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
we have major breaking news this hour, florida governor ron desantis, the man once hailed as the future of the republican party, the so-called heir apparent to the maga movement. bowing out of the race for president. he suspends his campaign a short time ago, bringing an end to one of the most embarrassing and disastrous gop primary showings in modern american political history, the move comes two days before new hampshire s primary contest, where he was projected to finish while behind both former president, donald trump, and former u. n. he opted not to break the news on this stump before his supporters that worked for weeks to keep his campaign alive one way or another. instead, he ended his never back down campaign, that s what it s called on twitter, and through his support behind the man he has spent so many years working to emulate. if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i ca
hampshire s primary contest, where he was projected to finish while behind both former president, donald trump, and former u.n. he opted not to break the news on this stump before his supporters that worked for weeks to keep his campaign alive one way or another. instead, he ended his never back down campaign, that s what it s called on twitter, and through his support behind the man he has spent so many years working to emulate. if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources, we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. trump is superior to the current incumbent, joe biden, that is clear. i signed a pledge to support the republican nominee, i will honor that pledge. it s my endorsement because we can t go back to the old republican guard of yesteryear, are re-package form of corpor
o clock in los angeles. this is fox news at night. breaking news tonight brand new information about conservatives targeted by the federal government. it s disturbing. federal investigators are accused of asking banks to flag transactions including terms like maga and trump as part of a probe into the january 6th attack on the capitol. kevin cork is live with incriminating details. and disturbing. in addition to federal investigators to ask banks to search for maga and trump as part of the investigation into january 6th, they warned that purchases of religious texts could indicate extremish. a letter obtained by fox news digital they located documents that indicate officials suggested that bank query transactions with key words like dick s sporting goods, and bass pro-shops and more. the house judiciary committee conducted oversight on this receipt of information about american citizens without legal process and its engagement at the private sector. this is surveillance a
it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on