governments application to executions search warrant on mar-a-lago. and it is highly unusual that we are going to see it, even a redacted copy of it while this investigation is still ongoing. this document, and it s completely unredacted form, is what convinced a federal judge in florida to sign off on a search warrant at trump s club to the ex week go. more than half of those today pages are redacted, even full or part. but despite that, we learned quite a bit from it. here we go, page one quote, the government is conducting a criminal investigation concerning the improper removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized spaces, as well as the unlawful concealment or removal of government records. on january of 2022, the national archives received from the office of former president donald j trump, 15 boxes of records. i just want to pause here for a second. remember this was a document that was written before the search warrant that was executed on august 8th.
john and sandra. good afternoon. it s a wet friday. i m martha maccallum. thanks for joining us. we have a big line-up for you this hour. we begin here in the northeast where sandra was just saying millions of new york city residents are being urged to shelter in place at this hour as torrential and life-threating rain causes huge highway tie-ups and subways are flooding in new york city. there s hundreds of flights that have been cancelled or delayed at this point. katie byrne reporting live from hoboken, new jersey just across the river. high, katie. hi, martha. a lot of people that were able to make it in to the city or to hoboken for work this morning are now wondering how they ll get home. we have roads submerged in water here in hoboken. if i step out in the street, the water gets deeper. we ve been here all day. the water has not receded much at all. it s one of those days that you can t get around hoboken by car. i ve talked to a lot of commuters. we re by the train
talked about, voting rights and this voting position in alabama, with congresswoman, we want congresswoman in alabama, terri sewell, will be with me so, that coming, up. simone we ll be watching,. ref i m just so grateful for you and the work that you can take away. i m grateful for you. grateful for being the fabulous simone. good evening. welcome to politicsnation. ten nights lead, priorities, priorities. right now, the peoples business is resuming on capitol hill. congress returned to work this week with a plateful of pressing matters, dominated by a another looman shut down, and show. down over government funding, as the white house manages this summer of national disasters that home, and is continuing obligations abroad in ukraine. donald trump returns to the campaign trail last night in south dakota. claiming that his 70 plus indictments are literally on behalf of these supporters. though he had no less than some of those supporters, who orchestrated the ass
wallace. ever since charged were handed down against donald trump, the ex president has seen returning to the white house as his best defense. no one is more aware of this than jack smith. jack smith asked the supreme court to rule on donald trump s bid to have the charges ruled out because the alleged crimes took place while he was president. this is not new. judge tanya chutkan rejected that claim and trump appealed. jack smith is asking the supreme court to leap frog the appeals court and settle the matter once and for all. the special counsel s move setting up the first, but maybe not the last time, the supreme courtla a role in the united states versus donald trump. prosecutors say, quote, this caserents a fundamental question at the heart ofur democracy. whether a fmer president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed ile in office or is constitutionally protect from federal prosecution when he s been impeached by the house, but not convicte
but the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers and numbers, my friend, don t lie. really election interference. it s all it is. ridiculous. the numbers are much greater. you have a racist attorney general who made some terrible. this showing as trump beating biden in five states. steve kornacki breaks it all down one year ahead of the election. overnight, new israeli air strikes on gaza city now surrounded by israeli tanks and troops where hundreds of thousands of civilians remain now cut off from escape routes from the south. and secretary of state blinken made unannounced stops in the west bank and baghdad after israel s prime minister netanyahu apparently rejected his calls to limit the air strikes and have temporary pauses to aid can get in and americans can get out. good day. former president trump is testifying in his new york civil fraud trial. the case that could collapse his new york real estate business. the judge telling mr. trump s attorne