are questions from the state legislature about the potential misuse of state funds. let s start with the civil suit. that s coming from a legal group representing more than 30 of the asylum seekers, fiemg a claim against governor ron desantis and other state officials saying that the migrants experienced, quote, cruelty akin to what they fled in their home country of venezuela. it claims florida officials manipulated them, stripped them of their dignity, deprived them of their liberty, bodily autonom autonomy due process under the law. that s what they claim. basically they say desantis lied. and their lawyers are looking into these brochures used to entice those seeking a better life to travel under the guise that resettlement support was available to them. the governor keeps insisting the asylum seekers knew what they were signing up for. it was all voluntary and he claimed the humane thing to do. those migrants were being treated horribly by biden. they were hungry, home
in the united states and around the world. i m john vause at cnn s world headquarters. in atlanta. it seems hurricane it is not done yet. in florida with a rising death toll on ongoing rescues, and looking like a wall zone. this color storm is gaining strength right now a category one, bearing down on charleston, south carolina, with all expected later friday. the death toll in florida stands at 19. a number of which is almost certain to rise in the coming days. the u.s. president on thursday warning of a substantial loss of life for me and. which one official has described as likely the biggest natural disaster the state has ever seen. and that is triggered the biggest disaster response in florida s history. tens of thousands of emergency workers deployed statewide. at this hour, almost 2.2 million homes and businesses remain without electricity. large areas of the state are underwater. in georgia, ian produced a rainfall, it up deterring some of the worst-hit areas. gover
investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
i d scalp. it no i wouldn t i would literally use it because what an extraordinary hearing, i want to return to normalcy to see here a judge say, no. this case, you guys have not been arguing very well. that s a substack s right? it can t be declassified if you re not arguing it s declassified. i just got so many aspects of what transpired are worthy of analysis of discussion, because there was a lot packed in there, and we re getting great indication of where the special master may be heading in all of this. and we re gonna have that discussion because what i would do with that ticket is give it to andrew weissmann, but andrew weissmann doesn t need my help because he was actually there. he used to work in that courthouse. he s gonna be with us leading off tonight, and so we have the guy in the room, the guy i want in the room for the sessions. but there s two tickets, i want the other ticket. i desperately want to be there. thank you. alex you are in good hands lawr
we will see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. good evening, alex. imagine you have a ticket they don t actually have tickets. but imagine you have that to get to that brooklyn courtroom courtroom today, where draymond dearly held his first special master session in the case of donald j trump versus united states of america. what would you do with your one seat for that courtroom? i d scalp. it no, i wouldn t. i would eagerly use it, because what an extraordinary hearing, elsewhere return to normalcy, to hear adjudged say, no, no. this case, you guys have not been arguing very well. that s a subtext, right? it can be classified campy declassified if you are not obviously classified. i just got so many aspects of what transparent in that courtroom where they ve analysis and discussion, because there was a lot packed in there, and we re getting great indication of where the special master may be headin