know who nancy is. we believe this is his fiance but chelsea decided her next mission is to figure out who nancy was and maybe find her family too. oh, aaron gilchrist, thank you. a beautiful, beautiful story. thank you so much. it is exactly the top of the hour. the fourth hour of morning joe. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we begin this hour from new reaction of a unsealing of a redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search of former donald trump s mar-a-lago home. it is also a club. the 36-page affidavit reed details of the federal government s efforts to recover classified documents including top secret information that trump is alleged to have illegally taken from the white house at the end of his presidency. the affidavit states that in mid may, fbi agents conducted a preliminary review of the contents of 15 boxes trump returned to the national archives from his florida property in january. 15. and identified documents with classi
intensify and damning revelations continue to emerge. they may not alter the feet of his followers, but they remind the rest of us of the horror we escaped by ejecting him from office and how desperately we don t want to return to it. whether other democrats want biden s help or not, i believe that they are going to need it. running away from the leader of your party is never a good idea. it is a particularly terrible idea when that leader is on a hot streak. and joe, i mean, you cannot argue that joe biden is on a hot streak. you watch certain networks and all you see is on a loop him falling off his bike or stuttering or whatever, that he admits to having. but he s on a hot streak. he s passing landmark legislation. he stands for the rights of women, which have been taken away after 50 years. this is a president who is doing well despite everybody trying
kissed us, who was so open with the fact that he loved us. and stay with us. we will have live coverage of tributes to the arch as they happens in south africa in the coming hours. u.s. president joe biden has ordered flags lowered to half staff in honor of the late senator harry reid who died tuesday after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. he is remembered as one of the great senate majority leaders in history. the president said, quote, harry reid was instrumental in passing landmark legislation that made a positive difference in the lives of countless americans and made our nation stronger and safer. his service was not about power for power s sake. it was the power to do right by the american people. to say least 2021 was an eventful year for the british monarchy. when we come back, from the loss of a loved one to concern over
i ve been everywhere. all right, now to some other stories that we are keeping a close eye on. the u.s. house of representatives passing landmark legislation to legalize marijuana use nationwide. almost all house democrats supporting the measure with just three republicans joining them. the bill, however, is not expected to garner 60 votes in the senate to overcome that 60-vote filibuster. amazon workers on staten island making history, voting to form a union at a fulfillment center. the vote is a big blow for amazon, who has fought against organized labor and now will have to negotiate a bargaining agreement with the newly formed union. and tonight, the ncaa women s final, south carolina will be led by the women s national player of the year as they take on uconn, a team that has yet to lose a national
a navy pilot during world war ii. shot down a couple times by the japanese. u.s. congressman from texas. envoy to china. cia director, vice-president, of course president. in his one term as president he had a lasting impact domestically, of course, passing landmark legislation, americans with disabilities act, clean air act and the break up with the soviet union. that was pretty big. served as restrained commander in chief in the gulf war. more than can be said for another member of his family. at the end of the week he ll return to texas where he ll be buried alongside barbara bush and his daughter robin who passed away at the age of just 3 due to leukemia. that was a tragic point in their family s lives. for more on the life of george h.w., i m joined by susan page, usa today, john meacham, one of the great presidential historians of our time, destiny of power, the odyssey of george herbert walker bush, great book, and eugene robinson. i ll start with you, john. i loved your book.