we are getting a clearer picture now about the unstructured raid on mar-a-lago. including on the first ladies and we begin with primary month less than a few months away in november. bret baier is joining us now. good evening. good evening, shannon. you mentioned a governors race there with the trump candidate against the candidate who was endorsed by former vice president mike pence. she did pull off a win in milwaukee county, which was the rest of the state, however, that really backed michael s. and that s setting up a battle between michael s and the incumbent governor. senate side, the surprise, ron johnson wins trying to get reelection there and on the democratic side going away is barnes, that will be an interesting race for the senate. now in vermont we ve got peter welch, the congressman there, this is the heat that patrick leahy, the longest-serving senator is retiring. welsh winning this and jordan maloley winning this over the former u.s. attorney, nolan. an
at former president donald trump s mar-a-lago estate, about two days ago. the new york attorney general is ramping up the civil investigation into the trump family businesses. a lot happening. hello, welcome everyone. mike, great to have you again. mike: great to be working with you, i m in for john roberts in washington. former president trump taking the fifth amendment when questioned under after the deposition of two of his children, comes on the heels of an unprecedented fbi raid at the former president s former home on monday and as calls grow for attorney general merrick garland and fbi chief to address the matter. sandra: andy mccarthy will join us. the latest on the search to his home, but first david lee miller is outside of trump tower. david lee, unexpected that trump pled the fifth today? well, you know, sandra, we all know that mr. trump s behavior can be unpredictable, but this was not an enormous surprise, considering the fact that his attorneys have be
put himself above the law. the defense suggesting that to contempt of congress charges against him were politically motivated. proceedings began today after the judge in the case, carl nichols, who is a trump appointee, denied a defense request for a month long delay. you will recall that last week he rejected the number of defenses, including bannon s claim of executive privilege, leaving one ban a defense attorney to ask and these are his words what s the point of going to trial if there are no defenses? to which the judge replied, agreed. remember, this is the same c van who promised, as he made his first court appearance to make his, quote, the misdemeanor from. it s the same stephen and who, even as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee, express contempt for its members and continued his tough guy routine, conditions for his testimony here s what i need. give me a date, a time, a room number, a microphone and a wholly bible i can take the
more details for that and just a moment. we begin tonight with president biden calling on voters to reject maga republicans during his prime time address to the nation from philadelphia. the president using the term maga 13 times blasting so-called maga ideology as a threat to democracy and the country. maga forces are determined to take on and maga republicans to destroy american democracy. maga look at americans and see carnage and darkness and despair. gillian: the president warning about republican extremism as tens and thousands of dollars endorsing the trump candidates throughout the primary counsel, betting they ll flameout in the general election coming in the fall. also this evening where we find kevin corke, tracking reaction of the president s address. good to meet you my friend. when the white house s press secretary was asked if the president s speech would be a political one, she answered the question directly and forcefully with the confidence you d think
of carpets that need cleaning today. weird. it is weird how even that holiday is considered divisive these days. and not even by britt s whose limey we kicked, right? i wasn t even born. i wasn t born and i take credit for it. but it s americans who don t like it. it s like only one half of the country gets to enjoy july 4th while the other half trashes, which is fine. if you want to make july for the right wing holiday, we will take it. add james bond birthday. by the way, happy 109. he was great and the joker. but it s not really the case that people hate july 4th. it s just the people with the pedestals who want you to feel ashamed of this country. if you are a fan of america for just one day, somehow that s a dog whistle. you are celebrating the birthday of hitler and not the cool one, steve. i thought it was funny. a guy named steve hitler. he didn t thank of changing his name. they are already mad that you are having fun. you throw-in family time, the old red, white and