mar-a-lago. former president trump now hinting at fourth amendment violations will also threatening to release surveillance video of the search, which would have a white ranging impact. the life reporting, in just a moment. and does trump s argument hold any water legally? we are going to ask a former federal prosecutor about that and much more. plus, the balance of power in the senate. could democrats be poised to maintain control, or even gain seats, holding off the gop? search minority leader mitch mcconnell race a few eyebrows with his comments this week about candidate quality. we ll dive into a new report that has the senate as a toss-up. 80 days from election day. we are also keeping a close eye on the georgia election and investigation of rudy giuliani, and what we ve learned from his testimony this week, and where the probe goes from here. he is now considered a target of the investigation. and the next hour, we will dive deeper into right wing extremism and the thre
european powerhouse is revealing she has taken a drug test, giving in to calls from fellow lawmakers after online videos showed her partying. i m joe fryer in for hallie jackson. with me this hour is nbc news correspondent josh lederman in dnipro, ukraine, and a member of the council on foreign relations, former state department adviser and author of nuclear nightmares. josh, let s talk about this aid and what s happening in ukraine, what can you tell us about this latest round of funding as tensions skyrocket around that nuclear plant? this latest batch of funding, joe, will be a little under 800,000, including a thousand javelin antitank missiles as well as more ammunition as well as additional howitzers for the ukrainians to use. perhaps the object that get the most attention is more than a done eagle drones, the first time the united states has provided those spy drones to the ukrainians. they re made by boeing and can fly at low altitude to avoid detection by russian
playing out before our eyes taking us to another scary place over the past fort night. a criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified information looming over the country and both major political parties with an even more significant specter casting a long, shadow in sharp relief. the very real possibility that a former president of the united states could soon be indicted for violating the espionage act or other federal statutes. it is extremely volatile and if donald trump is indeed indicted although that remains a big if, for the moment and we ll move beyond volatility and into more territory that s explosive into where there is a dramatic increase into more political violence than we ve seen already in our republic. in just the last two weeks we ve seen threats against the fbi and law enforcement surging. a pennsylvania man was arrested last week for threatening to kill agents of the federal bureau of investigation and a man armed with a semiautomat
this legislation provides $369 billion in new climate spending, which the white house says should help cut u.s. green there s house emissions by half by the end of this decade. the bill includes new initiatives on corporate taxes and drug price controls. now, if it becomes law, it will join a host of major legislative achievements for the president ahead of the midterms, including bipartisan investment in the country s infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. cnn joe johns is in eastern kentucky following the president. joe, what should we expect to hear from the president? reporter: well, you know, he is here, victor, in his role as consoler in chief, but if his previous remarks today were any indication, he s also promising that the government is going to stick around and help the people of eastern kentucky see this through to the other side. they ve got quite a lot of work to do. the president is now expected to get a tour of some of the damage that we saw here in easte
of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent