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taken over by drag races, drifters, critics are slamming the soft on crime approach. in chicago, kevin graham, and louisiana senator bill cassidy, both will be joining us in moments. >> john: begin with the fox news alert to kick off "america reports." former president trump's legal team set to square off in court moments from now. both parties awaiting to hear whether a special master will be granted to review documents seized in the mar-a-lago raid. that court hearing scheduled to happen right now. hello, john roberts in washington. going to beat you to it, sandra. happy friday eve...

down the rhetoric, despite a wave of violent threats against law enforcement. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, august 15th. a lot has happened since we got off the air friday, so since we finished coverage friday, we learned the search warrant for mar-a-lago revealed former president trump is being investigated for possible violations of the espionage act, tied to the mishandling of national defense information or classified material. now, according to the fbi, 11 sets of classified records were seized from trump's home, including some marked as top secret, ...

The former president's declassification powers, which, of course, have come up and have ban periodic issue. the filing says trump was president of the united states when the documents bearing classification marking were delivered in palm beach. his authority to classify or declassify information bearing on national security flowed from this constitutional investment of power in the president. but of course they are still refusing to say whether or not he actually did declare them declassified. like, what is going on? >> i think that's what gets to this order. i mean, he's right this is narrow,...

Russia's help, so it is remarkable plot twist, danny cevallos, that apparently the fbi thinks they might have been at mar-a-lago. we know that's not true. is there anything he just said in terms of that nonsense or his claims he could declassify things by thinking about it. is any of this true? >> jonathan, give me a minute. i am currently declassifies documents by thinking about them. it's surprising that trump would say declassification powers extend this far. more significant, i can't help but go back to the point andrew weissman said, which is how has this declassification theory helped do...

Quote, a complete fiction. but as we say, don, wait. there's more. olivia troye, former homeland security adviser to vice president mike pence at that time, called it ludicrous. another former senior intelligence official laughed and said it was ridiculous. and a very senior trump administration official called it, quote, bullshit. in fact, a couple of them did, don. >> it's great reporting. but i mean, we kind of knew, right? especially the last part. jamie, the president has declassification powers. but there's still a process, right? that you have to go through. what are your sources tellin...