payback. what is next with cdc changes. breaking tonight we have to wait a little longer, at least, to get a look at the materials used by the justice department to obtain the search warrant for last week s search and raid of the florida compound of former president trump. the judge declined to order the unsealing today instead scheduling a hearing for thursday. the president is calling for the release of the affidavit that was part of those materials in what he calls the interest of transparency. the fbi opposes the move. correspondent mark meredith has our report tonight. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. thursday s hearing is going to be fascinating pitting former president trump directly against the government he once led. trump and the media are urging federal judge to unseal the affidavit related to last week s search. the justice department trying to block the release and as for president biden, he is just trying to avoid talking about the case. palest
search in mar-a-lago. meanwhile, it s primary day in two states, typically don t get a lot of attention, but the elections in alaska and wyoming could derail one political career and reignite another. and back here in washington, the white house and democratic leadership want to remind people that they re passing historic legislation. we ll have more about their plans in just a moment. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the justice department has asked a judge to keep the affidavit pertaining to the search warrant of mar-a-lago sealed. citing a need to protect the investigation and witnesses. the affidavit contains the government s reasoning for conducting the search. in a court filing submitted yesterday, federal prosecutors argued quote, it disclosed the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation. providing specific details of the direction and like
and elsewhere have been clamoring for the justice department to unseal the affidavit. and president trump could reveal the documents that he has as well. that would be transparency. meanwhile, an attorney for rudy giuliani said the former new york city mayor is now a target of the criminal investigation into possible 2020 election interference in georgia by former president trump and others. giuliani is a former personal attorney for trump and last week was ordered to testify in person before a grand jury handling the case. that is expected to take place tomorrow. giuliani was subpoenaed last month but his legal team delayed his appearance, citing health concerns. and the former cfo of the trump organization is expected to plead guilty as early as this thursday in a criminal taxes case. the charges against allen weisselberg are tied to his indictment by the manhattan district attorney s office investigating former trump s businesses. but terms of the expected deal were not
patel, an msnbc medical contributor. maura, what s the latest? what do we know? reporter: according to the first lady s communication director, she confirmed the first lady tested positive via pcr test. she developed mild symptoms yesterday evening, monday evening despite testing negative on monday morning, during one of her covid testing cadences that the president and first lady do. when she started feeling the symptoms, she tested negative on an antigen test but then positive via pcr test. she s on vacation with the president and some family members. we know hunter and his wife have been here in south carolina. the first lady will stay here until she receives two negative covid tests. we haven t gotten updates on her symptoms this morning. we know she s been prescribed a round of paxlovid just like we saw the president had been when he initially tested positive. the first lady is 71 years old. we ll obviously be in touch with her office as the days go on to make sure we
from the fbi s search. the former president continues to rail against the fbi and the justice department on his social media account. now calling for the complete un-redacted affidavit to be released. to be released publically and for the judge in florida to recuse himself. another sign legal challenges are closing in on the president and his inner circle, in georgia, rudy giuliani has been notified he is a target in the investigation into possible election interference. being a target is the first sign indicating the former prosecutor and new york city mayor is likely to be indicted. today could mark the beginning of the end for a political dynasty, the cheneys in wyoming, at least in congress. it could set the stage for a bigger national role for liz cheney and a presidential run in 2024. we will check in with steve kornacki to look at battles in alaska featuring sarah palin and another trump foil, lisa murkowski. we begin this hour with ken dilanian, carol linnick and paul