Courtroom on bull [ bleep ] because his Attorney General charged me with something. [ bleep ]. Also a former obama Cabinet Secretary and leading conservative federal judge teaming up to defend democracy from what they see as new threats. The president cracking down on investments in semiconductors and other Sensitive Technology to china. How will beijing respond . Massive wildfires in maui burning through buildings and forcing evacuations. Good day everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. Voters in ohio turned out in the august heat in recordbreaking numbers, an overwhelming reminder that Abortion Access is still a major motivator to draw supporters to the polls. Unofficial results showing ohioans voted to amend the constitution that passed. Organizers calling the vote a huge victory. The majority still rules in ohio. [ cheers and applause ] and the peoples power has been preserved because ohio voters like you showed up and overwhelmingly voted down issue 1. President biden declaring
Possible tornado forming in central new york. This hour, the cleanup and where a threat of Severe Weather still lingers this week. Also ahead, the indictment of donald trump, the judge ordering a new hearing as lawyers spar over evidence in the Election Interference Case. When we can see them back in court. And later, the high stakes special election today that could determine the fate of Abortion Rights in ohio. What Ohio Republicans are trying to do in a rare august vote. Good morning. It is great to have you with us. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with some breaking news. Deadly weather causing chaos, pouring rain, high winds, even tornadoes batter, the midatlantic and southeast, canceling thousands of flights and leaving close to a Million People without electricity. Check out this scary scene that played out in maryland. People were trapped in their cars after intense wind took down an entire line of power poles. Nbcs kathy park is tracking i
let me close with this. as much as i m excited about this journey, i simply want to say this. it s really not about me. it s about that 7-year-old girl named jordan who brought roses to the stage for my mother. it s about 12-year-old who came on the stage. you see, america is a city on the hill. we are the beacon in the midst of darkness. we have an unusual responsibility. we have the responsibility to prove that self-governance works. we have the responsibility to share for thousands of generations what america has done for me, she can do for you. this can t be a another presidential campaign. we don t have time for that. we need a president who persuades not just our friends at our base. we need a president that persuades. we have to do that with common sense. conservative principles, but we have to have a compassion for people. we have to have a compassion part people who don t agree with us. we have to believe that our ideas are so strong and so powerful and persuasive th
guards will throw them out. i m the president. [ bleep ] you. i m challenging all of it and the judges we re going to are judges i appointed [ bleep ] you. you re not stealing the election. why was he so sure trump was going to lose? and here s roger stone after january 6th on plans for a pardon for himself and for others who were involved in plotting to overturn the election. talk b about how many i think 132 congressmen voted with trump. that s 132 right there. big or small as you want. it s a way of saying this is so you can t run your switch on two. i m going to deal with movie poster, witch hunt 2 with a big picture of merrick garland. has it been pitched to the president? yes, it has. i believe the president s for it. the obstacles are these lily livered, weak kneed bureaucrats in the white house counsel s office and now they must be crushed because they told the president something that s not true. lily livered, weak kneed. in a statement, stone says he t
weeks ago. what we could learn when the document comes out. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, august 26th. i m willie geist. with us this morning, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former united states senator and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. we wake up to some news this morning. a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the search warrant executed at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate will be made available to the public by at least noon today, possibly this morning. federal magistrate judge rhinehart yesterday ordered it to be unsealed after the justice department submitted the redacted version for him to review. in the order, he outlined which sections of the affidavit the government redacted before public release, saying, i find the government has met its burden of finding a compelling reason, a good cause, to seal portions of the affidavit. because disclosure would reveal the identi