find enough votes for him to win the state in 2020. turns out, trump may have tried to pressure the governor of arizona, as well. plus, florida governor and 2024 candidate ron desantis facing new pushback after his campaign released a video mocking donald trump s past support for lgbtq issues. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg had to say about that. also this morning, what we re learning about a mass shooting in baltimore yesterday that left two people dead and more than two dozen injured. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, july 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. alongside the bbc s katty kay. joe, mika and willie all have the morning off. we are glad you re starting your way with us. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmieri. the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, the reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good morn
you have to work for it. you have to nurture it. you have to fight for it. now, the good news is you get to make a difference, as long as you turn out the vote. former president barack obama he s good. he s good, isn t he? he s better than i ve seen him in a long time. he s having a good time out there. fired up, ready to go. it s like hank aaron playing on the 1962 mets, you re going to stand out, right? he s having fun, and i think you could see there, it s interesting, the arc of the rallies. he was really animated early in the tour. sober now, interesting. it s a sober time. that was former president obama in pennsylvania helping democrats with their closing message ahead of tomorrow s crucial midterm elections. this is it. meanwhile, new polling shows democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap with republicans, but will that be enough to keep the party in control of congress. we re going to have the latest numbers for you. plus, new reporting on when dona
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
Why is that . Is he couldnt ihe couldnting. He seems to be the person that makes donald trump the most nervous. All of those stay strong, he drnt wadidnt want to fire him. But i think that is looming out there. So you have this committee that is chaired by Jeff Sessions where the gentleman who was in charge of it recruits in papadopoulous and he is now actually also talking to at least the Senate Committees and probably to muellers team as well, you have this team that now seems to be kind of in low customer of the contacts with russia in addition to trump jr. , to kushner and others. Locust of russia in addition to trump jr. , to kushner and others. But carter page overnight is now saying that shortly after his trip to russia to meet with russian officials in july of
2016, which we now learn he did meet with russian high official, not Just University officials or whatever he was trying to say before, but shortly after the trip, he sentd an email to one aide describing insights he had.
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