america. the president saying today s gop is, quote, dominated, driven, and intimidated by maga republicans. we ll have complete political and historical analysis of his address to the nation. plus, the latest developments in the investigation of former president trump s mishandling of classified documents, as another conservative legal voice predicts trump will be indicted. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 2nd. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay with us. the host of way to early, white house bureau chief at politico and the author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss joins us this morning. glad to have you all. so much to talk about. jonathan lemire, i must start with you. it is like secretariat at the kentucky derby in 1973. starts out slow and then, boom, takes off. i kn