instead he said something we ve started hearing a lot from defenders of the former president in the last 24 hours, deflecting from the facts, focusing on the leaks. marco rubio serves on the intelligence committee, explaining away the way the fbi classified documents as a storage argument. this is really at its core a storage argument they re making. they re arguing there are documents there. they don t deny he should have access to the documents. i don t think a fight over storage of documents is worthy of what they ve done. now senator rubio and others are focusing on apparent leaks. that doesn t seem like the kind of thing you should have in your post-presidential desk drawer. well, let s break this down. first of all, again, we really don t know. let s go back and understand that all of this information is coming from one side and one place. and that is sources with knowledge of the investigation. who are the sources with knowledge of the investigation? the fbi an
of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know the details of those special access programs. even more sensitive than we knew to this point, and, of course, kept in an unsecured facility. if confirmed, it means the documents containing another nation s nuclear secrets and some of the u.s. most highly guarded top secret operations were sitting in an unsecured country club for more than 18 months. after repeated requests to return those documents. and another major story we are following this morning, this one out of memphis, tennessee, the man now charged with the death of 34-year-old eliza fletcher is facing multiple murder charges in her kidnapping and death, expected in court, in the next hour. we re going to bring you updates live, more in a moment. first, we want to begin with our top story this hour, the washington post story reporting a document detailing a foreign government s military defenses including its nuc
documents related to nuclear weapons capabilities during that court-approved search of his florida residence last month and includes as the post puts it a foreign government s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities and nuclear defense readiness. what country was the subject of this classified material was not revealed. but some of the material so secret that it s described as many senior national security officials are kept in the bark about them and only the president and some members of hi cabinet or a near cabinet level official know about them and can authorize others to be read in. this comes as the justice department is weighing its next steps after a federal judge sided with donald trump, agreeing to appoint a special master to review all of the documents picked up in this investigation and that include the possibility of appealing on the part of the justice department and bill barr thinks they should push to fight for. we will much more on all of that i
times. cleotha abston was 16 when he began a prison term. brooke singman has breaking details on this case. brooke. brooke: good morning, human remains have been confirmed to be those of missing heiress and mother of two, eliza fletcher. memphis police department discovered remains of a body, further forensic investigation by the mpd positively identified the body was in fact eliza fletcher. fletcher s body was located in an abandoned home seven miles from where she was kidnapped and one mile away from where cleotha abston was seen cleaning the floors of his suv. her family is demanding justice saying we are heartbroken and devastated by this senseless loss, we are grateful to law enforcement for tireless efforts to bring justice to the personal responsible for this horrible crime. cleotha abston is charged with first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence. surveillace video captured video of a man running toward fletcher while out on a early m
gillian: days after the plan to ban gas powered vehicles. they face the threat of rolling blackouts. john: first, fox news alert on the killing of eliza fletcher in memphis. the suspect now ordered held without bond on charges of first-degree murder and a number of other murder-related charges. john roberts in washington, and good wednesday to you. gillian: great to be with you after the labor day weekend. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. ex-con cleotha abston is in court the second time for allegedly kidnapping and murdering the mother of two friday. john: it shows him cleaning his suv outside an apartment complex three hours after fletcher was abducted. the suspect, no stranger to police. gillian: not at all. criminal record back to when he was 11 years old. fox news digital confirms he was charged with rape at 14, and at 16, kidnapped an memphis lawyer at gunpoint. john: former homicide detective pat dias joins us, but first, jonathan is live outside the