i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s office
knew made it happen. organizers, door knocker s, people powered politics. my very first job in politics was as a field organizer in virginia for barack obama in 2008. i learn more from politics in that one single job than any other job i ve ever had. that s why in order to be a good organizer you have to know the policy backwards and forwards, and you have to know the talking points as well as the defenses. and you apply that knowledge to the very most important skill talking to people. you have to be able to have a conversation with another human being. imagine that. truly a lost art. my first guest tonight will be too young organizers, 19 and 21 years young who have thrown themselves into this fight. one knocking on doors in kansas and one knocking down congressman matt gates all wrote some raising millions of funds for reproductive freedom. and then we ll be joined by the old lauren gallagher who s been working for change every day in georgia. change that we can all pote
my first guest tonight will be two young organizers, 19 and 21 years young who have thrown themselves into this fight. one knocking on doors in kansas and one knocking down congressman matt gaetz all wrote some raising millions of funds for reproductive freedom. and then we ll be joined by the old lauren gallagher who s been working for change every day in georgia. change that we can all potentially benefit from. last night, voters in kansas voted for choice by an 18-point margin. in a state where donald trump beat joe biden by 15 points. political notes if, the politics of roe proved wrought for republicans in kansas, it s going to be even more treacherous for the gop in swinger, more moderate swath of the country. senate majority leader chuck schumer echoed that exact message earlier today. the strong pro-choice turnout we saw last night in kansas will continue well into the fall, and republicans who side with these extremist maga policies that attack women s rights to so
ending up behind bars. when you go to bed at night, you were going to jail? no, i don t, really. i don t even think about it. i m, i have had people come up to me and say, how do you do, it sir? i don t even think about it. meanwhile, in a 2024 race for the white house, the new cbs news poll shows that trump is in a statistical dead heat with biden. with 51% of biden voters saying that they are mostly opposing the other candidates, and 61% of trump voters and they are mostly supporting him. new today, nancy pelosi is clarifying her position on the biden harris ticket, with an appearance slight shift from earlier comments about whether vice president harris is the strongest running mate. she told my colleague, jonathan kaye part. this is our ticket, we re proud of it. we re going from here. it s in minutes. i think that s if it s an attempt to try to inject some disarray into how we go forward. a new reaction on the ballot between conservative republicans and other r
indicted president biden s sole surviving son, hunter biden, on three criminal counts. quote, two counts are tied to biden allegedly filing a form claiming he was not using illegal drugs at the time he purchased a revolver. the third count alleges he purchased a firearm while using a narcotic. it s a legal saga filled with twists and turns. it s one that comes with deep personal anguish for the president and his entire family. the charges were brought by special counsel david weiss who was granted special counsel status by attorney general merrick garland. that was after a plea deal for hunter biden collapsed in court. according to the terms of that deal, hunter biden would have pled guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and entered a diversion agreement which would have led to the gun charge being dropped. the tax charges were not brought against hunter biden today. regarding the gun charges, new york times reports that it is, quote, only sporadically brought against first