rights that you and i would never ever receive. also tonight, how families are coping in the grief-stricken community of uvalde, texas, as they accepted their kids back to school for the first time since the massacre at robb elementary. we begin tonight with the 1974 supreme court case that was credited with ending richard nixon s presidency. good evening. president nixon has not yet responded to the sledgehammer decision of the supreme court today which ruled that he must immediately turn over tapes of 64 presidential conversations. in a unanimous decision written by chief justice warren berger the court rejected 8-0 mr. nixon s claim of absolute privilege on those tapes. the case, united states versus nixon, was all about the watergate prosecutor s demand following a subpoena for those audio tapes of conversations recorded by nixon in the oval office. chief justice warren berger, who by the way was nominated by nixon wrote, we conclude that when the ground for asserting
part of the republican party. and he will continue to do that. reporter: and joining us now is washington post national political reporter isaac ards. thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with the piece that you co-authored entitled trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in gop as double-edged sword. so could you mean by the double edged swords. in the primary, what we heard was trump s first general election rally. in the primaries he was the envy of all. his endorsement, his backing, every candidate wanted that and what you started to see almost immediately after those candidates won the primary was, taking trump off the top of their website, like dr. oz did. and starting to try to put some distance between themselves and trump. because while he is the number one thing for primary voters, the republican base, with the general election electorate, it is a little bit of a different story. and so what strategists are trying to figure out, republican s
barr, who did much of donald trump s bidding during the russia investigation, defends the fbi decision to seize classified documents from the former president s florida estate. this as we learn more about what was found in the search, including dozens of empty folders marked classified. plus, the former president sharpens his attacks against federal law enforcement, calling the fbi and doj, quote, vicious monsters, while warning of unprecedented backlash. how will his supporters interpret that? and president biden hits the campaign trail this labor day, visiting two key battleground states, pennsylvania and wisconsin, both union strongholds. we ll have a preview of his holiday campaign events. good morning. it is monday, september 5th. welcome to a special labor day edition of morning joe. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your holiday with us. we now have a clearer account of what the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home in palm be
who have died already. will reeve standing by in london. here in the u.s. that explosion and fire at the hoover dam. the images showing the flames and black plume of smoke, startling tourists. the immediate questions of course, was anyone hurt? and water? this mean for power - matt gutman with late reporting. what authorities are saying tonight. the primetime hearing before the american people this week. and tonight the two former trump aides who will now be testifying. jon karl on who they are and why their testimony could be key. the anger and frustration boiling over in uvalde, texas. we take you inside that school board meeting after that blistering report. 376 officers on the scene. 77 minutes that went by. and tonight you will hear the little girl and what she told the board. ukraine s first lady arriving at the white house, set to address lawmakers here in the u.s. and tonight u.s. intelligence and what it shows putin is now planning in eastern ukraine. ian pan
many out of control. the heat-related death toll tonight surpassing 1,500 people who have died already. will reeve standing by in london. here in the u.s. that explosion and fire at the hoover dam. the images showing the flames and black plume of smoke, startling tourists. the immediate questions of course, was anyone hurt? what could this mean for power and water? matt gutman with late reporting. what authorities are saying tonight. the primetime hearing before the american people this week. and tonight the two former trump aides who will now be testifying. jon karl on who they are and why their testimony could be key. the anger and frustration boiling over in uvalde, texas. we take you inside that school board meeting after that blistering report. 376 officers on the scene. 77 minutes that went by. and tonight you will hear the little girl and what she told the board. mireya villarreal from uvalde again tonight. ukraine s first lady arriving at the white house, set