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tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury, investigating the former presidents actions surrounding the january six riot and an attempts to overturn the 2020 election election. i am john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate, illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened in the last few years, its easy...

china. erin? >> will ripley thank you very much for that amazing report. thank you for joining us. anderson is now. one for the history books tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury investigating the former presidents actions surrounding the january 6th riot and attempts to overturn the 2020 election. im john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whe...

the air national guardsman accused of stealing and sharing classified documents appears in court. and the government says he has a history of threatening to kill people. then, dozens of americans trapped in sudan, begging the u.s. government to help them get out. why do u.s. officials say they cant help, even though other countries are carrying out evacuations? plus, tears, smiles, and laughs. brittney griner holds her first news conference since her release from a russian prison. ...

good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. im jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the governme...

yesterdays hearing. why is he more willing to fight the case in the court of public opinion than in actual court of law? plus, the former chief financial executive in the trump organization could have him testifying against the company in another trial that is expected to run up against the november elections. and speaking of the midterms, mitch mcconnell downplays now republican chances of retaking the senate, blaming the, quote, quality of his partys candidates. well have the new...

supporters worst impulses. its flailing around about the classified documents he stole as a judge prepares to make a decision on trumps request for a special master to decide if he can get the stolen property back or decide what happens to it next. we begin with the battle for the soul of the nation. topic of tonights primetime speech by president biden. hell deliver that speech in about an hour in front of independence hall in philadelphia one week after calling his predecessors vis...

book. they called the fbis search of mar-a-lago suspect. the trump lawyers showed the lawyers from the department of justice, because trump is no longer president he had no right to take those documents. they also defended their search as being completely lawful. now, one of trumps lawyers was saying they should have a special master to try to restore order and public trust and to lower the temperature in the nation to kind of take some of this heat off. now, the judge had asked questi...

down claims by trumps attorney that this was a case about records that belonged to trump saying that the documents were not his to have. for her part, judge kennan is at times inclined to order a review of documents into a a special master. quote, justice department attorneys repeatedly pleaded with cannon not to interrupt their ongoing criminal probe that the search warrant excused on august 8th was clearly valid and authorized to obtain evidence of three significant federal crimes. c...

for hallie jackson. well start with the affidavit news. joining me justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and former fbi general counsel senior member of the mueller team and an msnbc legal analyst andrew wisen. thanks for being with us. ken, lets start with what judge is doing. the judge has that redacted version from the doj of the affidavit. what are some scenarios of what could play out next? >> good afternoon, lindsey. well one scenario is that the justice department ...

forthcoming with investigators, or both. sources telling the "times," investigators still are seeking more surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, a sign officials are looking into how the classified material was handle while improperly stored at the former presidents estate. according to the "times," the fbi declined to comment. president trumps spokesman did not immediately respond. joining us now, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and senio...