good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world it s friday august 12th. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman. after a day of extraordinary developments, former president trump says overnight he will not oppose the release of documents related to the fbi s search of his mar-a-lago home. in a late night post trump says he is, quote, encouraging the me immediate release of those documents. his attorney says it doesn t appear they will object to the release. trump s legal team has until 3:00 p.m. today to formally respond in court. attorney general merrick garland says he personally approved that decision to seek the mar-a-lago
results of her blood draw on friday. so that is also in a development we re monitoring. not charged with anything yet, but they are investigating it as a felony. chloe melas, thank you for being on this for us. please keep us posted. i will. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, august 12th. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. the trump legal team is staring at a 3:00 p.m. deadline today to respond to the justice department s motion to unseal the search warrant and property receipt from the mar-a-lago search and seizure. overnight, trump posted on his social media platform that he would not oppose the release of documents. in fact, he would, quote, encourage their immediate
justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic, public servants. attorney general merrick garland defending the fbi amid attacks from the far right that has made the fbi face a lot of threats of violence. how conspiracy theories and disinformation likely fueled a deadly standoff involving the fbi in ohio. by the way, this is something we were warning about yesterday and the day before. and what former president trump said late lastunsealing o warrant, among new reporting that nuclear documents were among the materials the fbi sought while searching his home. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, august 12th.
donny, tell us, what s going on in the hamptons this weekend? wow. well, you know, the hamptons, i think there s some parties. but i don t really get invited to many of them, particularly since i do this show. my political views are unpopular in the hamptons. i ll talk over the weekend and we ll chat because i m a lonely guy. that s it. yeah, never does anything. why is he lying? i don t understand. forthcoming book, the per persuaders, due out in november. congratulations, anand. glad you got it in the mail. you never know these days with supply chain issues. summer reading. that s right. right. guys, it is one minute past the top of the hour on this friday, august 12th. we launch the third hour of morning joe. with us, we have msnbc and nbc news national affairs analyst and executive editor of the
seen. they re hoping that these provisions will lower carbon emissions by 40% by the year 2030. when it comes to healthcare, they re talking about extending affordable care act insurance subsidies for three years. and they re also, for the first time, medicare will be allowed to negotiate drug prices on certain drugs. and then with the tax provisions, a corporate minimum tax of 15 %, also a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks. again, a lot of this stuff senate democrats frankly didn t think they would get through because earlier this summer senator joe manchin, the kind of conservative democrat from west virginia, did not support the tax provisions, the climate provisions, but they were able to come to this agreement. once it passes out of the senate, it will then go back to it will go to the house. we are expecting the house to come back in session, they re on recess. on friday august 12th, pass this and then it goes to president joe biden for his signature. jessica dean, cnn, capitol h