plus, a florida federal judge has thrown a wrench into the doj s investigation of the documents, many of them classified, seized from the former president s home at mar-a-lago. granting trump s request for a so-called special master to review the evidence. this temporarily prevents the justice dedepartment s investigative team from accessing thousands of documents taken from mar-a-lago. we ll have more on that in a moment. first, drew griffin joins us with the details of this newly obtained video from georgia county. we should note, taken the same day a voting machine was breached in that office. what do we know? breaches, jim, of these voting machines in swing states are under investigation across the country. this one happened in coffee county, georgia. cnn obtained surveillance video at one of the offices where these machines were breached. and this was all done at the behest of one of donald trump s attorneys. i want to show you the video now. it s cathy lathem, the w
the latest on the district s new security measures just ahead. plus, bracing for blackouts, a brutal heat wave blankets parts of the nation. people are cranking up their ac units, and it could be more than the power grid can handle. and we obtained surveillance video that shows a georgia election official escorting two trump operatives into an election office the same day the voting system was breached. let s begin in memphis. el eliza fletcher s body has now been recovered. gary, what are officials saying this hour? reporter: well, the accused kidnapper of eliza fletcher is now the accused murder of eliza fletcher. we were told this morning that a body that was recovered yesterday late in the afternoon behind a vacant duplex is indeed the body of the 34-year-old mother of two, wife, and schoolteacher. already before this happened, before the confirmation, a hearing was going to be held in the courtroom 13 here in the shelby county courthouse. an arraignment on the
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plus, living at the extreme. major flooding on the east coast, explosive wildfires out west, and fears of blackouts due to record heat and stress on the power grids. and companies call on employees to return to the office after labor day, but that s not what many workers want. might their push to work from home motivate your own conversation with your boss? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin this hour on democracy watch in our politics lead. monitoring the latest evidence of the pernicious and growing threat against the american experiment itself. former president trump continuing to endorse and help election liars win. republican primaries for offices that are relevant to your vote s integrity. trump s pick for the republican primary in massachusetts today is someone who falsely said that the 2020 election was, quote, rigged. and who will, trump says, quote, rule with an iron fist. trump is also talking about pardoning those who violently attacked the cap
also, a district judge has granted a request by former president trump for a special master to review all the documents seized from his mar-a-lago estate last month. what this means for the investigation into the former president. the united kingdom has a new prime minister. just hours ago, liz truss met with queen elizabeth who officially appointed her to lead the nation and new nbc news reporting about how republican senate hopefuls are planning to launch a vigorous push to try to win control of the senate as we re now just 80 days from the midterm election. we ll break down where things stand. and we begin this morning in uvalde. a community starting a new chapter despite unimaginable grief. fear and anxiety surround the beginning of the school year there. children will not be returning to robb elementary. the scene of the massacre. instead, relocating to other schools. the school district is adding new security measures, but many families say that s not enough. most a