[ cheers and applause and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening, everybody. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well. And now, if you dont mind, were going to get to the news president biden, today, declared a major disaster in florida and then florida in turn declared biden a major disaster [ laughter ] the white house released a 44 page plan yesterday to fight hunger its just the Cheesecake Factory menu [ laughter ] before the government runs out of money tomorrow, congress is reportedly set to pass stopgap legislation to keep the government funded through two and a half more months is it just me, or is the government always waiting until the last minute to fund itself the federal government is like a kid running for the school bus with one pant leg on holding a waffle [ laughter ] Queen Elizabeths death certificate was released today and said that she died of old age, a condition she battled for nearly 30 years. [ laughter ] at a recent panel, texas senator ted cruz
County record. The papers copublisher, 98yearold joan meyer, died a day after officers searched the her home. We will go to kansas for the latest. Democratic lawmakers for Supreme Court Justice Clarence thomas to resign after propublica published another bombshell investigation showing that a group of conservative billionaires have showered thomas with 38 luxury vacations, 26 private jet flights, and 12 vip passes to sporting events. All work millions. And then to montana, where a judge has ruled in favor of youth plaintiffs who sued the state over Climate Change. This ruling is so important. Montana, for outside its borders, this is huge. For the judge to say montana is significantly contributing to Global Climate change, gave me the feeling our actions do matter. Amy we will speak with one of the youth plaintiffs and the head of our Childrens Trust, which has been involved in a string of groundbreaking climate lawsuits. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democra
We hope youre doing well. And now, if you dont mind, were going to get to the news President Biden toured hurricane damage today in florida and met with Governor Ron Desantis and desantis has been working around the clock to recover from wearing this outfit. [ laughter ] President Biden tweeted a picture of himself this week in a green sports car oh my god, look at him [ laughter ] he loves his wife, yet has the energy of a man who was divorced an hour ago. [ laughter ] got me a hot young girlfriend, too. Shes 65. [ light laughter ] russian president Vladimir Putin is reportedly planning to order a nuclear test near the border of ukraine to demonstrate his willingness to use nuclear weapons. Oh, you dont have to prove youre crazy you ride horses half naked [ light laughter ] and your best friend is donald trump we see you according to a new report, staffers who worked in former president Trumps White House were not surprised that in the raid of his maralago residence the fbi found high
We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone their evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizen sdpgs we look at the fact, we look at the law and we bring charges. For the fourth time in as many months donald trump, the former president of the United States, is facing a criminal indictment. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, august 15th. Lets dive right into the latest indictment for the former president. The charges are from Fulton County, georgia, where trump and 18 others were named in a sweeping 41count indictment targeting alleged attempts to overturn the states 2020 Election Results, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis announced the charges just before midnight. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia like every state has laws that allow those who believe that results
The history of lahaina which i honestly didnt know until reading about it in the wake of his destruction is fascinating and its lost just absolutely devastating. Yes it will have more on that later tonight. Thank you as always for the coverage. Thanks to you at home for joining us tonight. We have new developments in the multiple criminal trials in the former president donald trump. Todays coconspirators in the maralago case, of the walt nauta and all of carlos tlr, they appeared in a florida courtroom to brought and to the new charges brought about them by jack smith. Trumps lawyer was also there representing his interest in this case. The nude event fan in here, a property manager Carlos De Oliveira did not enter a plea, he needs to still lock in some legal representation, with both trump and his valid walt nauta pleaded not guilty to their scheme to delete Security Footage that of maralago. A wall that classified documents case continues to move forward, so too does jack smith other