florida in just a moment. plus a new subpoena from the department of justice, this one to the national archives for white house documents it turned over to the january 6 committee. meanwhile, in georgia, rudy giuliani testified for over six hours over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. now georgia s governor is seeking to delay his own testimony which was scheduled for today. willie. let s begin this hour in the state of florida. where at 1:00 p.m. a federal judge will hear arguments about whether to unseal the affidavit used by the fbi to search the florida home of former president donald trump. the justice department is arguing against that saying it could compromise an ongoing investigation. the fbi goes through the seized documents sorting those covered by attorney/client privilege to what is relevant to the case. joining us in west palm beach, correspondent sam brock. good morning. reporter: willie, good morning. and speaking to that specifically, the breadth
meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of anyth
carolina s 11th congressional district run out of patience with congressman madison cawthorn, as trump s pick in that race is voted out. steve kornacki is standing by to break down the results from last night s top races and what they mean. and developing overnight, finland and sweden formally submit their applications to join nato. we will be joined in our third hour by sweden s ambassador to the u.s. and clint watts will take us to the maps at this hour. plus, another sign the justice department is expanding its investigation into the january 6 attack of the capital. it s now trying to get access to the transcripts of witnesses who have met with the congressional committee, investigating the insurrection. we ll bring in one of the reporters who broke that story. and president biden consoles those who lost loved ones in the deadly mass shooting in buffalo, as he vows to, quote, expose the people who use powerful platforms to spread hate. jonathan lemire has some new re
suspect wanted for at least four murders. first tonight, the images coming in at this hour. tropical storm alberto. the watches and warnings up right now. communities already under water tonight. up to ten inches of rain possible. also tonight, this dangerous record-breaking heat. where it gets worse by late week. and now, this chance for severe weather in the northeast. ginger stooe standing by to track it all. also tonight, the massive house explosion in syracuse. eight children among the victims, rushed to the hospital. and tonight, what firefighters have now discovered. the urgent manhunt at this hour across multiple states for a suspect wanted for at least four homicides. the latest case, a man and a woman found dead at a business, a vehicle stolen. overseas tonight, vladimir putin and kim jong-un and their new pact. and closer to home tonight, off the u.s. coast, about 100 miles from florida, the u.s. navy tracking a russian submarine. martha raddatz with late r
brian: i can t believe the time, 8:00 on the east coast. more illegal immigrants arrested for violent crimes. former president trump lays out his plan to take action. we ll begin to remove these criminals from our midst immediately, we ll do it immediately. do we have a choice? we ll not live like this. steve: more on that later. fox weather alert. heave waves across united states with 92 million people, many of you watching now, under sweltering heat warning. lawrence: los angeles school board banning cell phone and social media use during the school day. ainsley: final hour of fox and friends starts now. remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: this third hour of fox and friends start with this. illegal migrant accused of tying up and raping a 13-year-old girl at machete point in a new york city park is due in court later today. brian: new details about his arrest and how he got into the country to begin with. lawrence: griff jenkins joins us.