good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over
living in afghanistan during the country s fall to the taliban one year ago. the story talks about ann marie s efforts to get them to safety. it began a few weeks of calls made it clear that the family was at risk, particularly because of his work as a journalist and foreign governments were not in a position to hen. working with eduardo johnny, a special operations officer who was working there, and with the support of bloomberg lp and its owner michael bloomberg, we formulated a plan to evacuate the family. they would say goodbye to their home in the northwest and travel by plane to kabul and then by car, trying to avoid taliban checkpoints and seeking out any border crossing where they might get get out of the country safely. should they make it, they would go to a safe place while we try to find asylum for them. if all went well, i would fly to meet them and get them to their new home country. with us now the author of that piece, washington correspondent from bloomberg tv ann mari