on the threat to democracy. plus, while trump s attempt to slow down investigation made be too late. plus or more coming for the theft of ashley biden s diary? and allegations at a texas podcast or could be on a something when it comes to student debt relief. it could drive up turnout, particularly among young people. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes,. on this last week of august, this monday i think it s now safe to say at this point that just three weeks after the fbi search of donald trump s mar-a-lago home, his defenders have run out of arguments. in the initial days after the search, republicans, right-wing media rushed to fill the vacuum of media what we had that would ve led the fbi to take this in italy extraordinary reaction with just about every bogus excuse in the book. they just don t get a flying flip about how they look which is terrifying. or the rule of law? yeah i feels that way. trump s a more mental guy. you v
legends, whose greatness will stand the test of time. these two great ladies take us off the air tonight. on that extraordinary note, i wish all of you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with, us i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on all in. if there is a prosecution of donald trump on this classified information after the clinton debacle there will be riots in the streets. trump defenders use the january six playbook to manage the doj. we have seen these maga extreme republicans making these kind of comments, which is dangerous. tonight, as the reviewed evidence from mar-a-lago continues, the white house announces a primetime address on the threat to democracy. plus, while trump s attempt to slow down the investigation may be too late. plus is there more coming for the theft of ashley biden s diary? and allegations on a texas podcast that could be on to something when it comes to stude
indeed, good to have you. i m jim sciutto. justice department facing a noon deadline, two hours from now, to give a judge and we should be clear a redacted version, perhaps highly redacted of the affidavit behind the search warrant for the mar-a-lago home of the former president. the judge will then decide whether to release that redacted version to the public or continue to keep it under wraps. plus, new details about the national archives multiyear effort to get former president trump to hand over classified documents from his time in office. a top white house lawyer at the time told trump he should hand those documents over. so why didn t it happen? key question. also overnight, the department of justice releasing an unredacted full memo from 2019 that unveils why former attorney general bill barr decided then president trump could not be charged with obstructing the russia probe. we ll break down what is ahead in all of that. all right, let s begin this morning with
and somewhat confusing u.s. economy. new data shows the economy shrank 0.6% in the second quarter, said another way that shrinking slightly less than first thought. the u.s. also is seeing a decrease in the number of people filing for new unemployment benefits, said another way, the labor market is still strong. this comes as americans try to understand what president biden s student loan debt plan what it means for them and their families, even as some members of his own party say it misses the mark. republicans are unified in saying they don t think it is fair, and some economists say that it could fuel inflation. there is a lot to get to. let s begin with cnn s matt egan on this new economic data. what do you see in all this, matt? the economy s spring slump wasn t as bad as feared. second quarter gdp was just revised up by the government, in part because americans spent more money than originally reported. the bad news is that despite this upgrade, the economy still shr
borrower. it s a game-changer. we re also fixing what is called this has been the bane driving me crazy when i was out of office. this program forgives student loans to encourage students with loans if they go into public service. think of the millions that are. public school teachers. local police officers, workers at local charities, members of the military and national guard. think of the folks that work for federal, state, local governments, responding to national disasters. all of the firefighters and cops. the program is designed so that if you serve in one of these jobs you ll be able to actively assist whether you do and make your loan payments for ten years even if it s not consecutive years. your remaining balance will be completely forgiven. it s a great idea, but the program is a mess. it s so inefficient and complicated. too many people give up. think of a service member, deferring their student loan payment while they re deployed. the system is so restricted t