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classrooms. goo good morning, everyone. and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, august 12th, im alex witt in for jonathan lemire. we begin with new information on the fbi search of the donald trumps 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 rec...

what a week. with us, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post," eugene robinson with us. and columnist and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius, will join us in a moment. joe, just a reminder of why the justice department might be a little concerned about nuclear secrets knocking around mar-a-lago. there was the time that trump spilled highly classified information to russias foreign minister. or when he tweeted a high...

theres new reporting about the story that broke late yesterday, 40 subpoenas going all the way up to line to top people in trumps orbit. its all about coup and insurrection. we have more on that. also something i told you about yesterday, bill gates is on "the beat" tonight in depth. climate change, inflation, public health, a.i., the metaverse. what he says we the west owe africa, not a conversation we have every night on the news. as well as a discussion about how mr. gates got somew...

we appreciate it. stick around. well talk to you again in a few minutes on "morning joe." thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. to do something with 50 votes is rough. to do small things with 50 votes is rough. to pass such a major piece of legislation with only 50 votes, republican minority, a caucus running from bernie sanders to joe manchin, wow. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer after the senate...

trump that the classified materials found at malignancy s found at malignancy h . >> at had been declassified. the fbi is on high alert following an attack at a field office and a wave of violent threats online from trump supporters. >> two republicans who have been critical of the former president face serious challenges from candidates who support him in tomorrows gop primaries. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this monday, august 15th. im jonathan lemire. thanks ...

of my book coming out about women in politics, but you look at the field of women candidates, it is a system that tends to reward candidates that could build consensus. those are traits that are associated with female candidates. so it is interesting to see how and if that shakes out in alaska with the heavily female primary fields. >> thank you. an your new book out is next weaken titled "electable" why america hasnt put a woman in the white house yet. and i just got my copy. congratu...

The summit is more of a platform for ideas sharing ahead of major economic and climate meetings

After a governor's veto of the Clean Heat Standard last legislative session, lawmakers are looking to pass a new climate change related bill

Line vote of 220-207, they agreed to pass the inflation reduction act marking a significant victory for president biden and his party. it now heads to bidens desk wherer expected to sign it into law later this week. it provided more than $300 billion to tackle climate reform, marking a largest climate investment in u.s. history. it also makes major changes to health policy and allows medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time. in addition, the bill adds a new 15% minimum tax on large c...

Asymptomatic. the recommendation is part of a bigger plan to loosen safety measures around the united states. after months of negotiations, the house today is expected to vote on the inflation reaction act. the legislation would invooes more than $300 billion to tackle climate reform, marking the largest climate investment in u.s. history. itd also make major changes to health policy and allow medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time. in addition, the bill would add a new 15% minim...