investigations into donald trump should continue. that does include a majority of independents, also even some republicans. but despite those numbers and all of those investigations, the big question this morning still isn t will trump run again, because it sure sounds like he s going to, but, rather, is he going to jump in before the midterms or after? we have new reporting on why some in his circle are telling him to wait. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, our senior national political reporter mark caputo, josh dossey, political reporter for the washington post, and lisa ruben, an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, i want to begin with you. this document posted by the judge this morning, walk us through the reasoning and what that means. yeah, he laid out a lot of what he said in court last week. i think one of the big things i really notice about it, which isn t surprising coming from a judge who signed the actual search warrant and said this is legit kn
we ll dig deeper. in russia, the 29-year-old daughter of a putin ally whose father is known as putin s brain was killed in a fiery car explosion outside moscow with the kremlin accusing ukraine for being responsible for what russia is calling a contract killing. with ukraine celebrating its independence this weekend also marking six months since the russian invasion, i ll be talking to retired general david petraeus. and congress members jerry nadler and caroline maloney are locked in a bitter intraparty primary battle in new york city tomorrow thanks to redistricting. we ll discuss that race. and i ll take a look at the rise in anti-semitic groups across america after leafletting in a small new jersey town this weekend just days after similar leaflets were seen on long island, new york. joining me is ken delanian and brandon buck. you ve got the new nbc news poll with some major headlines. voters are angry, frustrated. they re saying for the first time that threats to
it s subway s biggest refresh yet. welcome back to morning joe. it is 6:00 in the morning in los angeles. 9:00 a.m. here on the east coast. as we begin our fourth hour of morning joe. i ll willie geist and let s dive right in with a new development surrounding the fbi search of president trump s mar-a-lago home in florida. they have until thursday to provide a rezakted copy of the affidavit and the former president is hinting at taking more legal action. senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. reporter: former president trump now teasing what he calls a major legal motion. he and his attorneys saying they plan to ask for a third party, a so-called special master to review what was taken by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago. pointing to the fourth amendment which protects from unreasonable searches and seizures. one of the benefits of a special master, if the master agree with this, is we could stop the doj in their tracks when it comes
of the cat skills. while most new yorkers will be voting in the primary, others will be voting in a special election for the house seat vacated by tino delgato after he was appointed governor. so why this race, especially because it s for a four-month term? this is because it s most potent, for economy and crime or abortion and democracy, what ryan is running on. the democrats are hoping the closer-a than-expected red districts, along with the resounding defeat of the anti-abortion measures are not one-offs. the hard-and-fast rules don t see so hard and fast. look at our survey conducted august 12th through 16th. threats to democracy has overtaken cost of living as the most important voter issue. president biden s approval numbers are still stagnant and modern history tells us the only time the party in power gained seats in the mid term is when the president is overwhelmingly popular, clinton in 1998 and bush in 2002. but even among exception, this is an exceptional time, th
plus, from dribbling to diplomat? our nbc news reporting on the basketball power house now getting involved in brittney griner s case. and why one white house official is telling us he s more likely to hurt than help. i m hallie jackson in washington. we ll start this hour with those new developments out of arkansas. just in the last few minutes, you watched it untold live here. a video appeared to show three offers making an arrest, violently. the video, we re about to show, is disturbing. you can see the officers basically pummeling the suspect s face and body, smashing his head while he s being restrained. it s not clear what happened before this recording. officials said the man was being arrested on trespassing and other crimes. the three officers have been suspended while this is being investigated. that s the only time we will show you the video. let s bring in priscilla thompson in arkansas, and charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. we just h