search in mar-a-lago. meanwhile, it s primary day in two states, typically don t get a lot of attention, but the elections in alaska and wyoming could derail one political career and reignite another. and back here in washington, the white house and democratic leadership want to remind people that they re passing historic legislation. we ll have more about their plans in just a moment. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the justice department has asked a judge to keep the affidavit pertaining to the search warrant of mar-a-lago sealed. citing a need to protect the investigation and witnesses. the affidavit contains the government s reasoning for conducting the search. in a court filing submitted yesterday, federal prosecutors argued quote, it disclosed the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation. providing specific details of the direction and like
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Trials in georgia. For Federal Court, its a no go. As we wait to see if donald trump moves his case as well. Were going to see Meadows Decision, what it might mean for the president s future if he makes the same request. Plus, a georgia judge says hes skeptical of fani willis. Plans to put all of that including Donald Trump On Trial next month. I believe, and i will tell you why i think that she knows exactly what shes doing. Im simone, and i have something to say. We start today with the devastation in morocco, where a powerful earthquake hit late on friday night. At the center of the 6. 8 magnitude earthquake, about 36 miles east of marrakech in moroccan highlands, high at less mountain range. It claimed more than 1300 lives, and that number is expected to grow. The scope of the damage is unknown as crews are working to rescue any survivors trapped beneath the rubble. Heres nbc news 1400 front matt bradley with more. That frenzied Rescue Effort is underway as the death toll and injur
we re tracking lee as it moves across the atlantic and closer to the east coast. rescuers scramble to reach a cave explorer more than 3,000 feet under the surface. new footage just released showing his condition. i m john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan and this is cnn news central. some big questions lingering about the investigation in fulton county, georgia, over the 2020 election. they are about to be answered. next hour we expect to see the full and final unredacted report from the fulton county special grand jury. now, this was the grand jury that was brought together for the initial investigation that ultimately led to then the separate grand jury handing up indictments against form trump and 18 other co-defendants. back in february nine pages of this report were released to the public, you probably remember this, but a lot was missing, including who the jury thought should be charged with crimes. the judge overseeing that case held back portions the rep
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