moment. plus president joe biden is ready to make more stops on the campaign trail. but some democratic candidates aren t exactly eager to join him on stage. also ahead, the latest from ukraine. as its forces launch a major counter-offensive to re-take a russian-occupied area in that country s south. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 30th, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that some of the documents recovered during the fbi search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago resort potentially contain attorney-client privileged information. according to a court filing yesterday, the team used by the justice department has finished its examination of the possibly privileged documents, sorting through them and reviewing any material that could be part of congressional investigators and it would undermine trump s efforts to have a special master over the files. over the weekend a federal judge i
fritz. the u.s. open one of the best events of the year. turning to major league baseball, in the battle for the american league mvp award was on full display at angels stadium in anaheim. the slugger aaron judge, that guy, again, launching his major league leading 50th homerun of the season. you see it there. judge is now on pace to hit 63 this year. which of course would be the american league record. and he s now just the tenth player in major league baseball history to record 50 homerun seasons, more than once. really impressive. but it was the two-run homer hit by the fifth, in the fifth inning by the reigning mvp, angels two-way superstar ohtani that made the difference in los angeles, with a 4-3 win over the still slumping new york yankees. and albert pujols, retiring slugger, hit the 694th homer of his career in last night s 13-4 victory over the cincinnati reds. it marks the 450th different