information. not where you want that information. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 23rd. let s start with the news. we begin with that reporting on what sparked the fbi search for classified materials at mar-a-lago two weeks ago. sources tell the new york times the government has recovered more than 300 documents marked as classified from donald trump so far. those documents returned in january included more than 150 classified documents. according to the times, quote, the number ignited intense concern at the justice department and helped trigger the criminal investigation that led fbi agents to swoop into in to mar-a-lago this month seeking to recover more. multiple people briefed on the matter tell the times the former president personally went through 15 boxes before handing them over in january. the paper quotes, reports quote, the highly sensitive nature of some of the material in the boxes prompted archives officials to refer
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around here? the georgia candidate stood by his comments in a tweet last night. yes, you heard me right. joe biden and reverend warnock are spending $1.5 billion on urban forestry and raising taxes on those making under $200,000 to pay for it. yes, i have a problem with that. joining us now, senior political correspondent at axios, josh crenshaw. let s talk about herschel walker s campaign. is his name recognition, despite the trees, enough to pull out a win, even with these policy issues of his? look, katty, herschel walker is one of a trifecta of republican celebrity candidates who have made a long string of gaffes on the campaign trail. this is the second time a comment from herschel walker about climate change has drawn a lot of criticism. frankly, republicans want herschel walker and all their leading candidates to talk about the economy, inflation, rising crime. these are issues that benefit
party. his opponent, nikki fried, is much more liberal, running to the base of the democratic party in the primary. crist is better positioned to make it competitive. crist probably has the name recognition, too. josh, thank you very much for joining us. thanking all of you, too, for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 23rd. i m willie geist. this morning, we are following new information on the investigation into classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. new reporting overnight about the alarming number of documents found so far. what triggered the unprecedented search of the former president s home? and new reporting that donald trump personally handled some of