it s definitely food for thought. that is an under statement. thank you, chris. great job. thanks to you for joining us this hour. as chris said rachel is off tonight but she will be back again next monday. so, he is back at the scene of the crime. yesterday former president donald trump returned to mar-a-lago where fbi agents retrieved more than 100 classified documents last month. trump announced on his social media platform that he went to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal raid and break-in so he could, quote, see for himself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. so sad. of course the fbi searched the property last month because records remained missing even after two of trump s lawyers wrote and signed a statement certifying all of the missing documents had already been returned. as a result, two of trump s lawyers evan corcoran and christina bobb are now in need of their own legal representation. as the new
retrieved from donald trump s florida home three weeks ago today. as sources say, trump s lawyers still want a neutral third party to go through those records, which included top secret files and information received from spies. today the justice department said its own filter team has done that job already. in a new filing, the justice department revealed its privilege review team as it s called, separate from investigators, identified a limited set of material that may be subject to attorney/client privilege. on thursday a judge will hold a hearing as to whether to assign the special master. the doj also confirmed that it and other intelligence officials are now conducting a damage assessment of those highly sensitive documents that were being improperly stored in mar-a-lago. the director of national intelligence avril haines told congress about this friday, writing in a letter to some house members that her office quote will also lead an intelligence community assessment
interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economy s health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and we ll break down what s in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says there s a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and welcome to way too early on thursday, july 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. after nearly a year of, a year and a half of on and off negotiations, democratic senator joe manchin says he has reached a deal with party leaders on a sweeping reconciliation package. in a statement yesterday, that surprised even most democrats on the hill, the west virginia lawmakers announced an agreement on what is being called the inflation reduction act of 2022. writing in part this, this bill
president and his fellow democrats first laid out nearly 16 months ago. look, this bill is far from perfect. it s a compromise. but it s often how progress is made, by compromises. and the fact is that my message to congress is this this is the strongest bill you can pass to lower inflation, cut the deficit, reduce health care cost, tackle the climate crisis and promote energy security, all the time reducing the burdens facing working class and middle-class families. so pass it. pass it for the american people. pass it for america. i want to bring in nbc capitol hill correspondent ali viatali, jason furman served as chair of the economic advisers and is professor of economic policy at harvard. i don t know how much of this you were able to listen to, jason, but if you had to sort of break it down for folks to the basics of what is, as we said, a very complex economic argument that the white house is trying to make, what is it? it s a very complex economic situation. t
arabia, john roberts in washington. sandra: happy friday to you. see what gets done as the president continues his trip abroad. i m sandra smith here in new york. the president greeting the saudi crown prince with the fist bump that has now been seen around the world amid speculation whether the two leaders would shake hands. part of the high stakes meeting focusing on talks to boost energy output there, as gas prices soar in the united states. but the white house is tamping down any expectations of immediate release for american drivers as the president looks to reset relations with the country he once promised to make a pariah. john: u.s. energy producers are sounding off saying the president should be looking for solutions to the gas crisis here at home. arkansas senator tom cotton joins us in a moment. sandra: fox news team covering, lawrence is live in midland, texas on the biden administration battle with big oil. john: peter doocy is live in jeta, saudi arabia,