the 92nd street y in new york. big long book tour and then a little break and then a couple more new york events. so a bunch of stuff is happening. if you would like to come to one of the book tour stops you can. just go to msnbc.com/prequel. again, the book is called prequel. there is a link below me on your screen. you can get tickets and come see me on the book tour. yay. okay. that does it for us for now. way too early with jonathan lemire is up next. if that was true then why was he circcomventing all white house counsel s advice? why wasn t pat cipollone? volved? why wasn t doj? volved? instead mark recruited lawyers who he wanted to listen to. that s the former chief of staff for vice president mike pence weighing in on testimony from mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff, who spent hours on the witness stand yesterday in georgia. and that comes as a date is now set for donald trump s federal
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