clear that donald j. trump is a target of the investigation. we ll have legal analysis what that means for a possible indictment in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former running mate is now his newest challenger in the 2024 presidential race. we ll have more from mike pence s campaign launch. plus that hazardous haze that s been covering the northeast is expected to kick back up today. we ll get the latest time line for when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that former president donald trump s attorneys have been told that trump is a target of the justice department s investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headqu
january 6th, i issued a tweet demanding that people leave the capitol and end the violence. i said that those that failed to do that should be prosecuted to the fullest exat the present time of the law and i continue to believe that today. we cannot ever allow what happened on january 6th to happen again in the heart of our democracy. and i ll stand by the decisions and the due process of court in our laws. and i have no interest or no intention of pardoning those that assaulted police officers or vandalized our capital. they need to be answerable to the law. former vice president mike pence with one of the ways he is differentiating himself from his former boss. we ll have more from his campaign launch just ahead. it comes as the department of justice confirms what we all suspected. trump is the target of the classified documents investigation. we ll get expert analysis on what it means for an indictment moving forward. plus, one of the pga s top players blasts the organiz
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
Opposed to a hard brexit, keep us in the Single Market and give britain the strong opposition it needs. Well have the details and the reaction to todays announcement from westminster and around the United Kingdom. In scotland, the First Minister says the vote can strengthen the demands for a second independence referendum. It is very clear the Prime Ministers announcement today is one all about the narrow interests of her own party, not the interests of the country overall. This will be the third uk wide vote in the space of two years, well be asking voters how keen they are. Not another one . Oh, for gods sake. I cant stand this. Theres too much politics going on at the moment. Why does she need to do it . Also on tonights programme. On the ground with iraqi troops in mosul, in a now painstaking battle to retake the city from so called islamic state. This battle has been raging for more than two hours and its over a matter of streets theyre fighting. Prince william follows his brother
we ll get expert analysis on what it means for an indictment moving forward. plus, one of the pga s top players blasts the organization for its deal with liv golf. and parts of the northeast, my lord, looked like something out of an apocalyptic movie and still does, by the way. we ll get the latest time line from when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. but here in new york, crazy. you couldn t see a thing. you can taste it. it s just awful. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, june 8th. hi, joe. hi. i was going to ask you and willie to describe it going around because the pictures and the video you sent me, mika, really did look apocalyptic. that s the word. it looked and smelled and felt apocalyptic yesterday. the trend seems to me the