leader mitch mcconnell while he was answering questions from reporters. how his team is responding to growing concerns about the republican s health, including from some leading republicans. also ahead, rudy giuliani s lies about the 2020 election are catching up with him legally and financially. we ll explain yesterday s ruling by a judge. meanwhile, two of donald trump s co-defendants in the georgia election interference case now are requesting separate trials. we ll have the latest on a possible timeline in that case. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 31st. i m willie geist. with us this morning, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. we do begin again this morning with tropical storm now idalia. it weakened overnight but still making its way through the carolinas, dropping massive amounts of rain, flooding streets, causing widespread power outages. charleston, south carolina, recorded its fi
come, that has to be fixed first. even though they are nearing moving to a transitional counsel, is such a long way to go and for the people alex, that means and it absolutely dire, life-threatening situation right now. appreciate you covering thisp very important story. in just moments, he says he has the cash. when will we see it? w what we know about donald trump and the deadline to pay his bond. chaos at the order as more than 100 migrants breakthrough razor wire. what to expect appeals court on the new law in texas. struck strict plus, what we know about kate middleton s stunning announcement. as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world had curtis in new york, welcome to msnbc reports with alex witt . president biden has signed a partisan funding deal after an congress managed to avoid the shutdown of night. the boat is creating chaos for house republicans. republican marjorie taylor greenean filed a motion to remo mike johnson as speaker after more ho
$404 million civil fraud bond. what happens if he can t? plus, biden campaign surrogate joins us as president biden goes on offense. and the arizona state senator who went public on her abortion story. she is here as the supreme court gets ready to hear arguments in the abortion pill case. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. less money, more problems. the trump campaign and the republican national committee ended february with just under $45 million in cash on hand. that s according to newly filed fec reports. that s less than half the available cash of the biden/harris campaign and the dnc. now, new reporting from politicalo suggests the trump campaign is already looking for ways to cut costs. maybe trump wouldn t be in this position if the funds he raised went toward his campaign, not his legal fees. starting off the hour with us, former homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to vice president mike pence, olivia troy, and former executive di
welcome back to the weekend, donald trump has just hours to gather the $440 million appeal bond in his civil fraud case, if he fails, the teacher james says she is ready and willing to seize his assets. frozen bank accounts, a sheriff at the door and maybe even a private plane put up for auction, donald trump could soon face any of those scenarios. according to bloomberg, james is eyeing his properties in westchester county which include a golf course in the seven springs estate. joining us to discuss it all, andrew weissman, author of where law ends, and also with us, msnbc political analyst, tim o brien, the senior executive editor for bloomberg opinion. greetings to you both. good to have you both. andrew, the trump indictment is bedside reading, let me tell you, it is really important stuff to layout the truth and the story lines that are involved. i want to focus on an interesting aspect that developed this past week, the reality of all of this has come home to roost wi
milken case, it s not meant for election disputes. this is ridiculous what she s doing. he actually it s sort of fascinating, the perfect circle, this is, of course, what elton john would sing about in the lion king. this is the circle of life. yes. live by the sword, die by the sword, another way to say it because rudy who was once celebrated for his really, really aggressive use of rico laws is now indicted under rico laws. yes, he s accused along with donald trump and 17 others of trying to overturn georgia s 2020 election results and that s his reaction. he s kind of excited about it. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, august 16th. kind of halfway through the week and what a week it has been. i m so glad you said that because jonathan lemire wanted to talk about the red sox. no. what a week it s been. they re going to end up, you know, last place, the yankees, of course, are still going to come back second, going down the homest