supreme court. for 27 years, justice stephen breyer, is retiring, paving way for president biden s first supreme court appointment. and it couldn t have come at a better moment. liberals have been pushing hard for breyer to retire before the mid terms, to ensure biden would have the democratic votes in the senate to get a more liberal nominee through the process. breyer said in an bur view, it was on his mind. it was clear he wanted a successor to continue his legacy on the court. the white house said it had nor mo details to share, but during the campaign, one of the biggest promises biden made on the trail was on this very topic. we talked about the supreme court. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure we, in fact get equal representation. it s not a joke. it s not a joke. i would push very hard for that. politically supreme court nomination fights can come with huge risks, but they also present big opportunities to un
to celebrate july 4th in several key battleground states. we ll show you how the presidential contenders marked the holiday. plus a federal judge orders the biden administration to stop talking with social media companies. what it means for the effort to tamp down misinformation about covid and so much more. and later which of these things is not like the other? looks like the gop needs to brush up on its social studies. how its twitter page mixed up the american flag. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 5th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we certainly hope you had a happy and safe july 4th. the white house celebrated america s independence yesterday with a barbecue, a concert, and of course plenty of fireworks. we re turning from a weekend at camp david, president joe biden addressed military members in the crowd who he called the protectors of democracy. you are the backbone, the reality of why we are
welcome back to cnn tonight. new developments in the trump investigation, less redacted version of the justice department search warrant for mar-a-lago last summer, reveals what prosecutors knew before the fbi went in looking for classified documents. investigators say, quote, video footage reflects the evidence has been the recently. joining, now cnn legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney jennifer rogers, cnn senior political analyst john avlon, editor at large in reason matt, welch new york gop cigarette columnist so, jen, this affidavit, what did they know? what does this less redacted affidavit reveal? well not a whole heck of a lot, still heavily redacted. at least we know they knew about some of the shenanigans in the storage space, and that not only forms the basis of the cost of our documents, the trump reviewing now humans, hiding all, of them new lawyer at the time evan corcoran. so it is really important evidence, we did not know how early doj w
welcome back to cnn tonight. new developments in the trump investigations. a less redacted version of the justice department search warrant for mar-a-lago last summer. it reveals what prosecutors knew before the fbi went in looking for classified top secret documents. investigators say quote, video footage reflects the evidences been moved to recently. joining me now, cnn legal analyst and former assistant u. s. attorney, jennifer rodgers. cnn senior political analyst and anchor, john avlon. editor at large at reason, matt wealth. gop surrogate, joe and michael, great to have all of you. this affidavit, what did they know? what does this less redacted affidavit reveal? well, not a whole lot, alison it is still heavily redacted but at least we know that they knew about some of the shenanigans in and out of the storage space. that not only forms the basis of the classified documents, but the obstruction part of the case. all of this in and out, and trump is reviewing docume
drop, a diligent search was conducted and removed from the white house of florida i swear, or affirm that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. well, we now know that that wasn t the case, at all and prosecutors want to know why. the fbi found more than 100 classified documents when they searched the premises two months later. prosecutors later asserted to finding the documents that called into serious question the representative made in the june 3rd certification. and cast doubt on the extent of cooperation in this matter. and other, words perhaps obstruction of justice. an appeals court ruled this week that evan corcoran must provide as well as documents and reporting mr. corcoran s expected to appear before the grand jury as early as tomorrow. though jack smith with a one-two punch today. not everyone s blessing about alvin bragg, the stormy dallan s hush money, probe donald trump s legal headaches when it comes to the special counse