officials. only the president and some members of his cabinet have access to them. let s bring in shawn turner, national security analyst and former director of communication for u.s. national intelligence. this reporting is quite interesting. what do you make of the idea that document like this was in a country club for 18 months? yeah, you know, when i saw this first of all, thanks for having me this morning. this really struck a chord with me, the fact that we now know that there were highly classified secret restricted access documents being stored at mar-a-lago, this is a game changer for our national security and risks to our national security. i ve been clear from the start that we need to avoid speculating about the intent with regard to these documents until we had more information about the substance of these documents. but now that we know that we re talking about nuclear defense capabilities for another country, this really raises the bar with regard to that i
white house scrambling to slow down the monkeypox outbreak. we are going to speak to one of the top officials working on a new strategy. plus, outrage, an nfl star accused of assault receiving a punishment that critics are calling a slap on the wrist. that s what we re watching for at this hour. thank you for being he, we start this morning with a federal judge ordering that prosecutors propose redactions to the affidavit that was used to justify last week s search of former president trump s florida home. the judge is giving prosecutors a week to do it, but he s already signaling that he s inclined to unseal parts of the highly sensitive document. plus this, cnn is hearing exclusively from 18 former top trump officials who tell us that the former president s claim that he had a standing order to declassify documents is nonsense. let s begin our coverage with cnn s katelyn polantz, she s live for us here in washington. katelyn, walk us through how much detail we could
ahead for all of us. plus, after months of crying out for accountability, the police chief who led that botched response to a school shooting in uvalde, texas is fired. hear directly from parents naming other officials they want removed. if you check into a hotel knowing that a chance toof your neighbor to the left and right is a homeless person. that plan to house homes people and the sfeers debate surrounding it. it is saturday, august 27th. we re so grateful that you re starting your weekend with us. good morning, amara. good morning. up first, the new details in the documents. we are learning more information from the affidavit authorizing the search of former president trump s mar-a-lago residence. the heavily redacted affidavit revealing that classified documents found at the residence includes some of the country s most sensitive secrets. according to the filing, authorities had probable cause to believe that classified national security materials were im
what we will start to find out on thursday night is what was happening inside the white house during those 187 minutes? who was talking to the president. but where they say. but was the president saying in response. why was it going to the public saying stop this madness? you said you remember it. we all remember it. everyone was saying, where is the president? why isn t he saying anything right now? but the heck is going on? the chairman, benny thompson, is telling our colleague, molly raju, that the select committee has not made a decision yet on calling on pence and trump to testify. which former president launching another campaign will stop the investigation. he also expects more hearings in september. what is his timeline mean for this investigation and he garlands. well don, first of all, if and when donald trump announced that he is running for the presidency in 2024. legally, that will have no effect whatsoever. i know it is sort of a common thing to say that whe
documents. now after last week s fbi seizure of 11 more sets of classified documents from mar-a-lago, the democratic chairs of the house intel and oversight committees are asking u.s. intelligence leaders for a briefing and damage assessment. let s bring in michael zeldin up bright and early with us this morning. good to see you. good to see you, too. one of trump s lawyers signed this letter saying there were no more classified materials at mar-a-lago. how does that effect the investigation going forward? it might explain why somebody served as an informant that there were additional documents. if that lawyer, as part of a team of lawyers or others certified something that wasn t true and now all of a sudden are looking at what liability they have, it might explain why we get additional information. but the certification that they have no additional documents, and then the revelation that they have additional documents could prove either one, they believe in good faith