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george santos. at what point would at the gop be forced to purge him from the party? after receiving asylum seekers for months, new york city s mayor is down in texas to see the humanitarian crisis there firsthand. this is american voices. we begin this hour with a new reaction from inside the white house over the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents. sources tell nbc news the president is frustrated with the ongoing backlash. he s irritated with what he views as sloppiness by aides who packed up his items when he left a vice presidency. sources at there is fierce republicans will complete biden s case with the investigation into government documents, donald trump defiantly stored at mar-a-lago. that is exactly what house republicans are already doing, launching investigations into president biden, all while ignoring donald trump s actions. today, the chairman of the house oversight committee, james comer, who demanded the white house re
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
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 225, the nays are 181. The bill is passed. Without objection, mott etion to reconsider is the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on adoption of House Resolution 1210 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 1210. Resolution condemning the biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens Law Enforcement officers face as a result. The speaker pro tempore the question is on adoption of the resolution. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the spea
what matters to them and what doesn t. that moment of clarity is right now. last night, contrary to what many were led to believe, americans across the country propelled democrats to what may have been the most consequential political achievement for the democratic party since the day joe biden was elected. voters injected rocket fuel directly into the party s blood stream. electing democratic candidates and advancing their key policy positions. in kentucky, the governor s race once projected to be a very close one was not. incumbent democrat andy beshear won by a 6-pointrgin. in a state that donald trump won 6 points. in virginia, nbc news projects democrats retain control of the state senate and actually flipped the house of delegates. now governor glenn youngkin, the conservative poster boy generating national buzz, will wrestle with two chambers controlled by the democratic party over matters of gun safety, voting rights and the issue that defined that race and others, re