indeed, good to have you. i m jim sciutto. justice department facing a noon deadline, two hours from now, to give a judge and we should be clear a redacted version, perhaps highly redacted of the affidavit behind the search warrant for the mar-a-lago home of the former president. the judge will then decide whether to release that redacted version to the public or continue to keep it under wraps. plus, new details about the national archives multiyear effort to get former president trump to hand over classified documents from his time in office. a top white house lawyer at the time told trump he should hand those documents over. so why didn t it happen? key question. also overnight, the department of justice releasing an unredacted full memo from 2019 that unveils why former attorney general bill barr decided then president trump could not be charged with obstructing the russia probe. we ll break down what is ahead in all of that. all right, let s begin this morning with
search in mar-a-lago. meanwhile, it s primary day in two states, typically don t get a lot of attention, but the elections in alaska and wyoming could derail one political career and reignite another. and back here in washington, the white house and democratic leadership want to remind people that they re passing historic legislation. we ll have more about their plans in just a moment. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the justice department has asked a judge to keep the affidavit pertaining to the search warrant of mar-a-lago sealed. citing a need to protect the investigation and witnesses. the affidavit contains the government s reasoning for conducting the search. in a court filing submitted yesterday, federal prosecutors argued quote, it disclosed the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation. providing specific details of the direction and like
economy is his top priority inflation a rare white house meeting by the host and the chairman of the federal reserve, our colleague peter doocy pressed the white house yesterday. does president bush take any responsibility for his policy potentially contributing to inflation when we talk about the gas prices right now? this is indeed gas, right? and as you mentioned, cauli gas is setting another record today. a gallon of gas now costs four dollars. sixty seven cents, that s over 50 percent from a year ago. the white house says student loan forgiveness won t make inflation worse. the impact on inflation in the near term is likely to be is likely to be quite small. but again, because the president hasn t made a decision and we re not talking about a specific plan, i won t speculate specifically ,but i think most of the analysis suggests that the near-term impact would be pretty small things which critics say otherwise quote even partial debt cancelation would be costly, regre
not good. the average american household made less than $70,000 in 2020. think about how they will pay for that. you are watching fox and friends first. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. americans endure the most expensive memorial day on record. gas prices in california topping $8 per gallon. listen here. $140 to fill up my van, that is crazy. we re from florida on vacation. i printd and posted on social media, this is crazy. carley: appropriate reaction from the man in red. here is more on the economic disaster. good morning. the cost of gas hitting another high, not good news as school gets out and many americans hitting the road. $4.67, now 50% from a year ago. in washington, three words you don t hear often, i was wrong. the secretary downplayed inflation in october calling it transitory. i think i was wrong then about the path that inflation would take there have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy. yesterday biden hosting th
reports this tuesday, the president is expected to talk, the nations faces inflation, supply chain problems and soaring gas prices, to mention a few. i m john roberts in washington. good to see you again. john: and good to be with you. sandra: raising interest rates since the fastest pace since the 1980s and soaring prices have americans paying more for just about everything. john: the pain at the pump, a big bite of american s wallets, as the cost of gas surged to another record, and the economic woes could worsen. an already backlogged global supply chain. sandra: gene sperling is a senior adviser to the president, he will join us in moments. john: but first, peter doocy live from the north lawn. who is the president blaming for inflation today? peter: somebody else, john, hearing from the president and top staffers they don t think the biden administration policies are to blame for rising prices, they think a lot of the responsibility lies still with vladimir