america. the president saying today s gop is, quote, dominated, driven, and intimidated by maga republicans. we ll have complete political and historical analysis of his address to the nation. plus, the latest developments in the investigation of former president trump s mishandling of classified documents, as another conservative legal voice predicts trump will be indicted. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 2nd. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay with us. the host of way to early, white house bureau chief at politico and the author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss joins us this morning. glad to have you all. so much to talk about. jonathan lemire, i must start with you. it is like secretariat at the kentucky derby in 1973. starts out slow and then, boom, takes off. i kn
president donald trump. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 25th. i m willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. let s dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their student debt. those are the figures from the white house following an executive action yesterday by president biden. the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. by resuming student loan payments at the same time as we provide targeted relief, we re taking an economically responsible course. as a consequence, about $50 billion a year will start coming
there can be no doubt there was a coordinated, multi staff effort to overturn the election overseen and directed by donald trump. there could be no chance that he commanded a mob, a mob he knew was heavily armed, violent, and angry, to march on the capitol to try to stop the peaceful transfer of power. this sunday, the clearest picture yet of trump s true print plan on january six. on thursday, it is eight hearing, the second on prime time. then, the january six committee laid out an excruciating detail the 187 minutes between trump leaving the rally at the ellipse after exhorting his followers to march on the capitol, and finally telling the mob to go home. we now know that trump knew within 15 minutes of leaving the stage that the capital was under attack. rather than stay in the oval office or enter the situation room, they then commander in chief hunkered down in his private dining room off the oval, to watch the violence unfold on fox news. he barred the omnipresent
Eastern. Sunday night, you can see the new feature documentary commitment to life. It takes a look back at the fight against hiv aids in los angeles and the community that changed the course of the epidemic. That is not 00 p. M. Eastern here on msnbc, also streaming on peacock. That is tonight last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts right now. Tonight, new witnesses in Donald Trumps new york trial. Trumps longtime Personal Assistant and Michael Cohen baker take the stand as the first week of testimony comes to an end. Protests over the war in gaza spreading across Americas College campuses. With the growing unrest could mean for president bidens reelection campaign. Plus, from books online to ecommerce giant, how amazon became the retailer with everything, everywhere, all at once as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. Good evening, im Jonathan Capehart in for Stephanie Ruhle. We are 193 days away from the election. Today, attorneys for president ial candidate
willie, you look at the leads in the papers today, the major papers today. the wall street journal talking about the white house warning that funding for kyiv to run out in weeks. obviously, a desperate, desperate situation for those trying to stop a russian invasion here. the leads on the times, also, their lead story, of course, about israel pushing further south into gaza and approaching another large city center and the growing concerns about a humanitarian crisis. and, of course, over here, something that there s more and more focus on, it s about how donald trump s second term could obviously create a much darker trump and, of course, willie, very few checks and balances. we ll be getting all of those things today. a lot of really important stories and a lot of ground to cover. yeah. we re also going to be joined by liz cheney in just about an hour from now, and she ll tell us about her warning, as well. she believes if donald trump is elected to the white house a