classified documents at mar-a-lago were likely concealed or hidden. arguing the former president was simply holding on to his own presidential records. in just a few hours, a judge is set to hear arguments on a request for a special master to review the seized documents. also ahead, president biden is set to deliver a major prime time address tonight on the the battle for the soul of america. we ll get a live preview from the white house coming up. and, the latest on the ongoing water emergency in mississippi. we will speak with the mayor of jackson on the crisis that has now triggered a political blame game. but the bottom line, willie, is people there don t have clean water. that is right. and they haven t for sometime. we ll talk to the mayor in just a moment. but let s begin this hour with former president donald trump s legal team and its response to the department of justice latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in the 1
about them. it is not right. it is not appropriate. so let s see how judge cannon evaluated this today and not malign her for being a trump appointed judge. donald trump has asked for a special master which is someone to review the documents seized at mar-a-lago and determine whether any are protected by privilege. and i disagree a little bit with joe here on his first set of remarks. ease absolutely right, criminal defense attorneys shouldn t take the government s word and should make filings that explain why a special master is needed over the government s objection. the problem here is that their briefs haven t done that. the justice department filed this long 36-page brief when told a compelling narrative on both the facts an the law about how donald trump stole these documents, he kept them hidden, he lied about keeping them hidden, he was repeatedly asked to return them, and he didn t. and so then they found then they authorized the search with a federal magistrate judge