might say is significantly underperforming. we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. okay. so was this a planned remark or something off the curve? were we supposed hear it? was vladimir putin? there is news from russia that even those within his inner circle are starting to get upset about how the war is going. rumblings that are now public. on saturday, a key putin ally, allies planned to top a russian general in a post and another putin loyalist came out in agreement. how much pressure is vladimir putin really under internally? and where might that push him? derrick kimball with back with us, he is the executive director of the arms control association, and we spoke with him back at the beginning of russia s ukraine invasion, he warned of exactly the situation we find ourselves in right now. despite the problems that the russian army is having, they still have the preponderance of forces. russia does not want to get the uni
wide open. new figures show migrants keep coming into the country illegally at record numbers. and the border patrol chief is blaming biden a policy no immigration policy for sparking the search. there are plenty of consequences for the rest of us. fentanyl described as the most devastating drug ever seen is also coming across are wide open borders. and now our children are in danger. the d.a. is officially a warning americans of an alarming new trend. get this, it is terrifying. fentanyl disguised as candy, these rainbow colored pills you see them they were, found in 18 states and they are being marked specifically towards kids and towards teenag. morgan, you can see this is at the southern border. one of the most alarming eye-opening pieces and i read it this morning the wall street journal, take a look at this. i want to read an excerpt how mexican cartels dominate america s fentanyl supply. these details are george english. at a halfway house, a long time cartel employe
but along with the photo came a series of explosive new details. the doj claims there is evidence that the documents seized were, quote, likely concealed and removed before the fbi search on august 8th and, quote, efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. the filing also disclosed that three classified documents recovered during the fbi search were located in the desks in the 45 office and the doj even laid out why it says it cannot trust information that came from trump s team saying its finding, quote, cast serious doubt on the claim that there had been a diligent search for records. now donald trump s legal team has until 8:00 p.m. tonight to respond to all of this and it will come to a head tomorrow. that is when a judge has scheduled a hearing on the special master request. joining me right now, a great team, we have ken dilanian, josh dossy, and law professor from the university of alabama, and columnist for the boston globe. kim and joyce ar
information classified at the highest levels. for context that s more than twice the amount that had been handed over in june after a grand jury subpoena. some documents were so sensitive government officials needed a higher level of security clearance just to review them. the doj says government records were likely concealed and removed and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. we will find out what that could mean and why those seized passports may actually be relevant after all. here is what we don t know at this hour, how will trump s team respond? they have until 8:00 p.m. tonight and how will the judge rule after that special master hearing tomorrow? the doj says a special master would, quote, significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests. we will dig into all of that and more with our team of reporters and analysts. let s bring in nbc s julie ainsley former u.s. attorney barbara mcquaid
demanding more transparency and they argue a special master could provide that. he could also provide a delay in court proceedings. cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez leads us off. this all boils down to one judge. that s right. she came in over the weekend and said she was inclined to grant the former president s request for a special master without seeing anything from the justice department. that s what we re doing to see today. the justice department asking for to exceed the page limit that normally applies in this court in southern florida. they re asking for about 40 pages. now that s longer than the affidavit that we saw unsealed last friday. what we expect to see is, you know, more description of what s been doing on behind the scenes. we know that there s a group of fbi agents who are not involved in the investigation who have been looking specifically at these documents for anything that could be attorney-client privileged and they are removing that a