know how this ends. breaking news courtesy of a brand new statement that just crossed from donald trump. his home in mar-a-lago is, quote, under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. stunning news overnight, the fbi raid on the home of the former president. search and seizure, the fbi descends on trump s mar-a-lago home. we have a breaking fox news alert. the fbi has raided former president trump s home in mar-a-lago. federal law enforcement authorities would have had to go to a judge and bring to that judge a request for a search warrant. we begin this hour with one word unprecedented. today we are in uncharted territory. the fbi search at mar-a-lago has no parallel in american history. that s all true, and that s all sinking in. the first ever search of the former president s home setting what is today something we didn t have until yesterday. a new legal precedent in america. that matters for the law. it s captivating many, many peopl
confirmed that assessment. in the letter to top house lawmakers this afternoon. all of this after federal court yesterday unsealed the 38 page affidavit used to justify the search. the latest on this just ahead. two other stories where following tonight, federal reserve chair jerome powell is warning of quote some pain for americans as the fed tries to bring down inflation. the dow fell more than 1000 points yesterday after pal s comments. this, as the white house defends its plan to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student loans. the white house is also defending president biden s comments comparing the quote magnet philosophy to quote semi fascism. virginia governor glenn youngkin gubernatorial candidate dixon will join us in a few moments to react to that. but first, we head to the white house tonight. there are widely varying estimates on how is the president s decision to cancel some student loan debt will actually cost. lucas tomlinson is live with the latest
i love that. i was starting to join you. but you want me to cut it off now? my viewers are like, no. thank you good to see you, have a good one! a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin to another new legal filing of the fbi search to mar-a-lago, this is in addition to the head spinning legal documents in the last few hours. the newest one is from donald trump himself. it s a supplemental failing to support trump s request for a special master to review items seized by the fbi. in its, trump s lawyers are also asking for more detailed receipts from items seized in the fbi search, arguing that the redacted affidavit provides almost no information that would allow trump to understand why the search took place. or what was taken from his home. they also argued that the presidential records act is not a criminally enforceable statute. and new reaction from both sides of the aisle to the relea
hours after a redacted copy of the affidavit was unsealed. it s not proof of the time, instead it represents the doj is believed that it has probable cause that a trump has been committed. trump s legal team filed a document late last night, to get a special master the editorial boards of major newspapers, the railway in. we ve got the new york times editorial saying donald trump is not above the law. the washington post editorial board says the trump affidavit shows the mar-a-lago search was hardly capricious. the wall street journal editorial board as, the mar-a-lago affidavit, is that all there is? a bit earlier today sheila jackson lee told msnbc have the classified documents in question could be a national security risk. when you think of the names of the sources of individuals who were securing important information through human deeds, human activities, if that was exposed, not only with these individuals be in jeopardy, where they snow in posted in countries aroun
not one g.o.p. and are voted in favor of the nearly $740 billion spending bill. meanwhile vice president kamala harris had to come in and break the 50/50 tie. on this vote, the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided the vice president votes in the formative in the bill as amended is passed. that vote came after a marathon 16 hours session over the weekend, they called it vote aroma word demo republicans add tried to plan amendments and when it was all over the package still contain hundreds of billions of dollars from climate change, deficit reduction, and tax hikes. the supersize of the irs adding 807,000 agents while the democrats are putting themselves in the back for this and getting their wit liberal wish list past. republicans warned this is turning into a war in the middle class that will backfire big time on the dems come november. here is hundred that ted cruz. all the democrats say they are worried and want to lower gas prices, they al