from examining the classified documents were seized in that search. now, the department asked a federal appeals court in atlanta to immediately lift the hold and let them resume their work, claiming the delay quote, impeach the governments efforts to protect the nation s security. that motion was in response to a order that was issued by trump appointed district court judge aileen cannon, that was done earlier this week, denying the justice department s request to exclude classified documents from a special master s review of the material that was seized. cannon named raymond dearie, a former new york federal judge, as that special master. and a decision from judge can and will likely significantly delay the department of justice s probe, which is looking into just how exactly classified material ended up at trump s residence. according to new reporting from the washington post, in a call last year with members of trump s team, nationals archives officials were told that none
regimes get started. they get started by a demagogue, an authoritarian basically demanding fealty, and not just to himself but to his version of reality. we saw that start on the afternoon of the inauguration where, you know, alternative facts about the size of the crowd became the argument the white house was making to overlook the fact that there wasn t that big a crowd, and it continues to today where people who you would think not only know better but would want to do better are siding with this outrageous and i believe probably illegal use of classified material. so it s a mystery to me, but it is a dangerous mystery that you have the republican party still enabling the fantasies and the power-rungry dreams of the former president. that was former secretary of state and former presidential candidate hillary clinton speaking with us last hour on morning joe about the case against donald trump and the hypocrisy of how republicans reacted to her emails versus his allege
charles and the queen consort will host faith leaders at buckingham palace before the king and his siblings head to westminster to stand vigil by their mother s coffin this evening. we ll bring you the latest from london, but first, let s turn to legal news in the united states. right now we re awaiting to see what doj is going to do next now that a federal judge has denied his request for access to classified documents to continue its investigation. legal experts are scratching their heads at the decision. also in the denial, judge cannon appointed a special master. who he is and the deadline the judge set for him. joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, also lisa ruben and carol lamb. walk us through the decision from the judge here. why did she say no to doj about being able to access those classified documents when they said it was a matter of national security. this judge who was appointed by former president trump really adopted
Earth. Future generations will never get to have those memories. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. In saudi arabia sunday, President Trump cast the fight against terrorism as a choice between good and evil. It was his first overseas speech as president. Mr. Trump addressed a summit of muslim leaders, calling on them to stand with the u. S. In the fight against, quote, islamic extremism. Meanwhile, the president s problems back home are not going away. Ousted fbi director james comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence committee after the memorial day holiday next week. Americans approve of how the president has handled matters involving the fbi investigation into his campaigns possible ties to russia. 60 say comey should not have been fired. 6700 miles in washington this weekend, President Trump was warmly received in saudi arabia. White house and Senior Affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan is traveling with the president. This
Little sunshine afternoon, it will be at a premium. Not going to be seeing a ton of sun on our sunday afternoon, but it will be out there. So far this morning thin clouds hanging out as well. Sun just came up about 20 minutes ago. Were getting a few nice sunrises actually here early on on our sunday, but the big story will be the sunshine we see little early on followed by our thickening cloud cover as we go through the afternoon. Storm scan3 showing you again, right now, not too much happening, much quiet err scene on storm scan3 here this morning, as compared to yesterday, we had the rain showers that pulled through, yesterday morning, but dry conditions, most of the upper level moisture, cloud cover, still well off to the west. But again, that will be track eastward, we will see some that far cloud cover later on this afternoon. Temperatures out there right now, 40s, 50s, there is a chill in the air, for sure, especially compared to what we had the last couple of mornings, where we