one, a rule 41 motion to challenge the search warrant's existence period, in other words, to go after the reason why this search occurred and to have all those documents and materials returned to him, which would effectively end that avenue of the investigation for federal prosecutors. they still have a lot of documents, but it would stop the mar-a-lago search component if they were to succeed in court. the chances of that, legal experts say, are probably not very high, but it's at least an argument they could make by klis closing this to the special master, and, this is important, federal prosecutors in the view of the special master, they would have to assert which documents the president declassified, they would be giving away that argument. also, if they say this case went to indictment, they would be giving away a potential defense and kind of disclosing the types of things they would assert the former president declassified on his way out of office. that's kind of the two-pronged conundrum, if you will, for

trump's defense attorneys. it will be interesting to see whether or not they go back to the judge that ordered this, judge cannon in west palm beach, and say, you know, you never really addressed this, so why is the special master bringing this up, is this something you can make a ruling on? so i think that's something we'll have to watch. >> we have crossed the top of the hour. tom winter and vaughn hillyard. tom, how does this fit in as we step back out of the weeds on this investigation, how does this fit into the larger look the doj is taking at these documents, whichever way this decision breaks from the special master? does it really change the thrust of the investigation from doj? >> vaughn pointed out the special master, judge dearie, is hoping he can have the review portion done by october 7th. everybody is targeting a november 30th date for completion here. that's what the judge who initially ordered targeted this as well. presumably the week after

thanksgiving this could be wrapped up. this will move pretty quickly even if the justice department has made an argument, then they'll hear from the trump attorneys today, this whole process should be stated that they could continue their review and of course the potential damage to national security. so, i think there's a lot of questions here in the next couple of days as far as how this moves forward. even if it breaks every single way against the department of justice, they'll be looking at documents by the end of november, potentially. that's the first thing. the second thing, i'm curious prosecutors pointed out last night about the idea of clothing that was seized from mar-a-lago in the course of their search. that's not particularly new because we saw that in the search warrant returns, but i think it's interesting that prosecutors pointed that out. this is a documents case. why are we talking about clothing, what could have been in that clothing, could documents have been inside of clothing, is there more to it than that? i'm curious about that, and i don't think prosecutors

mentioned things idly or not to draw things out. so, i think that's an important thing to keep in mind. i think chuck rosenberg in a recent op-ed keyed in on it. this is kind of a bit of a sideshow. at the end of the day, these documents will go to federal prosecutors. at the end of the day, based on everything we think the filings will go, the way courts will rule on them, you're still looking at an investigation that should have the documents they're looking for by the end of november. i think it's also important to note, you know, there was really no chance that an indictment was going to be filed against anybody in this case if they indict anybody prior to the election. that was probably something that wasn't going to occur. frankly, the time line of the fbi looking at these documents and moving forward with the work they need to do with federal prosecutors was going to take several months, so i don't know how much this necessarily backs up the process. time will tell. >> vaughn, talk a little bit about judge dearie. the trump team has found he

might be a tougher customer than some would believe the home team advantage they got from the district court judge in florida, judge cannon. dearie suggests the doj sign off on it, and he has a reputation of being pretty no-nonsense, by the book. what should we expect? >> reporter: right. pretty straightforward judge. he's a longtime federal and a senior judge in brooklyn. again, both sides put forward two names, two individuals they suggested who could play the role of special master. it was after judge dearie was one of those two names suggested by trump's attorneys that the doj came forward to judge cannon and said they agreed and suggested that judge dearie, among the two proposed by trump's attorneys, should be the one that reviews the to documents. he had a seven-year stint on the fisa court and trump's team hoped there would be some skepticism around the fbi and the motives of the

investigation, and ultimately what you're seeing here put forward by trump's attorneys is this tight rope of what is declassified versus what is protected by attorney/client privilege. and that is where trump's attorneys were clearly taken aback that, unlike judge cannon, who essentially deferred to the special master, it is judge dearie who is coming right out of the gate asking them to essentially provide the evidence that donald trump, as he has suggested online, declassified these documents and was within his right to hold these in his mar-a-lago storage unit, in his office, despite suggesting on june 3rd that all classified documents had been turned over. so judge dearie's parameters. one other note, just in the last half hour, guys, i think it's important when we look around the layers of investigations, we

got video a half hour ago of tom garrick entering the courthouse. he is the former inaugural chairman of donald trump's inaugural committee back in 2016. he was a friend of nearly four decades to donald trump, a longtime informal adviser. he was indicted a year ago on charges he workered as a foreign agent on behalf of the uae without ever notifying the u.s. government. his trial starts this week. while the special master will be meeting with trump attorneys and the department of justice, that trial is beginning here and tom barrick is here as well in brooklyn. >> tom winter. full employment act for lawyers i guess. let's stick with judge dearie. the ink is barely dry in his appointment as special master. >> right. >> he is off and running on this monday morning.

my questions, are you surprised at the accelerated pace that the judge seems to be inflicting, imposing on the lawyers involved in this case? and what do you sense would be his attitude, a federal judge, three decades sitting on the bench, they do have a firm belief in themselves and their conduct, how people should behave in front of them, federal judges do. what do you sense would be his attitude toward the trump lawyers seeming to say, no, please, we don't want to release it because it gives up too much about our client. we realize you want to look at it, but we don't want you to look at it. >> your characterization of federal judges is spot on. with respect to the first question, i don't think there's any doubt the judge realizes the importance of the fact this is an ongoing federal criminal investigation. we don't know any of the particular subjects or targets,

though legal analysts have posited that potentially the former president could be one of them. i think he understands the gravity of the situation and understands we're klauking about classified documents. this is not a crime that happened once in the past. it's not a car accident or a homicide. this is something where there could be an ongoing threat to national security. so it's something that should be dealt with quickly. i think he probably has that in mind. he is a senior judge, somebody who's seen a lot, presided over a lot. it's also 2022. if this document review had been done 10 or to 2, 30 years ago, the electronic discovery systems, the ability to put some of these documents in the cloud, for attorneys to be able to do them, to do it electronically, is not something that should be lost here. he understands the power of technology and the ability for all sides to look at this and to come to some conclusions pretty quickly. i think even, you know, the time line that's been set out in the florida courts is here as well. this needs to be wrapped up by the end of november, period.

this is not some ongoing review. we can litigate when certain steps should be done, but at the end of the day, this is something that needs to be wrapped up by the end of thanksgiving. i'm not surprised at that. as far as his tenor before court, you know, the way just based on my experience covering trials, there are some judges that look to kind of shift and focus a particular set of arguments or a trial. there are other judges that are more classic referees. you're offsides, you're pass interference. it remains to be seen how judge dearie will rule on this, but i think he's clearly setting up the parameters -- i want this type of information, this potential proposed schedule, what do you guys think about it, then i'm just going to meet they are out and we'll get to work. i think that's what you'll see from him. i think today's hearing will be tell hough he conducts that hearing, how quickly he listens to arguments and how quickly he makes decisions about how things move forward. if we conclude this 2:00 hearing today and he's laid out all the

steps and made all his decisions, this will be clear this is a judge that's about the business. >> can i ask you about something else in relation to donald trump? that's what we've seen in the past couple days, particularly at the rally in ohio, the more explicit references, affiliations with qanon. what's going on in the trump team around this? how are they distancing themselves? what's the strategy, if there is one, there? why? >> catty, i think it's important to note that the trump team and donald trump are not distancing themselves from qanon. there is the song played, the qanon theme song. trump's am lies have pushed back and said it was a song that sounds like the qanon theme but essentially it's an identical song. he plays this as his rally closed on saturday night. it was not lost on anybody that was watching and listening,

those hundreds of individuals who were in attendance, essentially holding up their pointer fingers in a salute to donald trump and this movement. there's an important distinction talking about qanon which cropped up in 2017 around this anonymous poster online who suggested they were a government insider who promoted the idea that donald trump was going to essentially be the savior in defeating this global cabal of satanic pedophiles, those individuals being democrats, hollywood figures, and other global so-called elites. it's a very wayward conspiracy theory. it's an entanglement of conspiracy theories. and yet what happened is it metastasized into a movement that is now frankly a cult. these followers have long looked far leader and looked to the so-called q himself. the qs stopped posting over the course of the last two years.

the movement took on a life of its own. what you have seen over the last two weeks is donald trump, for the first time, overtly embrace his role as the apparent leader of qanon. he posted on his truth social account a meme of him with the q lapel pin and with the words saying, quote, the storm is coming. what does that mean? the storm is this idea that donald trump was going to lead this cavalry of mass arrests of these global elites including u.s. government officials, prosecute them and potentially execute them. this is a dangerous cult we're talking about, made up of potentially millions of americans. and yet these are folks that are very loyal. as donald trump is looking at how to regain potential political power, he sees allies that continue, rallies around the country to come out. at one point, john, you've been at these rallies, donald trump's team used to not allow people to

wear q paraphernalia or posters, anything related to qanon, because of the dark, dangerous layer to it. you don't see that anymore. it was more apparent than ever at that ohio rally. we have an interview we just shot yesterday with a young woman whose family suffered at the hands of violence, really propagated by qanon's dark conspiracy theories. i know we'll have that tomorrow. this is a dangerous path ahead. and at a time donald trump is looking to regain his power, and these investigations are ever closing in on him. this idea of the deep state and his promotion of the need to fight back and defeat the deep state including the department of justice and the fbi. >> we've seen this before from donald trump. he refused to announce hate groups like the proud boys and oath keepers, brought them closer. they were part of the rioters at january 6th.

he has refused to denounce qanon. now he's bringing them in closer as well. vaughn hillyard and tom winter, thanks for your reporting this morning. mike lindell must face a defamation lawsuit that he falsely accused of rigging the election. a federal judge denied lindell's motion to dismiss the lawsuit operated by smartmatic which operated voting machines during the election. they say it was false that their machines were supporting president joe biden. coming up on "morning joe," hurricane fiona has dumped more rain on puerto rico. one day after the storm ravaged the island, new yorking out power, and threatening the water

supply. we'll go live to puerto rico for the latest. also ahead, would legislation be enough to prevent another january 6th-style attempt to overturn an election? a live report on the proposal being considered in the house. and our next guest responds to donald trump's big lie with their new book. it's got the title "the big truth." "morning joe" will be right back.

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puerto rico is without power this morning after the category 2 storm hurricane fiona tore through the island on sunday and monday packing speeds of 110 miles an hour and dropping up to 30 inches of rain in some parts. at least three people have died. 90% of the territory remains

without power. gabe gutierrez is live in puerto rico. the path is heading towards turks and caicos. what's the situation left behind in puerto rico as day breaks? >> reporter: hi, catty. good morning. yes, even overnight we saw more rain here. this is one of the neighborhoods in southern puerto rico that is waking up to all this, downed trees, downed power lines, and no drinking water. thankfully the floodwaters have started to recede here. but this is going to be a long cleanup effort for these residents here in southern puerto rico. you mentioned that most of this island remains without power. we just got an update in the last few minutes that we're now up to 19% of this island that has power. that is up from 11% late last night. however, two-thirds of puerto rico do not have drinking water, and that is an urgent need here

on the island right now. also today there's a rush on fuel. we've already seen several gas stations that will no doubt be filled later today not just by people that need the fuel to drive, but in this neighborhood and so many others like it, they are using that fuel for generators. now, i spoke with the governor of puerto rico yesterday. he got a call from president biden, who was on his way home from london. the president promising more federal help. puerto rico's governor, though, says that he expects power to be restored here in days, not months, which is what it took after hurricane maria. catty, by the way, today marks exactly five years since hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico. so many people on this island were frustrated that the power grid here was not more effectively rebuilt following that hurricane. and now there's frustration. they want to see more done to be able to bring the power back

online and the drinking water back sooner rather than later. as you mentioned, hurricane fiona strengthening overnight to a powerful category 3 storm as it heads to turks and caicos today. catty? >> factoring through the caribbean, the islands with vivid memories of that devastation after hurricane maria. gabe gutierrez, thank you. john, those pictures we are seeing from puerto rico are horribly reminiscent of what we saw five years ago. >> yeah, very much so. it's good news they say the power could be on in a matter of days rather than months. i think a lot of residents will be spectacle until the lights turn on. the scenes of devastation hard to comprehend for an island that keeps getting battered like this. the continues efforts by donald trump and his allies to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election even as he has his eyes on 2024. our next guests take a look at

why big-lie fraud allegations evaporate under scrutiny. their latest book is titled "the big truth: upholding democracy in the age of the big lie." the authors, major garrett and the executive director of the nonpartisan center for election, innovation, and research, david becker, both joining us now. congrats on the book. major, it is now almost two years since that election. we know the power of the big lie. republicans who want donald trump's blessing have to show their fealty to it. some are trying to undo the 2020 election in certain battleground states like arizona. and also more than half republicans don't believe joe biden was elected legitimately. your book takes on these theerpryes. >> it does. mr. barnacle, great to see you. i'm tired of the running down of the 2020 election by people who say they love america.

if you love america, you need to embrace things america does on a bipartisan basis that are important and heroic. in the 2020 election, i'm not talking about the result, i'm talking about the process, was a result in which lots of americans did things in an adaptive way, an ingenious way, and a hard way without a roadmap, the highest turnout in any presidential election in our history, the most diverse turnout, and in the face of a pandemic with only socially distancing and no vaccines as a protective device. we did this thing on behalf of our country and our democratic future. and it should be celebrated for the thing that it was, an achievement in behalf of democracy, not something to be vilified and slandered by people who seek political power or fund raise. that's what's going on. it is demonstrably true because every single time you engage someone who wants to deny the election, they either don't have the facts or they keep changing the explanation for how it

happened. i started my career, i was a crime reporter, cops, not politics. there's one crime, one way of doing a crime. there are not 17 crimes. that's what continues to happen with the big lie. it always changes. it always moves, always dodging. no. the election was valid, verifiable, over and over, more so that than any previous election in our history. >> so, david, obviously election integrity is so important to our current politics now too. and we look back on 2020, though, it's remarkable how close trump came to pulling this off. we know the events of january 6th, but it's not just mike pence going along with it. it's state and local officials who defied a president of their own party at times. >> that's exactly right. i've been working elections for about a quarter of a century i was a lawyer in the criminal justice division, voting rights.

there's so much faith in the constitution and its principles but it's a piece of parchment and relies on good lil and good faith of men and women across the country to put the principles into action, to manifest them. that happened in 2020. you think about what a triumph of democracy 2020 was factually speaking. we had more paper ballots that were verifiable that we could audit and recount than ever before, all the ballots in all the battleground states. that's the first time that's happened. recounts in many states, georgia recounting three times. we had more judicial scrutiny of this election than any election in history by far, more preelection scrutiny that clarified the rules. everyone knew the rules on election day. they could lie about them later but knew the rules. we had more post-election judicial scrutiny that clarified the results. they didn't ask for recounts in pennsylvania, wisconsin.

the republicans did well down ballot on every single house race. yet the lies persist and it is tearing at the fabric of american democracy. and also threatening the election workers, the professional election officials, that pulled off this great triumph. they are seeing tremendous stress all over the nation even though we're 700 days past the 2020 election. >> 90% of republicans and almost all the ones in public office know this is true, but they have to bend their knee to trump. and they do it over and over and over, and i would argue knowing this and doing that is one of the most astonishing things i've ever seen in american politics. >> that's what i want to ask you about. taking you back to your print days covering cops, okay. there's a murder. report to the scene of the murder. they try to assemble witnesses to the murder. you might come up with a couple but there might be ten others on the scene who won't tell the

cops what they saw because they're afraid. so my question to you is, the murder of democracy that's taking place, so far it's an assault of democracy, could well be a murder, we have multiple witnesses to what's going on. they're called members of the united states senate, members of the united states house of representatives. why do they remain so silent? >> it's an interesting feedback loop in the trump world, and i've covered the trump world since 2015. i've never seen a more direct connection between a political leader and what he says and those who follow him saying right back to him almost instantaneously. and republicans -- and this is their explanation, i would describe it as an excuse -- my people believe this, therefore i must believe it with them. i can't argue with them about this. they believe it too strongly. that is to say the big lie. i'm not in a position to talk them out of it. therefore, i have to echo what they believe because it came to

them from former president trump. my only observation about that is sometimes politics is a difficult business. it calls upon you to do something that sometimes is uncomfortable, which means standing with your principles, understanding what the constitution is, and defending it because that's more important than your particular political position for that particular moment. we've seen it before in american history. i understand it's a rarity, but it's really important now. >> and very few elements willing to do that. mitt romney, liz cheney among them. the new book out to today, "the big truth: upholding democracy in the age of the big lie." major garrett and david becker, thank for being here. up next, the new push to reform the law that donald trump tried to manipulate in order to stay in power. "morning joe" will be right back with that.

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elizabeth has more people in the uk questioning the need for the monarchy. republican groups saying they are seeing a rise in interest since king charles took the throne over a week ago. matt bradley has the story. >> reporter: not all is well in king charles' kingdom. such protests have been subtle but strong and tested how this self-described democratic monarchy deals with dissent. it's meant a kind of rebirth for republicans, those who want to get rid of the monarchy. >> i was quite upset by the fact people were arrested just for expressing peaceful opinions about the monarchy. >> reporter: paul became a republican last week after he said he was nearly arrested outside for lament for daring to brandish a blank sheet of paper. he filmed his accounter with police. i have a blank sign.

>> you could write something on it. >> reporter: london police say they've just been keeping the peace. in london, there have been no arrests for protests. all of our officers know that we will always take a balanced an proportionate response and take action only when necessary. >> reporter: but the pictures are with a thousand republican words. >> last week, like most british people or a lot of british people, i was intellectually against the idea of the monarchy but practically it seemed to work, the queen had always been there, she was a reassuring figure. i think charles's ascension to the throne and the events of the last week have made me into a republican. >> reporter: anti-monarchy activists say they've been trying to keep it classy but this was the moment they were waiting for. >> the princes weren't willing to go there. we weren't uncritical of the

queen. it's not going to become the case with charles. he is a very different person. >> reporter: but since he inherited the throne, the new king charles iii has been surging in the polls. according to ugov, nearly two-thirds of britain said last week he would make a good king, up more than a third from may. we have hundreds of thousands of people waiting in line for more than 24 hours just to see the queen's coffin. why? >> because the monarchy is very popular in this country. we've had it for a thousand years. we tried it 11 years having a republic. it didn't work for us. >> reporter: support for the sovereign drops considerably among younger people. while 86% of those over 65 support the monarchy, fewer than half of britains say they should maintain the monarchy.

scotland nearly voted to remain in the union in the 2014 referendum and wales, where king charles was booed last week, has long resisted royal rule. what does this do for britain? >> it ensures that we don't have people who go power mad. it would be completely impossible in britain to have a 6th of january insurrection, for example, because the queen sacks the prime minister who loses the election and the next day appoints another one. >> reporter: but for most britains, the monarchy is nearly an on obtrusive symbol, a royal rule not worth resisting. >> the dog that hasn't barked in the uk until now. you were next, from protecting democracy to policing. nbc news sits down with the held of the justice department's civil rights division to discuss some of the issues that agency is trying to tackle.

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attack on the capitol hill, confirming there will be another public hearing next week. while he would not specify if there would be witnesses, he told reporters that the committee asked the secret service for tony ornato to testify. but since he's retired, he's no longer required to do so. liz cheney of wyoming shared new details yesterday about what she experienced on january 6th. speaking at a conference in washington, cheney recounted a conversation she had with an unnamed republican colleague shortly before the violence broke out who said she was reluctantly going along with the plan to block the certification results. >> you know, in the cloak room on january 6th before the attack happened, there were so many who wanted to show they were objecting, but they set up these sign-up sheets in the cloak room. as i was sitting there a member

came in and signed his name on each of the state's sheets and said under his breath, "the things we do for orange jesus." and i thought, you know, you're taking an act that is unconstitutional. >> orange jesus. congresswoman cheney, who lost her primary bid this summer, is also part of a new push in the house to prevent any future attempts to turn over elections. she introduced the presidential election reform act. >> i want to be clear that this is to prevent future attacks during election processes. no one should take our effort to reform the electoral count as any indication that donald trump did not violate the existing law or would not violate the constitution. >> our newest reporting details

what exactly is in the bill. there's a competing effort in the senate. sahill, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, jonathan. this is where the rubber meeflts the road on the january 6th investigation on the legislative front, what they intend to do in congress to prevent future attempts to attack the capitol hill and steal elections. the act would amend an 1887 law called the electoral count act, an archaic law that governs the counting of votes after a presidential election to make a number of things clear. firstly, the vice president's role is ministerial. she or he does not have the power to unilaterally reject votes. their role is simply to count them. it would raise the threshold for for one member of the house, one member of the senate. pretty easy to get. it would raise that to one-third of both chambers, a much higher bar that donald trump didn't have on january 6th. he would not have any basis to tell his supporters there was

any justification to try to discount electoral votes or overturn the election if this law was in place. that's a big part of what they're trying to do here. they're also trying to smooth the presidential transition and try to sort of election deny proof the election, if you will, make clear that state laws have to be set in advance as to how elections work and you can't look after the fact and try to change something about the election to certify a different winner, and that the governor of the state has to certify the winner. they can't refuse to do that, and they have to do it in accordance with the laws. that is the crux of the house bill. it's quite similar, jonathan, to the senate version. that's what's getting a lot of optimism on capitol hill, they can turn it into a law. there's a bipartisan written by susan collins and joe manchin that is structurally quite similar. there are some differences as their threshold is one-fifth, not one-third. the house vote creates a call for action if they think the

wrong candidate is being certified. but these are the kinds of differences that don't generally prevent a bill from ultimately becoming a law. these are things senators believe they can resolve. >> some real optimism for this important piece of legislation even if it's not taken up until after the midterms. sahil kapur, thank you for your reporting. the justice department's assistant attorney general for civil rights recently sat down with msnbc's yamiche alcindor for an exclusive interview about the state of democracy and a slate of other issues. here is part of their conversation. >> how are concerned are you about the threats to democracy we're seeing across the country? >> we are sadly and tragically seeing it in communities across our country as the top priority. doing everything we can to ensure that eligible americans have access to the ballot.

another core priority. so, we are fully aware of the issues that are out there. >> we're happy to say that yamiche joins us now with more of her interview. good to see you. what other key top lines did you guys hit? >> good morning. i sat down exclusively at the justice department with assistant attorney general kristen clark, the head of the civil rights division, and assistant attorney general todd kin, who heads up the environmental and natural resources division. we had this wide-ranging conversation that comes as activists are marking the 40th anniversary of protests in war warren, california, focused on racial and environmental justice and to that end both officials told me the department is prioritizing the issues through its new environmental justice office, in particular, we spoke about that ongoing water crisis in mississippi with the doj officials telling me they are focused on it and trying to make sure people get clean water.

we talked about alabama, because there is a doj investigation into a failing sewage system, a story i did when i went down to alabama, talking to people about how the sewage that is literally pooling in people's yards, this is raw sewage, a lot of people see this as environmental racism. i asked the officials what are they doing on the ground, and here's what they told me. take a listen. i was in alabama and people told me what they're living through and suffering, blatant in their mind environmental racism. what do you say to those people who say justice is not coming fast enough? >> we're not turning our backs on them. we're here to get the job done. >> we recognize there's a history here, a legacy of injustice. we recognize that any community can be inflicted with environmental harms and dangers, all too often it's been communities of color, low-income communities and tribal communities, disproportionately burdened by pollution. >> so, there you have it. both officials say they

understand that environmental justice has to be a priority. they told me it is heartbreaking what's going on in mississippi. we talk about a number of other issues. as you said, there's voting rights. democracy. another big issue, policing, the doj has opened a number of pattern and practice investigations including in minneapolis as well as in louisville after the deaths of breonna taylor and george floyd. i asked them about the resources given the fact that there are so many police departments across this country, and not that many resources at the doj, but they told me that they feel confident that they can do this work. take a listen to that exchange. >> there are some who are worried that the department of justice with a small policing unit doesn't have the resources to oversee thousands of police departments. what's your message to them? >> yeah, i say look at our recent indictments in the case involving the tragic murder of breonna taylor. look at our recent convictions

and sentencing of the four officers responsible for the death of george floyd. so we are going to continue to pour every resource at our disposal to make sure that we have constitutional policing in our country. communities deserve nothing less. >> and that is exactly what a lot of police brutality activists want to hear happened in the doj because for years, especially under the trump administration, there were not as many pattern and practice investigations. there was not as much oversight into police departments. there are a number of people as african americans continue to be disproportionately killed by police, there are a number of people around this country looking at kristin clark, looking at the doj and hoping for more justice. it will be very interesting to see how that work continues to go. i'm in some way grateful i was able to have that wide ranging conversation. >> and washington correspondent yamiche alcindor, thank you so much for bringing that to us. we now know the road to the

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here's an amazing story, a baltimore man convicted for a 1999 murder that became the subject of the first season of the popular podcast "serial" is out of prison. he walked out of court yesterday a free man after a judge vacated his conviction. he was a teenager when he was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend, high school senior hyman lee. last year syed's attorney presented some reliability issues to the state, and after taking another look at the case, baltimore prosecutors filed a motion to vacate the conviction. they say new evidence reveals the possibility of two alternative suspects. yesterday prosecutors say they are still investigating syed and are not dropping the case. a new episode of "serial" with an update on the case is set to be released, yes, today.

how many people are going to listen to that one? >> extraordinary. it was such a phenomenon when that case aired and now all these years later to have it back. mike barnicle we're going to close the show with what we like to do best, talk a little baseball. playoffs, two and a half weeks clinched their first playoff berth in six years last night. >> i'm a mets guy. they're a fun team to watchment they have a great broadcasting crew. the dodgers are very difficult. they are literally an empire out there, and mookie betts plays for the dodgers. the american league is more interesting to me. you've got the new york yankees, they're having a great season. aaron judge is having a career year obviously. should win the mvp. should break roger maris's home run record in at least 62. the houston astros, they're tough. >> they're my pick, and now verlander is back in good health, and they seem to have the yankee's number.

>> watch out for the cardinals in this whole thing. >> that's for claire mccaskill. that does it for us, thanks for joining us today on "morning joe." jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage in just two minutes. ♪♪

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