hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. there s brand new reporting that drives home the fact that donald trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to his many, many, many legal problems and when it comes to the indictment and the classified documents investigation turning him from a disgraced twice impeached once indicted ex-president. in that case he has no one to blame but himself. the washington post reports late last year team trump hit a fork in a road, a point in which trump could have chosen an option that very well may have avoided an indictment in the documents case. from that new reporting, quote, one of trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. the attorney, chris kise, wanted to quietly approach justice to see if he could negotiate a settlement that could preclude charges hoping the department would want an exit ramp to avoid prosecuting a former pre
forthcoming with investigators, or both. sources telling the times, investigators still are seeking more surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, a sign officials are looking into how the classified material was handle while improperly stored at the former president s estate. according to the times, the fbi declined to comment. president trump s spokesman did not immediately respond. joining us now, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg. good morning to you both. ken, i ll start with you. nbc news is working to confirm all of this, a blockbuster story dropped last night by the new york times . the top line, the 300 documents. 300 of them taken by donald trump, according to the times reporting out of the justice department, is a pretty staggering number when you consider all the excuses donald trump has made. well, he just slipped some things into his briefcase, or they were planted by the f
your money s good, you feel good the number one want to win earth with leah primer sunday at nine on cnn the first presidential debate of 2024 is in the books and at this writing, it s likely to be remembered as the defining moment of the race good morning, everyone. cnn this morning is live in atlanta. it is 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us to stakes last night, we re extraordinarily high and in the eyes of many democrats, their candidate failed to meet the moment he failed to prove that he has the ability to lead for four more years. they say because of moments like this thank you. sure. that we re able to make every single time person eligible for what i ve been able to do with the covid excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with if we finally beat medicare president s performance marred by a frequently inaudible voice and several instances where he struggled, seems to struggle to complete a thought or
for up to 70% off designer brands, it house the designers that get your heart racing had inside a prices new every day, hurry be gone in a flash, designer sales at up to 70% or so of gilt.com today welcome to inside politics. i m kasie hunt in for dana bash, who co-moderating the cnn presidential debate last night. that s triggering a five alarm fire inside the democratic party. we re gonna get to that in just a moment. but first we do want to follow this breaking news it s the supreme court just ruled that the justice department overstepped by charging hundreds of people who rioted at the capitol on january 6 with obstruction. the ideologically mixed six to three ruling could force federal prosecutors to reconsider charges in dozens of pending cases. and may have an impact on the case against donald trump. i want to turn now to cnn s paula reid, andrew mccabe, evan perez to break this all down for us, paula, i want to start with you. can you explain what this means for the h
and to run over the people who led it was extraordinary. here is some of his attacks on the men he hand picked to lead doj. the attorney general said, i m going to recuse himself. why didn t he tell he had me that? had i not fired james comey, it s possible i wouldn t be standing here right now. this thing is a disgrace. anybody other than a low life like bill barr, because i terminated because he was gutless. what bill barr was supposed to do was to declare the election corrupt. just say it. my republican allies in congress will do the rest. what sessions was supposed to do was to make the russia investigation into russia s attack on the american election