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House. Surprised to learn there were any government records taken there to that office. He sees it serious very seriously when it comes to taking classified documents and information. Im not going to go beyond what the president laid out. He does not know whats in them. I would refer you to the white house counsels office. We want to respect the process and so thats what im going to do, im going to refer you to the Department Of Justice. And welcome back as America Reports rolls into hour two on...

house. >> surprised to learn there were any government records taken there to that office. >> he sees it serious -- very seriously when it comes to taking classified documents and information. im not going to go beyond what the president laid out. he does not know whats in them. i would refer you to the white house counsels office. we want to respect the process and so thats what im going to do, im going to refer you to the department of justice. >> and welcome back as "america reports...

and ive agreed with brady, the chairman of our back bench mps, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now. and the timetable will be announced next week. and i have today appointed a cabinet to serve as i will until a new leader is in place. ive tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to deliver when were only a handful of points behind the polls even in midterm after quite a few months of relentless sledging and when the economics scene is so diff...

afghanistans capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. >> plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. >> welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trumps attempt to overthrow democrac...

of my book coming out about women in politics, but you look at the field of women candidates, it is a system that tends to reward candidates that could build consensus. those are traits that are associated with female candidates. so it is interesting to see how and if that shakes out in alaska with the heavily female primary fields. >> thank you. an your new book out is next weaken titled "electable" why america hasnt put a woman in the white house yet. and i just got my copy. congratu...

fbi search of former president donald trumps home. now we are learning more about the events leading up to that search. two sources telling cnn, in june a trump lawyer signed a letter saying all documents marked as classified had been given back. thats what theyre saying. but mondays search revealed mar-a-lago was still harboring top secrets, removing 11 sets of top secret gdocuments. we now know the justice department has probable cause to investigate three possible federal crimes, vi...

Exwives and exgirlfriend. How does the fbi fit into that. We just learned some very interesting if not completely clear information from the head of the fbi director. I want to bring in chris cillizza, who is here with me to discuss this. There is a lot to unpack here from Russian Meddling in the election and how that feaffects the midterms coming up. The timeline had it comes to rob porter, you know what, pause for a moment, chris, lets return to the testimony at the Senate Intelligence committ...

Hello again, everyone. Thanks so much for being with me. At any moment now Attorney General william barr is expected to release the main conclusions from the Mueller Report to congress. We are hearing that it is coming today. Barr is at the u. S. Justice department right now with Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein reviewing the report. The president , well, he just returned to maralago just moments ago after spending the day at his golf club in west palm beach, florida while he, too, awaits ...

Or people around him any attempt to calm matters. all we hear is more potential incitement and allocations from his lawyers that maybe the fbi planted information. whats your reaction to all this? >> well, jake, its a very serious and dangerous moment. because whats happened is that social media and those who basically want to incite others now have a free reign to basically go after the fbi and law enforcement officials involved with the situation. and that is a threat on their lives. and thats...

Could you have such a standing order. what if the president in his head said this document is declassified but never tells anybody. that is what john bolton was getting at. it raises interesting almost metaphysical questions. the president does ultimately control the classification system, it is a product of executive order that systems from the presidents power as commander-in-chief. and it exists in parallel and separate from the most part legal controls on disclosure of national security secr...