involving young men from the muslim and hindu communities. a church has quashed the murder conviction of a baltimore man. the man was conviction of a baltimore man. tue: man was sentenced conviction of a baltimore man. tte: man was sentenced to decades in prison for the murder of his ex girlfriend. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we will bring you the latest on ukraine shortly. but we will start with news that broke a short time ago, the european court of human rights has ruled against the parents of missing madeleine mccann. they have accused the portuguese authorities have not giving them a beer hearing in the libel battle against a former police officer. jessica parkerjoins us. this stems from a book written by a former police officer who worked on the original investigation in portugal into the disappearance of the young girl. into the disappearance of the young uirl. , , ., , ., into the disappearance of the young . irl. , , . , . , ,
more details for that and just a moment. we begin tonight with president biden calling on voters to reject maga republicans during his prime time address to the nation from philadelphia. the president using the term maga 13 times blasting so-called maga ideology as a threat to democracy and the country. maga forces are determined to take on and maga republicans to destroy american democracy. maga look at americans and see carnage and darkness and despair. gillian: the president warning about republican extremism as tens and thousands of dollars endorsing the trump candidates throughout the primary counsel, betting they ll flameout in the general election coming in the fall. also this evening where we find kevin corke, tracking reaction of the president s address. good to meet you my friend. when the white house s press secretary was asked if the president s speech would be a political one, she answered the question directly and forcefully with the confidence you d think
of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent
accused the fbi of planting evidence? well now trump admits the documents were stored in cartons. remember when trump s lawyer told the justice department that classified material had been returned? well, investigators found more. lots more. remember when trump s team insisted the documents were safely secured? well, his lawyer now admits the former president frequently had guests in an office where highly classified papers were found in his desk. and once again, he does not deny having them. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? no, no i can t believe it. just like nobody can believe any of the excuses that have all been thrown around. i love yesterday, willie, his only argument is, not saying why he had the documents, not saying why he didn t return the documents, not saying why he lied to the fbi when they were asking for the documents, and they were moving them, and instead, he goes oh, oh, it s all a setup, they