way that they know who this informant might be if there is one? no, they don t say who this person might be and how that person might have come to know that information. the feature of mar-a-lago and of trump world, as you know, is that there weren t a lot of checks on people coming and going in that circle. so there s just many, many people, we ve been making calls, and there s a number of people that come to mind when you talk to people about who this could be. the idea, kim, of who could ve had access, who could ve seen something in some way, or have been witness to something, is really curious here. as evan points out, this investigation, the timeline alone, has been going on for over a year. there was a june of this year, june meeting at mar-a-lago, between trump s lawyers. and then this search happened. something had to have happened in that time to go from this conversation, the idea of discussions happening to an unannounced execution of a search warrant at the es
additional documents or believed there were additional documents being held at mar-a- lago that the fbi wanted to obtain. that s what precipitated and what prompted the activity we saw monday at mar-a-lago, that this informant or this person, this witness was able to tell the fbi there were additional things there they needed to go get, and that s why they did this on monday. are they reported they know who this informant might be if there is one? they don t say who this person may be and how that person would ve come to know that information. the feature of mar-a-lago and trump world come as you know, as there weren t a lot of checks on people coming and going in that circle, so there s many, many people. we have been making calls, and there s a number of people that come to mind when you talk to people about who this could be. the idea, kim, of who could have had access, seen something in some way or been witness to something is really curious. as evan points out, thi
this morning. welcome back to the fourth hour of morning joe. it s 9:00 a.m. in theeast, 6:00 a.m. out west. elise jordan and jonathan lemire still with us. we have a lot to get to this hour, including more on that critical inflation report just released that shows consumer prices rose less than expected last month. yay, inflation only at 8.5%. wait a second that s sti a lot. it is lower tha expected. fuel prices droppg as quickly as they have probably helped. also we have the latest development on the justice department s investigation of donald trump, this as the 45th president will be questioned under oath today in the new york attorney general s civil investigation into his real estate dealings. release the warrant, mr. president. if you care about transparency, release the warrant. you have it. let us see it. stop playing your followers as dupes. you know, doj needs to be as transparent as they can be while being fair to this possible criminal. we don t know yet,
nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are now just waiting for the sign-off from the senate parliamentarian. majority leader chuck schumer says the final version of the bill will be introduced on saturday. the senate will take today off before a long day tomorrow a rare saturday. even rarer one in august. there will be up to 20 hours of debate after the first procedural vote. and then comes what is known as a voter-a-ra mr. a where senat
stacey abrams will be my guest. and then new reports trump s top white house lawyers both subpoenaed by the department of justice over january six. plus he got the message is right there. you know a perjury is right? alex jones and is misinformation factory facing justice for his sandy hook lies. you must tell the truth while you testify. this is not your show. all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c.. i m mehdi hasan and in for chris hayes. do you know the last time kansas went democratic in the presidential election? it was 1964 when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states plus the district of columbia. since then, republicans have won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected and an amendment remov