violence. that is the sheriff in jacksonville, florida, yesterday, describing the white gunman who carried out a rampage saturday afternoon killing three people. we ll have a live report from florida in a moment. also ahead, a hearing in washington later this morning could determine the time line now for donald trump s federal election interference case. we ll explain what s happening in that courtroom today. meanwhile, this mugshot has been worth millions of dollars already for the trump campaign. more on the recordrecord-breaki donations ahead. the suspected death of a mercenary group leader in russia who was once a close ally to president vladimir putin. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 28th. i m willie geist. joe and mika off this morning. with us, we have the host of way too early white house bureau chief at politico and author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. bbc news s katty kay. and host of politics nations, the reverend a
what the hell is the matter with us? i m not joking. think about it. what are we doing? president joe biden gives a fiery and impassioned speech in pennsylvania, vowing to ban assault-style weapons while calling out republicans for criticism of fbi following the search of mar-a-lago. we ll have much more of the president s remarks just ahead. meanwhile, there are several new developments in the justice department s investigation into the former president, including this picture from the doj, showing some of the documents seized. we ll walk you through everything that s happened overnight. also ahead, qanon and dangerous conspiracy theories. that s how donald trump spent his time yesterday on his fledgling social media platform. we ll explain how it is part of a growing trend for the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with that breaking news overnigh
18-year-old walk in, a 20-year-old and buy an ar-15. that s why back in 1994 i took on the nra and passed the assault weapons ban. for ten years mass shootings were down. ten years in a row. i was going to say i passed that legislation in 1994 as a senator. but in 2004 republicans let that ban expire. what happened? mass shootings in america tripled. it s time to ban these. it s time to ban these weapons. we did it before. we can do it again. [ applause ] it s time to hold every elected official s feet to the fire and ask them are you for banning assault weapons, yes or no? ask them. if the answer is no, vote against them. [ applause ] look, i m prouder that after seven years we finally had a senate confirm director of alcohol, tobacco and firearms responsible for fighting gun crimes, for seven years the other team would not let us appoint anyone to that job. incredibly important job to help local law enforcement, federal law enforcement identify the ballistics. a whole range
processing. we are just living through until every one of these hostages are home and our soldiers are safe. 16 hours until the truce set ises in. so much to come. thank you. thank you for joining us. this is cnn news central. inside politics starts now. welcome to inside politics. i m in today for dana bash. 15 hours from now, we re expecting the first of dozens of hamas host amgs to walk free out of gaza. they have been captive since october 7th. now the first hostages to be release d are expected to be women and children. in exchange, israel agrees to pause its assault on gaza for four days, release 150 palestinians from israeli prisons, and allow more humanitarian aid into gaza. that could include hundreds of trucks carrying fuel and sup supplies. now for families of the missing, the past 46 days have been unbearable. these next few hours will be just as intense as they wait to find out whether their relative will be among those freed. my family, like all the