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cnns arlette saenz is in ra rehoboth beach, delaware. what more are we learning tonight? >> reporter: pamela, president bidens personal attorney, bob bauer, released a statement in the last -- a little over an hour, saying that the justice department conducted a search of the wilmington, delaware, home and found additional materials with classified markings. bauer stresses that this search was done in coordination with the presidents personal attorneys, both the personal attorneys and ...

What was in these documents so we dont know the classified information that they contained. and we do know there were some with top secret classifications. so, you know, thats part of the hard part, right, trying to make sense of this, and what this all means, that theres so much information we dont know. we shouldnt know whats in those classified documents, theyre classified for a reason. they belong to the agencies that developed these materials, right? and it does make you wonder, mark zad, y...

We also have national security attorney mark zad, former federal prosecutor michael zoreden, and arne gidur. mark, i want to start with you. you have a lot of experience dealing with classified documents and so forth. what do you make of this latest development, six more classified documents found at the presidents residence? and how could this impact the investigation? >> its embarrassing, lets put it plain and simple. this has been mishandled from day one. im not concerned, even with the disco...

In terms of the national security implications, you say, mark, you dont believe that this is going to have serious implications, but what would prosecutors be looking at? theyre going to take these classified documents, look at everything that theyve gathered through the course of this investigation. walk us through the process what was theyre looking for to see if laws have been broken here. >> thank you so much for having me on. so at base, this is deeply embarrassing to the president. and i t...

>> yeah, ive heard that complaint for years and years, covering national security and doj. i just want to be really transparent with our viewers of just how much we dont know in this case too. while the presidents attorneys now seem to be more open and transparent with us about what is being found, there is a lot we dont know. i learned -- you were my national security professor at gw. ive learned a lot about how lawyers, how they write letters and certain words that they use. im going through t...

Distinguishing in all of these cases is, once they were revealed -- and theres no explanation other than error for both trump and, i think, bidens initial mishandling. once identified what do they do? and then what did the prosecutor find was done with those documents? i think in the biden case, it will turn out that he was just sloppy and that he was -- >> is that a defense when it comes to top secret, classified information? >> well -- >> like, what a lower-level employee who was sloppy, put i...

One of the themes of my book is about how donald trumps relationship with congress, the wach w way he steam rolled weak-willed members of congress, he doesnt respond to weakness and ultimately i dont like bullies and i wasnt going to allow myself to be bully. >> mark, youre an accomplished lawyer. explain what this is. >> federal employees have a first amendment right to publish unclassified information. thats the only restriction on them, nothing classified. cliff didnt have information that wa...

Him and it not going to be permitted to occur. s that why were pursuing the lawsuit and this will include trying to depose donald trump himself in both proceedings. >> in the lawsuit you accuse the president of seeking to unlawfully penalize you. what beyond the suit has he done for retribution toward you? >> there has been an arbitration claim filed against me. >> mark, what are we talking about here? have you heard directly from the white house? has cliff been threatened here? >> its the initi...

Disclosures, he is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. these disclosures have caused significant harm it to our nation and to our safety. >> bill: according to a reuters poll 23% of americans think snowden is a trader traitor. 31% think he is he a patriot. the rest dont know. and on ideological grounds, opinion, all over the place. >> we have been calling out and crying out for heros, america is still trying to debate whether the guy that released the information of the nsa is a he...

To tommy robinson of the british defense league does, bill. they are racist thugs. he was challenged here. mark, jerusalem. bill, we love you in israel. o.r. in hebrew means light. let there be more of it. susan of west des moines, iowa. mr. hotes is an amazing american by donating $1 million toward buying track chairs for our amputee vets, he defines patriotism. on monday, we might have another stunning announcement to get all american amputees from iraq and afghanistan, these track chairs. w...