politicsnation. tonight s illiad, up in the air. right now, many americans have their eyes on the skies. watching for more than just a super bowl flyover. president biden ordered the u.s. military to shoot down another unidentified object over the great lakes today. according to a congressional source briefed on the matter, and to u.s. officials. it s the fourth high altitude object shot down in north america, airspace, over the past week. in just a minute, i will talk to a member of the house foreign affairs committee about the latest developments. and as possible foreign threats loom, culture wars are raging at home. i m headed to florida this week, as international action joins in demonstrations against governor ron desantis to suppress african american studies in the sunshine state schools. i will be talking to a leading scholar at the center of the ongoing debate, just ahead. and later, a big game and a major milestone for the nfl. two black quarterbacks will go head to
possible obstruction. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 29th. it s pretty much the end of summer. there is new reaction this morning after a heavily redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home was unsealed on friday. the 36-page affidavit removed details of the federal government s efforts to recover classified documents, including top secret information that trump is alleged to have illegal little taken from the white house at the end of his presidency. the affidavit states that in mid-may, fbi agents conducted a preliminary review of the contents of 15 boxes trump returned to the national archives from his florida property in january. quote, identified documents with classification markings in 14 of the 15 boxes. it states that agents found 184 unique documents that had classification markings. 25 documents were marked as top secret. 67 documents were marked as confidential.
hours after a redacted copy of the affidavit was unsealed. it s not proof of the time, instead it represents the doj is believed that it has probable cause that a trump has been committed. trump s legal team filed a document late last night, to get a special master the editorial boards of major newspapers, the railway in. we ve got the new york times editorial saying donald trump is not above the law. the washington post editorial board says the trump affidavit shows the mar-a-lago search was hardly capricious. the wall street journal editorial board as, the mar-a-lago affidavit, is that all there is? a bit earlier today sheila jackson lee told msnbc have the classified documents in question could be a national security risk. when you think of the names of the sources of individuals who were securing important information through human deeds, human activities, if that was exposed, not only with these individuals be in jeopardy, where they snow in posted in countries aroun
Before israel preparing for the next stage of the war. A major land, air, see offensive aimed at gaza trying to destroy and forever dismantle the terrorist group hamas. This as tensions are rising on his rope northern border with lebanon. A Radiant Backed Group Hamas has been ramping up its Rocket Attacks there. Hello everyone this is a brandnew hour of fox news like my beard sean. Arthel i am arthel neville. Reports say at least one person was killed by missiles launched from 11 on it. The fighting near it lebanon is sparking fear that a second front could open up as israel wages war in gaza. Countries around the world are working to get muchneeded aid into this trip with the residents with a severe lack of food, water, electricity great Secretary Of State Antony Blinken says one Border Crossing between gaza will be open to evacuate civilians. The idf says they are determined to destroy hamas protecting innocent lives on both sides. Operations are ongoing. Part of those operations are
also tonight, another deadly shooting rampage across two texas cities. six people killed. a 34-year-old army veteran under arrest tonight. the dramatic rescue. a chopper pulling people from floodwaters as an atmospheric river drenches the northwest with more rain on the way. the fighting raging in gaza. our new reporting. is israel preparing to flood hamas tunnels with seawater? the u.s. charging four russian soldiers with war crimes. the horrific things they re accused of doing to an american. two months after he was ousted as house speaker, kevin mccarthy making a big announcement about his future. donald trump revealing what he d do if he wins the white house again. what he said about dictatorship as his gop rivals meet on the debate stage tonight. and from all in the family to sanford & son to good times, remembering sitcom genius norman lear. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. breaking tonight, police in