obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. we ll play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to indict him, but shouldn t. we ll discuss his reasoning. and the 60-day sprint to the midters begins today, and it seems whoever is managing the money for the republican senate candidates can t get it right. how republican senator rick scott explains burning through loads of cash with little to show for it. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 8th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, author of the big lie, white house bureau chi
as steve bannon, the trump aide, surrendering in new york for new criminal charges, money laundering, defrauding his own maga supporters. a story nicole and our colleagues have more on that in tonight s broadcast. we begin here with the united kingdom and really much of the world mourning. queen elizabeth ii dying at 96 years old. she sat on the throne as you may have heard for a full 70 years. if that sounds like an extraordinarily long time, even for a monarchy, that s because it is. it is indeed the longest reining british monarch ever. her son, prince charles, is now officially king charles iii. mourners are outside buckingham palace. you can see that there in the evening, a make shift memorial has been growing. the queen passed away in scotland at the family s summer vacation home where she had actually been living for most of the duration of the last two years. the posts on that gate, the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. that is how the world learned of
weissmann who will join us in a few minutes, but we begin with the news that has made today one of those days that we will simply never forget around here. a global outpouring of grief after queen elizabeth ii passed away earlier today at the age of 96. the queen, who has reigned over the united kingdom and 15 other countries all over the world for 70 years die at balmoral castle, that s her summer home in scotland. all four of the queen s children were by her side in her final moments. these pictures show princes andrew and edward along with her grandson arriving at balmoral earlier today. her son charles is now the king taking the throne as king charles iii. he calls the death of his mother, a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family, adding this, quote, during this period of mourning and change my family and i will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect ask deep affection in which the queen was so widely held. it is difficult t
this november. our law and order panel will dig into that as well as lenient crime policies and the impact they re having on american cities. plus, despite all of president biden s bragging about the economy, brand-new polling does signal that voters aren t exactly buying it. our panel will weigh in on that as well. the sunshine state bracing for a direct hit from its very first hurricane of the season. we ll check in with the fox extreme weather center that is tracking hurricane ian for us. that is coming up in a bit. first, the white house seemingly dodging questions tonight especially when pressed by our own peter doocy if the president believes america s biggest cities are safe. lucas tomlinson is the very latest on which party voters think is tougher on crime. hey, lucas. good evening. one of the major issues concerning voters in the midterm election: crime. violent spikes across the country countries major cities, president biden s former press secretary jen saki gave
and the appointment of an independent third-party, the washington post publishes anonymous report about what was uncovered on the raid. all the latest details after this. and a gruesome discovery in the searched for a memphis mother of two. her suspected killer due in court just hours from now. our experts lay out the road ahead in the case to come. we began with a presidential event. joe biden taking every opportunity to amp up his rhetoric. that s right, the white house wants to make it very clear that the label does not reply to all republicans or trump supporters, it remains a familiar line of attack from mr. biden. these maga republicans are coming for social security as well. and of course, that is all about maga, who the president took verbal shots at a protester and again uses his political adversaries without evidence. 2 everybody is entitled to be in it idiot. they embrace political violence. lawmakers are turning to capitol hill, growing concerns tonigh