good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. it is an extraordinary day and we begin with that dramatic escalation in donald trump s legal problems and the fbi searches his estate in south florida yesterday unannounced. the former president posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was quote currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, they even broke into my safe. a source familiar with the search tells nbc news that the investigation is related to the transfer of class fy classified government documents from the white house to mar-a-lago when trump left office, in february it was reported that 15 boxes were taken improperly to the president s estate. and at the time, the department of justice was asked to investigate. a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc news that boxes of documents were seized during yesterday s fbi search. the for
to investigate attorney general merrick garland, tweeting, attorney general garland, preserve your documents, and clear your calendar. similarly, texas senator ted cruz is blasting the biden administration for quote using the fbi to target their political enemies. then there s former white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders who is now running for the governor of arkansas, she writes if you re not yet appalled by the total abuse of power from democrats in washington, you re not paying attention. but those same figures didn t seem to take issue when the fbi was investigating someone they deemed a political enemy. hillary clinton. in october 2016, just 11 days before the presidential election, then fbi director james comey announced he was reopening an investigation into emails september by clinton using a private server. at the time, mccarthy blasted the democratic presidential candidate for her quote lack of
much further by a highly anticipated report alleging his administration defied restrictions, their own restrictions that they him posed on the country and we had a pretty remarkable scene in parliament yesterday, too, give us the latest, do you think he will be able to hang on? well, that is the question everybody is asking, jonathan, and indeed, yesterday in the house of commons there were some pretty electric exchanges between the prime minister and the opposition, but also between the prime minister and members of his own party. now, this report that came out yesterday, we have all been waiting for this report, from sue gray, independent inquiry into these allegations of parties taking place through lockdown that were against the rules, the report pointed to a quote lack of, a serious lack of leadership in the office and behavior difficult to justify and excessive alcohol consumption. now the prime minister apologized yesterday in parliament, and is facing calls to resign. so far,
surface. he s already planning for 2018 to roll out ha campaign. this a campaign. this is major ppr. the people on the frontline will take care of the individuals no matter what the cdc says. so you are telling viewers they ll be okay. yes. thank you, guys, both for coming in this afternoon. good discussion. omarosa is out of the white house. in an interview last night acknowledged the quote lack of diversity in the white house and challenges she faced being the only african-american woman in a senior staff position. i worked with 30 assistants to the president and i would look to my left and to my right, and the only people who were there were folks that didn t look like you and i. there was a lack of diversity that i ll acknowledge.
president trump to accept u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the election. that s according to a congressional source familiar with the meeting. mike rogers also reportedly shared concerns with lawmakers about the quote lack of white house focus on the continued threat from russian soober efforts, particularly relateing to u.s. voting systems, according to a congressional source. so the nsa is frustrate thad the president doesn t get that russia attacked us or doesn t care and cannot focus on trying to fight it at all. take a look at that coupled with what the washington post reported this weekend for contrast t. walk post had this great run down about european countries and automatic things they do to actively respond to the way russia interferes with them. in sweden, they ve launched a neighborhood school program to teach kids to identify russian propaganda. in lithuania, a hundred citizens are cyber elves to combat people