and rea mitchell kicking off a special two-hour edition of andrea mitchell reports today. we are in washington as the focus on the classified documents seized from donald trump s mar-a-lago estate is going to shift in the next hour to a courthouse in west palm beach, florida. that s where trump s lawyers and the justice department are clashing over the former president s request for an independent master to go through the stack of files taken from mar-a-lago to see where any might have involved attorney/client privilege. the government says they have already done that and doing it again could harm the investigation. meanwhile the current president is going to be in philadelphia this afternoon into the evening at independence hall delivering a primetime speech on threats to our democracy, what he calls saving the soul of the nation. and another midterm special election win for democrats overnight. alaska voters rejecting former vice presidential candidate sarah palin s bid f
i think he s clearly benefited, as you talked about, our attention has been focused as the beginning of your show was on what s happening with the former president, what s happening with mar-a-lago, what s happening with january 6th. all of those things have sort of banded together to create an atmosphere that i think the president wants to take advantage of, and that is instead of ten weeks or so and this election being a referendum on his past two years, to make this a bit more of a choice heading into this important set of weeks leading up to the election. yeah, some democrats might ask why the white house did not do a better job of pushing hard for voter reform, for any kind of voter reform, election security legislation. well, i think the answer to that unfortunately is abundantly clear and that is there just
welcome back, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. the bottom of the hour, let s starts with the top story, after blocking numerous attempts to bring election security legislation to the senate floor for almost two years, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell announced thursday he will support a bill that will provide $250 million for election security. i m proud the financial services and general government bill included a bipartisan amendment providing another $250 million for the administration and security of elections. to help states improve their defenses and shore up the voting system. i m proud to help develop and co-sponsor it in commit. that will bring the total allocation to election security listen to this to more than $600 million since fiscal 28. it s a crucial issue. and minority leader chuck
slide. scarramucci came out and said trump is getting worse and people around him are getting worried. trump confirms it and gives scarramucci who otherwise people may scour a little bit but some credibility. i am not like bill kristol, i was for trump and i wanted to work. i can t afford a seconds term. if you put the economic downturn which may or may not come but germany is already in y recessions. if you put together what s going to happen in september in the senate, mitch mcconnell, seems p to committed bringing up the gun bill which you reported the om president is backing off on, the election security legislation, there will be a lot of pressurer to bring up. the president won t be happy with. i think we ll have one or two ex congressman announcing they re going to join in the field to challenge president trump in the
i am not like bill kristol, i was for trump and i wanted to work. i can t afford a seconds term. if you put the economic downturn which may or may not come but germany is already in recessions. if you put together what s going to happen in september in the senate, mitch mcconnell, seems to committed bringing up the gun bill which you reported the president is backing off on, the election security legislation, there will be a lot of pressure to bring up. the president won t be happy with. i think we ll have one or two ex congressman announcing they re going to join in the field to challenge president trump in the nomination. they ll beat him presumably. that could be sort of a challenge. that s just a challenge in a sense that it is not so 100% inevitable that everyone has a