hey, everyone. it s saturday, august 6th. thank you for waking up with us. phil i shouldn t ask about how you re holding up. how is your wife holding up with those four children? they have been fed, as far as i know right now. not watching on the cameras like you guys have. they are happy with their breakfast. i hope there s some cartoons going on. i have to be careful about tv stuff. it s saturday. you watch cartoons, right? phil, when are you coming home? after 11:00. don t worry, wifey. walk through the door and here s the children. it s the beauty of it. amara great to be with you. step by step, democrats moving closer to a major climate bill. that bill has passed a key hurdle in kyrsten sinema, who supports the legislation. her support is essential as democrats push for passage of the legislation, after what we will call a convoluted procedural process. here s a snapshot of what is in the bill. it includes $369 billion to combat climate change, which is the lar
the target of the georgia special grand jury investigative ef ef efforts to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyer confirmed that to cnn saying that a prosecutor from the fulton county d.a. s office informed him of that today. giuliani is expected to go before the same grand jury on wednesday, and it s not clear if he will invoke the 5th amendment. giuliani met with georgia state legislature three times in december 2020, this is right after the election, and during those meetings, he spread conspiracy theories about widespread irregularities and fraud and also the fallacy that two atlanta election workers smuggled fake biden ballots in with suitcases. none of that was true. let s bring in former federal prosecutor to discuss, your view of the legal exposure that giuliani faces, he now obviously is a target of this investigation. that s very big news, bigger than it might seem at first glance, victor. the term target has a very specific meaning in the context of criminal i
condition. several football players among them a campus in mourning tonight. dennis rodman telling nbc news he s going to russia to help bring brittney griner home. the former basketball star has played a role in international diplomacy before the nationwide teacher shortage and how some school districts are dealing with it. kids in classrooms but the teachers are remote. and they were a secret weapon during world war ii now, finally being honored. we re with the last of the navajo code talkers. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. in a part of the country so accustomed to drought and heat, it s raging water that s trapped tourists this weekend, and destroyed businesses in southeastern new mexico, a flooded highway made it impossible for tourists to leave one national park, and in utah s zion national park, flash floods tore through canyons rescue teams are still out looking for one hiker that s been missing since friday tonight, 14 million peopl
and a former nba star says he is going to russia to free brittney griner but the biden administration is not on board with his plans. good morning. welcome to way too early, on this monday, august 22nd. yobz is taking a well deserved break. we will start with the news. former president donald trump says he is planning a full descent to keep the justice department from analyzing the documents seized from his home. in a posted social media site on friday, trump accused federal law enforcement of quote destroying our country, and teased that he would soon file a motion based on the protection from unreasonable search and seizure. further details was shared by trump s top attorney on saturday who said he was considering a motion to appoint what s called a special master in the case. this would be an outside official selected by a judge to carry out the judicial matter on the court s behalf. as of this morning, however, there is still no indication that trump s team has actu
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