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Countrys most classified top secrets, right? for over a year? still stunning to think about more than three weeks after the fbi searched trumps hotel and residence, mar-a-lago. this afternoon, development. trumps lawyers faced off in a federal courtroom against the justice department for the first time since that surge. the question before judge eileen canon, whether or not to appoint a special master to review the documents taken during the fbis as much. donald trumps lawyers argued that a spec...

Doj actually got a search warrant, maybe with some names redacted. even that, the government could very well may have arguments why that is really part of the criminal case and shouldnt be disclosed. it will be interesting to see whether the judge agrees with that because in his oral statements, he said that sort of whether something is meaningful or not is something he is not going to decide, but in his written ruling, he seemed to pull back on that. where we go from here, once he makes a decis...

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 convinces ...

This -- i guess it is a lawsuit that the trump side filed. what is the point of this? is this just more delay? it doesnt -- i dont understand what they think the difference between a special master looking at the documents and a sort of scrubbing team from the justice department looking at the documents would actually be. are they just playing for time? >> well, one thing theyre doing is issuing sort of a public press release through a legal document, denouncing the search and calling it an over...

Out of that underlying document. i think one thing to really highlight from this is he essentially stands by the decision to authorize this search of mar-a-lago based on probable cause. not surprising, they knew this was going to be very carefully looked at and scrutinized by the public. everything weve seen so far indicated this was done by the book. in this new ruling today, written ruling, judge reinhart writes he found probable cause that evidence of multiple federal crimes would be found. h...

Changes. so convincing new yorkers that the supreme court decision will lead to a national ban on abortion, it is tougher than convincing people in ohio and michigan. that is what republicans are betting on. >> what about convincing people in georgia, shaq? thats a red state. what are they saying there? what are the candidates running against ron desantis saying about abortion for the primary and then for the general election? >> reporter: it is a motivating factor. youre talking about represent...

The judge to block the law while this case is being argued because whatever happens with this judges ruling, this case is likely to be appealed. the judge said he would issue a written ruling by the end of wednesday, katy. >> really interesting. ken dilanian, thank you very. and still ahead, the lengths people are going to find affordable housing while america has soaring rents. and arkansas governor asa hutchins is about to address this video of a violent arrest. those are the stills from it. w...

They are losing the future electorate. the problem is, is that going to happen fast enough? is the implosion of the republican party going to happen fast enough that they cant do as much damage to the republic generally as they might? you know, its a race against time in that sense. >> these attacks on the fbi are born, of course, out of last weeks search warrant conducted by the fbi at mar-a-lago. the federal judge now deciding whether to unseal the affidavit about that search appeared to stake...

Beautiful live picture of the white house on a summer friday at 6:34 in the morning. 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 that affidavit. magistrate judge bruce rhinehart gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge said, quote, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire aff...

This appeal that any one of the 12 jurors that heard that evidence was anything other than fair and impartial. >> in a written ruling issued nearly three months later, the court sided with peterson on the jury question and overturned his death sentence. but if court also affirmed his murder conviction. meanwhile, the california supreme court delivered another ruling. the very same justices who overturned petersons sentence now say they wanted his conviction re-examined, ordering a lower court to...