election interference, what he s saying and when he might go under oath. developing news overseas, putting europe on edge. international inspectors on their way to that nuclear power plant coming under fire in ukraine. the fears growing over a possible radiation disaster. our team there on the ground with a live report for you. meantime, good afternoon to all of you. i m alex witt, in for hallie jackson here in new york. i m joined by ken dilanian, as well as msnbc legal analyst kelly, you re with us, as well. ken, with the doj with at least some of those seized documents contained some attorney/client privileged material. how will that affect the investigation going forward? probably not at all, alex. it s pretty routine when the fbi searches somebody s office and they grab all their files, they may pick up stuff that s privileged. that s why they use what s known as a privilege or filter team, a group of independent prosecutors to go through the documents before they
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with new developments from the fallout from the fbi search of mar-a-lago. a federal judge in florida is now signaling that she is inclined to grant a request from donald trump s lawyers to appoint a special master in the case. the hearing is set for thursday. a new reaction today after the director of national children s told chalk lawmakers in the house oversight intelligence committees that her office would conduct a risk assessment of republican mar-a-lago materials. democratic lawmakers in both chambers of congress expressed concerns over the former president s handling of documents. the thought that he had put our national security, and those who serve to protect us at such risk is extraordinary. i m deeply alarmed at what we are learning. it is not about whether donald trump broke the law, but that he could be putting our national security at risk, he could be
reconnected to the electricity grid. president zelenskyy says the danger isn t over yet. announcer: live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuberbrunhuber. we re getting our clearest look yet into the u.s. justice depa department s investigation into classified documents. a redacted version of the after daft the fbi submitted details what federal investigators expected to find, improperly taken classified national security materials as well as evidence of obstruction. in a court filing friday, donald trump s legal team said the redacted affidavit, quote, raises more questions than answers and underscores why a so called special master is needed to review the evidence taken during the search. jessica schneider has more on the key take aways from the unsealed document. reporter: startling new details about the hundreds of pages of documents former president trump kept at mar-a-lago for months as the national archives tried to get them back. the top
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
top of the show. good evening, david. good evening, bret. the clock is ticking. tonight fox news can confirm things are moving toward ahead in the federal investigation into hunter biden. a source familiar with the investigation confirms the grand jury tasked with looking at potential evidence has wrapped up its latest term in this case in recent weeks. the case may now be in the hands of the government, the department of justice to make the next move. the president s son has not been charged with a crime but is under investigation and has been since 2018 for tax issues and overseas business dealings. the source says the u.s. attorney and justice department officials were looking into whether to charge hunter with various tax violations and more seriously possible foreign lobbying violations and possible false statements. when joe biden became president biden he kept on a man named david weiss. the u.s. attorney be in delaware, a trump appointee. sources say president biden