questioning some with regards to lindsey graham but it will probably not ultimately prevent him from having to testify as these appeals go up the chain. other witnesses have attempted to block the subpoenas from testifying. by and large graham has been told that he is a witness and not a target. the da is interested in the calls that he made to raffensperger that the sticker terry of state says that graham tried to influence him to throw out legitimate votes. graham denies that. he says he was just checking on the election integrity and that ultimately he voted to certify the election. but he is known on capitol hill as one of the people who was closest to donald trump. if this investigation is making its way up to trump, lindsey graham would be someone with direct knowledge and conversations of what donald trump was doing at what he was asking of lindsey graham. i want to also turn to the investigation in florida. we are juggling, covering so many investigations across t
we re live in the cnn weather center. also ahead clasheses b between rival milit in libya leaving dozens dead and others injured. we ll have the latest report. a trump appointed federal judge indicated she s likely it grant a request from the former president s legal team to appoint a special master to review evidence taken from donald trump s sprawling mar-a-lago estate. the application for a special master is seen by many experts as having no legal benefit and is possibly a delaying tactic. meantime, the director of national intelligence will advise senior lawmakers on the potential risk to national security posed by top secret documents being kept at trump s florida home. cnn s white house reporter natasha bertrand has more. reporter: cnn has learned that director of national intelligence avril haines confirmed to lawmakers on friday that the intelligence community is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents that have been retriev
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
it was the angry with an election that they think was rigged. it was a very small portion, as you know, who went down to the capitol. a very small portion of them went in. i will tell you that they were angry from the standpoint of what happened with the election, because they re smart and they see. they saw what happens. i believe that that was a big part of what happened on january 6th. use it before that he didn t to talk about the capitol. yeah, look at the sixth. when you re telling people that a presidential election has been stolen, you can t be shocked when people believe you and then become violent. unprecedented was found by the british documentary filmmaker derek holder. yesterday, ahead of its premiere, holder told tmz that they would track the trajectory of donald trump s presidential campaign to the insurrection. that s something that the january six committee has been hard focused on in their investigation. a few weeks ago, they subpoenaed the footage
why they expect more u.s. states to follow their lead. we are hours away from learning new details about what prompted the fbi search on donald trump s estate. the u.s. federal judge has ordered the justice department to release the affidavit. some crucial information will be kept secret. we could see the search warrant affidavit in redacted form at any moment. that is because the federal judge has ruled the justice department must make public the version they submitted to him on thursday. this is the version that is significantly blacked out. it could reveal some procedural details. about what happened on august 8. the judge wrote the doj must unseal the version of the affidavit by noon on friday. we saw the judge did agree that they do need to black out substantial portions of the affidavit. since the judge said it could reveal the identity of witnesses. it could even reveal uncharged parties. who may be charged with crimes related to this ongoing criminal investigation