of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent
with fbi agents hauling off some 20 boxes including some items marked top-secret. attorney general american garlands and on thursday he personally approved the unprecedented move, listen. lex first i personally approved to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such decision lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. let s bring constitutional attorney form justice department david, good to see if your thank you for being here. so, we heard the ag say it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means. that is something less than a full out fbi raid. so what made it impossible to use those less intrusive means, shouldn t we know? we should. there is no way we can figure it out from the warrant. various leaks suggest there were miss representation when trumps asked for the material being helper therefore you cannot seek a
has taken office. neil: after more than 1,000 interviews, tens of thousands of documents and hundreds of hours of video and audio recordings, some never seen or heard before, it s on. the january 6 committee is ready to make its case and democrats say it s a damning case of a president determined to up end the golf as he sought to nullify an election. republicans say it s a prime time snow job. intended to deflect attention away from soaring prices, soaring crime and plain old sore american voters. today fox on top of how it goes down hours from now with former deputy assistant attorney general tom dupree on the uphill legal climb for tonight s tonight. former republicans on why republicans should get engaged tonight. democratic committee member, elaine luria and what she hopes both sides today. and why the watergate hearings and iran contra hearings are not what you ll see tonight. chad pergram with more on what we are in for tonight. a big night. maybe even a historic nig
It only gets worse hourbyhour. Thank you very much, avril benoit of doctors without borders, and that does it for this edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Chris jansing reports starts right now. Good day, im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city, and we are following three big Breaking News Stories with farreaching implications. The humanitarian catastrophe in gaza is spiraling deeper into devastation, desperate civilians clinging to hope because increasingly thats all they have left. With food, water, and medical supplies almost gone, packed trucks and 60 tons of aid are heartbreakingly close. Just on the other side of the egyptian border, so why isnt it getting through . And the house is considering a new plan to break the deadlock on capitol hill that would let Patrick Mchenry keep the speakers gavel. Well get you caught up on all the head spinning developments. Jim jordan out but only for now, possibly, and mchenry potentially in. How it might all take republica
Good morning. A swathe of cloud across eastern england, through the midlands, Northern England come into the south west and that is producing a bit of rain at the moment and either side of that is sunshine and a few showers today. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its wednesday the 15th of may. A major manhunt is under way in france after two Prison Officers were killed in an ambush on a police van. The attack happened at a toll booth near rouen in normandy, and police said the man who was freed has links to a gang in marseille. Our europe correspondent, nick beake, has the latest. An unremarkable tollbooth in northern france, and the scene of a swift and brutal ambush. Cctv Footage Shows the Moment A Dark Car Veers into a white prison van, and at least two masked attackers start shooting. Terrified passengers on a passing bus throw themselves to the ground as the bullets ring out. One assailant is seen strolling calmly among the other vehicles on the motorway. Then