this is america s late news, fox news @ night . president biden and the white house are constantly saying that maga republicans are a threat to democracy. guess what? the vast majority of republicans are also worried about a tacks on democracy and they have an entirely different villain. the concern over democracy is quickly becoming a very big issue in the 2024 presidential election. senior national correspondent kevin clark has more on the fascinating new poll numbers. talk about your rare occurrences. imagine a world where republicans and democrats actually see eye to eye on a key issue. if the latest ap poll is to be believed as you mentioned apparently there is some common ground. the new survey showing 62% of americans believe that democracy could be at risk depending on the winner of the next presidential election. 51% say the democracy is not working. and then there is this. as the old saying goes be careful what you wish for. the majority of americans in this su
anderson, cnn has obtained this letter that was gotten by the national archives, as you said, informing former president trump that it is set to hand over these 16 presidential records from his administration, which show that trump and his top advisers were aware of the proper declassification process when he was president. our understanding is that the special counsel wants these records for the grand jury, because they may provide critical evidence that despite trump s claims, that he automatically declassified all documents, he was in fact, aware that there was a correct process to safeguard classified material. it didn t just happen with a wave of a hand. in the letter, archivist wall writes to trump, the 16 records in question are in close presidential advisers, some of them directed to you personally, concerning weather why, and how you should declassify certain classified records. anderson, what we don t know exactly what s in these 16 records yet, it certainly sug
writing that they lacked evidence at the outset of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. this stands at odds with the 2019 justice department inspector generals conclusion, that there was adequate basis for opening the inquiry. we ll talk shortly with andrew mccabe, who is at the fbi at the time. he joins us. he s long invested the investigation. the former president has seized on the report and claiming indication, though it certainly does not as he once claimed it would, reveal, quote, the crime of the century. for more on what s actually in today s report, we re joined by cnn s evan perez. so what stands out to you in this? anderson, the lack of any new prosecutions. that stands out because we were expecting, certainly we were led to believe by th e former president, by the former administration, that this investigation was going to find crimes. they were going to find conspiracy by the deep state, to go after donald trump. john durham concludes here is that
clearly established procedures involving classified documents d. he know the right and wrong way of handling those items when he took them from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn has learned the national archives is ready to hand over records to special counsel jack smith showing that the former president and his top adviser certainly did know. just walk us through your reporting, jamie. anderson, cnn has obtained this letter that was sent by the national archives, as you said, informer former president trump that it is set to hand over the 16 presidential records. they re from his administration which show that trump and his top advisers were aware of the proper declassification process when he was president. our understanding is that the special counsel wants these records for the grand jury because they may provide critical evidence that, despite trump s claims that he automatically declassified all documents that he took, he was, in fact, aware that there was a correc
conclusion n. a 360 -page report released today, durham says the fbi should have never opened the investigation at all, concluding that the bureau overly relied on raw and unconfirmed intelligence, writing that they lacked evidence at the outset of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. this stands at odds with the 2019 justice department inspector general s conclusion that there was basis for opening the inquiry. we ll talk shortly with andrew mccabe. he ll give us his first reaction to the report. the former president is claiming vindication, though it certainly does not, as he once claimed it would, reveal the, quote, crime of the century. for more of what s in today s report, we re joined by evan perez. what stands out for you in this? the lack of any new prosecutions. that stands out because we were expecting certainly we were led to believe by the former president, by the former administration, that this investigation was going to find crimes. they were g