are tense again. thank you so much for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. a self-loathing has swept our country. joe and kamala even say america is racist. this is not about identity politics. i don t believe in that, and i don t believe in glass ceilings either. strong and proud, not weak and woke. that s the america i see. [ applause ] the only challenger so far to donald trump in the 2024 presidential race kicks off her campaign. during that speech, nikki haley took a dig at her former boss and president joe biden. we ll play for you those comments. also today, we ll get our first look at the pieces of the grand jury investigating the president s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. plus, mike pence wants all the credit for doing the right thing on january 6th but doesn t want to talk about it under oath. we ll show you what he had to say abou
house speaker nancy pelosi. paul pelosi sought of the hospital. neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta joins us to talk about what mr. pelosi s recovery from a skull fracture bhmight look like. also the president and two former presidents helping races for congress, not just within grabs, but within reach for either party. we begin with breaking news on cnn reporting on how the justice department could proceed with cases against former president trump if he decides to run. this as surrogates are again loudly hinting for president again. cnn s sara murray has the breaking news. she joins us now. what are you learning? anderson, our sources are telling our team that the justice department is considering whether a special counsel might be necessary to oversee the investigation surrounding donald trump if he decides to run for president in 2024, which as you ve mentioned is a thing his allies are talking about, a thing that could be potentially an imminent announcement. and so they re l
tonight. just short of weeks of an attack by an intruder who was trying to get to nancy pelosi. paul pelosi is out in the hospital. chief medical correspondent gupta joins us what the recovery from a skull fracture might look like. also tonight, the president, and two former presidents all helping candidates and close races. making their closing arguments with control of congress not just up for grabs, but in reach for either party. we begin though tonight with breaking news. exclusive cnn reporting on how the justice department could proceed with cases against former president trump, if he decides to run. as his surrogates, are allowing a hinting for president again. sarah murray has the news, where joining us right. now what are you learning? sources are telling our team that the justice department is considering whether a special counsel is considered necessary to oversee the investigation surrounding donald trump. if he decides to run for president in 2020. for which as
showdown with donald trump over those classified documents that were seized from his club mar-a-lago. the department of justice has given judge alien cannon until tomorrow to decide whether to restore their access to the classified material. if she refuses, doj lawyers say they will go to the 11th circuit court of appeals. judge cannon temporarily blocked the doj s access to the documents until a special master was assigned. on tuesday, the department told a judge any delay in the case will cause quote, irreparable harm to the government and the public. meanwhile, the january 6th congressional committee has been busy gathering new evidence. the committee subpoenaed secret service for records after learning some agency text messages from january 5th and sixth went missing. today, one panel member told our nicole wallace they are now getting a lot of new information. do you have new evidence that was not at your disposal at the time of the last public hearing and it, numerato
number of text messages, radio traffic, that kind of thing. it s thousands of exhibits. tech messages from january 5th and sixth? primarily. but the trenches we ve received have been significantly. we might get a closer look at those messages, because on september 28th, we believe we will be resuming those public hearings. we heard that from the committee earlier today. what that, let s get smarter with the help of tights lead off panel. joins us, nbc news correspondent, moderator of washington week on pbs. former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner, he has tried hundreds of cases in his 30 year career. and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. she spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. she is now a law professor at the university of alabama. joyce, to you first. what exactly is the justice department looking for in terms of what they want judge cannon to do? well, what doj has asked judge cannon to do is to release the classified documents that were seized at mar-a-lag