obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. we ll play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to indict him, but shouldn t. we ll discuss his reasoning. and the 60-day sprint to the midters begins today, and it seems whoever is managing the money for the republican senate candidates can t get it right. how republican senator rick scott explains burning through loads of cash with little to show for it. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 8th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, author of the big lie, white house bureau chi
capabilities seized at mar-a-lago. the washington post reports that one of the highly classified documents found in the fbi search last month described a foreign government s nuclear defenses writing, quote, some of the seized documents detailed top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president some members of his cabinet or a near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to no details of these special access prog programs holding dozens of classified documents in an unsecured location months in many cases after he was asked to return them. we know it s a higher level of sensitivity and does that level of sensitivity increase the likelihood that the doj charges, a legal standard here? more charges, higher charges? more likely to charge given sensitivity? good morning. i m glad to be with all of you. i think that is probably the case. you know? the document
there are more electric vehicles sucking up power. even now governor newsom is telling drivers not to charge their cars until 9:00 at night because of rolling outages. watch. everyone has to do their part to step up for a few more days. early morning hours particularly tomorrow and next day or so, pre-cool your home. run air conditioning earlier when more power is available. close windows and blinds to keep your home cool. after 4:00 p.m., in particular, 4:00 p.m. turn thermostat up to 78 or higher. california residents bracing for blackouts four days after present biden energy secretary praised green policy they could become a model for the rest of the nation. watch. i love the fact that california is unabashedly bold about energy policy. leader, leading indicator for the rest of the country. california s boldness has, i think, shaped our willingness in the federal government to move further and faster. oh the unabashedly bold policies, kayleigh mcenany, you have to
nation s schools could have everything they needed to get back to the classroom and why, who knows. kids in philadelphia, baltimore, cleveland, what they have all been told. go early or stay home. we don t have and we are blaming climate change. it is forcing schools like san diego and denver to close. there was a heat wave that caused several problems and they are releasing students early due to extreme temperatures, logistics say they are trying to prepare for this months ago. and due to supply chain issues and there are also growing questions about where all of the money went to help schools improve this during the pandemic saying that it s clear that prioritizing ventilation. even now with all of what is going on, so many schools are still doing this and sending these kids home. house republicans launch an investigation and funding after so much money went out the door and today we had a chance to speak with them. betsy, thank you for joining us. martha: welcome b
in the days after, trump kept bringing up the washington post report again and again. on august 26 affidavit every redacted, nothing mentioned on nuclear. a few days later, quote, whatever happened to nuclear? a word leaked early on by fbi doj to the fake news media. something about that whole nuclear thing really hurt donald trump. i got under his skin. but besides trump s outbursts, four days after that reporting, we heard nothing about the washington post reporting on those nuclear secrets, no other news outlet confirmed the post alarming reporting. but then a week ago, a week ago tonight, the justice department revealed in a court filing in an unsealed subpoena from may that the documents and the doj was looking for documents at mar-a-lago, once that included a classification called, formerly restricted data. that s a definition that concerns nuclear weapons. now, tonight, the intrepid reporters at the washington post are at it again. headline, material on foreign nations