extremismes that threatens the very foundation of our republic. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. they do not recognize the will of the people. they refuse to accept the results of a free election. and promote authoritarian leadersor and flame the threatsf violence and a threat to our personal right, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law torque the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th, rudely attacking law enforcement, not as insurrection nists but place a dagger at the throat of our democracy and they look at them as patriots and see the maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the election as preparation for the 2022 and fo2024 elections, and now, america must choose
repeatedly inform it for putin to give it up. we ll have all the details. plus new controversy over a picture that has just surfaced of pennsylvania republican candidate for governor. we ll get into that as well. we re also following a rally in texas. parents of victims of the uvalde shooting taking their message straight to the texas governor greg abbott. and we are following an increasing war of words over the president student debt relief plan, over the after the president blasts republicans over their own loans. just a short time ago, the director of national intelligence is working to review the material seized from trump s former home, and assessing the potential risk to national security if the documents were disclosed. it comes after a committee and it also [inaudible] the parliament of justice offering new insight as to why the fbi seized highly classified documents, on august 8th. the former president took from the white house contain information that coul
him to say. right now in jackson, mississippi, residents are facing a fourth day without reliable running water. we re life on the ground. in ukraine, u.n. inspectors are at europe s largest nuclear plant under russian control amid fierce shelling in the area. we begin with what will be a crucial day in the legal battle over classified documents seized from donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the judge will hear arguments on the former president s request for a special master who filter out privileged materials. it comes hours after his legal team filed a defiant response to a blistering justice department filing late tuesday. his team argued it should have been, quote, fully anticipated that trump would have sensitive material at his home. his lawyers describe the documents as, quote, his own presidential records. even though the law says they belong to the government. trump s team also argued a special master to review the documents is needed because, quote, left unchec
guy on the screen. president biden set to sign the inflation reduction act as it s called into law in just about 30 minutes from now. a huge $750 bill on taxes, climate, health care, we ll take you live to the white house. we ll also take you live out west and to the northwest. the very northwest with the final hours of voting in key primaries happening now in wyoming and alaska. our team out with voters and candidates including one in the fight for her political life. i m hallie jackson in washington. we begin this afternoon with nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. washington post investigations reporter jacqueline aalamani and chuck rosenberg. good to see all of you. let me do something a little different. there s new reporting out from the new york times here in the last few minutes that two of of the top trump white house lawyers have been interviewed by the fbi in relation to handling the documents that may have been taken from the white
general. in ukraine, 23 civilians including three children were killed and 91 wounded after a russian strike. we will be going to ukraine live. the buffalo supermarket weirton black people were killed in a racist attack is officially reopening as the accused gunman faces new charges. what buffalo residents are saying about the reopening. . we begin in the middle east where president biden is about to begin the second part of his trip to the region. the president is scheduled to arrive in saudi arabia this hour to meet with leaders of saudi arabia and the gulf region. the flight comes hours after a historic decision from saudi arabia to open its airspace to all civilian flights including those to and from israel. before he took off, he met with the palestinian president and reiterated his commitment to a two state solution to end the israel palestinian conflict and paid tribute to an american journalist who the state department says was killed by an accident likely from