to way too early , that is the show on this thursday, august 11, it is not just the time on your clock. i m alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump s deposition from the ag s office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g. s probe into the trump business practices with the former president s attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about evaluations of items, and golf clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the size of his apartment. the former president said in a statement that he did it because his family, company, and all the people in his orbit
he won t get it unless there ever comes a day when he is charged. but he does have something. exactly. he does have what we call a search warrant. does he have a copy? yes. can he release it? yes. however, there s fairly limited information in this document. it s one page. this is it, this is a sample of it. it tells you where is to be searched, mar-a-lago, what are they looking for. it will say things like documents, papers, computers, it won t guess into specificity usually, who is the judge and when does the fbi have to conduct the search warrant by. however, sometimes there is an attachment to this and that can tell you here are the crimes that prosecutors allege may have been committed. so donald trump does have that document, but it will not give chapter and verse. another important document that donald trump has will answer the question of what did the fbi take from mar-a-lago. now, this is called a return. it s basically an invoice. it s a receipt. the fbi will sa
this morning. welcome back to the fourth hour of morning joe. it s 9:00 a.m. in theeast, 6:00 a.m. out west. elise jordan and jonathan lemire still with us. we have a lot to get to this hour, including more on that critical inflation report just released that shows consumer prices rose less than expected last month. yay, inflation only at 8.5%. wait a second that s sti a lot. it is lower tha expected. fuel prices droppg as quickly as they have probably helped. also we have the latest development on the justice department s investigation of donald trump, this as the 45th president will be questioned under oath today in the new york attorney general s civil investigation into his real estate dealings. release the warrant, mr. president. if you care about transparency, release the warrant. you have it. let us see it. stop playing your followers as dupes. you know, doj needs to be as transparent as they can be while being fair to this possible criminal. we don t know yet,
washington. republicans are not opposed to any substance. i think it s a political move, and i think it s disgusting. it really is an ongoing crisis here at a scale that is almost unimaginable. you can see some of the garbage that is still over here. and you can actually see how high the water has come. this is what we do not want to see a flood watch. with more rain coming, we expect the water to rise even higher. you re live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the passing of two legends who were both game-changers in their respective fields. basketball great bill russell led the boston celtics to 11 nba championships. his final two titles as the first black head coach in a major american sports league. and he was also a tireless champion for racial justice and civil rights, working alongside dr. martin luther king jr. and muhammed ali. in 2011, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. and we re also remembering nichelle nichols, who playe