i think they have more evidence as to president trump s state of mind. donald trump s former attorney general with an ominous prediction for the former president in the 2020 election case. it comes as trump faces arraignment today in federal court in washington. we ll get a live report from washington, d.c., and legal analyst on what we can expect from today s hearing. meanwhile, former vice president mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. we ll play those comments for you. also ahead, new reporting on a private meeting between president biden and former president obama over concerns about the 2024 election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 3rd. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. senior attorney and fbi official, chuck rosenberg. reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and a
impede the counting of electoral votes. all he wanted to do is impede the process that is stated in the constitution, that s all he wanted. all i wanted to do was rob a bank. take all the money. i mean, this is exactly what he is charged for. and he admitted it. yeah, you know watching mr. laura and political defender like lindsey graham, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple of days, it s clear they don t have a lot to work with. mr. lauro is a real attorney, not like the other attorneys that mr. trump had around him, he was a prosecutor, and if he can t seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january six, it s because the evidence in that indictment are so overwhelming, they are hopscotching around hoping to find something, but nothing is hitting yet. well, of course they won t find anything illegal because they are boxed illegally, they will lose legally
predicament for a mar-a-lago maintenance worker, now a co-defendant in trump s classified documents case. we will go through a big, new development there in just a moment. also ahead, the white house responds to questions about whether president joe biden would consider a pardon for his son after hunter biden s plea deal fell apart earlier this week. plus, another unsettling moment in the senate with an aging lawmaker. we ll show you what happened with senator dianne feinstein yesterday. meanwhile, the republican controlled house takes an early recess, leaving a big slate of unfinished business and not a whole lot of time to get it done when they come back in six weeks. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 28th. i m willie geist. with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. former white house director of communications
as we come on the air, the eyes of the world are upon us. with our allies around the globe waiting and watching to see how and when the united states will respond to two of the most urgent international questions of our time. the murder of vladimir putin s most powerful political opponent and the two-year anniversary of russia s anniversary of ukraine just days away. the open question of will the united states send ukraine the aid it needs to hold the line against russia. a common denominator here, one man. russian president vladimir putin. the dictator who our ex-president still has yet to condemn for the murder alexei navalny. the white house says they will impose new sanctions to hold poout skpn russia accountable for the murder. but on ukraine, aid that ukraine so urgently needs that our international allies are waiting to see if the united states delivers, that the biden administration is willing to give that aid is being ham strung by mike johnson. who it is worth notin
what was unfolding. make no mistake those responsible for wednesday s chaos will be brought to justice. what do they do now? weaponize government. go after their number one opponent. the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack. those who are responsible for wednesday s chaos will be brought to justice. well, you wonder who will brought to justice in the republican party. republican party that now, because of kevin mccarthy and others like him, now defend a man, former president, who stole nuclear secrets for the federal government. who stole military secrets from the federal government. who stole top secret classified plans for the federal government. to invade iran. a house speaker who s perfectly fine, now, with donald trump sitting back after launching a riot to overthrow the federal government. who said that? my gosh, that s so terrible that i would say something like that. kevin mccarthy must think that s the weaponization of federal government. those are