are back with us. our top story, the fbi found documents containing classified information on iran and china. taking it up a notch or two, the most intel experts and legal experts. i say taking it to the top at former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. this is according to two people familiar with the matter saying the first were found at mar-a-lago during the fbi s search of the property in august. sources tell the post that if shared with others, such information could expose intelligence gathering methods that the u.s. wants to keep hidden from the world. at least one document reportedly describes iran s missile program, while others describe highly sensitive intelligence work aimed at china. the documents are considered to be among the most sensitive the fbi has recovered from trump s possession to date. experts tell the post, unauthorized disclosures of such documents could pose several risks including potentially endangering people aiding u.s. intelligenc
materials were likely concealed and removed from mar-a-lago as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation. correspondent david spunt starts us out tonight. is he in palm beach, florida. good evening, david. john, good evening to you. on the eve of a federal court hearing, where president donald trump, former president donald trump s legal team will appear before a judge to ask for a special master to go over documents seized from mar-a-lago earlier this month, the justice department is laying out a new timeline with brand new details. federal investigators focusing on potential obstruction of justice over the handling of classified material taken during a day long search of former president trump s florida estate. in this court filing, the justice department says, quote: government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. this after the trump team was served a
our legal panel is here to weigh in. and it made her admission from the cdc school students beheaded back, masks up again. will there be more push back against mandates? our bream panel debates. advances in dna technology may have helped solve the 40-year-old murder mr. other than-teenage girl in northern california last seen walking to a bus stop with her boyfriend. later found stabbed dozens of times. we begins and it with mar-a-lago at the aftermath of last week s raid continues to reverberate and things should get really interested in for the court rooms. correspondent matt finn tracking the latest developer tonight. good evening. because good evening, shannon. there is a lot of anticipation for this in person hearing on thursday and a federal judge will hear arguments on whether to unsealed the affidavit and other materials used to green light that search warrant of former president trump s mar-a-lago home. on wednesday, earlier wednesday, former president trump s vice
hard virtual learning was, math and reading scores plummeting to their lowest levels in decades. welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the florida courtroom showdown unfold thing afternoon over the classified documents found at trump s mar-a-lago home. the hearing ended a little over an hour ago, with no immediate decision from the judge on whether or not to appoint a special master in the case. a special master would be a third party attorney put in charge of reviewing the evidence seized from trump s florida home, his newest lawyer in his first appearance as part of the legal team today argued a special master is needed to restore order and lower the temperature in the nation. and another trump attorney compared the battle over the classified documents to a dispute over an overdue library book. let s get straight to our reporter in florida. tell us more about what arguments these lawyers were making, but a