information. not where you want that information. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 23rd. let s start with the news. we begin with that reporting on what sparked the fbi search for classified materials at mar-a-lago two weeks ago. sources tell the new york times the government has recovered more than 300 documents marked as classified from donald trump so far. those documents returned in january included more than 150 classified documents. according to the times, quote, the number ignited intense concern at the justice department and helped trigger the criminal investigation that led fbi agents to swoop into in to mar-a-lago this month seeking to recover more. multiple people briefed on the matter tell the times the former president personally went through 15 boxes before handing them over in january. the paper quotes, reports quote, the highly sensitive nature of some of the material in the boxes prompted archives officials to refer
adviser says he resigned last night because the prime minister put him in an impossible and odious position over an issue he believed would amount to a deliberate breach of the ministerial code. interest rates up again to one and a quarter per cent, the highest in more than a decade. a man confesses to killing a britishjournalist and his local guide in brazil, and leads police to where he buried the bodies. hot and getting even hotter britain s heatwave is expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. an independent investigation into allegations of mistreatment in british gymnastics has found that physical and emotional abuse was systemic . the whyte review, which extends beyond 300 pages and was co commissioned by uk sport and sport england, found that gymnast well being and welfare had not been at the centre of british gymnastics culture during a 12 year period up to 2020 and that there was a coach led culture of fear. let s talk to our spor
at the border, power outages said to be coming. and of course the russian invasion of ukraine which just added $40 billion to america s tab. we could debate whether any one of these items is truly the fault of the president. but the reality is they are all unfolding on his watch. and here come the midterms. typically the party in the white house sees the loss of two dozen of its congressional seats. this year democrats seem headed for much worse. there just aren t enough ultra maga doug mastrianos that could allow focus next november to be taken off this national funk. a few an moreent tkweurgzs to be sure, but too few to stop the tidal wave in the forecast. americans are really feeling the pinch with inflation at a 40-year high. until recently, there had pwhrpb some consolation for the 58 million americans in the stock market because it was still doing well. but that s no longer the case. this week the s&p and dow had historic down days. friday the s&p 500 briefly fell into
commonwealth. the senate gop primary. hedge fund guy dave mccormick and trump-endorsed tv doc dr. mehmet oz locked in a tighter than tight battle. look at that. just 2,600 votes apart. the trumpiest candidate really not endorsed by him kathy barnette trailing despite what looked like a late surge and people were concerned she might actually win, or could win. cnn projects doug mastriano, a champion of the bogus big lie of election fraud, in 2020 has won the gop governor s primary there. and talk about high drama. as cnn projects john fetterman wins pennsylvania s democratic senate primary. he is exactly where he didn t expect to be right now, though, watching from his hospital bed. he s recovering from surgery to get a pacemaker today after he suffered a stroke on friday. and then there is north carolina. that s where madison cawthorn has conceded to chuck edwards. the 26-year-old cawthorn conceding after multiple scandals, everything from bringing a loaded handgun through a
About that. All right, jason, thanks. Thank you very much. Thanks to all of you, anderson good evening. Welcome to our continuing special coverage. The trumps new york Hush Money Trial date ten saw prosecutors, but for more alleged gag order violations before the judge. And the Defense Paint paint expected witnesses, Michael Cohen and current witness, Keith Davidson, is the true culprits in this case, not trump. Davidson has represented Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal and secure deals for their silence about alleged affairs with trump and the crucial months before the 2016 election. But any effort to make them the villains and donald trump, the victims countered by prosecutors who played the Phone Conversation hello, cohen secretly recorded and cnn exclusively obtained featuring donald trump taking an active role in the Karen Mcdougal deal need to open up a company for the transfer of wallet that info regarding my friend david so im going to do that right away. Id actually come up to