school, the ideological war over the uncomfortable aspects of american history, and the book banning, all while the u.s. faces a massive teacher shortage. good evening everyone, as we begin the reidout tonight, one day after donald trump got on the stage and called federal law enforcement vicious monsters, and the president of the united states and enemy of the people. we had a prime lesson in just how effective it was when a corrupt president is allowed to put so many judges on the bench. that s because a federal judge who trump picked, today did i m a huge favor, to put it in trumpian terms, an investigation that could not be more critical to our national security. u.s. district judge aileen cannon, released a ruling today granting the request by trump s legal team, for a special master to review the material seized by trump s mar-a-lago resort resort and residents. so look for any privileged material. now, well that process unfolds, the judges blocking the justice departme
activity as well as people waiting for the queen s coffin to arrive here. all around us the crowds keep coming, the message of condolence for the royal family just keep piling up. this has been going on for six straight days and nights, but all of that just a precursor to what s to come. millions are predicted to come here to london. but because of capacity issues at westminster hall, officials say only about 350,000 people will actually be able to view the queen s coffin lying in state. officials say they will cut off the lines when they reach that limit. but those lines are already building here at the palace for the queen s coffin is expected to arrive a short time from now. and we are 23 hours away from the first mourners being allowed into the hall where the queen will lie in state beginning at 5:00 p.m. local time tomorrow. according to the london times, that wait could be up to 35 hours long. just a few minutes ago, the queen s coffin was carried on to a c-17 aircraft.
politics nation. the focus on scotus. afua right now the conservative members of the supreme court are signaling that this court will not be moved by the times in which we live, but driven by history regardless of how distant. and yesterday, as expected, the court issued its five for conservative majority decision to overturn roe v. wade. in doing so, up ending 50 years of federal protections for abortion rights. in response, this weekend, our cities are erupting in protest. here in new york, los angeles, atlanta, and in washington, where abortion rights supporters and opponents have surrounded the supreme court for the second day. but also they re protesting in more than a dozen red states, cleared by the decision to enact trigger laws banning abortion. six of which have already done so in the days since the decision. three others set to join them in the next few weeks. well gun advocates in those states and elsewhere are hailing another of the courts decisions, this week, t
comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, july 27th. i m willie geist, we the host of way too early and host of the politico, jonathan lemire and the author of the book the big lie and mike barnicle and katty kay. morning, i want to begin with the investigation to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter telling the washington post federal prosecutors have now turne
accelerated psych and we re under all these pressures to come up with something new, and there s still a lag. there s still things sinking in outside in the real world. i always remember that whether i m home sick or get to sneak away. so shout-out to reality. is that what it is? yeah, because this is only a version of it in a box. but great to have you back, nicole. thank you very much. absolutely. nice to catch up with nicole. as she mentioned, sometimes inside the news it does seem like it s going really fast. well, that s the actual case today. so welcome to the beat. begins the congress building on the case that got a trump white house aide indicted friday. that s the news nicole was just referring to a liptically. there s also going to be the first primetime hearings andty january 6th this week, and they say there s sign of damning new evidence. the select committee has found evidence about a lot more than incitement here, and we are going to be laying out