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president of the united states call his predecessor a threat to this country. thats exactly what we heard tonight from president joe biden about donald trump and trumpism in his renewed battle for the soul of america campaign, this time ahead of the midterms. what is happening today in america, he says, is not normal. >> donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. they promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the f...

greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. >> he blames candidate quality. but whos to blame for that? were going to look at the key races where warning signs are flashing for the gop. plus, when americans think of the irs, accountants come to mind, but some republicans are now portraying the agency as an armed strike force. the potentially dangerous implications of the partys escalating rhetoric. were going to start, though, with that affidavit and the dojs investigation....

keilar and those were the words from president biden, taking direct aim at what he calls maga extremism. biden says it is threatening the soul of the nation and fanning the flames of political violence. >> flanked by marines in the shadow of philadelphias independence hall, the primetime speech was more than a warning, it was a call to action for voters to make their voices heard in the midterm elections. it may have sounded political, but the white house this morning insists it was, q...

it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are preside...

congress that her agency is conducting a damage assessment from the classified documents found at former president donald trumps home. >> reporter: top intelligence official avril haynes sent a letter to two chairs of committees in the house of representatives where she confirmed for the very first time that a damage assessment will be done of the documents that were recovered from mar-a-lago. let me read for you from this letter. she told the lawmakers, quote, that the department of j...

hunt for missing secret service texts goes back more than a year, it seems. and it turns out investigators knew the texts were deleted in may. i dont mean may of this year. i mean may of last year. thats actually seven months earlier than what the secret service told congress. now, this is on top of reporting from the "washington post," the text from acting homeland security chief are mia. dhs offering a similar excuse, that texts were lost in some sort of reset of government phones at...

trump and hillary clintoasen, yn potentially because ofto political bias. so unfortunatelypotentiall, we a dont know exactly what the fbis was searching for and we dont know the justification behind the raid as great jarretnd thett it in a piece on fox news .com, quote, the doj redacted trumpdad rade affidavit revealed precious little in earlier today.e in earlier former president trump reacted. soc on truth social writing, quote,l nothing mentioned on nuclear. a total public relations...

surveillance video of the actual fbi search of his home. now, in a separate case, moments ago, allen weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of trumps family business, he pleaded guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. well have more on that in just a moment. lets begin with katelyn polantz. katelyn, set the scene for us here. >> reporter: this afternoon, kate, were going to be listening for justice department prosecutors and how much theyre willing to say about this ongoing inve...

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dont know if you will heed that advice. hes still lashing out at the fbi, and any legal file demanding the already seized material. more on that ahead, also this hour, after a string of bold actions and policy victories the president unleashed going on the defensive. >> trump and the extreme maga republicans have made their choice to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate, and division. but maga republicans dont just threaten our personal rights and economic security, there are a ...