hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your busy newsday with us. president biden hits the road as we hit 12 days till election day. a handful of key senate races are a toss-up. republicans increase will go i confident about capturing the house. early voting way up, some democrats do see some hope there. plus, get this quote, security is a joke. we have some new cnn reporting shows millions of your tax dollars earmarked to protect election workers have not been spent and it leaves the people who count your votes vulnerable to threats. and donald trump sets campaign closing rallies in iowa, in pennsylvania, in ohio and in florida. his election lies echo across this year s republican campaigns, a new snub 6 a potential rival. more proof trump is thinking 2024 comeback. and now in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious again, i will probable h have to do it again but first we have to win a historic win for th
there it is expected to explode into an intense, powerful category 4 storm. then ian will likely weaken a bit before charging ashore somewhere along florida s gulf coast. florida s governor saying the storm s massive size means the entire state, the whole state wail be impacted. and he has activated the florida national guard. cnn meteorologist tom seder has been tracking all this in the weather center. what is the latest? well, it continues to look a little disorganized, really. it is a tropical storm. it s not moving very quickly, alex. only at 12 miles per hour, but it s getting ready to enter some of the warmest water in the entire atlantic. higher elevations, winds are light, so once it starts to feed on those warm waters, all cylinders are going to be firing up. now, the last few frames of this animation if you look near the center here, so deep convection is starting to occur. this could be the beginning. we ve been watching this since last thursday off the coast of
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
about the elderly alleged gunman. the medical debt crisis in america. more than 100 million americans are affected. what you can do to protect yourself. two men arrested after allegedly harassing a black teen and destroying the car he was driving. tonight, the new video. watergate 50 years later. cbs news looks back on the scandal that led to the downfall of a president. and on the road at a high school graduation that included cheers, diplomas, and plenty of tears. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to and thank you for joining us on this friday night. as we come on the air tonight, the state department is scrambling for information on three americans who have gone missing in the war in ukraine. their families are anxiously awaiting any news. all three served in the u.s. military and traveled into the war zone to help the ukrainians fight the russians. well, today, russian media showed vide
about the elderly alleged gunman. the medical debt crisis in america. more than 100 million americans are affected. what you can do to protect yourself. two men arrested after allegedly harassing a black teen and destroying the car he was driving. tonight, the new video. watergate 50 years later. cbs news looks back on the scandal that led to the downfall of a president. and on the road at a high school graduation that included cheers, diplomas, and plenty of tears. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. as we come on the air tonight, the state department is scrambling for information on three americans who have gone missing in the war in ukraine. their families are anxiously awaiting any news. all three served in the u.s. military and traveled into the war zone to help the ukrainians fight the russians. well, today, russian media showed video o