mission bigger than the game announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. the aftermath of the fbi mar-a-la search took a new turn late today when a federal good evening the aftermath of the fbi mar-a-lago search took a new turn late today when a federal judge opted to hold off a decision on whether to grant a request by donald trump s team for an independent arbiter to review items seized in the fbi s search of the home at a florida court hearing today, attorneys for the former president argued a separate review would give the american people a sense of trust in the process and dismissed a doj evidence photo of recovered items as a press release. the government s lawyers rejecting the trump claim of executive privilege over the materials, noting mr. trump is no longer president and has no right to take the documents, which we may soon learn more about. the judge saying she will make public a more detailed list of the items recovered in the fbi
he says are threatening the very foundations of our republic. plus, trump s lawyers and the justice department face off in federal court. we ll explain the big developments to come out of the special master hearing. and, a hot holiday weekend arrives with little to no running water for nearly 200,000 people in mississippi. the state has troops on the ground to help in the water crisis. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this friday, september 2nd. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin in philadelphia, where president joe biden issued a dire warning about threats to american democracy last night, in a rare prime time address. standing outside historic independence hall, where the united states constitution was written and signed, the president spoke directly about the dangers posed by the trump-backed wing of the republican party. here s some of what he had to say. quality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves
how forcefully they are repeated by the media, they re notly sensible case. you ve forgotten what they are. here s the very first explanation they gave us . why did this guy have thesese four classified documents inum the basement of maren a lago unsecured where they could be presumably broken incu on or stolen or photographed and given to hostile foreigngn powers or conceivably even terrorists peven? are you listening to this? so it s not just classified documents in the basement of mar a lago, but according to michael beschloss, the pet historian of the halfwits we run our country these ultrath classified documents, most classified content justes sittig there helpless in boxes like maidens in bikinis, waiting to be photographed by terrorists. you just imagine al qaeda taking selfies with these documents one after the other relentlessly repulsive and terrifying. is it true at this point noof one has provided proof that it is true? not that augustus is liket michael beschlo
and i just thought that, you know, every election, every time there s a chance to vote and to say something, you have to go out and say it. we re going to discuss all that ahead. but in new york, there are four other congressional races we are watching closely. in new york s 12th congressional district, long-time democratic representatives jerry nadler and carolyn maloney were forced into the same race due to redistricting. nadler won that primary ending maloney s 30-year stint in congress. seant patrick maloney and jone were almost forced to run against each other, same way nadler and maloney were. but congressman jones is running in new s york s newly-drawn ten district. he is facing a crowded field including dan goldman, former lead counsel during donald trump s first impeachment, who spent millions of his own money in that race. goldman is currently leading the pack butnt the race still too close to call. tonight, congressman maloney, the current share of the dccc. th
vote. i will say get mad and vote. we re going to do what we can, but in the end, this is about november. we ve got to elect pro-choice legislators, governors, supreme court judges. we need to show the american people that when they give the democratic party and actually do vote for us, that we will be using and we are willing to use the power that they do give us in order to merit increased expansions in our majority. the supreme court overturning roe v. wade shifts a lot of the action to the states and right now, abortion is banned in nine states already via trigger laws. in at least 12 more states, the limit of ban of abortion could be in place in weeks to come. there are also a flurry of lawsuits. today in florida, there s a hearing for abortion rights groups asking for an injunction to stop the ban replacing its current 24-week ban. in ohio, plans parenthood trying to file a suit. more action as well in california. in michigan. we ve gotten this warning from a demo