how long will this process take all together with the midterms nine weeks away? we will catch up on the key races heading into the fall. the fight for control of congress as these critical campaigns enter their home stretch. we have a live report from uvalde, texas. survivors of the mass shooting last may there that left 19 children and two teachers dead, they return to school today. another step forward for that grieving community. why some parents say, enough changes have not yet been made. we will take you to the united kingdom where liz truss met with queen elizabeth, receiving the invitation to become britain s 56th prime minister. the 15th to serve during the 96-year-old queen s reign. we want to begin with the special master ruling. ryan reilly, kimberly atkins and chuck rosenberg, a former senior fbi official. ryan, you are on set. we have been talking about this. walk us through the developments over this weekend, for those catching up, really what impact this
to work in washington for the first time in a month. we ll look at their fall agenda agenda. we are live in georgia with brand new reporting on possible election interference. what this surveillance video shows and maybe more importantly who it appears to show walking into a county election office weeks after the 2020 election. how it all fits into the fulton county criminal problem. i m joe fryer in for hallie jackson. we start with the latest fall out from the judge s ruling granting trump s request for a special master. i m joined by caroline wedding and former fbi consultant andrew wiseman. ken, we re learning more about what this doj ruling means and doesn t mean at least at this point right now. what can you tell us? i m being told this ruling does not put a stop entirely to the fbi investigation into the mishandling of documents at mar-a-lago. there are lots of classified documents that came out of mar-a-lago in january and another batch was handed over in june.
griffin and barred him from seeking or holding any federal or state position for life. the decision reads in part that griffin spread lies about the election, spent months normalizing that violence might be necessary to keep president trump in office, assumed a leadership role in the mob, egged on violence and breached restricted capitol grounds. we re going to have more on that groundbreaking decision and what it could mean for other participants in moments. first, we have a lot of questions about judge eileen canon s decision to grant donald trump a special master including why it took so long to make the decision, who might get appointed and most importantly what it means for the criminal investigation. there are also questions about the legal basis judge canon used to decide in trump s favor. the new york times spoke with a half dozen people familiar with the law and precedent and all of them raised concerns, one even going so far as to call the ruling, quote, deeply pr
today marks the midterms going into high gear. the unofficial sprint towards election day as president biden touts his domestic recording with including those late summer break throughs while also arguing that democracy and believe it or not in a very real sense, trumpism are on this ballot. if you re counting, election day is just about nine weeks out. the maga republicans don t just threaten our personal rites and economic security, they re a threat to our very democracy. i do think anyone who calls for the use of violence who fails to condemn violence when it s used, refuses to acknowledge when an election has been won, that is a threat to democracy. i will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. the trump-fueled effort to take over once independent election offices is clearly up for a test in these midterms. about half of americans, roughly, will choose their leaders from a ballot with at least one
trace: we re getting a new look at the seized documents. some marked secret and top secret. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel has more from the d.c. newsroom. good morning. a 36-page filing from federal prosecutors meeting a federal judge s late night deadline. they argue the motion for a special master in the case fails for multiple independent reasons. in this filing prosecutors write the government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. the government also released this photo which contains a number of files with bright yellow or red cover sheets signifying top secret material. they appear spread out over a carpet. the court filing said they were recovered inside a container in the former president s office. prosecutors write three classified documents that were not located in boxes but rather were located in the desk