jonathan lemire, how much longer will joe biden continue to supporting ukraine and zelenskyy? obviously the u.s. has been extraordinarily important in their ability to push back against the russians. does the president still stand shoulder to shoulder with those efforts. >> i was in the room in madrid this summer when president biden said when asked that exact question, said as long as it takes. and we have seen no evidence that his answer has changed since then. and white house officials have suggested they will keep doing so. the defense department has had the largest investment yet to head to ukraine for weapons and for supplies. they do feel like this is an existential moment here to defend not just ukraine, but democracy itself. and they feel hopeful about ukraine's chances here of holding off russian advances. they've -- officials have told me in the last day, they think ukraine will be slow going but the counter offensive will be successful to push russia back and they want to make sure ukraine is well armed before the winter comes so they could try to hold position and

jonathan lemire, what do you think? >> a true champion, one of the legends. not just of the game but of sports. and also an outspoken proponent advocates for women, especially black women giving child birth, equal treatment. she said she almost died while doing so because her conditions were ignored by the hospital there. but on the court, you know, truly a spectacular player and one that should be measured not up against degraph or djokovic or nadal or federer, but she's a pantheon of sport with the likes of michael jordan, tom brady, wayne gretzky and muhammad ali and the like. i hope she has a great run at fall and it is wonderful to see her go out on her own terms. >> what a career, and i say this from the work that i've been doing, with women over 50, over the past two years, i've learned so much that women like serena williams have a long runway, that evolving away from tennis, mara gay, could open the door to many more careers ahead of her or family time or whatever she chooses. >> you know, most of us will never of course be sports champions. but the

i'm jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. the number two democrat in the senate is calling on the department of defense to open an internal investigation into missing texts from key officials on january 6th. in a letter yesterday, majority whip and judiciary committee chair dick durbin of illinois asked the d.o.d.'s inspector general to launch a probe into the deleted communications of several trump appointed officials, who were were tasked with deploying the national guard during the capitol riot. the letter reads this way. the disappearance of this critical information could jeopardize efforts to learn the full truth about january 6. i don't know whether the failure to preserve these critical government texts is the result of bad faith, stunning incompetence, or outdated records management policies, but we must get to the bottom of it. tuesday, court records published by a watch dog group revealed that the cell phones of top former defense officials including the defense and army secretaries were wiped in the aftermath of t

we are watching. >>> jonathan lemire is still with us. action network and host of "politics nation," reverend al sharpton. good to have you on board this morning. >> jonathan lemire, you've been following joe biden's problems. we've talked about his low approval ratings time and again. the numbers ticked up from 36 to 40. ticked up from 40 to 42. yesterday, there was a cbs poll out, showed he was at 45%. a gallup poll showed him at 44%. i do find it fascinating, and kind of humorous in a sort of dorky, political way, for a nerd that follows politics too closely, that you still have republicans talking about joe biden's historically low approval ratings. well, his approval ratings are still historically low. if you take this poll or if you take, for instance, the gallup poll and you go back 50 years -- stay with me here -- you go back a half century, joe biden's numbers are actually higher than all of his predecessors at this point, or the same, other than george h.w. bush after the gulf war and george w. bush after 9/11. let me just say t

jonathan lemire is still with us. >> can we change that to "new york times" best selling author, jonathan we're proud of him. >> thank you. thank you. >> yes, i can't even think of anything snarky to say. you did a great job, lemire. great job. >> i can. >> go ahead. >> the yankees are playing .500 ball, so we don't need to get into that now, but huge week for jonathan lemire. wrote a great book, well deserved. if you look at the print and e books combined, he is number two on "the new york times" best seller list, behind some weird thing. >> i appreciate the kind words and i think the lack of snarky words will come to an end, as john heilemann is hecking me. >> i was just complimenting the guy. i was saying you'll remember in 2012 or 2011, when mitt romney wrote his book, coming out at number one with "the new york times" list with the double daggers. it shows unusual buying patterns of the book, showing that his pac was buying books to get him on the list. lemire, not a single dagger. legit. >> thank you for that information. totally useless information. >> professor of princeton, eddie

but first, jonathan lemire -- >> wait, wait, wait, wait. but first, happy birthday kathy scarborough. now, please. >> i was going to jonathan lemire to wish happy birthday. but thank you for doing it. and i would think that kay would want to hear it from the best-selling author who sold more books than we printed the guttenberg bible. he is huge and massive. so jonathan, mika killed hamlet the first act there. so kate has been wished a happy birthday. i wish you could have done it personally. that would have meant so much to her. but let's move on. and talk about how disorienting it is to actually be seeing things happening in washington, d.c. the way they've been happening over the past couple of weeks. i mean, i just heard from "the new york times," for democrats passage of the measure capped a six week stretch that included final approval of the $280 billion competitiveness with china which republicans were against for a while, and then the largest expansion of v.a. benefits in more than two decades which republicans were against for a w

i'm alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump's deposition from the ag's office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g.'s probe into the trump business practices with the former president's attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about evaluations of items, and golf clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the size of his apartment. the former president said in a statement that he did it because his family, company, and all the people in his orbit have become quote targets of an unfounded politically motivated witch hunt. the new york attorney general's office declined to comment on any specifics. but did acknowledge the deposition took place, and confirmed trump took the fifth amendment repeatedly. and here is a reminder of what donald trump has said in the past about pleadi

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. it is an extraordinary day and we begin with that dramatic escalation in donald trump's legal problems and the fbi searches his estate in south florida yesterday unannounced. the former president posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was quote currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, they even broke into my safe. a source familiar with the search tells nbc news that the investigation is related to the transfer of class fy classified government documents from the white house to mar-a-lago when trump left office, in february it was reported that 15 boxes were taken improperly to the president's estate. and at the time, the department of justice was asked to investigate. a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc news that boxes of documents were seized during yesterday's fbi search. the former president's attorney released a statement claiming that trump and his legal team had been cooperating with the fbi and d.o.j.,

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security overtones. the justice department also indicated for the first time yesterday that more than one person inside trump's orbit could be wo

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us.ohnson is trailing his democratic challenger as he tries to hold on to his seat. a new marquette university law school poll puts the republican center seven points behind lieutenant governor democrat barnes. barnes stands at 51% compared to johnson's 44%. in june, before barnes had even won the democratic nomination, he was leading johnson by two points. which of course was within the margin of error. the polling shows a steep partisan divide, 95% of democrats back barnes, while 92% of republicans support johnson. barnes has the edge in independents, 52 to 38. that might be the difference. johnson saw significant blowback earlier this month when he suggested in an interview that social security and medicare should be considered as discretionary spending, with congress authorizing a new budget every year. meanwhile, another new poll shows democrats maintaining a slim lead over republicans for november's midterm elections. in the latest survey from morning consult and "politico," 46% of

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. >>> news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are now just waiting for the sign-off from the senate parliamentarian. majority leader chuck schumer says the final version of the bill will be introduced on saturday. the senate will take today off before a long day tomorrow a rare saturday. even rarer one in august. there will be up to 20 hours of debate after the first procedural vote. and then comes what is known as a voter-a-ra mr. a where senators can offer unlimited animals to the bill that could last several hours. both senate leaders spoke about the bill yesterday with senate maj

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. landmark tax, health and climate bill yesterday. the two senators who struck the deal, chuck schumer and joe manchin were among those at his side. before signing the bill and then handing the pen to manchin, with an amused look on his face, you can see there, the president gave a nod to his recent string of victories declaring his administration is in, quote, a season of substance. >> let me say from the start with this law the american people won and the special interest lost. we didn't tear down. we build up. we didn't look back. we look forward. and today, today offers further proof that the soul of america is vibrant, the future of america is bright, and the promise of america is real and just beginning. let's be clear, in this historic moment, democrats sided with the american people and every single republican in the congress sided with the special interest in this vote. every single republican in congress voted against lowering prescription drug prices, against the fairer tax s

. >>> "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> you and 81 million americans voted to save our democracy. that's why donald trump isn't just a former president. he is a defeated former president. and it's not otherwise, now you need to vote to save democracy again. >> that was a rare and direct attack on donald trump by president biden last night, calling the former president's maga movement quote semi-fascism. much more on this campaign message ahead of the midterms. >>> meanwhile hours away from the release of the affidavit that led to the fbi search of mar-a-lago and the redacted document that tells us anything that we don't already know. >>> the latest in an escalating situation in ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant goes offline after intensive fighting sparked fires in the russian-controlled silo. >>> good morning, and welcome to "way too early." on this friday, august 26th. i'm in again for jonathan lemire, president biden stepped back on to the campaign trail yesterday, with a fundraiser and a rally in the dc suburbs of maryland. he railed against maga

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the justice department has asked a judge to keep the affidavit pertaining to the search warrant of mar-a-lago sealed. citing a need to protect the investigation and witnesses. the affidavit contains the government's reasoning for conducting the search. in a court filing submitted yesterday, federal prosecutors argued quote, it disclosed the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government's ongoing investigation. providing specific details of the direction and likely course. in addition, information about witnesses is particularly sensitive given the high profile nature of this matter, and would impact their willingness to cooperate. the affidavit could chill future cooperation in quote other high profile investigations, the government says. early this morning, donald trump posted on his fledgling truth social, that he wants the affidavit released immediately, and unredacted. he also claimed that the judge should recuse himself, but didn't give a reason why. here's a clip of trum

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. after decades on the run, the top leader of al qaeda has finally been taken off the battlefield. ayman al zawahiri was killed this last weekend by a cia drone while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul, second in command to osama bin laden during the september 11th attacks, and became the top leader when the united states killed bin laden in 2011. a senior administration official tells nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside the home were killed. in a rare evening address last night, president biden still isolating from covid said justice has been delivered. >> people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and our capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. we make it clear again tonight, that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you, and take you out. >

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.egin with the latest developments in the fbi' search of donald trump's south florida home. sources familiar with the matter tell "the washingt post" that federal authorities were concerne that trump had not returned to the national archives all the material head improperly taken to mar-a-lago after he left the white house in january, 2021. he returned 15 boxes about 7 months ago, but 12 more boxes were seized in nday's search. trump's attorney christina bob says the former president's legal team had been in discussions with the justice department sin the spring about whether additional records were being stored at mar-a-lago. e says that trump's attorys me at m-a-lago on two occasions. source tell nbc news at some point during the pro trump even personay showed investigators showedhe room ere the materia were being ke. here is what w heard from trump's legal tea yesterday, including fromhristina bob who is the attorney on the property during the fbi search. >> i don't think that there

i mean, jonathan lemire, i'll toss it to you. but again, let's just stay right where we are in realtime and not get ahead of the story. the former president of the united states took documents with him to his public club in palm beach, 15 boxes at least with 184 that had rankings that were secret on up. he doesn't deny he took them. in fact, there is confirmation several times over that he took them and that there was some push-pull between him and the national archives about how to get them back and he wouldn't return them. this is stealing at the very least. but this former president with all of the questions that swirled around him during his presidency and in terms of what he does to people and what his intentions might have been, it raised a of questions. but what we know right now is he took documents that were not hit, that had classified rankings. that is a problem. we could stay right there with it until we wait to hear more. and the president, jonathan lemire, is not denying this. former president. >> no. and we also kn

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that some of the documents recovered during the fbi search of former president donald trump's mar-a-lago resort potentially contain attorney-client privileged information. according to a court filing yesterday, the team used by the justice department has finished its examination of the possibly privileged documents, sorting through them and reviewing any material that could be part of congressional investigators and it would undermine trump's efforts to have a special master over the files. over the weekend a federal judge indicated she was inclined to grant the trump's legal team request for a special master who would oversee the review of documents taken during the august 8 search in mar-a-lago and ensure that any documents that might be protected by claims of privilege be set aside. trump's legal filing also sought protection for documents covered by executive privilege that applies to presidents. since trump is no longer i

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> is there a mole inside mar-a-lago? we know someone tipped off the fbi about more boxes of documents inside donald trump's home, and now we're learning more about the classified information taken from the florida estate. >>> plus, dangerous rhetoric about the fbi may have inspired an attack on a field office. we'll have the latest on a standoff that turned deadly in cincinnati. also ahead, the cdc releases new covid guidelines just before millions of kids return to classrooms. >>> goo good morning, everyone. and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, august 12th, i'm alex witt in for jonathan lemire. we begin with new information on the fbi search of the donald trump's home, people familiar with the investigation tell the "washington post" that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for on monday. the sources did not disclose any additional details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. here's reaction from the trump attorney who was at mar-a-lago d

i'm sam stein, in for jonathan lemire. are pouring in this morning after key primaries in new york in one of the most closely-watched races this primary season, nbc news projects that congressman jerry nadler has won the democratic primary for new york's 12th congressional district. he defeated his fellow encouple bantd, maloney. third candidate in the race was patel, former staffer for president obama who ran on the platform of generational change. and new york's 17th district, democratic congressman sean patrick maloney beat back a fierce primary challenge from progressive state senator biaggi by roughly two to one margin. in the state's 10th district, race is still too close to call among a crowded field of democratic primary candidates there. and democrat pat ryan has won the hotly-contested special election in new york's 19th bell weather district defeating republican mark molinaro. underscoring the power of democratic messaging of abortion. >>> also a big primary day in florida. congressman and florida former florida

and jonathan lemire is here with us. and boy do we have a lot to get to this hour. >> following up on ali's report and talked about this rank voting that alaska avoting for, it makes people connect a little bit better, try to be a little bit less harsh and add a little bit of civility. you heard sarah palin saying we have good people on both sides. whatever -- whatever can get people back to that position, perhaps it ranked voting, i just think that is good for america. that we can -- we can have a political system where everything is not just if we win america wins, if we lose america loses. so, yeah, i think that is critical. >> we'll be watching how that plays out and the primary this is week. the latest on the justice department's reasoning for the search of mar-a-lago is a big story this hour. while donald trump's team tries out another line of defense after several including working from home, and packing quickly, we'll bring you the very latest on that. and also ahead, joe biden tries to capitalize on his latest s

jonathan lemire. i want to run anthony tubase.ical symptoms of a rare neurological disorder. the belief is, he has perhaps been poisoned. and this is not the first time the kremlin has done this to putin's foes. but secondly, when is the speech more broadly, even beyond this, about putin's mindset now? >> on the first thing, john. i don't have a lot of details. we have seen these reports obviously as you were monitoring this as best we can. and we don't want to jump to conclusions. but certainly our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family for a speedy recovery for whatever the cause is. i think we better leave it there for now. as for putin's mindset, nobody knows what mr. putin is thinking on any given day. but we know he and his troops are under pressure. they have lost a lot of troops, they have lost equipment. they haven't made substantial groundwork. exports of controls and sanctions we have put in place, have definitely crimped his ability to wage this war. we know we can't replenish precision missile-guided systems

jonathan lemire is with us, katty kay. and jonathan, you talk about this the way you do every day, the white house is taking great pains from distancing itself from the raid at mar-a-lago. don't want to talk about it. don't want to talk about donald trump in 2020 largely because they want to be seen as having their heads down and doing work. that's the example on the front page of all of the papers, the president signing the huge piece of legislation yesterday. >> an extraordinary amount of work capping off what has been a remarkable run for the president and his party. yes, some of this is bipartisan, the infrastructure bill of a year ago. this yesterday, these are democratic priorities and have been for a very long time. it was finally this president with this congress that got it done. i'm mused, with the look biden gave to senator manchin. he almost said, joe, i never had a doubt. we know manchin, of course, is a late arrival to this bill. and it got done. that's why democrats feel pretty good about the midterms all of

but jonathan lemire, the former president leaning into this he's a martyr, that it's a witch hunt, it seems to be working with his space and with his potential 2024 rivals falling in behind him, attacking the fbi, some virulently. >> yeah, ever since donald trump launched his career back in 2015, 2016, a major platform has been victim, portraying himself as victim. all about grievance, and martyr. and that intensifying, of course, after the 2020 campaign and after the election when he claimed the election was stolen from him and of course, that's not true. and he's doing it now. suggesting once more that the deep state, if you will is attacking him, and is unfairly persecuting him. and it is interesting, as i and others have reported in the last few days, trump's been encouraged how republicans have fallen in behind him. he entered this period seemingly a little weaker than he had been since january 6th. he regained his power and because of january 6th, his core started to drop and potentially challenging him in 2024 if he begins to run himself. we see all of those candidate, mike pen

elise jordan and jonathan lemire still with us.have a lot to get to this hour, including more on that critical inflation report just released that shows consumer prices rose less than expected last month. >> yay, inflation only at 8.5%. wait a second that's sti a lot. it is lower tha expected. fuel prices droppg as quickly as they have probably helped. >> also we have the latest development on the justice department's investigation of donald trump, this as the 45th president will be questioned under oath today in the new york attorney general's civil investigation into his real estate dealings. >> release the warrant, mr. president. if you care about transparency, release the warrant. you have it. let us see it. stop playing your followers as dupes. you know, doj needs to be as transparent as they can be while being fair to this possible criminal. we don't know yet, because in america we believe that no man is above the law, but we also believe you're iocent until proven guilty. but in thiscase, the department of justi needs to be

jonathan lemire, it is always about intimidation. it's about disruption.. i mean, when you talk to democrats, and we've talked to democrats on both sides of pennsylvania avenue, whenever i have the past six months, they're so shocked and thrown off, the disruption, the fear, the intimidation, the lies. it all creates this environment that they don't know really how to operate in. the only reason i'm laughing here is because they're now doing it to the fbi. i would think -- i don't know, i guess i could probably list thousands and thousands of organizations, if you gave me a couple of weeks, that i would try this on before i tried it on the fbi. all they're doing, all they're doing is making the fbi agents' work harder to protect their agents. working around the clock to track these people down who are making the threats. i mean, it's really -- it's just extraordinarily stupid, what they're doing. it's dangerous, yes, dangerous. but, again, these people aren't targeting, like, disneyland, right? they're targeting the federal bureau of investigations. they'r

joining me is ken delanian, jonathan lemire, former u.s.orney and law professor joyce vance and michael beshlof. >> as of last week, we were told the dni hadn't even seen these documents. the first step will be to get a hold of these classified documents found at mar-a-lago and start going through them to try to figure out what secrets potentially were exposed. they'll have to farm it out to the various agencies that were the sources of the intelligence. it's possible if it involved a human source, that some sources may have to be evacuated or protected. the complication here is it's not clear that the government knows whether any of this stuff was exposed to adversaries, whether it ever got out of mar-a-lago. they may have to act as if it was and take action accordingly. >> that would mean going to the national security agency if they think there was some technical source. it could be both agencies because it could be technical news involving a human source. >> exactly right. it could be a communication ser intercepted or a satellite image

. >>> "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> an entire generation is now saddled with unsustainable debt in exchange for an attempt at least at a college degree. the burd en is so heavy, even if you graduate, you may not have access to a middle class life that the college degree once provides, and that's what the announcement is about, it's about opportunity, it's about giving people a fair shot, it's about the one word america can be defined by, possibilities. >> president biden defends his plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of americas. the complete breakdown of this executive action and take a look at how it could impact the economy. >>> plus, with the primary election calendar winding down, we look ahead to november, and the key races that could decide control of congress. >>> also ahead, new reporting on the communication between the government and donald trump's team before the fbi search of mar-a-lago. >>> good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this thursday, august 25th, i'm sam stein in for jonathan lemire. 43 million people are in l

but jonathan lemire, we've been hearing about the moral of russian soldiers for quite sometime. we're now into, as many experts predicted, several months ago, a grinding war of attrition. a war of attrition where over 20,000 russian troops have died, where thousands of ukrainians are dying. the country is just absolutely savaged. but here we find the difference between your country's very survival is at stake, and when you're a con script or somebody who is going in because you feel like you have no other choice. which is a position that the russians are in. this is where moral makes such a huge difference in warfare, because the russians are there, you know, either because they need to make money or because they're being pushed into it. and you've got the ukrainians who are fighting for their very existence. there is no plan b for them. >> yeah, the war has changed in the last few weeks, joe. u.s. officials tell me, where the russians made progress in late june and early july and ukrainians pulled back and ukraine has been able to hammer russia with the weapons, with the himars

jonathan lemire, i know you wish nothing but ill for these scrappy little kids from the south bronx, yankees to win last night, to beat the rays. they did. seriously, for us, it's like rocky balboa. we're going into pittsburgh up against that team, we somehow manage to scrap out a couple wins. they're the apollo creed, of course, of baseball. we somehow laid a couple gloves on them the past couple nights. >> josh donaldson was in the little league park down the street before he moved to the yankee stadium. of note, the only other ballpark in america where that would have been a home run, except for yankee stadium. >> all right. >> here we go. >> you're right, joe, the red sox picked it up a little. earlier in the year, they beat up on some teams. we're back to .500. hoping the yankees get some wins. they play the bluejays now this weekend. another series, bluejays another team ahead of us in the wild card standings. sox are four out, seven weeks to play. they have to hop a bunch of teams to do so. they are going to need help. eventually, they'll have to start beating some good teams,

jonathan lemire.uding the reconciliation package which passed this weekend in a senate, in a marathon vote and heads to the house this week. friday in fact. give us your sense of it. do you have any concerns that it will pass there and in particular will colleagues of yours persist on some sort of changes that might slow the process down? >> well, there is heavy pen up demand for movement on climb change which is obviously the overarching civilization crisis of our time. and also in the house i know that there is sweeping support, certainly on the democratic side, through giving the government the power to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices in the medicare program. which is a power that the government has got in the v.a. program and it is got in medicaid, but because of a special interest writer was slipped in many years ago, it is been costing the american people 30 or $35 billion a year in extra prices. so we know that that is in there. so we support the essential major features of what ca

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. >> the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. >> no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process allowed senators to suggest amendments before a final tally is taken. seven democrats including kyrsten sinema of arizona voted in favor of a last-minute tax change introduced by republican senator john thune of south dakota. that led democrats to scramble to replace that measure with one of their own. >> the final draft of the inflation reduction act would invest more than $300 billion in climate reform. the largest in american history, a significant accomplishment. the bill also allow

i think that is the important thing here, jonathan lemire, is this is an ongoing criminal investigation, and it is just not something that usually happens and i suspect it won't happen in this case either. >> yeah. it wouldn't happen in any case and it seems that much less likely to have one in so high-profile. one where there is already real targets and threats to those involved. let's remember when the warrant, which contains a lot less information than the affidavit, was put out by someone in trump's camp and then put out on his social media site, it listed the fames of the two of the fbi agents involved in the search who have since had to have security for fear of their lives. we've seen an uptick in threats to law enforcement and we documented the attack on the field office in cincinnati and threats in other cities as well. so there is that part of it as well as the idea that they would be jeopardizing the case here. that there would be -- showing a road map to what they're trying to did and it could jeopardize this investigation or perhaps subsequent investigations and a witness c

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your week with us. one week after fbi agents desend on the home of former president donald trump, threats against federal law enforcement officials remain high. three senior officials tell nbc news that the fbi and department of homeland security issued a joint bulletin on friday, warning of the increase in violent rhetoric. the five-page document reportedly advised officials to remain cautious and vigilant facing threats. last week an alleged trump supporter was killed in a confrontation with police after filing a nail gun into the fbi's field office in cincinnati and also reportedly armed with an assault rifle. and on saturday, armed supporters of the former president gathered here at the fbi's office in phoenix, arizona, to protest the search of trump's south florida home. the search warrant for revealed that he is being investigated to the espionage act and tied to the classified material. according to the fbi, 11 sets of classified records were seized from tru

i'm jonathan lemire. >>> the house select committee investigating january 6th will dig into the financing behind the capitol attack and present int findings in future public hearings or in its final report. speaking to nbc's "meet the press," committee member congressman adam kinzinger says looking into the money behind the attack is a crucial factor. >> i think one of the more intriguing things is going to be some of the financing, right? some of the fundraising. the fact that a vast majority of this money was raised under political stop the steal with no intention of doing anything to so-called stop a steal. it was all about just raising money. >> turning back now, to the fallout from the redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search at mar-a-lago, national intelligence director admiral haynes has announced her office will conduct a damage assessment related to trump's handling of top secret documents. writing in a letter to lawmakers on friday, haynes says her office will quote lead an

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i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us.tol on january 6th testified yesterday against a rioter charged with assaulting him. metropolitan police officer daniel hodges appeared in court during the trial of three capitol defendants. you may remember this video where you can see officer hodges caught between a door entrance to the capitol and a police shield being used to pin him against the entrance by a rioter. hearing his screams are so difficult all these months later. it's patrick mccoy using the police shield as a weapon against officer hodges. in the year and a half following the attack on the u.s. capitol, more than 850 people have been arrested in connection with the riot. more than 350 defendants have pleaded guilty and more than a dozen have been found guilty at trial. more than a year and a half later, the capitol police are still dealing with the mental strain and other issues caused by the january 6th attack. that's the focus of a new piece out in politico by our next guest, congressional reporter, nicholas wu. he

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. >>> we begin with the situation in ukraine. in a significant breakthrough this morning, a ship carrying ukrainian grain set off from the port of odesa to for the first time since the war started back in february. ukraine's minister of infrastructure tweeted this video of the vessel which is carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn and is on its way to lebanon. the ship is expected to reach istanbul on tuesday where it will be inspected before being allowed to proceed. the move is part of an internationally brokered deal between kyiv and moscow, to release millions of tons of grain to foreign markets, and ease a growing food crisis. ukrainian officials say 16 more ships are waiting to depart odesa's port as part of that deal. >>> meanwhile, russia advances have slowed, almost to a standstill, as newly-delivered western weapons are helping ukrainian forces re-claim much of the advantage they have lost in recent months. the "washington post" reports that russian t

carlos curbelo, democratic strategist adrienne elrod, and white house bureau chief for politico, jonathan lemirelcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. we're going to get to all the politics, my interviews with joe manchin and jon stewart, all of that in a moment. but we need to begin with this historic flooding in eastern kentucky, the worst flooding there in decades, it has left dozens dead. four children from one family are dead. officials expect the number to rise in the days ahead. as of yesterday, some 1300 people had been rescued by air or boat. 14 counties have been declared disaster areas and tens of thousands of homes are either without power, running water or both. sadly more rain is in the forecast. now climate experts say global warming is -- has not increased the number of floods, but what it has increased is their severity due to more powerful rainstorms. this is extreme weather in action. i'm joined now by kentucky's governor andy bes

joining us, jonathan lemire, "politico" white house bureau chief, also the host of msnbc's "way too earlym miller is also here, also an msnbc political analyst. a.b. stoddard is here, associate editor and columnist for real clear politics, and nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli joins us live from wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. i think this is what joe biden says when he shouts at the television, but he wrapped it all into a speech and really took his white house and his party on the offense, said we beat the nra and put himself squarely on the side of federal and local law enforcement who in many instances were on the receiving end of unprecedented attacks from the gop. >> reporter: that's right, nicolle, this was absolutely an effort by the white house for democrats with president biden leading the way to flip the script on republicans. democrats paid a real political price in the 2020 election down ballot. the president himself didn't, of course, he was elected but down ballot a lot of democrats lost the election because of the framing of the party as the party of defund the po

it's jonathan lemire.popular support, talking about the chips act and, over the weekend, so many voting against the ability to cap insulin prices, tell us your ability to that and where that goes from here. can that be something revisited either this fall or after january 1? >> i think there is going to be enormous backlash against republicans for blocking this price cap on insulin. 7 million americans are on insulin, for folks watching in that group. you know how unaffordable it's become. what we're trying to do here is just put a $35 cap on insulin. not just for folks on medicare, but for everybody in this country. we got close to passing it last night. a few republicans joined us but not enough to overcome the 60-vote barrier. i think this will be similar to what republicans did on the veterans bill. they opposed the veterans bill. there was just an outpouring of opposition. they realized that they just couldn't sustain explaining why they were voting against veterans' benefits and came back to the tabl

and the host of "way too early," our good friend jonathan lemire. george, let you get in on this conversation about the irs. as joe said, it's not just these dark corners of the internet anymore. this is the leadership of the republican party. kevin mccarthy, chuck grassley, for god sakes, saying agents with ar-15s are going to kick in people's doors. is there any shame left at all? >> no. i mean, we're clearly in the continuing stages of a downward spiral, where the rhetoric keeps getting worse and worse. in order to feed the beast they've created, they double down on the rhetoric. the problem is, it's like a practical joke that got out of hand. they're all taking it very, very seriously now. we used to use -- you know, people are used to using fight rhetoric in politics. we use it all the time. but, you know, it's become more and more nefarious and more and more specific as time goes on, to the point of just factual lies about how the government goes about its business. when you start undermining the people who actually enforce the laws and the pe

" and wte house bureau chief at politico and best-selling author of "the big lie" jonathan lemirebeast david rothkopf joins us this hour. and president and ceo of the leadership council on civil and human right, maya ley joins us this rning. good to ve you all this hour. let's start with the latestn the search of donald trump's florida ho. the fbi seized about a dozen boxes from mar-a-lagon monday. trump returned 15 boxes to the national archis several months ago. but sources familiar with the matter tell "thwashington post" officials were concerned theyad not yet received all of the white house material that was improperly ten to mar-a-lago. trump's attorney, christina bobb, said the former president's legal team, has been in discussions with t justice department since the spring about whether additional records were being stored at mar-a-lago. >> i don't think that there was actually anything there that's worth while. we'll see what they come up. you know, if they did, it will be interesting, especially since they precluded me from actually watching what they did. but at this po

jonathan lemire, i know you want to take it to chuck as we try and figure out what we do and don't know so far. there's also this issue, especially trump making an issue about his passports. were they taken? why would they be? what's the story? yeah, here in washington, this was what everyone was buzzing about yesterday, trump's post saying his passports were taken. first, why does he have more than one passport? let's be clear, people who travel for government can have diplomatic passports. you can have more than one if trips line up a certain way. it is not that unusual. but the idea his passports were taken raised the question of, well, is he being perceived as a flight risk? does this mean that charges could be imminent? now, doj later tells us the passports wererosenberg, i was get your take as to what you think this means. was this simply passports were scooped up with other materials that go through the filter team, then they're returned appropriately, or do you think there is a greater meaning behind this? we should note, the former president had planned to travel overseas later

so it seems, jonathan lemire that joe biden maybe we'll see more of it tomorrow night in that prime time speech. he is stepping into this place right now where a lot of americans are -- things seem like they're going off the rails on one side of the aisle. >> thinking of different places, a split screen between these two men. donald trump headlines going worse with the doj at mar-a-lago. scrambling to try to defend that work, in this case, distract, try to deflect, talk about something else. they see the polls, candidates, number of states in trouble. and ability to flip the house. then you have president biden who is basically on a roll. democrats have momentum, a win at their back. a series of legislative wins. some bipartisan, some democrats. and there's just a new energy. white house aides that i spoke to said the place is revitalized. democrats love where they are. and they're painting republicans as being out of touch with america with a number of issues. abortion, guns, now, yesterday, we heard him say in defense of police and law enforcement. republicans aren't doing that either.

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> based on mishandling classified information, after what happened with hillary clinton, there will be frustration and i fear violence. i reject violence. i'm not calling for violence. violence is not the answer. >> that's senator lindsey graham of south carolina, doing some cleanup, after saying on sunday that thrill there will be riots if the former president is prosecuted. meanwhile the push for a special master by trump's legal team appears to have been undercut by diligent fbi agents.

. >>> "way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> "the new york times" apparently just reporting to your point about the number of the scope of this, there were 300 classified documents apparently at mar-a-lago, which again i think, you know, what do you make of that number? >> we think that's a lot. and so 300 pages, you know, just, you know, of basement stairway away, in an open, you know, beachhouse, is not where you would want that information. especially in the hands of somebody who president biden deemed should not even be able to receive classified

. >>> "way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> i've known donald trump for 25 years and i'm always very open about this on my show. but you know, we'll see whether that is what the country wants. maybe it's time to turn the page, if we can get someone who has all of trump's policies, who's not trump. right? >> that's fox news host lara ingraham suggesting maybe it is time for republicans to move on from the former president. it comes as trump's legal issues pile up and dominate the headlines. we'll have the latest on the fight over the affidavit that cleared

. >>> "way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> after days of negotiations, arizona senatorsten sinema says she is on board with a proposal to address key pieces of president biden's agenda. we'll take you to the latest version of the bill and how soon it could pass. >>> plus, sandy hook families finally get some justice, against a plan they say has made their lives a living hell. we'll explain how a mistake by alex jones' lawyer could also help the january 6th committee. and ahead, the latest on brittney griner's future. what the kremlin and the biden administration are saying about a potential prisoner swap, now that the wnb

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. the unprecedented, it would be unprecedented in history for the vice president to testify on capitol hill, but i would don't want to pre-judge and if there is a formal invitation rendered to us, we would give it due consideration. >> if the january 6th committee wants testimony from the former vice president, it appears that they just need to ask him. meanwhile, federal prosecutors are working to get their hands on all of the white house documents that were given to that panel. >>> plus, we're just hours away from a major decision