from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with new developments from the fallout from the fbi search of mar-a-lago. a federal judge in florida is now signaling that she is inclined to grant a request from donald trump s lawyers to appoint a special master in the case. the hearing is set for thursday. a new reaction today after the director of national children s told chalk lawmakers in the house oversight intelligence committees that her office would conduct a risk assessment of republican mar-a-lago materials. democratic lawmakers in both chambers of congress expressed concerns over the former president s handling of documents. the thought that he had put our national security, and those who serve to protect us at such risk is extraordinary. i m deeply alarmed at what we are learning. it is not about whether donald trump broke the law, but that he could be putting our national security at risk, he could be
redactions. president trump argues there shouldn t be any. judge reinhart rejected the doj s attempt to hide it from americans. the whole affidavit should be released. given the democrats penchant for using it to hide government corruption. that s the crux of the matter. they re demanding whether to know political buy as played a role in the buher eos decision making. we re interested in how that information was presented of the was it presented faithfully and truthfully given the past record of the f.b.i. and department of justice in trump investigations? mark meredith joins us from west palm beach, florida. good morning, park. good morning. the justice department says there is a lot of information about why federal agents came to mar-a-lago last week that they don t want to release at this point. a judge yesterday said in the interest of transparency there is also the information the public needs to know and likely we ll see some information in that criminal affida
a lot of people have since. that republican romp in november that was a give-me, not so fast and not a give-me. we have you covered with connell mcshane on what has mcconnell worried. jessica taylor on the polls showing the cracks and grady trimble at the iowa state fair with potential presidential candidates looking for openings. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. let s begin with connell mcshane on what is giving mitch that twitch. it s interesting. leader mcconnell is making the point that if you look at a statewide race, that s really when the candidate matters, not just whether there s an r or d next to his name what many expect to be a big year for republicans, when we dig in, we see the gop struggling in senate races. the democrat is john fedder man leading dr. oz in the polls so much so that the cook political report has changed the rating from toss-up to now lean democrat. fedderman has been trying to portray oz as this out of touch carpet b
place. this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner here with my cohost kayleigh mcenany, joining us today carley shimkus, martha maccallum, and bill hemmer. it s can it be great. no word from the fbi or the justice department yet since yesterday s early morning raid at mar-a-lago. however, fox news learned it was part of an investigation into the handling of classified presidential records which begin earlier this year after 15 boxes of documents had already been transferred from his florida estate. yesterday the fbi executed a search warrant looking for more material they claim the warmer president took with them after he left the white house in 2021. the raid drew outrage from trump supporter s who quickly gathered outside mar-a-lago. the former president was in new york at the time and issued the statement. these are dark times for our nation. a beautiful home, mar-a-lago, and palm beach, florida, is currently rated and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. none of that
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