defending his decision to visit saudi arabia as he travels to the middle east next week against criticism and controversy surrounding the trip. the president set to meet with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah. now as president he says his visit to the country is critical to u.s. security. that s right. washington post op-ed the president writes it s my job to keep our country strong and secure. we have to counter russia s aggression, put ourselves in the best possible position to outcompete china, and work for greater stability in a consequential region of the world. to do these things we have to engage directly with countries that can impact those outcomes. the president s trip has come under criticism because of saudi arabia s role in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the saudi crown prince was said to be responsible for ordering khashoggi s murder. let s get some perspective on president biden s trip. a historia
newton john has died. olivia has been a symbol of triumph and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer. do i expect you to help? yes i do. president biden applauding passage of the senate bill. some g.o.p. members remain skeptical. people in country can t afford everything in their daily lives. this bill does nothing to address that. ainsley: we start with a fox news alert. republican lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the fbi s raid on mar-a-lago. steve: meanwhile former president donald j. trump released a campaign style video on his website, truth social, calling the united states a nation in decline. lawrence: kevin corke joins us live from washington. kevin, what can you tell us? good morning, guys. certainly a day to remember in the nation s capitol. if you ask republicans not for a good reason. president trump s home mar-a-lago comes under siege by the biden administration s department of justice, with the approval of a
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
this is an incredibly serious step. i believe the merrick garland approve this himself, he will be investigated by kevin mccarthy, as you said earlier. we are in a very new and dangerous stage. but all the justice department people that i ve been speaking to for a book that i m working on, say they re being incredibly careful. that they would only act if there is crystal clear evidence, they don t to be political. this will be perceived as political by half the country, so it s a monumental development, and we ll see if the evidence holds up in court. it s just a shocking series of events tonight. given what is going on at the u.s. justice department tonight, we are blessed a david rohde, executive editor for the new york times.com, is right now working on a book about what s happening at the justice department. i thank you for that, sir. david, thanks for making time for joining us tonight. thank you. all right, that will do it for me for now, ali velshi is gonna be he
crate everywhere democrats don t want to support him and be on stage with him. kate bettingfield doesn t wand to work with him any more. what is surprising to supporters is how fast he s falling on the stage. domestically it s been a disaster. but in trying to explain away his short comings, invokes vladimir putin. we have a long way to go because of what i call the putin tax increase, because of gasoline and all that grain he s keeping from being able to get to the market. brian: his numbers will arguably never recover after he chose to leave the longest war in afghanistan, consciously leaving our own people behind. and the decision to empty our strategic oil reserve to lessen the gas prices. what happened to gas prices? they went up? it turns out the oil being released isn t for us. brian: thought only has he not brought down the price of gas using our emergency fuel, he s make us less secure because there is less of it. the nations benefiting are china and india. china