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 anyth
plus, the reversing of roe, what that means for some other rights in this country. during this pride month, right for the lgbtq+ community are under fire. we are going to hear from jim obergefell, the man who led the legal battle for same sex marriage. i am symone sanders, and i have something to say. two days after supreme court overturned roe v. wade, the nation continues to grapple with the realities of a post roe america. yang, that s not good. at least nine states have already banned abortion. ripping away women s rights to make decisions about their own bodies. even more states are expected to follow. thousands of americans nationwide are still hitting the streets to protest the courts ruling. and the idea that state governments can now force people to give birth. meanwhile, democratic members of congress are sounding the alarm. but, how are they talking about this? well, they are talking about how the decision will affect americans everywhere. take a listen to democrat
with fantasy, with anything with the fund, does not really exist until it is out there so i feel like we are about to finally give birth to this. a landmark agreement to allow the export of grain, from the ukrainian port of odesa has come under threat, after the city was hit by a missile strike, less than 2a hours after the deal was signed. russia had promised not to attack the port or any ships carrying grain out of it. but president zelensky said the strike showed that moscow would always find ways to avoid delivering on its agreements. there has been no direct response from the kremlin. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report from odesa. in a war littered with broken promises and especially devastating betrayal, two missiles launched from the black sea hitting odesa s port. two others were taken out by air defence systems. for coffee vendor sergei, there is only one thing to do. translation: i saw black smoke after the missiles hit, so i knew i ha
france will play germany on wednesday. the winner of that game will take on either england or sweden in the final. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on the travel show. we are finding out what s at the bottom of venice s most popular canals. they re something really big on the line here. it looks really, really heavy. we meet the chef bringing a comforting taste of ukraine to london. welcome to my kitchen! thank you. and lucy checks out the latest tech designed to inject more fun into festival season. i just love the fact that i can film hands free effortlessly. i can listen to music, i can make calls on these things. we start this week in one of europe s most breathtakingly beautiful destinations, venice, in north east italy. this city on water is made up of over 100 islands, interconnected by a labyrinth of picture perfect canals and elegant bridges. life around here has remained the same for hundreds of years and steadfast through that time have been the gondolie
and the long wait is over for millions of lord of the rings fans.as a tv pre quel is launched at comic con . a landmark agreement to allow the export of grain, from the ukrainian port of odesa has come under threat, after the city was hit by a missile strike, less than 2a hours after the deal was signed. russia had promised not to attack the port or any ships carrying grain out of it. but president zelensky said the strike showed that moscow would always find ways to avoid delivering on its agreements. there has been no direct response from the kremlin. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report from odesa. in a war littered with broken promises and especially devastating betrayal, two missiles launched from the black sea hitting odesa s port. two others were taken out by air defence systems. for coffee vendor sergei, there is only one thing to do. translation: i saw black smoke after the missiles hit, so i knew i had to run to a bomb shelter and hid