Atlanta, and its sparking speculation that another indictment could be coming very soon for the former president. And also ahead well look at a special election today in the state of ohio that could change the rules for amending that states constitution and how it could impact Abortion Rights there. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well get right to the news, and it was another fast moving night on the legal front yesterday in the newest federal case against donald trump. Judge Tanya Chutkan has summoned both sides to appear for a hearing no later than this friday, after they were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of a protective order requested by special counsel jack smith. Just before 5 00 p. M. Yesterday trumps lawyers filed a response pushing back at smiths motion to bar trump from sharing sensitive evidence on social media. They argued this and ill quote, in a trial amount Firs
You were past your prime. Hell, i know something about that. President biden was cracking jokes with defending World Series Champions at the white house yesterday. That looked fun. We do have a lot to get to this morning. A very confused judge in fort pierce. Oh, my gosh. She was shocked, shocked that you could have two grand juries going on at the same time. Its not a good sign, actually. Whered she go to law school . Oh, boy, a lot of questions. Not a good sign. Well go through the flurry of legal filings last yesterday in the 2020 election case that has the judge summoning both sides to a washington, d. C. , courtroom. Different judge. This is a different judge, a different case. Plus, action around the Fulton County courthouse in atlanta. Different case. Sparking speculation that another indictment, another one, could be coming very soon for the former president. Also ahead, well explain how the fight for Abortion Rights in ohio could hang on what happens in todays special election
make sure they ve reached everyone affect by this terrible some the, the fox weather newsroom actually reporting eight fatalities nation wild in severe weather outbreak with two fatalities here in wynn. i want to show you what s behind me, this is the first united methodist church, the bell tower, unfortunately, take off this church, and what you see in front is the roof of a phloem across the street. of a home across the street. affecting hundreds, if not thousands of structures here. again, two fatalities reported with dozens being sent to area hospitals. we sawen convoys of workers and ambulances doing hair best, still fighting the storms, by the way. i spoke with a woman just as she merged from her home to survey the damage taking her first look around. ache a listen. windy and then i got in the basement. i heard, like, a loud washing machine or a loud roar like that and hen it was over. reporter: you re stepping out and seeing your up town like this. [inaudible]
announced it s peter has called it quits. well, near congressman has accused george santos 15 minutes of fame ticking and say this grift online by hopping on cameo views. all of this well we are hurtling towards the first wave of government funding expiring next month. a report from capitol hill coming up. and, trump turned, at a federal appeals court upholds the gag order for the twice impeached quadruple indicted presidents election interference case in d.c.. what this new ruling bars trump from, saying and how this could impact gop front-runners other criminal cases. then, ongoing offensive, israeli forces operation in one key part of gaza, the root of hamas expected to last several more weeks. as the humanitarian crisis across the region rose even more dire by the minute. we are live from israel with the latest. follow this and much more ahead. your saturday morning to. all we will be continuing to show breaking developments in just one of the many crimi
know that the elephant the orange elephant in the room is going to be some place else. that s what s going to be interesting. he s not going to be there, so how do they handle that. how does chris christie handle going after donald trump when he s not there on the stage? we will find out in a couple weeks time. important moment to be sure. founder of the conservative website the bulwark, charlie sykes. stick around for morning joe. we d love to talk to you a little more. thanks to all of you for joining us today for way too early. morning joe starts right now. i tell ya, remarkable achievements led by and this is not hyperbole the legendary dusty baker. i remember rooting for him as a kid, and i was older than he was. [ laughter ] dusty, wasn t easy. people counted you out, saying