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politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes ....
meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of ....
A trump appointed judge ha ordered the fda to suspend its approval for a key abortio bill the biden administration has seven days to appeal the decision many experts already say tha roe s reversal has disproportionately affecte black women, especially in southern states where strict bans are in place. now you have another court decision jeopardizing blac women and their access to safe medical nationwide as cbc chair, how is the caucu proceeding on this issue after last week s ruling well, thank you reverend al in fact, i just touch base wit congresswoman marvin lee who i co-chair of the pro-choice caucus and who is the leader within the congressional black caucus around protecting women s fundamental right to make their own health care decisions about their body what the courts are doing is ....
Speculation. we will not know what it i going to happen in front of th jury, and if the jury believes until this case goes to trial, which it may or may not. we don t know what could happe when donald trump s acts t finally appear in court. there is going to be a lot o briefing that goes back an forth before the judge, and lot of evidence that needs t change hands between the prosecutors in the case in the defense lawyers. that is the first thing i woul say. the second is, as april ha pointed out, this idea o tracking donald trump, the judge, we don t know what will happen if trump continues to speak on what he has in this case the judge has the option o issuing a gag order if he feel trump statements are making it impossible for a fair trial to happen and that would also be like, s many things of this case totally unprecedented. keep in mind, donald trump i in the midst of a presidential campaign we have not seen anything like this before where candidat could be backed by a judge un ....
Turning out to be profitable for his opponent, john fetterman. here s the video made in april ha that has gone viral. grocery shopping, and my wife wants vegetables. here s the broccoli. 2 bucks. not a to be there. asparagus, $4. carrots. that s $10 of vegetables. need some guacamole. $4 or more. she loves salsa. $6. must be a shortage. $20, and this doesn t include the tequila, for crudite. this is outrageous. we have joe biden to thank. you are blaming joe biden for your crudite? ....