good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over
the last a0 years. and scientists in china are tracking a new animal based virus that s infected at least several dozen people, but say there s no need to worry. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore and 8:00 in the evening in washington where the us attorney general, merrick garland, has defended thejustice department s decision to seek a search warrant for donald trump s residence at mar a lago earlier this week. mr garland said he had personally approved the move, noting that upholding the rule of law meant applying the law evenly without fear or favour. he said the department ofjustice would make the warrant public, because of the substantial public interest. let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the fbi and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and thejustice department are dedicated, patr
successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river. you can see pontoon bridges destroyed. it s not entirely clear who blew them up. the ukrainians say it was them. russia almost three months into its invasion of ukraine. on friday, russia s top general finally accepted a call from lloyd austin. the first call in 84 days, the first since this war began. the pentagon says they spoke for an hour but gave no detail beyond saying the u.s. repeated its call for an immediate cease-fire and to keep the lines of communication open. so far, the kremlin has been silent. and at the old but destroyed azov steel factory on the coast, ukraine says, quote, difficult negotiations continue to evacuate the wounded soldiers holding out inside. let s get a closer look now at the bloody retreat of russian forces from kharkiv. cnn s nick pay ton walsh is there. charred, chewed, and malled, forgot earn kharkiv scars seem infinite. putin s troops breathing artillery fire down the neck of th