they re growing silence has one s favorite network is moving on. is he already losing the fox news primary? and later, matt gates s bullying tactics backfired big-time. how is body shaming helping one teen abortion activist raised over 1 million dollars? my interview with her and much more is coming up. a good saturday morning to you. i am katie phang. we ll see, or want to. the good question this morning about whether speaker nancy pelosi will visit china on a trip to asia this weekend. china said it will take, quote, forceful measures if it happens. taiwan s self governed by china claims it is a part of its territory and promises to take it back by force if necessary. for more on all of this we are joined by nbc news correspondent allie raffa on capitol hill. katie, nancy pelosi saving security concerns for why she could not confirm or deny whether she or a group of house lawmakers will visit taiwan during this multi day four of asia. military officials say that they are
accused the fbi of planting evidence? well now trump admits the documents were stored in cartons. remember when trump s lawyer told the justice department that classified material had been returned? well, investigators found more. lots more. remember when trump s team insisted the documents were safely secured? well, his lawyer now admits the former president frequently had guests in an office where highly classified papers were found in his desk. and once again, he does not deny having them. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? no, no i can t believe it. just like nobody can believe any of the excuses that have all been thrown around. i love yesterday, willie, his only argument is, not saying why he had the documents, not saying why he didn t return the documents, not saying why he lied to the fbi when they were asking for the documents, and they were moving them, and instead, he goes oh, oh, it s all a setup, they
going to pay for it. maria: coming up, texas senator ted cruz on the bill moving through the senate this morning and fresh off of his committee testimony of fbi director christopher wray. so do you agree the allegation of secret collusion between president trump and russia was a hoax? yes or no? i, i don t think that s the terminology i would use. do you agree that the hunter biden laptop was not russia disinformation? now you re asking about an ongoing investigation that i expect our folks to pursue aggressively, and i can t comment on that. okay. maria: yes, a fake russia collusion investigation, a potential made-up attack on michigan s governor while putting ordinary, honest americans many jail. what happened to the nbi? fbi? plus, more buses are moving illegal migrants right to washington d.c. now you re catching ire from the mayor of new york, mayor of d.c. they want federal funding, they want the national guard. tell us about that. it s making my day. it s
trump alibi from trump tv. and the new project that gives me genuine hope in these insane times, when all in starts right now. w. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. all of the sudden there is a lot happening in the department of justice investigation into the january 6th insurrection. in just the last few days, there have been a bunch of developments, some of which we are going to get to in a moment. but before we do, it s worth stepping back and looking at the bigger picture, because i think the significance here is, a large. for seven years now, we have been covering donald trump and he has basically been always enmeshed in controversy and scandal. he has always been surrounded by investigations and also allegations of criminality. serious ones. that is how he has lived his entire life. right on the edge of the law, both before entering politics and after. and there has always been this perpetual sense that trump manages to wriggle his way out of every jam. partl
polls. who will succeed joe biden? well, you know, there s no question in my mind that joe biden is doing exactly what needs to be done for this great country of ours. we all know that our democracy is teetering on edge. we need a joe biden to get us through this rough patch. i think he s doing great with that. we know that this forecast includes vice president harris. i support her. and i m just saying that if he chooses not to run again, first on my list after him would be kamala harris. democrats saying it s kamala s time to shine, never mind poor handling of the border. i think she doesn t get to show the personality enough, so people haven t had a chance to know her. most of the media is white and male, and their take on kamala becomes conventional wisdom. joy reid is right. here s the real kamala. i experienced great joy when i watched this brilliant, phenomenal black woman, jurist, be so smart, and just cut through the political gamesmanship that they were atte