anything more to the point tonight. 67%, two in three, say american democracy is in danger of collapse. the percentage of democrats and republicans who believe it, identical. however, don t go looking for a bipartisan silver lining. the poll doesn t ask people to give a reason why they believe this. so it s possible, even likely given such other recent polling that a deep partisan divide exists over what people think is wrong. to use a political science term, ain t good. it does not bode well. but it certainly sets the stage for what the president will say tonight. and the backdrop, significant new developments in the court battle over documents seized from the former president s mansion and what he said today about pardoning january 6th defendants. let s go first to cnn s jeff zeleny who is at independence hall in philadelphia. jeff, what more are you learning about the speech tonight, which begins in just a few minutes? reporter: john, we are berning that president biden
sale on ebay. the price tag, $1,200. how did it get there? who bought it? let s go outfront. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. the former president s attorneys downplaying the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. that comparison to an overdue library book made by trump s new lawyer, florida s former solicitor general. during the search of trump s home, the fba seized 33 boxes, which included more than 100 classified documents, which were marked confidential, secret and also top secret. that is on top of 15 boxes that trump s team turned over in january where there were 184 classified documents. they reiterated the trump for a special master to examine the documents seized. the judge in all of this did today stop short of making a final decision at the hearing. we could get her ruling on that any minute. we could soon learn more about what the fbi took in those boxes from trump s home last month. the judge said she s thinking about publically releasing a more det
quinnipiac and it s hard to find anything more to the point tonight. 67%, two in three, say american democracy is in danger of collapse. the percentage of democrats and republicans who believe it, identical. however, don t go looking for a bipartisan silver lining. the poll doesn t ask people to give a reason why they believe this. so it s possible, even likely given such other recent polling that a deep partisan divide exists over what people think is wrong. to use a political science term, ain t good. it does not bode well. but it certainly sets the stage for what the president will say tonight. and the backdrop, significant new developments in the court battle over documents seized from the former president s mansion and what he said today about pardoning january 6th defendants. let s go first to cnn s jeff zeleny who is at independence hall in philadelphia. jeff, what more are you learning about the speech tonight, which begins in just a few minutes? reporter: john, we are bernin
commander in chief to stand up and say, those kinds of threats are inappropriate. i m glad he is doing that tonight. see if that clarification comes. jonah, as the president is getting ready to address the nation on these threats to democracy, in a new interview, former president trump is defending the people charme char the january 6 attack. i met with i m financially supporting people that are incredible. they were my in my office. very much on my mind. it s a disgrace what they have done to them. if i decide to run and if i win, i will be looking very, very strongly at that pardon. full pardons. our polling clearly shows 55% of republicans think trump could have done more to stop the insurrection. is it smart to be defending the rioters right now? weeks out from the midterm elections. trump defends anybody who he
why was september 1st the time? and jeff is completely right that part of this is the political aspect of it, that the midterms are approaching. they understand that s going to be a real part of this. but also they won t say it s about trump. and in fact when you ask when reporters asked if it had anything to do with trump, if he would name trump, they said it would be a very direct discussion. it s a speech about democracy, it s not about the former president. they have been trying to emphasize that and draw that line there and say that it s not even reprimanding republicans, it s those who style themselves after trump. i think the timing of this, you can t miss the fact that the former president is back at the forefront and in the headlines with these investigations. his attorneys in court today. so they said tonight expect a more somber, serious president biden, but they also want him to be more optimistic. to look ahead and show there is a path. they argue that if you elect democ