jonathan lemire and jen palmieri are still with us. >> jonathan, have you been looking at the nationalt -- they've won 9 of the last 10 games. they have just been on an absolute tear. it's hard to say that they're not the favorite to go to the world series. they have to go through atlanta to do that, but, man, what -- what a run the dodgers are having. >> yeah. that was a really tight race until about a month ago. the dodgers and diamondbacks were going back and forth at the top. arizona faded in the second half. the dodgers caught fire. dodgers/braves look like the class of the national league. the dodgers are being fueled by so many ex-red sox, mookie betts, j.d. martinez. dodgers are a terrific team. they come to fenway in about a week's time. mookie betts' return to boston. that will be fun. >> that will be a lot of fun. you're right, j.d.'s also out there doing pretty well. >> there he is. >> it's just -- >> dancing. >> why don't you dance? you sure didn't dance a lot last year in boston. you went lunging for the curveball. >> maybe the team wasn't supportive. >> maybe so. >>> our

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.morning consul poll shows donald trump with a commanding lead over his 2024 gop challengers. with 58% in this poll, trump leads florida governor ron desantis by 43 percentage points among potential gop primary voters. entrepreneur vivek is polling in third place. and naky haley, tim scott all at 6%. meanwhile from a survey from "the new york times" trump leads florida governor desantis in that one. all other candidates, well, they earned less than 5% of support in the poll, which we should note was conducted before new charges were announced against trump in the classified documents case. so on desantis he is opening up about his struggling presidential campaign and recent staff shakeup. over the weekend the florida governor held an event are voters in new hampshire inviting them to have a beer with him. but his campaign had to slash ticket prices from $50 for the general public to just $1, and even then only about 30 people showed up. now, this comes as his advisers have been trying t

jonathan lemire is still with us. he's the author of "the big lie."hing fixed. >> they haven't done a very good job. okay. we'll live with it. >> i want to know if let's say when you represented chevy, they came to you and they had the numbers we've seen donald trump have this morning. things seem to be going in the opposite direction. the brand seems to be beyond upside down. this is one of those recall stories that you used to do, like at cbs. this is like a recall case, it seems to me, where transparency cuts against donald trump. cameras in the courtroom obviously cut against donald trump. as long as people live in their little bubbles, the conspiracies will sort of rise up and they'll think what they want to think. you're the pro at this, spent your life doing this. it seems to me the more info that comes out, the more we learn about donald trump, the more he's bleeding independent support like crazy. his numbers are plummeting. is there any recovery for him, or is this a one-way exit from the political stage? is it time for republicans to really

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this morning with tropical storm idalia. the storm weakened overnight but is still making its way through the carolinas and dropping a massive amount of rain, flooding streets and causing widespread power outages. charleston, south carolina, recorded its fifth highest tide ever as the storm surge there exceeded forecasts and reached over 9 feet. the city is also experiencing significant flooding as peak tides swelled over the sea wall for quite some time. the national weather service is now warning of 2 foot storm surges in south carolina while north carolina could see up to 4 feet in some areas. over 300,000 people across florida, georgia, and the carolinas are without power. and while the carolinas will bear the brunt of idalia this morning, the storm is forecast to move offshore later today. a man in florida who crashed his car into a tree while he was trying to drive during extremely rainy conditions. that state was indeed in

we'll stop watching baseball, jonathan lemire, this year.e where we didn't pick anybody up and the team just deflated. and we went from being the best team since the all-star break to being the worst just like that. >> first of all, i saw mika collapse when you announced that you weren't going to watch baseball anymore. yeah, i had the great misfortune of being at the game yesterday. great seats, but they got crushed 13-1. and they swept by the blue jays. to your point, second straight deadline where the team seems like maybe they are going on a run, they didn't get reinforcement reinforcements, yeah, they are fading fast. >> and so you know, sam, things have been a little ugly at politico since sam stein arrived. and if you want to know just how it looks inside the newsroom, let's look at what happened in the white sox/guardians game a couple nights ago. >> another rocket of a throw. and oh, my goodness, here come the benches. it started with anderson and ramirez. and now everybody is spilling out here in cleveland. >> swing and a smash to

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we'll begin this morning with a decision that sent waves through the nation's capitol yesterday, a start date for donald trump's federal election interference trial. in washington, d.c. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year, just one day before super tuesday. now, prosecutors when asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year while trump's lawyers had proposed that it not start until april of 2026. yesterday judge chutkan said that neither of those dates were acceptable but that, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. the decision was met with push back in the courtroom from trump attorney john lauro who was cautioned twice by the judge to turn down the temperature when he was speaking. lauro claimed it was, quote, violation of the oath to do justice that the former president be tried so soon. arguing that he would not have enough time to prepare his client's defense. jud

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.determined to go after president biden are leveling a new threat. plans subpoena members of the biden family potentially including the president himself. here's committee chair republican james comer of kentucky. >> this is always going to end with the bidens coming in front of the committee. we are going subpoena the family. we're putting the case together to win in court. obviously with all the opposition and obstruction we're getting from the biden attorneys now, we know this is going to end up in court when we subpoena the bidens. so we're putting together a case. >> congressman comer released a third memo on wednesday detailing bank records showing that hunter biden and his associates received millions of dollars from foreign entities while his father was vice president. now, let's be clear that's a fact that has been known for years. and nowhere in the bank records is there any indication and certainly not proof that president biden was involved in any of these transactions, some

i'm jonathan lemire, thank you for being with us. we turn now to our top story and donald trump's attorneys appear to have confirmed one of the allegations in the special counsel's indictment. trump is accused of asking his then-vice president mike pence to stop the election certification process even allegedly telling pence he's, quote, too honest when he rejected that idea. attorney john larro provided more insight on those conversations just hours after trump pleaded not guilty in a washington, d.c. courthouse yesterday. >> president trump was getting advice from an esteemed constitutional scholar as to an array of options that he could take in light of the discrepancies and what was going on in 2020. those discrepancies were well-known, and they were being litigated. professor eastman laid out a series of options that were discussed with vice president pence. vice president pence disagreed on certain issues, but ultimately what president trump said is let's go with option "d," let's just halt, let's just pause the voting and allo

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.nd 2024 white house hopeful ron desantis is once again shaking up his campaign leadership team. desantis is bringing in his long time chief of staff as his new presidential campaign manager. this comes as the governor's allies pushed for a change at the top of the campaign due to lagging poll numbers and the upcoming republican primary debate just a couple weeks away. just last month the desantis campaign fired more than 40 merse of its original staff because of concerns about how fast money was being spent. the governor's previous campaign manager will stay on as a senior advisor. the new one has no experience running a campaign anywhere near this size. joining us now to talk about this and more, national politics reporter for "the hill" julia manchester. great to see you again. another campaign shakeup. this has been sort of a slow bleed for the desantis team in recent weeks. you wrote about it for "the hill." tell us the early thoughts as to why this matters and will it make any dif

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.e yesterday gave one of his strongest criticisms yet of donald trump while he addressed the former president's latest indictment. in an interview with fox news pence was asked about an e-mail detailed in the indictment that was sent to his staff by trump attorney john eastman. in the message eastman asks pence to, quote, consider one more relatively minor violation of the electoral count act and adjourn the certification of the election for ten days. donald trump's attorney on tuesday claimed the former president only asked pence to, quote, simply pause the voting. here's what pence had to say about that. >> let's be clear on this point it wasn't just say asked for a pause. the president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crack pot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes, which would have resulted in the issue being turned over to the house of representatives and literally chaos would have ensued. >> mike pence continues to be very, very right about january 6th. we should note

we have jonathan lemire, jen psaki and john heilemann back with us.. let's bring in chief white house correspondent kristin welker. big day for the president, big day for america and its allies, especially around china. what's on the agenda for today? >> reporter: hugely significant, joe, you're absolutely right about that. president biden is hosting the first foreign leader summit at camp david since taking office and the first time these three leaders will be together. on the agenda really is this show of force against a rising china and also against north korea and its recent provocations, including concerns that russia is aiding north korea in its nuclear missile program. a senior administration official underscoring the significance of the location, camp david. let me read you what this person said. quote, i think there's a recognition that the venue is reserved for only the most important and significant such meetings. this official site of the peace talks between israel and the palestinian delegations under former president clinton as well as c

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.ill head to the polls to cast their ballots in a closely watched special election today. ohioans are set to decide whether or not it should be harder to change the state's constitution. the measure, which is known as issue one, would raise the threshold for amending the constitution from a simple majority to 60% of voters. and the outcome of today's election could have a major impact on abortion rights in november. republicans are arguing that the measure is intended to limit the influence of special interests, but opponents who are skeptical of the timing say it is instead aimed at making it harder to enshrine abortion rights in that state's constitution. joining us now politics reporter for the news outlet the 19th, grace panetta. grace, i know you have been following this closely for quite some time. today's the day. ohio voters will decide whether or not to raise the threshold for amending the state constitution. tell us more as to why this is being now viewed as a proxy fight over

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we'll begin this morning with the trial date proposed by donald trump's legal team that is way, way, way in the future. in a court filing late yesterday the attorneys representing the former president in the federal election interference case against him -- that's the one out of washington -- requested that that trial begin in april of 2026. that is 2 1/2 years later than the january 2024 start date promised by special counsel jack smith earlier this month. in their filing, trump's lawyers argue that given the massive amounts of evidence they will have to review and the former president's already busy schedule for next year a 2024 or even a 2025 start date would deny trump his right to a fair trial. they also claim that prosecutors have already had a 2 1/2-year head start in preparing their own case. you can see trump's busy calender there on your screen. but on fox news yesterday trump's own former attorney general bill barr rejected those ar

i'm ali vitali in for jonathan lemire this evening.providing potentially damning new evidence about the plot to overturn the 2020 election results by donald trump and members of his inner circle. the memo which was obtained by "the new york times" and not yet been verified by nbc news was allegedly sent in early december 2020 by trump leather kenneth, in the newly obtained note he outlines what would be known as the fake electors scheme which claims former vice president mike pence had the power to block the certification of the votes on january 6th. of course he didn't. he wrote to a trump lawyer about what he acknowledged, quote, was a bold controversial strategy but claimed he was not trying to advise this course of action. "the times" reports one day after sending that memo ended up on the desk's personal lawyer at the time, rudy giuliani. he admitted the supreme court was likely to end up rejecting the plan, but even in that case he claimed airing it out publicly would, quote, buy the trump campaign more time to challenge the elec

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.ning into the victim narrative following his latest indictment. trump spent much of the day yesterday attacking his perceived political rivals as well as the criminal justice system as a whole on his fledgling truth social media site. he also posted a series of mel odramatic videos highlighting the, quote, burden he says he's taking on for all the american people. >> the test of a man is how much he will bear for a cause which he knows to be right. how long will he stand in the depths of despair? how much will he suffer and fight? >> well then, additionally trump announced plans to present a, quote, irrefutable report on alleged 2020 election fraud in georgia. he's going to unveil this at a news conference scheduled for monday at his bedminster, new jersey, golf club. it's unclear who exactly is compiling this report or why trump has been sitting on his alleged findings for the past 2 1/2 years. one of trump's attorneys down-played the new charges against the former president during a

and associated press washington bureau chief, host of way too early and msnbc political analyst jonathan lemirehappens in georgia. makes sense a president could not pardon a state conviction, explain why the governor can't in this case either. >> well, in georgia, there is a pardon and parole board. now, you know, the governor probably has some level of influence because he has a role in appointing members of the board. but there is not a direct pardon from the governor in georgia. that's why you have been hearing statements that the governorgova little bit remove and i'm sure he's probably not mad about the way the law is written. because as we know, he and trump have had a pretty sizable falling out, but he's really avoided engaging directly with this case. he's avoided having direct criticism of trump quite frankly. so, this keeps him removed even if trump were to be convicted. >> can i ask you a political conversation. what is your sense of the way donald trump is perceived in georgia? he did not win in 2020 this is what this is all about, he lost sort of the moderate republicans, suburban

i'm katty kay on august 21st in for jonathan lemire. >>> we begin with the tropical storm pummeling southernifornia. hilary is already smashing records for rainfall across california with some parts of the state reporting nearly 3 inches of rain yesterday. in addition to the tropical storm, southern california residents also experienced a 5.1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. officials are reporting it did not cause serious damage, but it did produce several aftershocks. >>> in response to hilary, governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency. hilary is the first tropical storm to hit southern california in 84 years, almost a century. >>> turning to politics and new polling shows donald trump's hold on the republican base is as strong as ever. in a yougov survey, trump leads ron desantis, 62% to 16%. in third place is entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. he's at 7%. all the other candidates at 5% or less. among them, the poll shows they trust the former president even more than their own loved ones, yep, more than their own family members. 71% feels like what trump tells them is the truth. ahea

i'm jonathan lemire. thank for being with us.cial elections this year, democrats are feeling pretty optimistic. abc news reports an analysis from 538 shows democrats have outperformed the partisan teams in 38 elections. last month the democratic candidate in a wisconsin state assembly election lost by seven points in an area where republicans have a 22 point advantage. and where trump beat biden by nearly 17 points in 2020. in may the democrat in a new hampshire special election for a statehouse seat won by 43 points nearly doubling the party's estimated 23-point advantage in that district. so according to the report operatives from the left and right believe the recent success by democrats can be tied to public support for abortion access and divisiveness over donald trump's possible re-election bid. but republicans, as you might imagine, warned not to read too much into the special elections and for what they might mean for next year. special elections do typically have lower voter turnout and less money promoting them. there w

i'm eamon mohyeldin in for jonathan lemire. trump reportedly had his lawyers negotiate for him to turn himself in during prime time television hours. as "the guardian" reports trump wanted to maximize television ratings for his benefit for his surrender to the authorities in atlanta and could extend the coverage of the proceedings by speaking afterwards in front of cameras and reporters. this, of course, is trump's fourth indictment in as many months. in each he's worked to turn appearances into spectacles and quote, in an effort to discourage the indictments. the booking process in fulton county typically includes a mug shot, fingerprinting and taking both height and weight measurements. "the guardian" reports trump has asked his lawyers and the secret service to get him out of taking that mug shot. in previous cases he did not have to take one, but the fulton county sheriff has stated the former president will be treated like any other defendant. now, as we await trump's surrender, the other 18 codefendants, well they have be

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting it with us. and we'll begin this morning with history once again. former president donald trump who took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the united states constitution has been indicted for allegedly trying to subvert that very same document. in washington, d.c. yesterday a federal grand jury of trump's own peers convened by special counsel jack smith voted to charge the former president for his alleged efforts to stay enpower after he lost the 2020 election. the 45-page indictment lays out four felony charges against trump. they are conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. speaking about the case after the indictment was unsealed, smith emphasized the seriousness of these charges. >> the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. described in the indictment, it was fueled by lie

i'm jonathan lemire. nice to be back. thanks to you for starting your day and week with us. we begin this morning with a shooting in jacksonville, florida, where three people were killed and what police are calling a racially motivated attack. on saturday, a shoppers and an employee were shot at a dollar general store near a historically black college. all victims were black. authorities say the 21-year-old gunman who was white died of a self-inflicted gun schott wound there at the scene. they described him as a, quote, maniac who wanted to kill black people. they say they found more than 20 pages of racist rioting in a manifesto on his laptop. the police say he legally purchased the two guns used in the attack, a gridlock and an ar-15 stile rifle. the rifle had swas city kas drawn on it. the gunman had no criminal record, but was sent for a 20-hour psychiatric evaluation in 2017. under florida law those do not show up in background checks unless the person has been committed for treatment. >>> yesterday hundreds of people gad -- gathered for a vigil for the victims. also go

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.atest indictment, donald trump, this one out of the state of georgia senate majority chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries put out a joint statement last night writing in part this, the fourth indictment of donald trump just like the three which came before it portrays a criminal pattern by the former president. the actions taken by the fulton county district attorney reaffirms the shared belief that in america no one, not even the president, is above the law. well, in stark contrast house speaker kevin mccarthy slammed the new indictment in a social media post writing, quote, justice should be blind but biden has weaponized government against his leading political opponent to interfere in the 2020 election. now a radical d.a. in georgia is following biden's lead by attacking president trump and using it to fund raise her political career. americans see through this desperate sham. all right, joining us now for more let's bring in politics reporter at the daily beast.

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us.dictment in fulton county, georgia, trump supporters have posted the names and addresses of the grand jurors there in the atlanta area raising concern over their safety and privacy. the nonpartisan research group advance democracy spotted the names on a fringe website that often features violent rhetoric. some of the online posts claim the jurors were biased against trump and claim jurors had expressed support for senators bernie sanders and rafael warnock, former president barack obama, and the black lives matter movement. nbc news is choosing not to name the website to avoid further spreading the information that reported the names of the jurors. to note under georgia law the identities of the jurors are not secret. in fact, the names are listed right there in the indictment but not the jurors addresses or other personal information. joining us now congressional investigations reporter for "the washington post," jackie almeny. you and your colleagues at the paper reached out to those

with us we have jonathan lemire back in the building. and also with us, u.s.g to you all. today marks the 60th anniversary of the march on washington. and reverend, dr. martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech. as many of a quarter of a million people gathered on the national mall on this day in 1963. in honor of that moment, thousands gathered on the national mall on saturday including dr. king's family and a number of civil rights leaders including yourself. you were there, this is something that you've been telling us about for many months, anticipating connecting dr. king's dream and that speech 60 years ago to where we are today. tell us about the weekend. >> well, the weekend was very invigorating. we were able to see a cross section of people of all races. it was inter-generational. we had expected 75,000 people. we did a lot more than that. when you looked out at the audience, it was under bushes because of the heat, but when we got ready to march, you could see throngs of people interracial, inter-generational, led by the kings. and it was the

solicitor contributor neal katyal and metty hasan and jonathan lemire.disinformation, which seems to be multiplying by the day with a.i. and other things on the horizon. you've written a piece about why the trump trial should be televised. tell us why. >> look, i love garrett haake, but my question is why do we have to as american citizens have to have this trial filtered through people like him telling us what happened yesterday in the courtroom. why do we have to look at these ridiculous cartoon sketches? why can't we see this trial for ourselves, see the primary source? after all, this trial is being conducted in the name of the american people. it's being paid for by our tax dollars, and we have a right to see it. that's particularly so because of the point you made about kind of deep fakes and about spins and things like that. trump is a master of disinformation. the best way to avoid that is sunlight. louis brandeis called it the best disinfectant. federal law bars criminal trials from being televised. that's the same thing we faced in the george f

i'm in for jonathan lemire. former president donald trump will travel to atlanta on thursday to turn himself in after he and 18 others were indicted in a wide ranging election interference case. frump announced the news himself on social media writing, quote, can you believe it, i'll be going to atlanta, georgia, on thursday to be arrested by radical left district attorney fani willis. the former president will report to the fulton county jail in atlanta for booking. the county sheriff has said there'll be, quote, a hard lock down of the street when he arrives. district attorney fani willis had given all defendants until noon on friday to voluntarily surrender. this is the first time he's been made to pay a cash bond. that is $100,000 higher than other known agreements. trump said on his social media page the amount meant willis, quote, thought i was a flight risk. i'd fly far away to maybe, russia, russia, russia, share a gold domed suite with vladimir never to be seen again. trump's bond agreement includes lan

jonathan lemire and elise jordan still with us.jority of that grand jury will have to sign off on an indictment for willis's team to press charges against former president trump or his allies. at least two witnesses that were subpoenaed by the d.a.'s office have confirmed their scheduled dates to appear this week. former lieutenant governor jeff duncan tweeted on saturday that he was scheduled to testify tomorrow. journalist george cheatie also confirmed his slot in an interview. jen jordan and bee nguyen are also both confirmed to have received subpoenas. d.a. willis has said she will announce my potential charging decisions by september 1st. for more, let's bring in garrett haake live this morning in atlanta. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: it's somehow been a little bit less than two weeks since donald trump was in court in washington facing federal charges related to his efforts to overturn the election nationally. he could face new charges related to those same efforts to overturn the election here in georgia with that

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we, of course, begin rng this morning with hurricane idalia which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make landfall along florida's big bend where the peninsula merges into the panhandle as a category 4 hurricane between 6:00 and 9:00 this morning, eastern time. that's just a few hours from now. if idalia does make landfall as a category 4, the national hurricane center says it'll have sustained winds of 130 to 156 miles per hour with a very high risk of injury or death, and it would likely produce catastrophic damage. another major concern is an expected record breaking storm surge of 12 to 16 feet in the landfall zone. florida officials warn the surge could impact areas up to 200 miles south into the tampa area and may leave portions of of that region uninhabitable for an extended period of time. several areas of idalia storm surge are expected to be higher than hurricane ian's last year, which you'll recall devastated the fort my

i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us.will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. the wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern united states history, surpassing 2018's campfire in california which killed 85. hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest natural disaster in his state's history, with damages estimated at close to $6 billion. hawaiian electric is reporting that power has been restored to 60% of maui residents. we of course will keep you posted all morning long. as the tragedy continues to unfold there. >>> elsewhere this week after more than two years of investigating district attorney fani willis will begin presenting her election interference case before a grand jury in fulton county, georgia. a majority of that grand jury will have to sign off on an indictment for willis' team to press charges agains

catty cat, jonathan lemire still with us.pulitzer prize winning historian john meacham joins us this morning. let's get straight to donald trump's latest legal case. the former president and 18 others were named in a sweeping 41-count indictment targeting alleged attempts to overturn the state's 2020 election results. here is fulton district attorney fani willis explaining the charges. >> every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating georgia's racketeer, influenced and corrupt organizations act through participation in a criminal enterprise in fulton county, georgia, and elsewhere to accomplish the illegal goal of allowing donald j. trump to seize the presidential term of office beginning on january 20th, '21. >> the former president and his allies are accused of running a criminal organization that, quote, knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of trump. district attorney willis said she would give all defendants until august 2

jonathan lemire. nbc's ken dilanian and former analyst lisa rubin. good morning to you all. let's dive right now as we begin with a start date now set for donald trump's federal election interference trial. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year. that's just one day before super tuesday. prosecutors had asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year, while trump's lawyers proposed it begin in april of 2026. yesterday, judge chutkan said neither of those dates were acceptable, but, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. that decision was met with pushback inside the courtroom from trump attorney john lauro, who was cautioned twice by the judge to turn down the temperature when he was speaking. lauro claimed it was the violation of the oath to do justice that the former president be tried so soon, arguing he would not have time to prepare his client's defense. judge chutkan dismissed the concerns, noting that trump has been aware

jonathan lemire still with us.cast "on brand with donny deutsch," donny deutsch. tom rodgers. special correspondent of "vanity" fair and host of "fast politics" pod cast, molly jong fast. and mehdi. i used to say terrible things about bill clinton and his policies, and he drove me absolutely crazy. you know what i said to him when a hurricane came through northwest florida and he came down to visit? "thank you, mr. president. our small business owners thank you. our hospitals thank you. everybody thanks you." what happened? what happens when you actually do that? you go, "okay, listen, there are a lot of things this guy drives me crazy about, but maybe we can work on long-term health care for federal employees. maybe we can work on relocating people on toxic waste sites." that's exactly what happened. met him, he helped people in northwest florida, and we found things, again, that actually helped everybody. it just doesn't happen enough. it's like, this is their jobs, for god's sake, to represent their constituents

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> the judge can hold donald trump in contempt, can sank him. there's a lot of things she has flexibility to do, and she will exercise it. she is a vdge, is going to set the tone very early in this that she's in charge of this case and that donald trump is not in charge of this case. >> just hours from now a federal judge is set to hear arguments in donald trump's protective order fight. will the court impose any restrictions, or will the ex-president be able to reveal whatever he wants about jack

jonathan lemire, katty kay, mike barnicle still with us.avoc across north carolina now this morning. 60 mile an hour winds whipping through the state while heavy rain continues to fall, causing moderate flash flood risks on the coast. residents across florida, georgia, south carolina waking up to the storm's aftermath. nbc news senior national correspondent tom llamas reports on the storm's impact on local communities across the region. >> reporter: our first look at the incredible fury of hurricane idalia. powerful bursts of wind. relentless sheets of rain. devastating storm surge, combining into a destructive force of historic proportions. >> i didn't think anybody expected it to be this bad. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the category 3 hurricane is the strongest to hit the big bend area in more than a century. landfall came at keaton beach with sustained gusts of 125 miles per hour. homes here didn't stand a chance. in nearby perry, this gas station toppled by fierce winds. across the region, roofs ripped off buildings. >> oh! oh, my gosh!

jonathan lemire, yeah, whatever. i mean, i'm just -- hold on. oh, my goodness. yeah, he's got a reason to argue about that one. so i'm not talking about this team post trade deadline, you know. they had a shot last year. >> kind of stuck on the outfits. >> the team collapsed. it's happened again post trade deadline. we do absolutely nothing. chaim bloom does nothing when we need so this things, pitching. same thing happened. i'll let you go ahead and make your perfunctory remarks about how great we are in the yellow uniforms and how bad the yankees are. go ahead. >> well, i'll start with also the negative. i mean, it is inexcusable. they came out of the trading deadline without any pitching help. right now, through the five-man rotation, twice, two out of five, we're using openers, relievers. they don't have a major league roster, major league caliber pitching staff, they don't. yes, there is good news. it was a fun walk-off win. they caught a break on the third strike, to be sure. 22-4 in recent years in the yellow jerseys. i have warmed to them. the red sox ar

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> i will talk about it. i will.ot taking away my first amendment rights. >> if he continues on his promise and is true to his word today at the new hampshire rally he is going to talk about the case, and if that means talking about whatever evidence is restricted in an agreed upon protection order, we will have a presidential candidate who's campaigning behind bars because he's being held in contempt of court. that's where a slow moving train is now speeding up and headed. >> former president donald trump promising to violate his potential protective

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> indictment watch continues in washington this morningspecial counsel jack smith's grand jury supposed to meet today. we'll have the very latest on all of the legal troubles for the former president. meanwhile, donald trump's attorney fees are draining his political operations. we'll dig into the new numbers that show he's burning through millions of dollars. and also ahead we'll bring you some new reporting on voters in a key state for president joe biden back in 2020 that might be

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> a federal court should enter an order enjoiningll of these cases until the election is over because they are clearly now not cases. they're not even crimes. this is the first amendment. it's free speech. it's my acting as a lawyer. i have a right to argue for my client. i even have the right to exaggerate to my client. i have a basis for everything i said. half of what they wrote about me is false and they know it. this should all be put off until after the election. >> rudgi

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> we must be prepared to lobby our republicans by personal contact and by demonstrating the overwhelming will of the people in their state, in each state that this may need to happen. >> that's new video of trump ally roger stone

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> why did you decide to evacuate? >> this surge right here, man. if we had been in our property we would have got flooded, we wouldn't have been able to leave. >> didn't know what i was going to do until these guys showed up. i was going to actually stay and swim in my house. >> high heart just dropped out of my chest when they called the house was on fire because we prepared for a flood not a fire. >> some of the survivors of hurricane idalia, the first major hurricane to hit florida's big bend region in more than a century. we'll have the very latest on the storm's path and on t

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> i think this is merely a delay tactic. mr. trump is now the defendant in an ongoing criminal proceeding, and they're treating this as though he's still an ordinary citizen candidate who cannot be restricted at had, and that's just not the way it works in criminal law. >> that's former doj official mary mccord weighing in on the latest maneuver by donald trump's legal team in the 2020 elebz case. we'll go through all the new developments. >>> plus there's action around the fulton county courthouse in

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> as a legal matter i don't see -- i thinknot an abuse. the department of justice is not acting to weaponize the department by proceeding against the president for a conspiracy to subvert the electoral process. >> donald trump's former attorney general sharing his opinion of the former president's federal indictment for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we'll have more of bill barr's comments and a preview of trump's arraignment j

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> ulttimately what president trump said is's go with option "d." let's just halt, let's just pause the voting and allow the state legislatures to take one last look and make a determination as to whether or not they were handled fairly. that's constitutional law. that's not an issue of criminal activity. >> that's donald trump's attorney in the 2020 election case seeming to admit that the former president did exactly what he's been accused of doing. we'll have a full break down of trump's historic arraignment yesterday and

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> if that was true then why was he circcomventingll white house counsel's advice? why wasn't pat cipollone? volved? why wasn't doj? volved? instead mark recruited lawyers who he wanted to listen to. >> that's the former chief of staff for vice president mike pence weighing in on testimony from mark meadows, donald trump's former chief of staff, who spent hours on the witness stand yesterday in georgia. and that comes as a date is now set for donal

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> i believe i won that election by many, many votes, many, many hundreds of thousands of votes. that's what i think. and i expressed that on the phone call and i said i don't know what the number was like 11,000 or something. i said what i need is 1,000 votes, i won this thing by hundreds of thousands of votes. it's my opinion and a strong opinion, and i think it's borne out by the facts, and we'll see that. >> the fourth case involving donald trump likely to be heard by a grand jury next week as georgia braces for a new indictment in trump's efforts to overturn his election loss. >>> plus, the former

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> a key witness in the classified documentss after dismissing his trump funded lawyer. we're going to tell you who it is and explain his significance in the case. meanwhile, more of donald trump's codefendants are turning themselves into the fulton county jail, but rudy giuliani still has no set plans on when he'll surrender despite a fast approaching deadline. also house speaker kevin mccarthy again floats an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden when congress returns next month. we're going to show you his confusing comments on why it ou

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> the $200,000 bond today, everything that georgia, i'm really glad to see it because they're signaling that georgia's not going to give trump any special treatment. >> the fate of donald trump is in his hands. if he continues to make choices now that he's out on bail in four criminal cases, it is incumbent on the prosecutors and the judge to take action. >> in two days donald trump says he will surrender to authorities in georgia as haz now

"way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> so it was a calculated and deceitful planr negating certified votes. >> people who defended say that he genuinely did feel that he was robbed and this was the good fight and the proper fight. >> well, even if did -- even if he believed that doesn't mean he can use illegal means to rectify it. if you think the bank is unfairly keeping your money, there are many things you can do to get it back. you can't go a

i'm ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. and for the first time in american history, afirmer president of the united states has taken a mug shot. donald trump surrendered to fulton county jail yesterday where he was given an inmate number. trump was processed on 13 felony charges over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the former president was released on $200,000 bond shortly thereafter, but the quick stop at the jail isn't slowing down trump's presidential campaign. in fact, he's using his mug shot to solicit donations. in his first post since his account was reinstated on "x" which was formerly known as twitter, trump posted a mug shot linked to his website. they have shirts saying never surrender on it although that's what he did in fulton county yesterday. trump gave remarks after his booking. watch that. >> what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing wrong, i did nothing wrong, and everybody knows it. i've never had such support, and that goes for the other ones, too. the

yasmin, andrew, aaron, tim, also with us, jonathan lemire, politico's white house bureau chief and hostf msnbc's way too early, and neal katyal, former u.s. acting solicitor general. what for you, neal, is the headline as you watch what is unfolding inside that district courthouse today? >> well, this is a very solemn moment. this process, what donald trump is going to go through, is called arraignment. it traces back to the 14th century. it's reflected in our legal treatises of the founding, and indeed in our sixth amendment, which guaranteed a criminal defendant the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him. so this is going to be a very simple, straightforward proceeding. donald trump is actually something of an expert at the arraignment process at this point in time. so he knows how to go through these motions. he's been to more courthouses in the last four months than most lawyers have. so i don't expect any news per se to come out of the hearing itself. but it's obviously a moment of enormous gravity and significance. i mean, donald trump was just