europe? obviously. when you put it in the contemporary context, well, you know, tough call. it s definitely food for thought. that is an under statement. thank you, chris. great job. thanks to you for joining us this hour. as chris said rachel is off tonight but she will be back again next monday. so, he is back at the scene of the crime. yesterday former president donald trump returned to mar-a-lago where fbi agents retrieved more than 100 classified documents last month. trump announced on his social media platform that he went to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal raid and break-in so he could, quote, see for himself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. so sad. of course the fbi searched the property last month because records remained missing even after two of trump s lawyers wrote and signed a statement certifying all of the missing documents had already been returned. as a result, two of trump s lawyers evan
are the children being used as pawns against could you say yes or no to that? the children are not being used as a pawn. we re trying to protect the children. how is this not specifically child abuse, these innocent children who are being separated from their parents? i want to be clear on a couple other things, the vast majority, vast majority of children who are in the care of hhs right now, 10,000 of the 12,000 were sent here alone by their parents. that s when they were separated. according to baker and glass, are behind the scenes, secretary nielsen was ready to pack her bags and resign over that policy, which she opposed. one trump immigration advisor stephen miller first began floating in 2017. bigger and glass are right, once the public began sounding the alarm, quote, suddenly, trump officials who had pushed to take away children where denying that was their intent. attorney general jeff sessions who had privately told prosecutors weeks earlier that we
it s definitely food for thought. that is an under statement. thank you, chris. great job. thanks to you for joining us this hour. as chris said rachel is off tonight but she will be back again next monday. so, he is back at the scene of the crime. yesterday former president donald trump returned to mar-a-lago where fbi agents retrieved more than 100 classified documents last month. trump announced on his social media platform that he went to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal raid and break-in so he could, quote, see for himself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. so sad. of course the fbi searched the property last month because records remained missing even after two of trump s lawyers wrote and signed a statement certifying all of the missing documents had already been returned. as a result, two of trump s lawyers evan corcoran and christina bobb are now in need of their own legal representation. as the new
fbi to search mar-a-lago. the wall street journal that an informant familiar with the documents that trump had told investigators that there were more of them , more classified documents. this informant told investigators this after the national archives had retrieved the 15 boxes earlier this summer. enter the informant, a significant development. justice department officials as cnn reported, had doubts that trump was being truthful. this comes is the head of the fbi was silent when pressed on trump s baseless accusations of fbi agents planting evidence. christopher wray dodged the question. as i m sure you can appreciate, that is not something that i can talk about so i refer you to the department. ray was trump s hand-picked director. within the justice department, a major debate on whether they should speak out to the public about the search on trump s home. cnn is learning that some justice department officials believe that they should release a public statement. i
possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is al