pleads guilty admitting he conspired with the former trump company to not pay taxes and now he will testify against the trump organization. sue craig, the new york times reporter who has led the reporting on trump s finances is here in the studio tonight. and the biden cabinet, dispatched to take the president s case to republicans and fox news. transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins us live. but first, we start in september of 2015. donald trump was three months removed from his famed escalator ride announcing his presidential bid. he had already started the top of the republican field leading off the polls and found himself showing off his trump tower office to the wall street journal. this is the shoe right ther that is it? tom brady s super bowl helmet. this is mike tyson s belt. shaq s shoe. tom brady s super bowl helmet. mike tyson s belt. we have known for a while that donald trumpow likes to collect memorabilia. if you will. and so when trump
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over
we ran out of time again tonight, so we re going to but out one extra segment that we had planned online, at msnbc.com/alex wagner tonight. it s a good one. check it out. way too early with jonathan lemire is coming up next. a federal judge rules the affidavit for the mar-a-lago search can be unsealed. but how much of it will we actually see? we ll go through what is next in the legal process. plus, a midterm prediction for mitch mcconnell, why the senate minority leader is feeling more confident about his party s chances in the house. and the biden administration seems to be getting serious about monkeypox. the new action it is taking as the virus reaches state of emergency status in parts of the country.