it s interesting that they made that argument, which is not even a legal argument to make. didn t address one of trump s key defenses. they didn t even get into that. one of trump s lawyers in this argued today in court that the government is the, quote, latest boogie man that a special master would need security clearance and, therefore, it could take a while. if they get it if trump s team gets this special master, whether he would need very high security clearance, this is what they are asking for, how much would that slow down the doj s case? that s doj s main argument, that to impose a special master will slow us down, gum up the works. we have to settle on who will be the special master. that person will have to be cleared and they will have to do the review. i think if the judge orders a special master, she will take specific steps to try to make this as streamlined as possible. doj argued in their brief, if you do order a special master,
again, you re looking at live pictures of the door where president biden will walk out in just a few minutes. scott jennings to you. jeff previewed one of the excerpts of this address and it says that president biden will say maga forces are trying to, quote, take this country backwards. how do you think that will land with republican voters? and the white house is trying to make a distinction between what they call maga forces and republican voters. i find it interesting that they keep saying that the speech isn t about trump but we re going to say maga. we ve been saying maga, ultra maga from the white house press secretary s podium and joe biden s own lips so it s obviously about donald trump and it s clear why, because they think putting trump at the center of the election is their best chance to hold the congress, period. if it s a referendum on trump like it was in, say, the 2018 midterm, they think they have a great chance. what do you think? if it s a referendum on biden
armchair reflection when they are faced with rapidly involving encounters and dangerous situations. once the state investigation is finished, it will be turned over to the county prosecutor for decision on potential charges. thank you for watching. i m pamela brown in the situation room. erin burnett out front starts now. former president trump s defense team comparing classified material at mar-a-lago to overdue library books. that was their term. trump and the justice department square off over trump s request for that special master. plus, live pictures from philadelphia where president biden is about to deliver a rare primetime address about the attack on democracy. this as we learn trump is considering full pardons for the january 6 insurrectionists if he runs and wins the presidency in 2024. a troubling find. a dominion voting machine for
we just ended with karine. there s this early excerpt from the president s speech. in it he says, we have reassured ourselves american democracy is guaranteed. but it s not. we have to defend it, protect it, stand up for it, each and every one of us. the white house is saying this is not about trump. do you buy that? i think biden is speaking for tens of millions of americans that are afraid. it s very scary to see this insurrection being defended by big republican leaders, by big republican media officials the it s scary to see voting rights on the chopping block. this is an important conversation. i m proud he is going to help to lead it. he does have to be careful. if he paints with too broad a brush, it sounds like he is saying anybody who voted for trump is an enemy of america. there are republicans that are concerned that you do have people in their party who are trafficking in violence, trafficking in white nationalism. that has no place in either party. it s appropriate for t
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