There, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan for their attacks. Cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation? yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring followon care outside of theatre. Now we re getting a statement to iraqi military high co
welcome back to the weekend, everyone. we are beginning this hour with a late night court filing from donald trump s legal team. the filing argues that trump shouldn t be charged in the classified documents case because president biden was in charge and his case. this is true. i m going to quote from it. president biden will not be charged. president trump should not have been either. now, never mind that the special counsel made clear in his report that the two cases were wildly different. joining us now, january six investigator , also joining, former fbi general concert, andrew weizmann. he is the host of the msnbc podcast, prosecuting donald trump. greetings, everyone. you and i were on set to get there when the report broke. i do wonder if it was always inevitable that donald trump s lawyers were voting to cite this report as soon as it came out. also, talking about this specifically is a motion to compel discovery. i m curious why this becomes relevant and that ty
shop for people who wanted access to things that they shouldn t have. no one should be in those conditions, wnba star brittney griner speaking out about those ten months she spent in a russian prison. it s her first press conference since returning to professional basketball. hear what she says about the other americans still wrongfully detained. plus, after four hours on the stand, the woman accusing donald trump of rape now in cross examination. what we expect to hear from the former president s attorneys. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. just moments ago we heard from the judge in the hearing from the air national guardsman accused of leaking highly classified intelligence documents. he said he will not yet rule if jack teixeira will remain in custody ahead of his trial. prosecutors claim that if the 21-year-old is let out before then, he will either try to flee or further obstruct the inve
the documents had been returned. it also including this new photo showing documents with classified markings laid out on a carpet. some of them found in a desk in the former president s personal office. the filing also says some of the documents were so sensitive, fbi agents and justice department attorneys needed additional security clearances to look at them. doj also says trump s request for a special master is quote unnecessary and would significantly harm governmental interests including national security interests. the former president has until 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight to respond. a federal judge in florida will hold a hearing tomorrow on his request for a special master. with us now to take a closer look, nbc news homeland security continue julie ainsley, a former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst and frank figliuzzi, an msnbc national security analyst. julia, what else are we able to learn from this court filing? one of the things, buried in a footnote, they say
now, it s sickening to see the new attacks on the fbi. threatening life of law enforcement agents and their families. for simply carrying out the law and doing their job. look, i want to say this clear as i can, there s no place in this country no place for endangering the lives of law enforcement. no place. none. never, period. i m opposed to defunding the police and also opposed to defunding the fbi. president biden condemning the attacks on the fbi after the remarks which came just hours before we got stunning new details overnight about why the justice department felt it had no choice but to seize classified documents from the president s florida estate and club. including evidence that some of the documents were likely moved and hidden. we ll have the many new revelations from the late night court filing. also this hour, remembering mikhail gorbachev, the final leader of the soviet union. a reformer who lifted the iron curtain and helped to end the cold war. good mor