aishah: former president trump pushing to release the affidavit but the justice department is urging the court to keep the documents secret, saying releasing it publicly would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. john: documents show the government is investigating trump for potential obstruction of justice and possible violations of the espionage act. aishah: and what s at stake at today s hearing, and peter doocy how the white house is responding. john: mark meredith live outside the courthouse in west palm beach florida, mark, what can we expect in the next coupon of hours? good afternoon. we can expect the judge to listen as lawyers are trying to push to get him to unseal a federal affidavit which would likely outline where the investigation stands into the former president. this is going to be fascinating, we have also seen the judge already agree to release some materials. the search warrant came out, which detailed not only what was collected fro
today wyoming voters decide if that will cost liz cheney her seat in congress. we begin with important developments in several different investigations involving donald trump. first, a new court filing details the fbi search of mar-a-lago. the justice department asserting the affidavit it filed must be kept secret for now because it implicates highly classified material and because doj says its publication right now would damage the investigation. separately, a dramatic turn in the georgia investigation into trump s effort to overturn the 2020 results. rudy giuliani was told he is a target of that criminal investigation. and in the federal january 6th investigation, the trump white house lawyer is under subpoena to share what he knows with a federal grand jury. let s find out what this new court filing tells us about that mar-a-lago search. reporter: john, the justice department is really tipping their hand a little bit on what is going on in this investigation. and they
desperately needs, and it is what democrats will deliver on in the coming days. so up next, the bill still needs to survive a rare weekend session, a parliamentary review and a senate vote-arama. more on that coming up. assuming it passes, it would send democratic members home on top of another win on top of the kansas abortion vote that fired up the base and great jobs numbers today as well. it also adds fuel to the already frenzied pace of midterm campaigns escalating to levels we rarely see today. nbc news now predicts election denier and trump acolyte kari lake is the winner of the republican primary for governor of arizona. she repeatedly claimed election irregularities but now says her supporters, quote, outvoted the fraud. among those endorsing lake, the conservative group cpac, which is now meeting in texas and where the keynote speaker was hungarian prime minister victor orban who was welcomed with a standing ovation. the washington post described it as, quote, a
remarks here in south korea, president hailed the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace and stability. trying to shore up the alliance with japan after his visit concludes here in south korea. he wants to bolster the relationship as a team when u.s. intelligence is warning of a heightened threat of a north korean missile and/or nuclear test, potentially while president biden is here in the region. certainly a moment of heightened tension. and president biden wants to send a strong message that the u.s. will defend its allies in the region. now, listen, president biden is also making clear this is about national security. it s also about economic security. that is why we saw the president visiting a samsung semiconductor chip factory earlier today. and the president in reinforcing his message about this region by talking also about the war in ukraine and russia, insisting the u.s. and wall lies should not be relying on autocracies for critical materials. and tha
here because he s recovering from a stroke. that s his wife gisele. earlier, they laid out the stake of the race on morning joe. i don t think it s night and day, it s going to make a difference between codifying roe v. wade or looking to raise the minimum wage and addressing climate issues. it s really two different sides of the coin. in the governor s race, republican leadership is reeling, worrying about the general election now that state senator doug mastriano won the gop nomination for governor. he rose to prominence by denying the 2020 election results, big ally of donald trump. and was in washington on january 6th. some are probably worried because of all of that he s unelectable in a general against the dem-nominee ad josh shapiro. and in a blow, madison cawthorn will not be returning to congress, losing a race that many said was his to lose. steve kornacki has that on the big board. and sweden and finland just jointly submitted their applications to join n