Have available locally. january 6th, well, meet march 4th. that s the day before super tuesday. u.s. district judge tanya chutkan denied trump s long-shot bid for a trial in april of 2026. she made it quite clear that the public relations games are not going to impact the decisions that she makes in the courtroom. the judge in doj is very much thinking about the election date. john lauro gave a tstrenuous and impassioned plea. that plea is going nowhere. it s all talk. it s incoherent, makes no sense. mark meadows took the stand under oath. it was a surprising move. i think it s so interesting to watch this continue to play out like some sort of ponzi scheme of lies. the end of the day, meadows had to testify because there was no one else. good morning, everyone. it s tuesday, august 29th, i m phil mattingly. sara sidner is in florida. that s where we want to start, with breaking news, very serious
Expected land fall. we ll have the latest forecast for that storm which is projecting to be a big one. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 29th. i m willie geist. we have the host of way too early and bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc s ken dilanian and former analyst lisa rubin. good morning to you all. let s dive right now as we begin with a start date now set for donald trump s federal election interference trial. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year. that s just one day before super tuesday. prosecutors had asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year, while trump s lawyers proposed it begin in april of 2026. yesterday, judge chutkan said neither of those dates were acceptable, but, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. that decision was met with pushback inside the courtroom
Election interference trial. we ll have legal analysis on both of these big developments in just a moment. plus new polling on president joe biden s re-election bid and the major concern that most americans have about a possible second term. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a decision that sent waves through the nation s capitol yesterday, a start date for donald trump s federal election interference trial. in washington, d.c. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year, just one day before super tuesday.
Who spent hours on the witness stand yesterday in georgia. this comes as donald trump gets another court date added to his calendar. we ll go through the new development in the federal election interference case and see where it fits in with all the other ones. also ahead this hour, republican presidential candidate chris christie will be our guest. we ll talk to him about this latest news on donald trump and the campaign ahead. plus, some new reporting on pushback from some house republicans on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, the one speaker mccarthy has been floating quite a bit lately. welcome back to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 29th. jonathan lemire, elise jordan still with us. joining the conversation, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. a judge has denied donald trump s bid to delay his federal election interference trial until after the 2024 election. correspondent blayne alexander has details. reporter: request denied. that s the ruling from a feder
Mr. secretary, i can tell you, you said there was only two dead people that would vote. i can promise you there are more than that. that is mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff making a brief appearance on the infamous find the votes call with georgia secretary of state on january 2nd, 2021. that exchange was part of his legal team s defense yesterday as meadows spent five hours on the witness stand. we ll get expert legal analysis on that hearing, and on the trial date set now for the former president in the federal election interference case, which could come the day before super tuesday. plus, president biden is clearing the way for a major federal response in florida ahead of hurricane idalia s expected landfall. we ll have the latest forecast for that storm, which is projecting to be a big one. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, august 29th. i m willie geist, with us the host of way too early, author of the big lie, jonathan lemire,