after fed chair jerome powell promises, quote, forceful and rapid action to tame inflation. why he s warning of more economic pain for all of us. count down to liftoff the highly anticipated mission launching monday to get americans back to the moon. thank you so much for waking up with us. saturday, august 27th. that means it s the weekend. doesn t that feel good? to relax. it does feel good. enjoy breakfast. hang out with amara walker. we don t get to enjoy breakfast. what are you talking about? eating between. you don t see it, but i m e enjoying it. are you having beef jerky? prosciutto. fancy. we have a lot of news to get to. we re learning more information from the affidavit authorizing the search of former president trump s mar-a-lago residence. now the heavily redacted document reveals that classified material found at the estate includes some of the country s most sensitive secrets. according to the filing, the fbi said the search at mar-a-l
cnn learning right now some members of the trump inner circle are trying to convince him to release surveillance video of fbi agents executing the search warrant at mar-a-lago, the search that turned up 11 sets of classified documents, some marked top secret csi, one of the highest levels of classification. we don t know what that surveillance video might show. a source tells cnn aides aren t sure if the former president himself has seen the whole thing and we don t know if it s all just a political plot. that s a safe bet when it comes to the former president after all. but we do know that they have already seen what the fbi calls an unprecedented number of threats against agents following the mar-a-lago search but that s not stopping eric trump from teasing a release. you still have the surveillance tape; is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely with the right time time. we have more on this. there is a hearing tomorrow to unseal the
good evening once again. i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warrant has been unsealed and made public. the document supports much of which was already known about the criminal investigation to whether trump and his aides took secret government papers, and failed to return all of them, despite repeated demands from senior government officials. nbc s peter alexander has more on today s bombshell developments. reporter: the 38-page affidavit focuses on what the fbi says it found in 15 boxes mr. trump returned to the national archives in january. mixed in with newspapers, magazines, and presidential correspondents were 184 classified documents, 67 of them marked confidential. 92 marked secret. and 25
ramping up his violent rhetoric ahead of the midterms. how should democrats respond? i will put that question to nikki freed, who ran to take off desantis for governor. and, to spank are not to spank? we ll tell you about the school district bringing back physical punishment to deal with unruly kids. all that and more is coming up. and good saturday morning to you! i am kenny fang. where staying on top of breaking news this morning into the justice department probe into donald trump. and the handling of classified documents at the florida home. we begin with trump s legal team that filed a new court document late last night. in its pursuit of a quote special master. to oversee the review of evidence seized from mar-a-lago. trump s team did not elaborate on what exactly it hope the party would filter out. but it did allege that the newly released redacted affidavit, has more questions than answers. and provides no information that allowed why trump to understand that the
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