classrooms. goo good morning, everyone. and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 12th, i m alex witt in for jonathan lemire. we begin with new information on the fbi search of the donald trump s home, people familiar with the investigation tell the washington post that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for on monday. the sources did not disclose any additional details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. here s reaction from the trump attorney who was at mar-a-lago during the search. is it your understanding that there were not documents related to our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that have national security implications in the president s possession when the agents showed up at mar-a-lago? that s right. i don t believe they were. and if they thought do you know for a fact? do you know for a fact they were, have you spoken to the president about it? i have not speci
steve giffords. but first u.k. prime minister boris johnson is out or at least he s about to be. the scandal-plagued leader says his party doesn t believe in him anymore. themes the breaks, he said in front of 10 downing this morning. i tried to persuade my colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we re delivering so much and have such a vast mandate. but as we ve seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd moves, it moves. my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. johnson was touting his successes on brexit, the pandemic and support for ukraine. ultimately it was one too many scandals that did him him, accused of harassment and groping to a key leadership position and then denying he ever knew about that lawmaker s history of similar allegations. more than 50 ministers in his government resigned over johnson s shifting explanations, a mass exodus in the party intended to finally force the pm out. johnson blamed a
we said we ll see you on thursday. she said see you on tuesday. she was very upset and very stressed and she can hardly talk honestly. so it s difficult time for her. let s be clear, a guilty sentence has been almost certain since before griner even confessed to accidentally packing those cannabis cartridges in her luggage. russian courts have a conviction rate of 99%. the white house put out a statement, calling on russia to release griner immediately and says his administration is continuing to pursue every possible avenue to bring home griner and former u.s. marine paul whelan, who is also detained. u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap for griner s release, despite claims from the white house that the process is moving quickly, it is expected to take some time and the ball is very much in russia s court. joining me is molly hunter and jonathan, he worked on the case of trevor reed who was released from a russian prison earlier this year. molly, we weren t expec
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we ll come to get you. joining us now, terrific white house reporter for politico. adam, good morning. thank you for being with us. you have a good story we re going to get to in a second. let s start there with these on going efforts to bring paul whelan home. we heard from the national security adviser jake sullivan and ned price, saying russia is not really willing to play ball just yet. we know the biden administration to bring home griner took criticism for not getting whelan home. what is the latest as to what they can do? how high of a priority is this for the biden administration? john, good to be with you. you just saw it right there. this is a top priority here. mainly because of that awareness that they were able to get obviously brittney griner home but leaving another american still there in russian custody. a major issue, especially when it s paul whelan, somebody who s been there for a long time. somebody whose family is very outspoken about the fact that now this