Brooklyn, how we doing . Im the host and Creative Director of Msnbc Live, and we are so excited to welcome you to our very first and sold out fan focused event. Thank you this is where you get to meet and greet your favorite msnbc personalities live and in person , and i can let you guys in on a little secret. Steve cormacks khakis are just as glorious in real life. Over the course of the day, jen psaki, joy reed, and so many others will give you their take on the state of this wild and crazy election. Are you enjoying it so far . Its only september all right, lets get this kicked off. You may have seen them reporting from the dnc. They are going to tell you what it was like to be there in that electric atmosphere, but first, they are going to dig into what is at stake in november. Please welcome to the stage the host of the reidout , joy reid, and the host of alex tonight, Alex Wagner thank you. I want to do that. Youve got to get the filthy. So smart. Hello thank you all for coming h
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it s 4:00. we ve got news we have a behind the scenes legal battle with potentially major consequences for the justice department s investigation into the ex-president s handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago the washington post is reporting this quote, a federal judge has at least partially granted a request from u.s. prosecutors to force an attorney for donald trump to testify before a grand jury about the former president s possession of classified documents after leaving office that s according to two people briefed on the decision. evan corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with trump. prosecutors sought to show the chief u.s. guess strict judge beryla.howell of washington that there were grounds of a crime-fraud exception. they spoke anonymously because this is under seal this breaking news is is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends jackie alamany is here her by-line is on that neil is here
ex-president it is explosive reporting from the washington post. there s this saying when it comes to donald trump and his slogan, remember the one on the hats, make america great again, that what maga said make attorneys get attorneys. the late breaking news from the washington post proves this case that now donald trump s attorneys appear to be in special counsel jack smith s cross hairs including some of the most notorious ones. federal prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election have asked witnesses extension sieve questions about the actions of rudy giuliani, including where he got his information about alleged fraud, what he did in the days around january 6th and what he knew about the actions coming that day. people who have appeared in front of the grand jury say. investigators looking into classified documents pertaining to mar-a-lago have sought testimony from another trump lawyer, ben cork ran saying there is evidence that the former president u
criminal insurrection probe intensifying. i have a very special guest on that later in the hour. coming up i have neil cochel to start us off. look at this report from cnn, trump lawyers waging a secret fight to try to halt a grand jury from getting information from his inner circle, basically blocking testimony that otherwise would be relevant, meaning the prosecutors at least want to introduce it. we know the context for this, those 40 new subpoenas. you have a former prosecutor on the letitia james side saying that the business probe is basically a dealt penalty for trump org. so you have the insurrection and the business probe both going at trump hard, and then that s not the only thing going on. these are circling trump while he has no presidential powers left. we have seen in the special master case where they thought it would help to have more court review, which could be true if he were president because in the process if the president says, hey, national security, he