capabilities was found by fbi agents. it s not clear what the document is and what the country is but the list is small there s eight other countries besides the u.s. with nuclear capabilities. the post also reports, some of the seized documents detail top secret operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president, members of the cabinet or near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know these details of the special access programs. this reporting has not been confirmed yet by nbc news and the justice department declined to comment but what the president s spokesman is saying about it. and troubles for a top trump ally. nearly two years after being pardoned, steve bannon is expected to face a new criminal indictment in new york and turn himself in tomorrow. details on that case. and this afternoon, a reunion at the white house. former president barack obama and first
into the impact the supreme court s abortion decision could have on the november midterms. congressional democrats grow more optimistic about their chances to hold the majority. next hour, former president barack obama returns to the white house joined by michelle obama, her first trip back to the white house since she left there in 2017. it s the official unveiling of their white house portraits. we begin with justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, paul charlton and tracy wallner. ken, to you out of the gate. this is a significant development. walk us through what new we are learning. pete he , the post is saying there was a document referencing nuclear capabilities. they are aren t saying whether it s classified. no criticism. these are hard details. it s hard to know from this article how significant this document actually is. there are think tank reports that discussion countries nuclear defenses. the story goes into what we knew about the sensitivity
walensky will join me. our conversation on the brand-new covid boosters. the potential for a once a year covid shot and the pandemic that s still killing nearly 500 americans every day. but first, it s decision time for the justice department. faced with the hugely consequential choice of whether to appeal a florida judge s decision to appoint a special master in the case of those classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. that ruling is now the subject of a ton of push back, even from conservatives including former attorney general bill barr. the opinion i think was wrong and i think the government should appeal it. it s deeply flawed in a number of ways. i don t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up but even if it does, i don t see it fundamentally changing the trajectory. when you think the stakes can t be any higher, the washington post is revealing one of the documents taken last month revealed details about another country s nuclear cap