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
if you think george is tough, wait until you see alan. how do you feel, sir? are you going to testify? how things have changed for alan weisel berg. from a guest spot on the apprentice to a five month sentence in prison. the judge who approved the fbi search of mar-a-lago says he is inclined to release some of the affidavit. the same judge receives anti- semitic threats from trump s followers. he cashes in on the red, making millions of dollars. reports from ukraine that russia might be planning a false flag disaster at a ukrainian nuclear reactor complex. good evening, everyone. i m tiffany cross. we begin with new developments. many, many, many, many legal troubles starting in a florida court house. the judge says he is inclined to unseal some of the affidavit used for the search of mar-a- lago. justice department reactions that it will not undermine its investigation. judge 100 approved the warrant. responded to interest from several media organizations to releas
a busy day today the investigation of the former president and his allies. top of the list, and this is big, cnn learning right now that some members of the trump inner circle or trying to convince him to release surveillance video of fbi agents executing the search warrant at mar-a-lago, the search the turned up 11 sets of classified documents, some marked top secret sci, one of the highest levels of classification. now, we don t know what that surveillance video might show. a source tells cnn aides aren t sure if the former president himself has seen the whole thing, we don t know if it s all just a political plot. that s a safe bet when it comes to the former president, after all. but we do know that they have already seen with the fbi calls an unprecedented number of threats against agents following the mar-a-lago search. that isn t stopping eric trump from teasing a release. you still have these surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the
well, you re welcome, we the travel east point about taking the abstracting concretizing it, they re not thought experiments anymore, it s really humans lives and it s real peoples lives. i do think that public opinion is more on the side of common sense on these questions than the republican party s, and we ll see how that plays out. we will see, indeed, i m a sun studio, come back soon. i will. thanks for joining us this hour, tonight, as donald trump s former s vice president considers talking to the january 6th investigation, his former lawyer testifies before an atlanta grand jury, and his longtime cfo prepares to plead guilty in turn on the trump organization. despite the presidents considerable legal woes, he can t seem to find any qualified attorneys to represent him. oh speak to caroline, who joins us live. then we go down to florida, where republican governor ron desantis has given some new lessons for revisionist history, and christian nationalism. new y
mcconnell. why his prediction for the midterms now catching some attention with our new reporting on where republicans are and are not spending campaign cash. plus, the new strategy from the white house on the monkeypox emergency, planning to roll out more vaccines asap, but is it too little too late? and the man accused of attacking rushdie in court. we ve got a lot to get to over the next 60 minutes. with us now is cal perry outside that courthouse in west palm beach. our justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian is joining us. danny, and former federal prosecutor and former judge, carol lam. if you ve been watching our coverage, you know there have been a lot of development. there s a lot going on. right? so here s where things stand as of 3:01 eastern time. the judge in charge of this case is ordering a redacted version of the affidavit to be released, but he s asking for input from the government on what those redactions should entail no later than a week