the historic heat wave and an obama biden reunion, why the former president and first lady are returning to the white house this afternoon. we begin with new developments in the investigations into donald trump and his allies. people familiar with the matter tell the washington post the documents seized by the fbi during a search of trump s mar-a-lago estate last month included information about a foreign government s nuclear capabilities. nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. the justice department declined to comment. as the post wrote in its piece, quote, some of the seized documents detail top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. and that quote, documents about such highly classified operations require special clearances on a need to know basis, not just top secret clearance but a trump spokesperson tweeted the washington post continues to serve as the propaganda ar
history. it comes every five or six generations. so much has changed in america and around the world. but the decisions we make, the decisions you make, over the next two to three years are going to determine the fate of this country. not until for the next decade to two decades. president biden makes the first of what will be several speeches, now less than a week until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court. as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. and in ukraine, officials say russian forces are clearing out civilians in a significant southern city, where a major battle for the region appears to be on the horizon. good morning. and welcome to. way too early. on this wednesday, november 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re
republican congresswoman, liz cheney, is helping a democrat in a tough fight in michigan, and former president, mike pence, is drop into georgia. one of the women accusing republican candidate, herschel walker, of pressuring her into having an abortion is defending her allegation in an on-camera interview but not using her real name. i kept this to myself for 30 years. i protected him and i wanted this to remain private for obvious reasons. walker is denning her allegation. we will have details on all of it ahead for you. plus the suspect in the attack against speaker pelosi s husband, paul, and what the new complaint alleges he told police about his plans for the speaker. beyond the legal aspects of this case, the increasingly dangerous rhetoric and online conspiracy theories is an added complication for investigators. here s what the san francisco d.a. told nbc news. the main hurdle right now, when we have so many people putting out misinformation, quite frankly, into
i am simone sanders thompson, and i have something to say. we finally have new details about documents the fbi seized at mar-a-lago earlier last month. as part of an investigation into donald trump s potential violations of the espionage act and the presidential records act. okay, here is a refresher. trump railed against the fbi s execution of the legally issued search warrant, and filed for the appointment of what is called a special master which would examine the documents for attorney-client privilege information. but here is the thing, the justice department already did that! so judge arlene cannon who is considering the request for a special master, well, on thursday she demanded in a hearing that the fbi s property would seek the unsealed. we now know the fbi found 18 documents marked top secret, 54 documents marked secret, 31 documents marked confidential, 48 empty folders with classified banners, and more than 10,000 unclassified artifacts. i am t
hour. outonight, in just moments we will joined live by the white house chief of staff, ron klain, and we will ask him about president biden s return to the campaign trail tonight. the new burst of democratic momentum heading into the midterms and donald trump s legal woes. plus, a judge says that by tomorrow he will release a deducted redacted version to get the mar-a-lago search warrant as the da investigating trump in georgia calls on more of his associates to testify. former federal prosecutor and senior member of the mueller investigation, and you weisman as our guest. as conservatives take over the nations school boards, you reporting on who is funding those efforts and opening up a new front in the culture war. we start tonight with a president on a hot streak. president biden at a rally tonight rockville, maryland, jumping back onto the campaign trail with his first political event of the mid term season. for decades, these climate deniers blocked any meaningful p