how the culture wars are driving teachers out of the classroom good evening we may be closer tonight to getting a peek inside the government s rationale for its search of donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. a florida judge suggesting some of the information can be publicly released and giving government lawyers a week deadline to figure out what they believe must be redacted. it s an apparent setback to prosecutors who want the affidavit and what it might say about their suspicions of the ex-president to be kept under seal at the center of the case, highly classified documents investigators seized from the trump property it was a big day on the legal front for mr. trump as a long and loyal associate of his pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges and will be heading to a new york jail. the one-time cfo of the trump organization taking a deal from prosecutors that does not require him to provide information on the former president kristen welker now with late details. reporter: t
poll workers, law enforcement and now a hospital the threat is real. plus, the senate is a toss-up. diminished hope for republicans taking control. and mitch mcconnell now blaming candidate quality. that is code four, blame it on donald trump. with the clock ticking toward the midterms. the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i stephanie am ruhle. new evolutions about the fbi s search of mar-a-lago may soon see the light of day. several media organizations, including in bc, we re a south florida court today, asking a judge to unseal the affidavit behind last week s search and seizure at donald trump s florida home. just judge bruce reinhardt chilled the justice department he is inclined to release a redacted or edited version of the affidavit. that document details would prosecutors call probable cause, the evidence that brought the fbi agents to trump s home in the first place. prosecutors want to keep the entire thing under wraps. b
with the clock ticking toward the midterms. the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. new revelations about the fbi s search of mar-a-lago may soon see the light of day. several media organizations, including nbc, were in a south florida court today, asking a judge to unseal the affidavit behind last week s search and seizure at donald trump s florida home. judge bruce reinhardt told the justice department he is inclined to release a redacted or edited version of the affidavit. that document details what prosecutors call probable cause, the evidence that brought the fbi agents to trump s home in the first place. prosecutors want to keep the entire thing under wraps. but the judge today ordered them to list their proposed redactions within a week. while the former guy, in many of his allies, have said they support the release of an unredacted version, this afternoon trump supporters who were angered by the fbi search
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over
yesterday s hearing. why is he more willing to fight the case in the court of public opinion than in actual court of law? plus, the former chief financial executive in the trump organization could have him testifying against the company in another trial that is expected to run up against the november elections. and speaking of the midterms, mitch mcconnell downplays now republican chances of retaking the senate, blaming the, quote, quality of his party s candidates. we ll have the new polling and reporting that shows mcconnell s concerns may be well-founded. joe, some more polls in the critical senate races across the country show why mcconnell may be concerned in august. word is they ve already given up on pennsylvania. they ve already given up on dr. oz. they re probably going to focus more in ohio and j.d. vance, hoping that he has a chance. but we have polls showing that this area, this stretch of critical swing states in the upper midwest all breaking against the r