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meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of ....
himes, a member of the house intelligence committee, says that s not the only potential risk here. the affidavit contains all sorts of information, including testimony by informants, witnesses, and others that, now that we know that not just donald trump, but the republican party generally, will make threats, include threats on the lives of people, including fbi agents that are involved here, there s an awful lot of risk. so it would be unsealed or could be kept seal, but there is a third option for the judge. that would be releasing it with redactions. the doj says if they redact everything they need to, the documents will essentially be worthless. bottom line, that affidavit could answer the why behind this search. apparently investigators are figuring that out. two law enforcement officials tell nbc news, they re still going through material, just as they have been for the past week and a half, trying to figure out what is and what is not relevant to their invest ....