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Unsecure resort? theres so much to discuss with former director of national intelligence james clapper. he is now a cnn national security analysis. director, thank you for joining us. good evening to you. information on a foreign nations nuclear capabilities were at trumps home for more than 18 months. what goes through your mind when you hear this new reporting from the washington post? >> well, first these are among the holiest of holy in our secrets. nation states who possess nuclear weapons ...

Your analysis of what the judge did. the news tonight that we now know, but yes indeed, nuclear secrets were in these documents, nuclear secrets about the capabilities of another country, possibly an ally, a close ally, like israel, or possibly a potential adversary like china, or north korea. is that those are among the documents that donald trump last, left unattended, at his home, in florida, after he came north for the season. that is part, that is included in the investigation that this jud...

That the documents and the doj was looking for documents at mar-a-lago, once that included a classification called, formerly restricted data. thats a definition that concerns nuclear weapons. now, tonight, the intrepid reporters at the washington post are at it again. headline, material on foreign nations nuclear capabilities seized at trumps mar-a-lago. here is the lead, court, a document describing a foreign governors military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by fbi agen...

Concerns nuclear weapons. now, tonight, the intrepid reporters at the washington post are at it again. headline, material on foreign nations nuclear capabilities seized at trumps mar-a-lago. here is the lead, court, a document describing a foreign governors military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by fbi agents who searched former president donald trumps mar-a-lago residents a private club last month, underscoring concerns among u.s. intelligence officials about classifie...

>> i dont think it fundamentally is changing the trajectory. >> they can certainly appeal the ruling for the 11th circuit of appeals on the 11 judges on the court, six were appointed by former president trump. including people familiar with the matter who say military defenses including nuclear capabilities. some of them detail top-secret u.s. operations, many advisors are kept in the dark. finally they are closing in until the midterm election and there is a general but not mandatory rule that ...

Jose diaz balart picks up coverage now. good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. im jose diaz balart. two developments involving former president donald trump and his associates, the first a new report with details that the documents seized by the fbi in mar-a-lago included a foreign governments nuclear capabilities and in less than 24 hours, steve bannon is set to turn himself in to face state charges in a criminal case. well break down what we are learning next. meanwhile, in u...

So much more. just to follow-up briefly on davids comment earlier in terms of the national security implications of the document that was released at mar-a-lago -- from mar-a-lago. the one additional thing that i would just add to that is that other countries, whether they are allied countries or they are add adversary countries will figure you who they are. whether they are intelligence relationships or foreign policy relationships depends on the united states being able to keep secrets and bei...

Collection capabilities, so that is one side of it. what is it that with e can coll and what can we understand with regard to nuclear weapons. on the other side, the simple fact that there is now knowledge that these documents were out there, that means that other countries who may be interested in knowing what the nuclear capabilities of their neighbors and other adversaries around the world, that means that mar-a-lago, what these documents -- these documents at mar-a-lago, that was a target, t...

Government, but there are only eight other countries with nuclear capabilities. there they are. >> and you can also say, there are other countries that are pursuing nuclear weapons, have nuclear ambitions. it could also be iran. >> sources also did not specify where inside the former presidents beach house that the document was found. and the days after the fbi searched, the post reported that they were looking for nuclear documents. >> by the way, i love that description, a beach house. i see a...

Related to nuclear secrets in the august 8 search reporting this. a document describing a foreign governments military defenses including its nuclear capabilities was found by f.b.i. agents. the post adds only the president, some members of his cabinet or cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know details of these special access programs and they note such documents would likely require being kept in a secure compartmented information facility or scif. earlier this...