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
threatening nuclear war in ukraine. jacqui heinrich has all of those stories live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the new numbers show the fed s work to bring down inflation has not had an impact yet. meaning that it s increased the likelihood the central bank will move forward with another hike of 75 basis points, which will put us further into historically aggressive territory. it s an uncomfortable spot for president biden trying to tout climate priorities amid a growing energy crisis and under the threat of nuclear war. we re investing billions of dollars to protect our preserve, and address the devastating influx of climate change. in colorado, president biden used executive powers to designate the camp hale national monument and proposing to withdraw 225,000 acres in the thompson divide from new mining or drilling. the president s climate priorities clash against the backdrop of a growing energy crisis amid russia s war in ukraine an
and nail gun who tried to break into an fbi field office today. investigators now looking into whether the suspect had ties to right wing extremism. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, countdown. there is a deadline on the table, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. that s when a judge says he needs a response from president trump to the doj, so he can make a formal ruling on whether to make that search warrant of mar-a-lago public. it comes as attorney general merrick garland took the step today of speaking out. breaking his silence, saying that he signed off on the warrant to search trump s mar-a-lago home personally, and he s doing it by the book. now formally requesting a judge to make the search warrant and supporting documents used in the search of trump s mar-a-lago public. just now, the justice department filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt, relating to a court approved search that the fbi condu
good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m jose diaz, picking up another hour of coverage on nbc. president biden traveling in milwaukee this hour. stop one of a battleground blitz, he will also be heading to pennsylvania, where the senate race is critical for control of congress. more on his message in moments. plus, travel headaches this labor day, as millions of americans take to the roads, and air. i woke up to a text message saying my flight was canceled. they were steady. what you need to know on the busiest labor day since before the pandemic. right now, u.s. immigration policy is in the spotlight. nine people, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in the waters of the rio grande as they tried to cross into the united states. what is happening at our border? we begin this hour with the unofficial kickoff of the final sprint of the 2022 midterm campaign. president biden is now on his way to milwaukee, wisconsin, where he will take part in labor day festivi
the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. # yeah, yeah, yeah. and sir paul mccartney leads a tribute concert dedicated to the foo fighters drummer, taylor hawkins, who died in march. hello and welcome to bbc news. fighting around the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine has been increasing worries of an accident there. families living close to europe s largest nuclear facility say they are living in fear, despite the arrival of un monitors at the site. both russia and ukraine accuse each other of shelling the plant, with moscow claiming that ukrainian forces launched a failed attempt to storm the power station on friday. our security correspondent frank gardner reports now from the nearby city of zaporizhzhia. siren wails. under police escort, more than 100 ukrainian civilians make it to safety after enduring six months of fear and insecurity. just on the edge of zaporizhzhia city, we came across this convoy of a