for joining us this hour. so they can t find the document. we are learning more about this week s blockbuster reporting that special counsel jack smith has an audio recording of former president trump in 2021 seemingly admitting again, on tape that he took a classified document with him when he left the white house, a classified document allegedly detailing plans of how the u.s. could attack. iran that document. well tonight, we have new reporting that trump s lawyers do not know where the document is. they are unable to find the war plans trump may have been casually waving around at his new jersey golf club two years ago. everybody check your golf carts, ask your caddies! anyone see stray plans for war in iran? no. we are going to talk about that a little bit later tonight. but we also had some big news in one of the other big trump investigations. it came out of fulton county, georgia where district attorney fani willis is investigating trump s effort to overturn the 2020
jose? good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we continue with breaking news. right now on capitol hill, you ve been watching this vote that has been carried out on the floor of the house. and as you can see, it appears that george santos appears to have been expelled. and we were just listening to former congressman talking about what happens now. let s listen in right now to the speaker. two-thirds voting in the affirmative. the resolution is adopted and a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the clerk will notify the governor of the state of new york of the action of the house. under clause 5d of rule 20, the chair announces to the house in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from new york, mr. santos, the whole number of the house is now 334. so it seems as though with those few words, congressman george santos has been expelled. he is no longer a member of congress. how is the process going to be carried out? we
right now from the supreme court this morning. retired associate justice of the supreme court sandra day o connor has died at the age of 93. she is a trailblazer in so many ways. she was the first female member of the supreme court. our ken dilanian is joining us right now with more. ken, what do we know? we are just getting right now a statement from the supreme court announcing her death. the first woman ever appointed to the court, appointed by ronald reagan. the statement said that she died of complications related to advanced dementia, probably alzheimer s, and a respiratory illness. again, she was 93 years old. justice o connor was appointed to the court by president reagan in 1981, and she retired in 2006 after serving more than 24 years on the court. she s survived by her three sons, six grand children, chief justice john roberts said the following about justice o connor in this statement from the court. a daughter of the american southwest, sandra day o connor blaz
Updates of the days news. Good morning, everybody, it is wednesday, august 8th. A lot to talk about this morning. Lets begin with that closely watched Special Election in ohio in a district that has been in gop hands for three decades, Republican Troy Balderson leads Danny Oconnor by less than 1 of all votes cast, making it too close to call. The official outcome may not be known until all the ballots are counted in the coming weeks the race could be coming to a recount as the final results are actually certified. Still despite the razor thin margin, Troy Balderson has claimed victory and Daniel Oconnor has not yet conceded. Listen to this. Its time to get to work. Over the next three months, i will do everything i can to keep America Great again so that when we come back here in november, get ready, we got to come back here in november i have earned your vote for a second time. Can you believe how close this is . We, we are in a tie ball game. We went doortodoor. We went housetohouse.
does not seal the text. there s also the town hall sound. there is the town hall statement, or response, that former president trump gave a few weeks ago saying, if this call is bad i said, you only votes because the election was rigged. the election was rigged. that was seem to buffett any prosecutorial case that this was a criminal conduct on trump s part. but i m not a lawyer. and you are, harry, i would like to get your thoughts not just on the raffensperger call but even on the fake electors plot, which again seems, on its face, how could that not be something nefarious? how could that not be something criminal? the reality is, and this again is pointed out in the washington post, that maybe the fake electors will say they had every right to pursue potential claims of anomalies given the fact that biden s margin in georgia i believe was two tenths of 1%. and they have already made the case that they may have been convening this special elect s meeting but they had no idea