What I'm hopeful for is there some way that we can find some kind of agreement to look

at this a little bit more fully, Mr. Secretary, I can tell you, you said there was only two

dead people that would vote, I can promise you there are more than that.

That is Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, making a brief appearance

on the infamous Find the Votes call with Georgia Secretary of State on January 2nd, 2021.

That exchange was part of his legal team's defense yesterday, as Meadows spent five hours

on the witness stand with expert legal analysis on that hearing and on the trial date set

now for the former president in the federal election interference case, which could come

the day before Super Tuesday, plus President Biden is clearing the way for a major federal

response in Florida ahead of Hurricane Adalia's expected landfall, but the latest forecast

for that storm, which is projecting to be a big one.

Good morning, welcome to morning, Joe.

It's Tuesday, August 29th, I'm Willie Geiss with us.

We've got the host of Way Too Early, White House bureau chief at Politico and author of

The Big Lie, Jonathan Lamir, NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent, Ken Delanian,

and former litigator at MSNBC Legal Analyst, Lisa Rubin.

Good morning to you all.

Let's dive right in as we begin with a start date now set for Donald Trump's federal

election interference trial district court judge, Tanya Chukkin, ordered jury selection

to begin on March 4th of next year.

That's just one day before Super Tuesday prosecutors had asked for the trial to begin in early

January of next year, while Trump's lawyers proposed to begin in April of 2026.

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