history. it will lower health insurance costs. lower energy costs. i want to take the most aggressive action ever, ever, ever, to combat the climate crisis. i will build the future here in the united states of america with the american workers, american companies, with american-made products, and after years of some of the biggest corporations in the united states paying zero in federal income tax, they will begin to literally pay their fair share. it is not easy and it never has been. but i know with conviction, commitment, and patience, progress does come and is coming now. as much as they chalked up the timing of the event today with the anniversary of signing the act, it is obvious that today was all about the midterms. showing exactly how much democrats have delivered for voters. across the aisle, republicans have a little bit of trouble. this afternoon, south carolina care senator lindsey graham instituted a bill that would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks of pregnanc
to criminally investigate donald trump for 2020 election including the events of january six. the crescendoed bill through this summer as they were televised saying explosive revelations about what was happening in the white house in and around january six. but that committee had no ability to charge anyone with anything. only the department of justice did. and from what everyone could tell, at least from the outside, not a whole lot seem to be happening over at the doj. by july, attorney general garland felt the need to speak out and defend his department. there is a lot of speculation about what the justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from on
justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from one administration to the other, concept of the fundamental of american democracy. we have to get this right. garland was not wrong, this is the most important investigation that the justice department has ever entered into. no president has ever been criminally charged in the history of the united states of america. and that means that merrick garland holds one of the most difficult jobs in the entire country. he is now not only at the helm of one, but two sweet being justice department investigations into a former president, donald trump. the departments investigation into january 6th, and the probe into
good evening once again. i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warrant has been unsealed and made public. the document supports much of which was already known about the criminal investigation to whether trump and his aides took secret government papers, and failed to return all of them, despite repeated demands from senior government officials. nbc s peter alexander has more on today s bombshell developments. reporter: the 38-page affidavit focuses on what the fbi says it found in 15 boxes mr. trump returned to the national archives in january. mixed in with newspapers, magazines, and presidential correspondents were 184 classified documents, 67 of them marked confidential. 92 marked secret. and 25
word. the 11th hour starts right now. s last word tonight, revelations from the highly anticipated affidavit and that led to the search of mar-a-lago. confirmation of got to fight documents discovered in florida, and the possible threats to national security. then, the heavily reacted document leaves a lot of unanswered questions, especially about potential legal implications for the already, twice impeached, former president. and, as we try to navigate this uncharted territory, one of our favorite, presidential historians, tries to put it all to perspective. as the 11th hour gets underway on this very busy friday night. but evening once again. i alicia menendez am in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warran