that the district attorney likely errored in exercising its jurisdiction to enjoin the u.s. use of the classified records in its criminal investigation. we agree. and there s more. the three-judge panel tears to shreds the arguments that trump and his lawyers have been making in public and in the court of law, that the records belong to him, or that somehow, at some unknown and unstated point in time, that he declassified the documents. also, from the ruling, quote, plaintiff, meaning donald trump, has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents. the plaintiff suggests that he may have declassified these documents when he was president. but the record contains no evidence that any of these records were declassified. in any event, at least for these purposes, the declassification argument is a red herring, because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal. so even if we
heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel s office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. come on, guys. reporters didn t hear from the president s lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. good afternoon, everybody. and the press secretary. i have been forthcoming from this podium. and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel s office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president s personal attorney. we have within trying to answer questions thor
kevin mccarthy does not have 218 votes. kevin mccarthy. and you have 20. i i asked you a very specific question. if by friday you don t have 30 i will not, sean. i will not withdraw. i mean, it s really uncomfortable when mom my and daddy are fighting. they are fighting. the u.s. house is completely frozen right now with a rebellion under way by far right republicans. good morning, everyone. don lemon with poppy harlow. there you see kaitlan has moved back to washington. we had her in new york for a little bit now she s in d.c. didn t last long. was it us? are you holding up there? kevin mccarthy no closer to becoming speaker of the house even as of this morning, congress is still without a leader. so what is mccarthy s new strategy to end the chaos? that s a question this morning. he voted for mccarthy six times. straight ahead, kaitlan is going to speak with ryan zinke. we have new details this morning on a royal feud between prince harry and prince
the lead starts right now. the day after the heated debate in pennsylvania, how john fetterman struggles after a stroke going over with voters plus the new ad attacking mehmet oz and his awkward answer on abortion rights. they got him therapy, tried to take his gun. still, it was not enough. a family s actions before a gunman s rampage in a school with a rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition. plus, new protests in iran mark 40 days since a woman died in police custody accused of violating the country s dress code. could this be the start of a revolution? welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. a new report in our politics lead. a second woman claimed that herschel walker of georgia pressured her to get an abortion. she s not revealing her identity out of fear of reprisal, she says. her attorney, gloria allred, helped lay out her claims a short time ago. eva, what are we learning here? reporter: we are getting incredible detail from this woman who says sh
thank you for getting up way too early on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. i mean, this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that was presidential joe biden in california last night. the latest stop in his jam-packed campaign schedule in the final days before the midterms. meanwhile, big name democrats are out on the trail in traditionally blue areas in concerns that gop messaging on crime could flip what were thought to be safe seats. plus, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters calls him out over a huge stash of campaign cash. those comme