members of brittney griner and paul whelan are set to meet with president biden. and i ll meet with former ambassador brown as the line extends for more than five miles wanting to pay their respects to queen elizabeth. and the prince and princess of wales today before the funeral. good district attorney i m andrea mitchell in washington. where merrick garland s justice department lost all requests to a florida judge to allow them to continue using classified documents seized at mar-a-lago for now. this will delay the criminal investigation. judge aileen cannon handing mr. trump another legal victory by putting a especially master in charge of the documents. judge raymond dearie, a senior judge from new york, respected by both sides, will have until november 30th to sift through thousands of papers to determine if any documents are privileged. meanwhile, the former president is predicting trouble if he s indicted. i think if it happened, i think you d have problems in th
cannon made regarding the mar-a-lago search. she told d.o.j. she would not honor the request to get access to the 100 classified documents so it could continue its investigation. which it says has national security implications. the court does not find it appropriate to accept the government s conclusions on these important and disputed issues without further review by a neutral third party. and that there are ongoing factual and legal disputes. she also cited media links as part of her basis for rejecting d.o.j. s request. now if you re asking, with the ongoing and factual legal disputes, we will discuss that. a special master was appointed, raymond dearie, a former chief judge of the eastern district of new york and the only candidate that the sides agreed on. who is he? and why would both sides want him? and joins me is julie ainsley who is covering the justice department, national reporter for the washington post, carol leonig, executive ron line director for the new yo
damage national security if released. the department s court challenge again expected any moment would be an attempt to reverse cannon s restrictions. but there s another aspect of all this to keep in mind. the appeal we re talking about would be heard in the 11th u.s. circuit court of appeals where six of 11 judges happen to be trump appointees. all of this remains up in the air. another major advancement to tell you about in this story, judge cannon also appointed a special master to review those seized document. his name is raymond deariement a semi retired u.s. district judge from new york. he was originally suggested by trump s team. he ultimately was approved of by both parties. dearie s deadline is one week after thanksgiving, that s november 30th. weeks, of course, after the midterm elections and more than a month after the date doj had requested. and when we re talking about potential threats to national security, we all know at this point time is of the essence. jus
midterms that i want to talk to him about, something i think you can help us wrap our heads around. let s start with the great state of louisiana. every ten years, there is a census, right? the last census in 2020 shows the same churned and louisiana that was taking place across several southern states. over the last decade, the white population shrink, and the black population grew. what people are now less than 56% of louisiana s population and about a third of the population there is black. yet, this is louisiana s congressional delegation. other states six members of congress, five are white republicans. one is a black democrat because even though louisiana is one third black, only one congressional district has majority black population. that s a state lawmakers drew the congressional maps. but after every census, state lawmakers get to draw new congressional maps and last year, despite those new census numbers showing a shrinking white population and a growing black pop
bret: we begin tonight with breaking news the u.s. is condemning north korea s firing of a ballistic missile over japan as dangerous and reckless. the weapon reportedly had enough range to reach u.s. troops in guam. so what now chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what else the u.s. is doing about this action. good evening, bret. the missile flew 17 times the speed of sound. president biden reached out and spoke with his japanese counterpart to assure him of u.s. commitments the defense secretary reached out to his japanese and south korean counterparts. kim jong un is again sending a message don t forget about me. sirens alerted japanese citizens to take cover in basements and bomb shelters after north korea launched a ballistic missile over northern japan its longest range yet. the ballistic missile firing by north korea was an outrageous act that was absolutely impermissible. we will respond as soon as possible with the utmost vigilance.