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My name is karen. Thank you for joining us here at the center on National Security. We are delighted to be bringing you this afternoons conversation. With me today is awardwinning author, journalist, documentary maker. His new book is the spymasters how the cia director shaped the future and we are going to talk about this book today but first i want to say welcome and thank you for joining us. Its a pleasure to be here thanks for having me. So this is a wonderful read. When i started it i was like this is going to be too much information i wont be able to take it in but its fantastic. Its bas...

Thank you for having me. When i started it this will be too much information i cannot take it in is based on your knowledge and research over 70 interviews. And billy it is not so much about the cia director but the relationship to the white house and the president. Do you agree . Thank you for your kind words because what i really tried to do above all else is to humanize these directors and with his cast of characters those that were the quintessential cia director is a james bond character cigarette in one hand and the dry martini and another to walk into the oval office to tell lbj the dom...

the indictment, i believe you said 38. we are still counting, going through it. >> 37 or 38. i'm going like this, sandra. you know. >> sandra: yeah. >> it's -- it's over three dozen and it's 40-something page document. >> john: the 38th count is false statements allegedly on the part of the president's valet and personal assistant. but 37 related to trump and notta together, and then that one separate one, number 38. but i mean, this thing reads like a book. >> sandra: hard to print. so, we are still going through it, and the top secret records seized by the fbi from the trump home a...

investigate biden's handling of these classified documents from his time as vice president. we are also at this hour awaiting a white house press briefing where the press secretary to the president is very likely to be pressed on these issues. >> john: very likely indeed. all of this comes after the white house counsel revealed that second batch of documents was found in a garage at one of the president's delaware homes, which you can see in the campaign ad from 2020. even a glimpse of a stack of papers toward the end of the ad. top house republicans addressing the matter moments ago...

>> aishah: former president trump pushing to release the affidavit but the justice department is urging the court to keep the documents secret, saying releasing it publicly would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. >> john: documents show the government is investigating trump for potential obstruction of justice and possible violations of the espionage act. >> aishah: and what's at stake at today's hearing, and peter doocy how the white house is responding. >> john: mark meredith live outside the courthouse in west palm beach florida, mark, what can we expect in the nex...