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feet high, could plunge into the neighborhood. it's just one of the many gulf coast communities still suffering from catastrophic flooding. >> it's been quite an operation. some of our major thoroughfares have become impassable even as the water recedes, there's washouts. so we have a long, long recovery period. >> all of this following hurricane ian's destructiv ive h across florida. it slammed into the gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane. entire towns leveled. florida governor ron desantis is expected to give an update on the situation later on in this hour. we'll take that for yo...

plus what we know from the doj filing about who asked me have legal exposure. >> they don't have anything. there is just nothing there. >> and the legal, political and moral implications of a potential decision to indict the 45th president. all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it is a pm eastern, and we just hit the deadline for donald trump's legal team to respond to the department of justice filing that just passed. it looked like it just came in. we will monitor it, that you know, what it is and what it says. honestly, what it says ...

's legal team to respond to the department of justice filing and we are letting you know what it is and what it says. and -- what it says is a little bit of a sideshow at this point. the one thing we know for sure is that the department of justice is not messing around. they are not messing around with their investigation into the classified documents that phone trump kept at his florida home. last night, they dropped the equivalent of illegal nuclear bomb on the ex president, and it came in the form of this 36 page court filing. now that court filing is a response to trump's request...

of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we'll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this thursday, the 1st of september. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump's legal team has responded to the department of justice's latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump...

accused the fbi of planting evidence? well now trump admits the documents were stored in cartons. remember when trump's lawyer told the justice department that classified material had been returned? well, investigators found more. lots more. remember when trump's team insisted the documents were safely secured? well, his lawyer now admits the former president frequently had guests in an office where highly classified papers were found in his desk. and once again, he does not deny having them. good morning. and welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe i...