pm, now scrapped because of a hydrogen leak. then there was this, pretty remarkable, slow developing drama unfolding all morning over the skies of tupelo, mississippi an ending in a cornfield. it began with the pilot threatening to crash that plane into a walmart. that is where we begin with this mississippi breaking news. the latest development we have just learned is that that plane is now down. apparently landing safely with the pilot now in police custody, after circling the skies for hours. i believe four hours total. and threatening to crash there in mississippi. it all started early this morning. people got rid of the plane, his pilot saying a planned to crash into a walmart in tupelo. that prompted evacuations from walmart. police that the pilot were apparently in by phone early on. then the plane flew this really haphazard manner for hours before coming down in that cornfield, again just minutes before we came on the air. here is part of the coverage from our affilia
i am ali velshi. we know more this weekend than ever before about the fbi. and the search of the mar-a-lago estate. new details just released to the public, the possibility of criminal prosecution of the twice impeached ex president s so plausible, now, that some federal prosecutors are actually seeing it out loud. less than 24 hours ago we got our first look at the affidavit used by the fbi to convince a federal judge to greenlight the mar-a-lago search. the document is heavily redacted to protect the safety of civilian witnesses and law enforcement officers, but there is plenty to see and hear. including this line. quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises. the affidavit directly contradicts his claim that he was already cooperating with the government. it makes it clear the lengths the government went to before pursuing action to recover the material. outlining how the former president the affidavit paints the pi
tv star. to begin, a 13 page memo explains the productions, are quote, to protect the safety and privacy of a significant number of civilian witnesses. the fbi is probable cause was based on multiple people coming forward. the affidavit also lays out what the 15 boxes returned to the national archives, back in january, held. 25 files miked type secret. 92 files might marked secret. 67 files marked confidential. they are just sitting in the basement of the former presidents golf resort. according to the affidavit, in some cases mixed irma magazines and newspaper clippings in the same box. like a treasonous scrapbook. even more damning, the fbi says some of the material they recovered this month was marked with the highest level of classification possible. documents that are never meant to leave secure locations. definitely, not to be left at a golf club where anybody can become a member. joining me now, at the justice correspondent for the nation and the author of allow me to
mean to step on you. it a huge component. zoe said a couple little things, they re playing it cupkind of c because they will have a hearing next week but i expect in fact, they ve got some real combustible stuff that is going to break big when they do it and she s being kind of coy about it. so i think you can expect some fairly big bombshells. well, let s bring you in here, ron. you re not meant to be coy. i know you re not. you re a straight shooter. cipollone defended trump in the first impeachment hearing. he s no never trumper by any stretch of the imagination. the fact he s from trump s inner circle, the fact he wasn t like jump champing at the bit to come in and testify, he was not witness number one. he s just coming in. how important is it that this is the person, this is the guy that is coming to testify now? how important is this to the overall committee s ability to make the case to the american electret about what happened and led up to it? you know, i m not
election. this week, the fulton county s special gown jury subpoenaed seven of trump s cronies. that included none other than senator lindsey graham. graham s attorneys say that they will challenge the 14 they claim this is all politics. take a listen to what they had to say about that in exclusive interview with blaine alexander. he called it a fishing expedition. he said this was nothing but politics. what do i have to gain from these politics? she almost brushed dirt off her shoulder when she said that. this might not stop there. donald trump himself might be maximalist. might we see a subpoena for the former president himself. anything is possible. anything indeed. just when things couldn t get worse for donald trump, former white house counsel pat cipollone is finally cooperate with the january six committee. he testified before the committee for eight hours. joining me now to discuss is msnbc legal analyst charles. this is a former brooklyn prosecutor. we