against fulton county on or before five pm tuesday august 22nd. we re going to be joined by far more experienced raiders of such motions than i am. neal katyal and former georgia district attorney gwen keyes fleming. and they will tell us if they ve ever seen a criminal defendant give a judge a deadline. i have never held and motion in my hands in which a criminal defendant gives a judge a deadline of five pm on the day the motion was filed. or a deadline of anytime, and for. criminal defendant, giving the judge a deadline. not surprisingly, judge steve jones ignored jeffrey clark s deadline. and as crazy as it sounds, to give a judgment headline, jeffrey clark s raisin stated in writing, for the deadline, is the single most childish
arrested unless the federal judge, appointed by president obama, somehow agrees that mark meadows is far too important a former federal employee to be arrested, even though donald trump will be arrested for the fourth time on thursday. jeffrey clark s played into the same federal judge about being arrested is like the rest of jeffrey clark s legal thinking that got him indicted. legally farfetched and also astonishingly childish. jeffrey clark s emergency motion to avoid arrest did something that, and a lifetime of raiding such motions, i for one have never seen before. gave the judge a deadline. jeffrey clark filed his motion in the middle of the night last night, went pretty much every federal judge in the continental united states s sound asleep. and he gave the judge a deadline of five pm today. jeffrey clark asked the judge, quote, to grant a stay, or a temporary restraining order, against fulton county on or before five pm tuesday august 22nd. we re going to be joined by far more
we don t know where they re standing. there s a lot of news. let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, august 22nd. new overnight the rnc formally announcing the eight candidates who will appear in tomorrow s gop debate. as expected, the front-runner donald trump will not be on them. will no longer let donald trump s surrogates trump is snubbing by not participating. counterprogramming with the taped interview with former fox host tucker carlson. we re also learning hours after the debate, donald trump will surrender at the fulton county jail on charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election. trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond. also new overnight, tropical storm harold has formed in the gulf coast. it is forecast to bring heavy rain and flooding to south texas later today. japan announces a controversial decision to release radioactive water from the damaged fukushima nuclear
a $200,000 bond. we zls the harsh terms included in trump s agreement, the warning from the judge and the former trump attorney set to surrender in the next 24 hours. and then there were eight. the rnc announcing the gop 2024 candidates qualify to make their case to voters on the debate stage tomorrow. we know who s scooping, but see who made the cut and who s out. plus, president biden vowing to help survivors in hawaii rebuild after deadly wildfires devastated maui. what we re learning about the 800 people still missing as recovery efforts continue. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 22nd. i m in for jonathan lemire. former president donald trump will travel to atlanta on thursday to turn himself in
conflict. welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, august 22nd. meeka has the morning off. with us we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignaci, senior political loirs for nbc news and msnbc mark halperin, washington bureau chief for the associated press, julie pace, former white house press secretary to president obama now an msnbc political analyst josh ernest. associate editor of commentary magazine, noah rothman, and white house reporter for the a.p. jonathan lamere. last night, as you know, president trump unveiled what was billed as a new approach to afghanistan. the plan continues america s engagement provided few details, including any specific reference to how many additional american troops are going to be deployed there. the 30 minute speech marked a major policy reversal for donald trump who in the past has urged the united states to get out of afghanistan.