announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we re all about to learn more of what the government knows that drove it to search former president trump s mar-a-lago he estate a federal judge late today giving the justice department until noon eastern time tomorrow to make public a redacted copy of the affidavit that backed its application for the search warrant. the order issued just hours after the justice department submitted to the court sections it wants blacked out to protect witnesses, law enforcement, and methods used in the investigation. the full affidavit would describe the government s case and justification for the unprecedented search, but how much the redacted version will disclose remains an open question tonight. kelly o donnell is tracking late details. reporter: new tonight granted in part a decision from the florida federal magistrate to unseal by noon tomorrow a redacted copy of the affidavit used to authorize the controversial
reporting that the court mistakenly posted its opinion yesterday on a major abortion case in idaho based that s right. that was really a shock development yesterday. and actually the high court did confirm that a document was inadvertently posted to the court s website, and this was reviewed by bloomberg news and this was involving the case about abortions and idaho. and according to that document that was uploaded and we should caution this could change depending on what officially comes down from the high corporate and this was a 6-3 opinion you had three conservatives siding with three liberals and it essentially allows for abortions to happen in the state of idaho. in the case of medical emergency these not just when a woman s life is at risk. and so that is what the idaho abortion ban initially allowed for was just when a woman s life was at risk of doctor could perform that abortion. so that law is essentially on hold for now. and just to put this in perspective, when
states and around the world, i will blitzer a, you re in the situation room a live view from cnn studios in atlanta, where anticipation is building for a presidential debate. hello, like any other think if you re donald trump is going to take away this sort of circus-like atmosphere that we saw in previous debates. the interrupting that s what a yellowing the surface now alpha off of the crowd energy. and i think in some ways it didn t poses a seriousness to donald trump that he wouldn t get otherwise if it was a sort of crowd like atmosphere. and so in that way, i think that advantages him, right? i think the disadvantage for somebody like donald trump is you have to be serious. you have to fill up the time with coherent arguments, coherent talking points. so we ll see if he s able to do that. it s a two-minute he has time to respond, but he s got to talk policy and he doesn t often like to do that. listen, i think biden is an experienced debater. he, if you lo
not, that will watch it play out together is no matter what action is taken or not taken or what arguments made, who at the end of the day, who do voters trust? that s what, that is what it s going to come down to when it comes to this vote it clear to you, ryan and different here s the vote from others. it s i m loving this pop-up video is dry land that today it s great to see you both. thank you, simon a new hours. andrew centrals towards now and just moments a child of the sitting president goes on trial i ll for the first time, jury selection begins in hunter biden s federal gun case as his defense just suffered a key setback overnight and then breaking just moments ago would lead to schools shut down as water main breaks, leaf thousands in the city without water and the weight is almost over both highly, it does finish show of the television season set to premiere what type, begun just a few words. my favorite coworkers, zaraa, is out today i m john berman with k
insurers that women who, whose health is at risk and might need in an abortion in an emergency room setting, how they can still get that kind of emergency care even in states that ban abortion. kate the lot of impact in a lot of ripple effects, especially from the cases you ve just lined out, joan. thank you so much. good to see you. john. or this morning, firefighters in northern california s say they are making good progress against a wildfire that is burn more than 14,000 acres the fire up did saturday and some san joaquin county, it is now 50% contained evacuation orders have now been downgraded to warnings, but residents are being told to remain vigilant and prepared for potential changes cnn s derek van dam has the very latest for us this morning. what are you seeing derek? yeah. drawing this is really a product of of having too much rain and snow during the course of the past two winters and