this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
fight. her fight is not over regardless of what happens on tuesday. it is literally a vote to help save the republic. here i have a one bedroom and i pay $800 a month. americans leaving pricey u.s. cities heading south to work from home in mexico city. it is tuesday, august 16, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the u.s. justice department is making clear just how serious they are about the criminal investigation of donald trump and the search of his florida home. they are now opposing the release of an affidavit used to get the search warrant for the mar-a-lago despite growing calls for more information. evan perez has the details from washington. reporter: justice department says releasing more information about the investigation that led to the search of donald trump s florida home would put the probe and possibly highly classified information at risk. the department made the statement in a court filing opposing efforts by the news media incl
very clear, too, that no one, no one, including a president of the united states, is above the law. by the way, today is the six-year anniversary of that speech in indiana. happy anniversary to the president, as the fbi goes through his documents this morning. what a long road it s been. you know, he actually, i guess, in 2018, willie, he passed a law. he signed a law that actually made the protection of classified material even stronger. that is a good thing to do. it is a good thing to do. he said in the campaign law and order party. he was going to protect all classified information. so says it in the campaign. willie, he actually passes legislation. kept his word. he signs it, comes into law. that the penalties for not protecting classified information going to be even tougher because of hillary clinton s emails. yeah, remember the context of that speech six years ago was all about hillary clinton and the emails and the private server that she had.
well, we now know why fbi agents searched former u.s. president donald trump s mar-a-lago home, and we re learning details about some of the items they took. according to a warrant that was unsealed on friday agents were looking for evidence of possible crimes including potential violations of the espionage act related to gathering, losing or destroying u.s. defense information. a property receipt also unsealed on friday reveals that fbi agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents including several marked top secret. monday s search also igniting a furious backlash among some trump supporters. the fbi says it is currently investigating what it calls an unprecedented number of threats against the bureau and employees are being urged to remain vigilant when working in and around fbi facilities. a closer look now at the documents unsealed on friday and what they reveal about the justice department s investigation. on friday a federal court in florida released several page
failed the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we now know why fbi agents searched former u.s. president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and we re learning details about some of the items they took. according to a warrant unsealed friday, agents were looking for evidence of possible crimes including potential violations of the espionage act related to the gathering, loss or destruction of u.s. defense information. property receipts also unsealed on friday reveals that fbi agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents including several marked top secret. they also seized several photo binders, information about the president of france and a document about pardoning roger stone, a staunch trump ally convicted of lying to congress. we explain what the unsealed documents tell us about the ongoing investigation. reporter: on friday a federal court in florida released seven pages of documents that represent that unprecedented search and seizure that took