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Dot in washington. here across the east coast. welcome back to morning joe, it is tuesday, august 23rd. i m willie geist. katty kay, eugene robinson, mike barnicle all still with us as we dive right into the big overnight development into the justice department investigation looking at donald trump. sources now telling the new york times the government has recovered more than 300 documents marked as classified from the former president s estate in florida. the first batch returned in january included more than 150 classified documents. according to the times, quote, the number ignited intense concern at the justice department and helped trigger the criminal investigation that led fbi agents to swoop into mar-a-lago this month, seeking to recover more. a number of people briefed on the matter telling the times, the former president personally went through 15 boxes beforehand beforehanding them over in january. quote, the highly sensitive nature of some of the material ....
A memorable night for manchester united, who lift the mood at old trafford with a stunning win over liverpool. good morning. it isa it is a mild start today. quite a muqqy it is a mild start today. quite a muggy day ahead. some are showery rain in the north and west. drier and brighter in the south and east. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, august 23rd. some very sad breaking news this morning. a nine year old girl has been shot dead in liverpool overnight. police are hunting for the gunman after he opened fire at a house in the knotty ash area of the city. two adults were also injured. we re still getting the details on this. we will be hearing from andy gill on the scene as the programme goes on. we can tell you this ....
good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is am: wake up call. i m carol costello live in new york. let s get started with that big storm crashing through the atlantic ocean right now. irene is getting ever more powerful and may be heading toward the united states. people in south carolina already getting ready for irene. the hurricane is near the dominican republic right now. take a look at the storm from the international space station. irene is now a category 2 hurricane, but jacqui jeras says it could become an enormous category 4 later this week as it gets closer to the southeastern united states. it s already left about half of puerto rico without power. cnn will take a closer look at the storm s path in a few minutes. how is the battle for tripoli going anyway this morning? that depends on whom you ask. rebel leaders say they have control over most of the city. there s still some fierce fighting in some neighborhoods. moammar gadhafi s son saif, ....
stand, reports of explosions near a compound where he may be hiding. and i m carol costello. a new poll predicting a tight race in 2012, whether obama versus romney, bachmann, perry or paul on this american morning. good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is american morning. we have a lot going on today here. this weather in the united states. that s right. politics and, of course the developments in libya. start with breaking news in the battle for libya this morning. the arabic news network al arabiya reporting explosions near the compound where moammar gadhafi is believed to be hiding, this coming as the regime is teetering on the bring of collapse. nobody has seen gadhafi since the opposition rolled into tripoli over the weekend. his son, saif al islam, made a surprise appearance after the libyan opposition claimed they captured him. he showed up at a western hotel with journalists and spoke to matthew chance and said his father is ali ....
outright confusion. these are live pictures near moammar gadhafi s compound. there have been heavy battles raging around this building. carloads of people have been streaming out of the libyan capital. we want to bring in retired general james spider marks. if you could, tell us about what you are watching, what you are seeing. what do you make of the pictures? with the low level flying that is taking place, bombing gadhafi s compound? suzanne, what you see is obviously a representation of chaos and confusion on the ground. the fact that civilians are fleeing, coming out of tripoli should not be surprising. the rebels are about to force gadhafi s complete departure in some way. that may take hours, that may take days. we still could be a week or so away. but that type of confusion, of what happens next gets folks very, very nervous. they ve got the opportunity now to get out of town, and you re going to see them get out of town and let this thing settle out. i think ....