we heard that from the committee earlier today. what that, let s get smarter with the help of tights lead off panel. joins us, nbc news correspondent, moderator of washington week on pbs. former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner, he has tried hundreds of cases in his 30 year career. and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. she spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. she is now a law professor at the university of alabama. joyce, to you first. what exactly is the justice department looking for in terms of what they want judge cannon to do? well, what doj has asked judge cannon to do is to release the classified documents that were seized at mar-a-lago. both so that they can use them in criminal investigation in the intelligence communities work. but also to exempt them from review by the special master. so, this is a very limited focus. this is a request that the judge stay just a part of her order. and of course, doj, you know,
and according to a new nbc news poll, nearly two thirds of americans, 57% say that the many investigations into the former president should continue. with that let s bring in our lead off panel. yamiche evander, moderator of washington week on pbs, carol leonnig pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter for the washington post, former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner who s tried hundreds of cases in his 30 year career. it is good to see you all. glenn i m going to start with you tonight, the new york times reporting introduces a whole new dimension to the justice departments in investigation into trump, into the classified documents. friday, the doj said it was just in the early stages. what does this report indicate to you about the depth of all of this and just how significant is 300 classified documents? alicia, it is a veritable novel of classified information.
0 that was mitch mcconnell last year and now mitch mcconnell is publicly pessimistic about republicans winning the senate because too many republican candidates support donald trump s attack on our democracy. that is tonight s last word 11th hour stephanie ruhle starts now. more than 300 classified documents at mar-a-lago. that is the breaking news from the new york times tonight. and the former president sues the department of justice for the mar-a-lago search. some of the presidents legal arguments likely questionable. and bill barr cleared president trump in the russia probe. now a federal probe says there was more to this that story. and there s more signs of known for democrats who heading into the midterms they re getting help from a one time adversary. the desantis dogma as he misquotes a bible gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we have breaking news tonight the may offer new clues as to why the justice department moved
agent. miles taylor is here, former chief of staff at the department of homeland security, now the cofounder and executive director of the renew america movement. yamiche alcindor is here, moderator of washington week on pbs. i don t want to fixate on it but this one said that rudy, of everything that was said about his claims being b.s. but bill barr, everything that was said about the campaign manager, bill stepien, the campaign advisor, jason miller, having different advice than what rudy said, the only thing that bothered him today was jason miller s sworn testimony, all we saw, but the congressman says there s lots more where that came from, that he was inebriated. it s remarkable, nicole, but all of this is remarkable. the fact that there were not one, but two people on tape saying that rudy giuliani was obviously intoxicated, inebriated, while he then told former president trump to do
in pennsylvania the next governor will a point the secretary of state and the governor and the governor alone appoints electors based on the will of the people and senator mastriano has made it clear that he will appoint the electors based on his belief system. listen. he s essentially saying, sure, you can go vote, but i ll pick the winner. that s incredibly dangerous and it s what sat stake in this governor s race. the big lie is a clear and present danger to our democracy and how to fight back against it. new york times domestic correspondent whose byline is on the reporting and with us at the table and let me say that again, at the table. yamiche alcindor, washington correspondent, moderator of washington week on pbs and msnbc political analyst and msnbc contributor, helming the table.