sieve. you didn t see a lot of drama or palace intrigue. what you saw was surgical execution day after day after day. ron desantis taking a not so subtle jab at former president donald trump. the florida governor s book tour is bringing more attention to the 2024 gop presidential race even though he s not yet officially a candidate. also ahead, the latest on the kidnapping of four americans in mexico and why officials think the group was ambushed right after crossing the border. plus, we ll have expert analysis on the major fight happening right now in ukraine as both sides battle over the city of bakhmut. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 7th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin here as election deniers are claiming victory this morning after three more republican led states announced that they re pulling out of a national bipartisan program that helps protect against voter fraud. election official
frontrunners for the 2024 republican nomination, even though only one of them is officially in the race. ahead, a veteran gop strategist explains why desantis is stealing some of trump s thunder. meanwhile, election deniers are celebrating after three states pulled out of a program to protect voter rolls with two more states considering joining them. we ll explain this latest development. plus, we ll go through the changes norfolk southern is making following the derailment of two of its trains in ohio. and we ll ask transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the federal response to the disaster and how to prevent another one from happening when he joins us later this morning. and good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, march 7th. we are live in abu dhabi, the crossroads of the world. it truly is, with our 30/50 summit, forbes and know your value has come together to create an incredible, cross-cultural, multi-generational summit that, really, t
right before my eyes, we will see where we can go from here because there is no moving back in, this is all we had. this is everything i worked for. i think i have lost everything i own,, my family and i are safe and we will worry about all that other stuff later. according to nbc they have claimed vilest 34 laps in for the admirable are still unaccounted for, first responders are busy trying to reach those left stranded, stranded by the coast guard on santa belle island, cut off from the mainland. president biden but joining me from charleston, south carolina, but emily, what is the latest, what are you hearing? 70, behind me they sights and sounds, and you re very welcome probably here of cleanup efforts are playing out here in charleston, all along south carolina s coastline, after many trees like this one were knocked down by hurricane-force winds, sustained winds around 85 miles per hour, gusts topping 95 miles per hour, will it just uprooting hundreds of trays
now. great to see you here. i m yasmin vossoughian at msnbc headquarters. the president hitting the campaign trail with five days left until the midterms. he s heading out west, making stops in mexico, california as well with new urgency around threats to our democracy. here is part of the message that he delivered last night. there s no place for voter intimidation or political violence in america. whether it s directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. no place ever. democracy is on the ballot this year. will it actually help or matter with voters? the new york times notes this, while in agreement with the message, not every democrat thought it was helpful to make the address when candidates are trying to distance themselves from the president who s approval ratings are in the mid-40s and polls are focused on inflation as well as immigration, crime and abortion as well. and poll after poll showing in this closing stretch, it is still the economy that is
more a part of maga mainstream as trump openly embraces their messaging. plus it has been a week dominated by major headlines, we re gonna mix it up with a new team to break them all down as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle, the former president and his week in even deeper legal jeopardy as he clings to political power in control of the gop tonight investigation into the classified documents seized at his club in florida is heating up. intel officials tell nbc news they have reviewed they, have resumed their view of the top secret records as they tried to figure out the potential damage to national security. this comes days after appeals court judges gave the greenlight to the feds to access the evidence remember, it has not been nearly seven weeks since the fbi search and trump has yet to explain what he was to doing with the documents in the first place. his former personal lawyer suggest trump s motives may have