thank you for sticking with me, i will be back tomorrow night. laura coates is sitting in for don lemon tonight, and that show begins right now. hey, laura. hey, sara sidner, thanks so much, great show as always, and this is don lemon tonight. i am laura coates sitting in for don. and look, we are learning many more details about the fbi s unprecedented search for documents at former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. and tonight, a source tells cnn that authorities did not believe that trump and his aides had returned all the documents and other materials that had been taken to mar-a-lago when trump left office. the documents, as you well know, are the property of the united states government. they don t belong to trump. some 15 boxes of materials were previously returned to the national archives, but apparently, investigators had concerns about whether there was any additional materials, including, perhaps, classified documents and with potential national security
difference between america s two major political parties, and what they want for the future of this country couldn t be more stark. this week, the former president and republican president nomination, donald trump, tweet of his trump national golf club in bedminster, university speaking of the league s big tournament this weekend. now, the live tour is a new venture, financed by saudi arabia s public investment fund. it s all part of a campaign by the saudi government to refresh the kingdoms image in the eyes of the world. you see, they want you to think of your favorite golf players, when you think of saudi arabia. not their long list of human rights abuses, including the murder of the washington post schoumacher shoji. now, trump took a hands on role in that injury he had by hosting the event at his property. just miles away from ground zero, and they had this to say in his defense. well, nobody has gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately. a family member, family
move in the middle east this morning. he began a meeting with the prime minister of israel just a few moments ago. we re following that. a news conference is set to begin in about an hour. we ll be monitoring. of course, all of this happening ahead of tomorrow s unprecedented, direct flight to saudi arabia. good morning. a lot to cover this morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 14th. joe is off. later this hour, we ll speak with capitol police sergeant gonell, who was forced to retire after the injuries he sustained by the pro-trump mob on january 6th. he s testified before the committee. on tuesday, he embraced one of the rioters and accepted his apology. ahead this morning, former oath keeper spokesman jason van tatenhove, who testified before the committee on tuesday, will also be our guest. he broke from the group in 2017 and is now speaking out about why. willie. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with the latest on the january 6th investigat
trump taping that video on january 6th and struggling to condemn the violence. and the blistering heat baking over 100 million people in the u.s., countless others abroad. and there is still no letup in sight. lead. joe biden testing positive for covid. the 79-year-old president who is fully vaccinated and received his second booster shot in march just released a video saying that he s doing fine. symptoms are mild, and i really appreciate your concerns. but i m doing well. white house covid coordinator dr. jha says he s breathing well and oxygen level is normal. he s isolating for the next five days in the white house and taking the covid anti-viral drug paxlovid, which is recommended for people such as joe biden who are at higher risk because of their age or underlying medical conditions. we re joined now live from the white house. the press secretary and the white house covid coordinator just wrapped up a press conference. what did they have to say? reporter: it is c
believed meadows will be the fall guy, but what, if anything, will the doj do about trump? also tonight, security footage from uvalde, texas reveals more of the inexplicable lack of action by police as children were being murdered. plus, we will share some astounding ignorance about the female anatomy from the very republican lawmakers who are using congressional hearings to cheer on the post-roe state abortion ban. one of the witnesses joins me tonight. but, first, we start with the breathtaking body of work that the select committee on the january 6th attack has presented thus far, and it is damning. what we know seven hearings in is that trump knew that he had lost. he was told so over and over again, that 81 million americans voted for joe biden but trump who spent his life bending if not break the law decided to take matters into his own hands. surrounded by yemen and what fellow republicans called the crazies, trump pursued three avenues to try to stay in power. first,