i m going to be discussing all of that with these two, there they are, dr ulrich hoppe, the director general of the german british chamber of industry and commerce. and helima croft, a member of america s national petroleum council, which advises the us energy secretary on strategy. also on the show, the big boss of the middle east s oldest privately held oil and gas company, crescent petroleum, joins me to talk about those skyrocketing prices, energy supply and the impact of the war in ukraine. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, they war between russia and ukraine is about to enter its sixth month. the human suffering on the ground has been massive and the economic consequences of the war and the sanctions imposed on russia, are spreading around the world. nowhere is it as stark as the oil and gas industry. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine is causing energy prices to skyrocket around the worl
and rea mitchell kicking off a special two-hour edition of andrea mitchell reports today. we are in washington as the focus on the classified documents seized from donald trump s mar-a-lago estate is going to shift in the next hour to a courthouse in west palm beach, florida. that s where trump s lawyers and the justice department are clashing over the former president s request for an independent master to go through the stack of files taken from mar-a-lago to see where any might have involved attorney/client privilege. the government says they have already done that and doing it again could harm the investigation. meanwhile the current president is going to be in philadelphia this afternoon into the evening at independence hall delivering a primetime speech on threats to our democracy, what he calls saving the soul of the nation. and another midterm special election win for democrats overnight. alaska voters rejecting former vice presidential candidate sarah palin s bid f
history, from the fringe he could turn his tongue black as if he were possessed. to making a fortune. the truth doesn t really matter. it s like a far-right qvc. threatening american democracy. [ chanting: 1776 ] through exclusive footage i m donald trump now. interviews with former employees we made up the stories. we lied. alex will not stop. his victims every day i get a death threat. and those trying to stop him. how would you describe them to people who don t know him? how do you explain to folks who have never seen something this crazy? if they want to fight, they better believe they can. megaphone for conspiracy. alex jones. this is alex jones info wars studio in austin, texas. you guys ready? it looks like a professional news set, but the similarities end there. i ll drink your blood. you understand that? i will hang your ass up and cut you into cutlets. the global instruments of corruption. the official story of sandy ho
weeks ago. what we could learn when the document comes out. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, august 26th. i m willie geist. with us this morning, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former united states senator and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. we wake up to some news this morning. a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the search warrant executed at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate will be made available to the public by at least noon today, possibly this morning. federal magistrate judge rhinehart yesterday ordered it to be unsealed after the justice department submitted the redacted version for him to review. in the order, he outlined which sections of the affidavit the government redacted before public release, saying, i find the government has met its burden of finding a compelling reason, a good cause, to seal portions of the affidavit. because disclosure would reveal the identi
security detail tackling the suspect. a local resident in his 40s. the gun he used appears to have been handmade, a motive not known at this time. as brianna said abe was japan s longest serving prime minister and was still a towering figure in japanese and international politics. he had crucial working relationships with both president obama and president trump. this assassination causing shock waves around the world this morning. let s get right to cnn s blake essig who is in tokyo with the very latest. blake, what can you tell us? reporter: brianna, john, devastating news here in japan. doctors at nara medical university hospital have confirmed that japanese former japanese prime minister shinzo abe has died after being shot twice, once in his chst and once in his neck. doctors treating former prime minister said that his heart had actually stopped by the time that he reached the hospital, they said that he was bleeding profusely and that the bullet that killed abe w