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searches and seizures. >> one of the benefits of a special master, if the master agree with this, is we could stop the doj in their tracks when it comes to inspecting these documents. >> reporter: no such motion has been filed yet. after a federal judge signed off on the warrant allowing agents to remove 11 sets of classified material from mr. trump's home. now the government faces a thursday deadline to provide a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the mar-a-lago search. new nbc news polling shows the majority of voters, 57%, say they want investigation news potential wrongdoing by former president trump to continue. it comes as former vice president mike pence said he never left office with classified material. telling "the associated press" in iowa, he doesn't want to prejudge the search at mar-a-lago before knowing all of the facts. >> we could demand that they reveal why the search warrant was executed against the residence of a former president of the united states without

demeaning the rank and file men and women of the fbi. >> alley jackson reporting for us there. and joining us now host of "the beat" on msnbc, ari melber and at politico, josh gerstein. i want to start with news just coming into us just while hallie's piece was rolling there. the magistrate judge who we've come to know in this case saying the justice department has shown good cause to override the full contents of affidavit and requires the doj to propose redactions to see if there is anything he could release. he may still decide it's not worth ordering the release of any portion of the affidavit. so, holding maybe likely now to say that none of this affidavit will see the light of day come thursday. >> yeah, on the law, that new written order basically writes up what the judge had indicated, folks who follow the news

closely may remember what that was covered out of the hearing and basically saying, no he won't release all of it, but also there may be ways to hear from those redactions, suggested by the doj, by thursday. and so i think this gives us a little more texture, but as is the case with these things, we won't really know the answer that i think so many people are interested in this, would you get a meaningful chunk or none. and i don't know that until it is mixed out and there is language in the ruling that said he doesn't agree with the widest claims that nothing should leave. it is a split written decision in that way but as you say, willie, and we'll see once you go through the process of redacting a lot of it, you don't get much in public. >> and judge reinhart agrees with the government that releasing that affidavit would

provide a road map to the investigation into the justice department and in fact potentially expose some witnesses. so we'll get a better look on thursday. josh, meanwhile, you're writing in politico this morning about all of the strategic attempts any way that donald trump and his team are making to sort of bury this and push it to the side. latest is thein oakvation of the fourth amendment. a illegal search and seizure. as you put it, this is the throw everything against the wall response to the mar-a-lago search. what else are they trying here? >> it sounds like they're trying to file a motion to basically try to sequester the stuffer that was taken from mar-a-lago and hand it over to what they call a special master as hallie's piece earlier alluded so. we saw that down in the michael cohen case. we saw that done in the rudy giuliani case in recent memory where a third party comes in and looks at the materials an sees if they fit within the warrant

and also whether they might be privileged and in trump's case this could include attorney/client privilege or possibly some version of executive privilege. what is odd about this, and why it seems a bit more like bluster than a good legal strategy is, this search was now two weeks ago. so, the fbi has happen this material for two weeks and claim they've had their own filter team doing this kind of work. and so now the cat may now be out of the bag already to try to get it back in there two and a half, three weeks after the fact. may be a difficult task. >> josh, since you've been covering this, i'm curious what you think about the larger question, which is if, as safe said in the public, trump and his allies, the search was bad or illegal, why not go directly at that with a filing in court? >> well, i mean, i think as you know, ari, it is hard to do that. usually when a defendant has an objection to a search, he or she

has to challenge that after their charged and that is a quite unpalatable thing for a former president to deal with. does he have to wait until the justice department decides to bring some charges against him. and there are some national security folks who think there might not be charged brought against the president. that the national security community was concerned about these documents being outside of the wire as they say and would take any steps that were available to them to get the documents back. and whether you charge somebody or not criminally arising out of that is almost a completely separate analysis and the fact of the matter is the vast majority of those investigations don't end in criminal charges. they either end with nothing, or some kind of administrative sanction, or something along those lines. but criminal charges are very, very uncommon in this sort of case. of course, this is a former president and it is a very

unusual set of circumstances. >> so, ari, through this evolving smoke machine of explanations that trump has given for what happened, and why he has the documents there, at the end of the day, the former president of the united states took classified documents out of the white house and brought them to his private home. maybe there aren't charged brought but is there a way through this for donald trump where he comes out clean? >> i think there is. i think that as josh is alluded to, we have kept a close eye on covering this without having the full picture and there is certainly evidence or a theory of the case that this was about securing the documents and the intelligence rather than building a prosecution. and that if some lawyers or other people along the way are found to have been really over the line, knowingly malicious, intentionally breaking security laws, they might be in more trouble than the former

president and whatever he skrukt -- he instructed other people to do. and after the doj said they gave it all back and the evidence shows that they didn't. so i think there is a farther -- there is a farther path through this if there is further compliance and nothing else terrible that is learned. no more smoking gun so to speak. then the places like georgia where rudy giuliani is on a target list for indictment, where other elector fraud case are being brought against trump allies and there is a more direct question about whether they're pursuing a conspiracy that was involve his legal exposure versus whether this was one ultimately may not be the kind of case where the doj is actively trying to build charges. >> and in the piece we discussed earlier in the this morning, "the new york times" makes clear that everyone in the white house knew this was wrong. the white house council said

remember those boxes go to the national archives and they were packed up and sent to mar-a-lago instead. josh gerstein, thank you so much. we appreciate it. we have not heard much from the trump appointed director of the fbi christopher wray since that search of mar-a-lago. hours before an attack on a field office in cincinnati that came just three days after the search of the former president's palm beach residence. wray told reporters that threats against the agency were deplorable and dangerous. a source told "the washington post," wray had a video call with senior fbi officials and that he was quote, pissed about the attacks and threats of violence against agents. during the virtual meeting, wray went on to say, quote, our best response and that is one that could never be questioned or torn apart or taken out of context, is to demonstrate our determination to doing our work the right way, end quote. meanwhile, a law enforcement officer who defends the capitol

on january 6 fears another attack fueled by the violent rhetoric. the sergeant initialledly ct in the court document had a victim pact state in the case of josh eya pruitt. he pleaded gilley there june to a felony counts to obstruction of a official proceeding. he smashed a sign inside of the capitol, tossed a chair in the direction of officers and came into close contact with then senate minority leader chuck schumer as his security detail rushed him to safety while rioters were ransacking offices. the sergeant's statement reads in part, i liver with the fear of another attack happening due to the rhetoric that is discussed ad nauseam on social media and radio and the news. the exhausting to the point where i don't watch or follow any form of media any more since i seem to live the news daily, end quote. joining us now, just reporter

ryan riley. this is not surprising those stark to hear it from the mouth of an officer. as i just said there was an attack on a field office and calls for confrontation, let's put it that way, to be mild about it from senior members of the united states senate, not just with the fbi, but with the irs, saying there are 80,000 agents with ar-15s coming for small business owners and they've raised the stakes that violence is obviously something that people are concerned about. >> yeah, that is right. they're really living the front line implications of this rhetoric that we've seen floating around about the fbi. i think there have been a number of victim pact statements and in some of the january 6 cases so far. but this one just really stuck out with me because of how stark it made this out and it also referenced specifically the raid on mar-a-lago at the very end and how that rhetoric he was

concerned about. the cases against joshua pruitt, talked about the impact on their families and one of them talked about coming home and at 2:30 in the morning the day after january 6 and his wife being really just distraught at how it has impacted him in the long-term. ct, this capitol police sergeant as he's referred to has talked about becoming more withdrawn. he's not as engaged with his family as he has been before. he doesn't like big crowds. so it is really had a long-term impact on a lot of people who are doing, both in the fbi and at the capitol police force who are dealing with the consequences of this rhetoric surrounding coming from that trump supporters. >> and obviously, ryan, chris wray, was nominated by donald trump. expressing privately what you would expect him to express

which is deep concern for the safety of his agency and just saying we executed a lawful search of mar-a-lago. this was not a raid. this is not a door kicking exercise, we're not out to get people, we're doing our jobs. but how is he holding that agency together? >> it is interesting. because i think this is outside of the norm of how the doj operates. they like the secretive court process and don't like to make out of court statements. when donald trump decides to make this search public, which is not something that the fbi or doj chose to do initially, donald trump hadn't made this public, there may have been some details that came out through reporting and they wouldn't have spoken about it unless he gave that authorization from the subject of the search so to speak here. but i think it is a little bit of an unequal battlefield because you have donald trump making those over the top statements without any basis in facts or throwing spaghetti at the wall and then the justice department has to follow a

certain set of procedures in terms of what -- how they're responding to this. they can't jump into this and get into the mud with donald trump and get into the political realm of this. but there is this real world public safety concern when you have so many people believing something that is not true. and there is just no evidence so far there is anything improper about the way this was executed. this was extremely by the book. by everything we've learned thus far. it was authorized by a federal judge, they had taken steps to try to not have it conclude with this ultimately search warrant execution in the months leading up to this. they tried to keep this quiet but that didn't work. so it is a little bit of an unequal battlefield in terms of how doj and the fbi has to response to this unhinged sort of political rhetoric that they're dealing with and it is

really a challenge for them to make sure they're getting out the message to the american public while still staying within the bounds of the fbi and doj rules that are regarding an ongoing criminal investigation, willie. >> and of course the justice department had asked for these documents and were lied to that he turned everything over and then had to get the warrant. ryan riley, thank you so much. we appreciate it. so ari, you mentioned georgia. we have allen weisselberg pleading guilty in new york with more to come for the trump organization. this big justice department investigation where they seized the documents from mar-a-lago. there is so much going on here, where do you see the most potential peril any way for more the former president. >> it is a great question, willie. i think people felt that is -- it seems like trump was on the run and building to degrees that are making it hot enough that they are complaining and he

seems to be getting more lawyers and struggling to find them and you get that feeling. and i think georgia is very clearly the place where you have the most direct evidence from the prosecutors because of the way they have been talking and issuing target letters that they're approaching some sort of trump election conspiracy. and looking at people like rudy giuliani who carried his water in as they tried to find or steal 11,000 votes. as they look at the separate elector fraud plot, people are in jail for voter fraud. that is just one ballot. elector fraud would have been a much more complex sort of deeper conspiracy, which they clearly tried. they were just thwarted and failed and whether donald trump's phone call and other activities rise to the level that are chargeable. lindsey graham has been trying to defy a subpoena there. and just got the breaking news that the appeals court is open to at least giving him more time. it is not a full victory. but he gets more time to make the arguments before they are

finally resolved. but he lost at the lower court. he's someone else, you wonder if the truth is good for them and the truth is they didn't break any election laws, why fight so hard, so repeatedly to avoid telling the truth. >> yeah, and as we've looked at just speaking, we're looking at the bottom of the screen, the new nbc news poll that shows 57% of americans believe that the investigations into donald trump should continue to their end. we'll see how they turn out. ari melber, thank you so much, we'll be watching "the beat" at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. one person still missing after a series of flash floods across the west. also ahead, a key ally of vladimir putin killed in a explosion in the middle of moscow. we'll have the new details about who may be behind that. and tomorrow in florida, democratic voters will choose

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reporting for us there. with less than three months to go until the midterms, a new poll from nbc news has biden approval rating at 42%. 55% disapprove. that is unchanged since october of 2021. meanwhile, when it comes to the top issues facing the country, threats to democracy has overtaken the cost of living. let's bring in white house reporter for politico and "morning joe" senior contributor, eugene daniels. it is great to see you. so president biden's approval rating at 42%. same as it was in october. same it was in may of this year. as you know, the white house feels like it is done an awful lot even just in the last month that might boost those numbers. but they remain flat. >> yeah, that is right, and you're not seeing president biden approval numbers go up. and that is something that they kind of expected when you talk to -- when we talked to the president's campaign pollster. and he said he wasn't expecting

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just 2 points and that is something that has happened over time. and the pollsters pointed to the abortion decision. saying that was something that got voters changing their minds and more energized than they have been before. you have president barack obama, we reported today and coming out and getting out on the the midterm, they have a lot going on and we're about to see this democratic party in earnest hit the road and tell their story to the american people about tighter than they were talking about last year when it seems line all signs pointed to a red wave. >> as you point out, democrats getting increasingly excited about the midterm elections. we'll see what turnout looks like in the fall. eugene daniels, winning the day's wardrobe contest at 9:30 in the morning. the rest of us could go home. take the rest of the day off. thanks. great to see you. coming up next, where some students are now back in the classroom but not teachers.

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welcome back to "morning joe." 7:32 in the morning. as you look at a live picture of the empower field in denver, home to the broncos with the season starting very soon. and tampa bay buc's quarterback has not reported to training camp. that is had a few fans concerned. sam brock is joining us from raymond james stadium with the reason behind brady's late arrival. sam, good morning. what is going on here? >> reporter: willie, if i had the reason to why he's not here right now, would you be going straight to vegas. the reality is that tom brady in his 23-year career has never missed a significant change of training camp until now. and this is any other player in the nfl, we wouldn't be talking

about it but we most certainly are right those as the coach and gm said brady will be back on the practice field very soon perhaps as early as today. with all of the activity at buc's training camp and a team gearing up for the 2022 season, one figure has been absent on the gridiron. number 12, tom brady. he hasn't practiced since august 10th. though coach telling an anxious sports world his return is mim -- is imminent. >> we expect him back this week. >> do you know what day this will be. >> this week. >> >> reporter: now he has seven super bowl rings and one unretirement and excused absences from training camp. with bowls saying it was for personal things. filming for fox or other projects but nfl insiders have quickly swatted those down. >> he came out of the rye

retirement to be with his team. >> i think it is something perth. >> i would be surprised if tom brady agreed to anything that would require him to miss ten days of training camp because of a television show or a movie or a documentary or anything like that. that would be about the most anti-brady thing that i have ever heard of. >> reporter: while training camp reps aren't critical for a play with brady's experience, he has now former pro-bowl receiver julio jones and at age 45 brady has given all indications there is no reason to come back unless it is all or nothing for another ring. >> i think i'm part crazy. i think that is the reality. 45 years old and i'm out here with a lot of young guys that are trying to take my head off. >> and now little explanation about the od departure. >> i think what they've done is tried to protect tom and not

make it look like they're having any kind of public deadlines or ultimatums. he's earned that level of coddling. >> reporter: the buc's third and final pre-season game is this saturday against the colts. it would benefit him to play in the third and final game but the coach said we'll see how it goes in practice this week. you could read the tea leaves from there. back to you. >> and just to underline, adam schefter, the espn guru just posted to instagram tom brady returned to work and is expected to practice today. so we'll see maybe there will be more explanation later today. sam brock in tampa, thank you so much. let's bring in the co-anchor of squawk box andrew ross sorkin. >> by the way, i was going to say maybe more lucrative for him to be in the tv business at $37.5 million a year. >> he has that offer on the

table. he wants one more ring. the truth of the matter is tom brady doesn't need the days of training camp. it is good for him not to be injured. he could step on the field on game one and be just fine. >> and i apologize for interrupting you. you asked about the markets. we're looking at a down day today as of now. as really a sense that is starting to pervade the market place that we're going to hear from the federal reserve later in week. so all of the eyes really are watching on this friday. jay powell will be in jacksonhole, this is an annual meeting of economists an the fed where people call it a little bit of a nerd fest where they nerd out on where the economy really is. he's going to speak at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on friday. you could mark your calendars, get your tivo going. i'm dating myself by saying tivo. but nonetheless, what he said is going to be all important.

but the question is does he go 75 basis points, or does he go 50 and what does he say about what will happen in september and what his thoughts really are. there has been an expectation, the market got complacent and thought things were looking better. but people are questioning the credibility of whether he will go through with the higher 75 basis point cut or -- nor not cut but increase rather. and so i think we're going to see what he's saying and there is a lot of tea leaf readings between the lines and it is hard know exactly what he'll sea right now. but i will say the communist community is pushing him for the higher end. which could impact prices everywhere else. >> and you could watch that on your tivo or listen to it on napster or read about it on myspace. let's move on to hbo max. they've been cutting content,

getting rid of movies. what is going on with the company there? >> sure. i think there has been a lot of questions since warner brothers merged with discovery. there is something like $3 billion of costs that they have to take out of this company. huge amounts of debt on this company. so everybody is focused on the fute of streaming. the future of hbo and last night, i didn't say up to watch it. but it is getting great reviews. this is the prequel to the "game of thrones" and there could be a number of these programs. so this is everything is riding on this new show. and the reviews thus far, house of the dragon, have been pretty good. almost across the board. and a lot of traffic. so the question is can you get back to that sort of "game of thrones" almost a soprano's type moment, where on a sunday night

everybody gathers around the tv and watches all of the same time and maybe people are on twitter and they talk about it the next morning, i was about to say around the water cooler but maybe around zoom if you work from home and that is what is going on here. but a lot riding on that particular show right now. >> i didn't see it. but i do hear good things about it and you have to go back at the game of thrones, such business the first time around. cnbc's andrew ross sorkin, starting with tom brady and ending with house of dragon. thank you so much. great to see you. amid a nationwide teachers shortage, some schools are having students learn from instructors are not in the classroom, but not even in the state. blayne alexander explains. >> reporter: this space has all of the sights and sounds of a typical classroom. with one big difference.

teacher nelly is in florida. her students are in douglasville, georgia. hers is a virtual classroom. something that the county started in 2015. but as teacher vacancies have increased, so have the virtual instructors. >> we moved from 10 to 15, to 60 or 70. >> vacancies. >> every year? >> every year. for the past two years. >> across the country schools are turning to different sometimes controversial ways to fill the gaps. in texas, some small districts are switching too four-day weeks and in florida some schools are asking military veterans to step in, despite having no classroom experience. shayly is ceo of elevate k-12, that takes virtual teachers and provides the technology and platform to place them via video in classrooms nationwide. she said over the past year, their teacher applications have more than tripled. >> why this different from what we saw during the covid --

>> covid was solving the problem of the child has to be at home. we are solving the problem of the teacher is not in the zip code and an excellent teacher has to teach the classroom. >> but some critics say that in person student/teacher bond is crucial. >> there is so much that happens in a classroom that is lost in the computer. >> for miss garcon, who spent 0 years in a traditional classroom. she's dropping her two hour daily commute and gaining a new community of students. >> let's say there is somebody or a small school in an area that don't have a spanish teacher, now they do have their opportunity. >> reporter: each virtual classroom has an in-person facilitator and you could ask questions through a computer microphone or privately in the chat. >> who prefers virtual? kind of. >> reporter: and among the students themselves -- >> who prefers in person?

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claims that the explosion was triggered by a bomb planted by ukrainian special services. ukraine denies that. megan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: a fiery explosion just outside of moscow. bringing new tensions in the russia/ukraine war. russian investigators say a car bomb killed the daughter of a close putin ally in a contract killing. daria dugina, the daughter of alexander dugin, referring to as puten's brain, died in a blast. this video showing the car on fire and a distraught dugin at the scene. he's been an outspoken supporter of the war in ukraine and believed to have influenced putin's views on the invasion. his daughter was a tv commentator who shared her father's views. in a statement, announcing a murder investigation, russian investigators say an explosive device was placed under the driver's seat, russia's state run media reports witnesses say dugin was expected to be driving

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joining us is shaq brewster. >> reporter: everyone is saying this will be close. no matter who wins they will have to take on desantis. desantis has approval ratings in the 50s and built up a national base with $130 million in the big ready to use and be used against any democrat who comes out of the primary tomorrow. so i had conversations with both of the candidates and they're trying to position themselves as the best candidate, the best person who can take on ron desantis. it's a race that's gotten somewhat contentious and been extremely close. listen to a little of my conversations and how these candidates are distinguishing themselves from the other. >> i have been in those trenches for three and a half years as the only statewide elected democrat. democrats are looking for a winner. the only one that's been able to win our state as a democrat. >> i've been the governor.

i've been the attorney general. i'm been the collective commissioner of education and fought for teachers. that's the difference. electability and experience. i offer both and a good heart. that's what florida needs and deserves. >> reporter: you know, we saw nicky freed here an hour or so ago as she was working with voters, shaking hands and meeting and interacting with them. as she met with people that's what she believes she's the one that can take on desantis. the former republican governor came ahead in much of the polling. she's been able to secure a lot of endorsements among elected officials here in the state of florida. both sides saying this is going to be extremely close and will come down to the wire tomorrow, willie. >> we'll find out tomorrow. shaquille brewster in miami for us. let's bring in susan.

i want to read from your latest piece from msnbc titled why the gop will miss liz cheney. she writes now that the august 16th primaries are in the rearview mirror, if republicans flip the house this november, it should be called the house that trump built. this is not a strong house built on a solid foundation but a flop house built on a swamp and the caretaker likely to be current house minority leader kevin mccarthy will have his hands full with two likely trump backed newcomers. wyoming harriet hageman and sarah palin in a scenario where republicans control the house, it will be these trump backed candidates to cause the most in the party. political fortunes can be won and lost in the next few days, it looks like there will not be a big red wave but a red ripple that will leave mccarthy with a slimmer majority, one where every vote matters.

this may be enough for representative mccarthy. so frankly, susan, as you know, this looks like the likely outcome at this point you'll have a new house of representatives that flips that way and populated by the kind of candidates you talk about. the senate is a different conversation. you heard mitch mcconnell sounding less bullish on his party's chances because of candidate quality, but what will kevin mccarthy have on his hands if he does, in fact, become speaker in january? >> well, willie, they used to say being majority leaders is like herding cats. this is like herding cats with add. you'll see these loud mouthed trump backed republicans that do not believe in democracy, that have the craziest conspiracy theories known to man kind out there, space lasers, et cetera but the big point is that kevin mccarthy needs every vote in

order to move any part of his agenda down the road, even if it doesn't get passed by the senate or voted or signed in by biden. he can't create a platform for 2024 for donald trump, which is basically who he has his job for. he's going to fail miserably. right now nancy pelosi has about nine votes over the democrat-- over the republicans. kevin mccarthy could look at fewer than that. managing those numbers could be really, really tough. >> as you know, susan, in the house races you'll get some of the type of candidates you talked about of people playing the role of being wild trump supportershageman, never trumper and pledged allegiance there. senate a different story. some candidates like herschel walker and dr. oz and j.d. vance

in ohio giving mitch mcconnell a little bit of heart burn here. >> more than a little. i think mitch mcconnell is going darn it, donald trump got me again. i'm not going to be majority leader. that's all he wanted to do. a lot of people probably think that's why he stayed around for the 2022 elections. it was -- at the time it looked very promising for republicans but once again, thanks to donald trump you do not see principled republicans running for office. instead, you see, you know, people that can win primaries with his backing, sure. but they're not going to be able to take that -- it doesn't look like they'll be able to take back the senate and the biggest problem for republicans is that there are no -- there are very few principled republicans right now, which make it difficult for mitch mcconnell even to be an effective minority leader. >> and quickly, susan, what does just broadly, the landslide loss, not just the loss but the

landslide loss of liz cheney tell you about the party you grew up in, the party you've participated in for a long time, the party you were proud to be in for a long time? what does this snapshot of this moment tell you? >> it is lost. that party is lost and the current party needs to basically burn to the ground so a new one can come up in its place, hopefully one more principled. >> we'll see. susan, her new piece is up at msnbc.com. thanks so much. good to see you. that does it for us this morning. we'll see you right back here tomorrow morning. in the meantime, jose diaz balart picks up the coverage right now. ♪ ♪ and good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz balart. this morning the federal judge that signed the warrant to search former president donald trump's mar-a-lago club two weeks ago is hinting we may not get to see the affidavit used to

justify that search. the judge said in a written order a short time ago that he asked the justice department to provide proposed redactions to see whether there is anything he can release or if the proposed redactions could render the document meaningless. this is as a poll found 57% of voters say the investigations into former president donald trump should continue, 40% say they should stop. that poll, which comes 78 days before voters head to the polls for the midterm elections is also giving us a sense of how americans feel about the state of the country right now. the poll finds it nearly three quarters of voters say the country is headed in the wrong direction. this is the fifth straight poll that number has been above 70%. at the same time, a record 58% of americans say the country's best years are behind it. 61% say they are so upset