amini died after being in police custody, and to me this uprising, i see you know, i don t think these are women and it is a women-led activist, but it s not that women are protesting the hijab law, this mandatory law where you have to cover. they re protesting this way of life. they are saying enough is enough. and so this idea of being in the streets you know, i remember being a teenaged girl, having to worry about the religious beliefs, seeing if i was covered enough, ensuring that my legs were covered and my hair was covered. the fact that these teenage girls when you re raised consciously and subconsciously in this world where you think you have to cover yourself, to free yourself, to me the courage that takes but how fed up they are. iranian women have been protesting the hijab law in one way or another for the last 43 years. but think about the fact that 65% of university graduates are women in iran, 70% of subgraduates are women. if these women had the freedom t
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. two presidents accused of mishandling classified documents and two special counsel investigations. there were no answers at today s white house briefing about why the biden team delayed for months to tell you why documents were found. we are learning that the documents from biden s team included briefing memos about foreign leaders. the justice department is still questioning if he has any of his files on his properties. the fbi got more than 300 from trump s possession after he resisted requests to return those. we re joined by phil mattingly and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn pol polantz. phil, did we learn more today? reporter: we learned that if you have any questions, you should refer them to the white house counsel s office and the justice department or the special counsel at this point in time, and i say that somewhat in jest, but i think that s the reality
from washington because the color to tell you, this is something that will have a devastating impact on the nation s economy echo amtrak, the nation s cross-country railway system, is canceling all of its long distance trains ahead of a plant workers strike that really threatens to do damage on a scale that we have not seen in quite some time back of that announcement effectively cancels all planned trips except for those along the northeast corridor between boston and washington, d.c. the companies as our changes are all trains can reach the destination before the strike, which could begin as early as friday, and in case you re wondering, yes, we are talking about major cost because tthe strike could cost up to $2 billion per day per, we are talking about 60,000 workers plotting a walkout for better conditions. there s still time to get this resort, but there s only a few days left or they have a construct that is available that frankly needs to be adopted, but if this goe
rising death toll and questions being raised over evacuation orders. this morning florida continues to reel from hurricane ian. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. john berman is off this morning. officials are saying ian killed at least 76 people in florida after the monster storm barreled through the state. governor ron desantis says more than 1600 rescues have been made since the storm made landfall. communities have been left unrecognizedable. this morning more than 613,000 customers are still without power. many floridians still without clean tap water. shocking pictures. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where more than half of the storm-related deaths have been announced so far. they are now facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than neighboring counties. here is what governor desantis had to say. is that something you ll be reviewing, looking at the evacuation orders. lee county, if t
barr, who did much of donald trump s bidding during the russia investigation, defends the fbi decision to seize classified documents from the former president s florida estate. this as we learn more about what was found in the search, including dozens of empty folders marked classified. plus, the former president sharpens his attacks against federal law enforcement, calling the fbi and doj, quote, vicious monsters, while warning of unprecedented backlash. how will his supporters interpret that? and president biden hits the campaign trail this labor day, visiting two key battleground states, pennsylvania and wisconsin, both union strongholds. we ll have a preview of his holiday campaign events. good morning. it is monday, september 5th. welcome to a special labor day edition of morning joe. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your holiday with us. we now have a clearer account of what the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home in palm be