obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. we ll play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to indict him, but shouldn t. we ll discuss his reasoning. and the 60-day sprint to the midters begins today, and it seems whoever is managing the money for the republican senate candidates can t get it right. how republican senator rick scott explains burning through loads of cash with little to show for it. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 8th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, author of the big lie, white house bureau chi
not you, it s me routine? i invented qups it s not you, it s me it s them if it s anybody it s me. all right. george, it s you. you re damn right it s me. jesse: look like the democrats are done trying to make it work with joe biden. his approval rating terrible. even the media is propping him up. he still can t swing it. and he just called half the country fascist while looking like from star wars. so the democrats who are they going to turn to for 2024. mayor pete can t get anything done. we have all had enough of hillary. so in steps gavin newsom. the golden state pretty boy trying to look like the frontrunner for the democrats in 2024. and they are already clearing the runway. newsom stopped by the white house earlier. to get a feel for the place. brought in some carpet samples. measured the drapes. maybe had a few paint colors with him to see what worked. he looked right at home. and gavin hasn t been shy about national ambitions. already cranking out campaign
meeting. jesse: joe biden s first day at school what would he be telling friends would very friends? knowing joe biden s history of plagiarism he would probably tell his friends what somebody else did this summer. because joe isn t here, we have been asking for an interview they keep saying no. we will be telling the story of the joe biden summer. and it s nothing to brag about. he started off his vacation like every kid. he fell off his bike. happy birthday father s day. oh. oh my god. are you okay? jesse: he didn t break any bones but he did break the all-time record for gas prices. joe then tried begging the saudis for oil. but they wouldn t take his calls. they sent him straight to voice mail. so he had to fly over there after he said he wouldn t and fist bump the prince. remember the fist bump? that didn t work either. the saudis then announced they were going to cut production. not boost it. and then the most vaxxed man in america got covid twice. hey, fol
his firsthand account of what happened that dark day. plus, we ll take you through the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including what the wife of clarence thomas had to say about her texts with the former chief of staff. and we ll take a look at what is ahead for president biden in the new year and his looming decision on whether to run again in 2024. 2024. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, january 2nd. happy new year. thank you for starting your day and 2023 with us. the u.s. capitol police chief during the january 6 insurrection is sharing new details about the alleged government failures he says allowed the attack to happen. in a new book that is out tomorrow which has already been reviewed by the washington post, stephen son give his firsthand account. in the book, he writes that top leaders from the fbi, dhs and even the capitol police s own intelligence division were tipped off about the attack weeks before it happened.
bullet after a fight broke out between two homeless men inside the lobby. both suspects arrested at the scene and of course both had lengthy rap sheets. you would expect to see this in a comic book. a group of green goblins robbing commuters on the new york subway. no arrests have been made. even though 72% of americans hate crime is extremely are very important to them, squad member cori bush thinks the left s push to defund the police has nothing to do with it. you are one of the few democrats who says let s defund the police. are you worried it could hurt some of your colleagues? the thing about defund the police, the entire narrative. people will say reallocate, say divest, move. it s still the same thing. we can t get caught up on the words. greg: keep digging. judge, welcome back. a jeanine: thank you. greg: good to see you. we find these words. police are like we already know of these people. we are aware of these people. it happens again and again and agai