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according to "the washington post," but when its time for the general election is the trump stamp of approval a maga scarlet letter. apparently some republicans think so. and now even the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is warning republicans may not retake the senate. lets discuss this with former republican congresswoman barbara comstock and former adviser for president, david gergen. congressman, what do you think about this? i know you used to serve in a sort of a swing dist...

make men more responsible fathers. thats one argument made to our report, youll want to hear the exchange for yourself. good evening, im erin burnett, out front on this friday, deep concern, white house officials privately expressing whats described as deep concern over classified documents found at trumps mar-a-lago home. the white house has remained silent publicly, but cnn learning tonight that behind closed doors its a very different story. concerns are mounting that the informatio...

tonight on why hes been calling for all court papers to be made public but not doing so in the place that it matters most, the courtroom. clarissa ward is in afghanistan and her harrowing return to a place deeply affected by the war and what she found when she got there one year after american troops departed. we begin with the search at mar-a-lago and the fight against unce unsealing documents. jessica, walk us through what the judge ordered today. >> anderson, the judge telling doj...

do those specific words create specific legal jeopardy for donald trump? im john berman with brianna keilar, and judge bruce reinhart released several procedural court documents used to justify the search of mar-a-lago, providing new details and maybe a sharper focus on the president himself as a potential subject of a criminal probe. this is the document that was released and there is specific information in here about willful retention. in other words, they say he knew he had documen...

search of mar-a-lago. prosecutors made the case for secrecy because evidence might be destroyed, they said, but the judge set in motion the possibility of releasing a redacted version of the affidavit as soon as next week. >> ludicrous, ridiculous, bs, those words coming from former trump senior officials who dispute the former presidents claim that he had, quote, a standing order to declassify documents that he took from the white house. cnn reached out to 18 former top trump administ...

as a potential subject of this criminal probe. this is one of the documents right here. and there is specific language in here about willful retention of documents. in other words, they say, he knew he had them and knew what they were. this is all part of the argument over whether it will release the affidavit justifying the search of mar-a-lago. prosecutors made the case for secrecy because they say evidence may be destroyed. but the judge did set in motion the possibility of releasin...

a newly unsealed document shows the agency is looking into several crimes which include the, quote, willful retention of national defense information. that revelation does a couple of things, one, it intensifies the focus on former president trump as the possible or a possible subject of the investigation. trump has claimed a standing order to declassify documents he took from the white house, but in a cnn exclusive, 18 former top trump administration officials tell us they never heard...

senate. mitch mcconnell worries aloud that it may block his return to the senate majority. and democrats say thousands of new irs agents will replace retir rees and improve customer service. up first for us, though, a new deadline and legal siren for the former president donald trump. federal prosecutors now have until next week to tell a judge what portions of the affidavit should stay secret. the judge disagreeing with the justice department say they are pieces of that document that ...

that facility. new images first on cnn show little to no change in damage at the site compared to last month, but worries are continuing over the safety of europes largest nuclear complex. both russia and ukraine are accusing the other of plotting attacks on or around the plant. now, the lack of independent access to the plant makes it impossible to verify what is actually happening there. >> yes, its very hard for even u.s. officials to have visibility into exactly what the security s...

but pages, new pages we havent seen this before. specific information about the potential offenses that the justice department is investigating. in here is language that does sharpen the focus on the former president himself. for example, if you just look at this part, it says under the search is related to a violation of, it continues to say willful retention of national defense information, concealment or removal of government records, and obstruction of federal investigation. so we ...