a landmark climate and health care law. democrats sided with the american people, and every single republican in the congress sided with the special interests. democrats say it s good policy, but with inflation historically high, how much will it matter in november. and mow ron desantis game the commanding general of the culture wars. we must weight the woke in our schools. we must fight the woke in our pizs. the state of florida is where woke goes to die. as he campaigns for maga candidates across the country will republican voters be willing to pitch trump for him? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip, with the midterm primary season just about over donald trump has succeeded in defeating nearly every republican who openly opposed him. liz cheney s blowout loss is the exclamation point, the fourth republican who voted to beat trump, and to lose their primary.
dogs helping families and survivors of the parkland school shooting. you don t want to mess. it all of that and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. this morning, waiting to see if trump s legal team finally gets around to filing a motion calling for a special master to review the evidence that was seized from his mar-a-lago estate. trump s attorney said friday the neutral person is needed to help, quote, vindicate the fourth amendment rights of the president. this comes as and bc learned that trump is also considering releasing the surveillance footage of the fbi search. so far, though, none of that has happened. meanwhile, the doj has until thursday to propose redactions for the affidavit supporting the document seizure. for more on all of this, we turn to nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly. ryan, good to see you this morning. thanks for being here. give us the latest of what is going on. there is a call for the special master. and i
stages. meanwhile, they are busy redacting parts of the affidavit used to search mar-a-lago. the judge saying that there should be at least some portions of the affidavit that can be unsealed. the government must hand over a productive urgent by thursday. trump says, he wants the halting out in the open, at least that is what he is saying publicly. in court, his lawyers did not take a stand one way or the other in the uncertain process. well, trump says this is all about transparency. you have to ask yourself, what does he have to gain? the washington post reports, quote, people who have conferred with trump in recent days said the former president believes that any information made public about the investigation into his handling of classified material will rile his supporters, ultimately benefiting him politically. there you have it. trump once again leading into division, anti government sentiment among his base to secure their support, no matter what happens next. joining
territory claimed by russia have been liberated. on sunday ukrainian military commander clanld the army had retaken nearly 1200 square miles in two weeks. by monday the official number had doubled. translator: from the beginning of september until today our soldiers have already liberated more than 6,000 square kilometers of the territory of ukraine in the east and south. the movement of our troops continues. the drastic jump in the news is the fact journalists are being denied access to the front lines. u.s. officials refraining from putting out numbers. they say ukrainian soldiers have pushed the soldiers back. clearly we have seen them go on the offensive in the last couple of weeks and actually regain quite a bit of territory. again, i think i ll stay out of quantifying it in too much detail but they are actually taking territory back certainly over the last two weeks during the counter offensive positions. cnn s matthew chance has more from ukraine and russia.
that and the potential for the former president to influence the races. good morning, everyone. happy saturday and welcome to your new day. it is a good day. saturday, august 20th. good to be with you, boris. always a pleasure. good to be with you, amara. we begin with the concerns about a nuclear power plant on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has intensified, so much so that now there are concerns about a possible nuclear disaster. cnn first reported new satellite images contradict russia s claims about the facility. they say there is systemic shelling there, but the images just don t show that. vladimir putin accuses the ukrainian military of conducting repeated military strikes at the plant. a special adviser to ukraine s armed services chief says moscow can t be trusted. russia always tells two truths and a lie. you can t believe anything they say. ukraine is not firing at their own nuclear plant