and how invalidating 2020 became a rhino litmus test in wisconsin. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it has been about 32 hours since a trump appointed federal district judge issued this astonishing ruling, essentially siding with donald trump s lawyers, giving the ex president nearly everything he wanted and more in the case of his clearly on lawful and possibly criminal retention of classified documents that are not his. now, we will get to the details of the ruling itself, but first, it is notable that this decision has come under unbelievable, overwhelming and near universal criticism. law professor of duke university telling new york times, quote, this ruling is laughably bat and the justification is even flimsier. paul rosen by a former george w. bush official cause the ruling, quote, a generally unprecedented decision by a judge. andrew weissmann, formerly prosecutor and law investigation, who i speak to at this table in a moment, w
highly classified, you go to jail for that. and you go to jail for that. you should know that. classified information. you should go to jail for that for many, many years. lock him up, lock him up. jimmy kimmel with a mashup of donald trump s words concerning other people s mishandling of classified documents. but, wow, meanwhile, stunning new reporting this morning that the nuclear secrets of a foreign government were among the materials seized from mar-a-lago. we ll have the latest on that. plus, steve bannon set to be indicted. how the case related to fundraising shows the limits of the pardon he received from donald trump. and caught on tape, new video shows a fake elector in the 2020 election. escorting members of a tech firm into a georgia elections office on the same day a breach was detected. we ll explain how this ties into the overall election scheme. we re also following the latest in the fight over control in congress. new polling on the impact of the ab
bret: hi, sandra. the pentagon now taking action in response to the gop lawmakers. their concerns. we ll have that for you ahead. also new at 2:00, we ll be watching florida where the storm that tore communities apart will bring bitter political rivals together. ron desantis putting politics aside, meeting with president biden. we believe both saying their focus is on helping families devastated by hurricane ian. sandra: and we ll see them coming together as they survey the damage there. we ll bring that meeting to you live as it happens and we begin with this fox news alert. americans in for a rude awakening at the pump, and energy analyst says president biden s only choice is to stop it is one he says is clear, and he s not going to make it. those warnings coming after major oil producing nations decided to slash 2 million barrels a day. bret: the move coming months after president biden asked the saudis for help to increase production. the white house now calling out
in the reservoirs out west i downed to almost zero. were in a situation with the colorado river looks more like a stream. it is lot going on. and i think the one think this is fine the end it is a discussion about whether or not this climate change and/or whether we should do something about it. folks, i also want to, gemini and have you all in our prayers and i mean that sincerely. and we re here today because we wanted to tell you in person, that we are thinking of you and we are not leaving. we re not leaving until this gets done i promise you that. you know, we walk around here what s left of fishman s dwarf, you don t have to have much of an imagination to understand that everything, everything is historic, titanic, and on the marginal storm. it just ripped it to pieces. we have to start from scratch and move again. is going to take a lot, it s going to take a lot of time, not weeks or months. it is going to take years for everything to get squared away. in the state of
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