venezuela, one of the filthyest oil producers on the planet and he is about to make some history for a move to further cripple us as a nation economically. biden set to tap into our rapidly vanishing oil reserve. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. saudi arabia leads opec+ and the biden white house has been pressuring them to do more to help us while president biden s policies have suffocated our own oil production at home. well, if we didn t know it before, we know it now. they are not interested if helping the united states. we re so addicted to foreign oil, it is a business plan for them to hurt us. and the tough words from the president calling opec s decision short sighted. that from his administration. speaking of finding your words, the white house press secretary is blaming russia. opec s decision to cut production quotas is short sighted. it is clear that opec+ is aligning with russia with today s announcement. harris: they don t have to love
also ahead for you, tent city, sleeping on the streets, where leaders are making homelessness a crime, but are their tactics only complicating the problem? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start in our politics lead. and strong reaction to the justice department s historic move. a search warrant executed on the home of a former president. taking boxes of items from donald trump s mar-a-lago home, a source tells cnn. the warrant escalates the justice department s investigation into his handling of presidential documents, including some classified material. with many republicans today questioning why the fbi executed this warrant now. at the time, trump himself was in new york, where a single photo outside trump tower today captures the mixed reaction. look at this. one group with a large sign that reads, arrest trump. while another group carried a flag reading trump 24, save america. on paper, trump blasted the search saying in a statement, ag
comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, july 27th. i m willie geist, we the host of way too early and host of the politico, jonathan lemire and the author of the book the big lie and mike barnicle and katty kay. morning, i want to begin with the investigation to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter telling the washington post federal prosecutors have now turne
senate nomination is one of the most extensive of this election cycle. it is at the moment of three-wa tossup. and endorsement from former president trump seemed to put doctor oz in the driver seat. each candidate making their closing argument in the race they could be decided by the smallest of margins. on the old boys, president trump called out that we need t have the washington, d.c. to represent our pennsylvania values for it to get the media is smearing my name. there is this information in order to suppress my vote and yield a selection from me. i ve worked very hard to be who i am and to be where i am. it matters who you pick for president and it matters who yo pick for senate seat. this is the most important election. just outside of philadelphia this campaign has been going on for several months and i m sure people are ready to get the primary day underway. no doubt about it. good morning, the republican senate primary race is a type tight three-way race
Blades. It cuts for over an hour on a single charge. Ego exclusively at lowes, ace and ego authorized dealers. The one the clock is ticking down informal President Trumps criminal trial and we are officially on Michael Cohen watch. I am don roberts in washington good To Be With You. Aishah good but To Be With You as well happy friday i am Aishah Hasnie in for sandra smith we are at America Reports our two. Court wrapped up in It Prosecutors say its possible they will rest their case as early as next week. With only two more witnesses left to call we expect trumps former attorney Michael Cohen at the center of this to take the stand as early as monday. John former President Trump has a big Campaign Rally in the jersey shore tomorrow but he said this while leaving Court Moments ago. There is no gag order to Michael Cohen. The judge did it was amazing. Everybody can say whatever they want. They can say whatever they want but i am not allowed to say anything about anybody. It is a disgrace