to review documents taken from his home in florida by federal agents last month. a judge came down in favor of the trump team s request today rejecting arguments from prosecutors that the special master was both unnecessary and unwise. correspondent david spunt has tonight s top story. good evening, david. this judge s order out hours ago is a temporary legal victory for the former president and gives him more political opportunities to attack an ongoing grand jury investigation into his handling of sensitive documents. days after asking what is the harm with naming an outside neutral party to review the thousands of documents seized by the fbi, judge aileen cannon cited unprecedented circumstances in ordering the special master, quote: to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege. the judge s order still allows the intelligence community to continue its r
fists in the air. and he called half the country a threat to our republic. we must be honest with each other and with ourselves. too much of what is happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. pete: you uncle joe the guy o campaigned on saving the soul of america to him this is extremism at its peak. ymca it s fun to stay at the ymca pete: remember that? if you waived an american flag, chanted let s go brandon, other even danced to ymca you are an streamist. you are a fascist and you live a life of darkness and chaos. nation of fear, division and a darkness. maga republicans have made their choice. they embrace anger. they thrive on chaos they live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies. but together, together we can choose a different path. we can choose a better path forward to the future. a future of possibility, a future to build and
bye. victor blackwell, vicky lawrence. thank you, everyone for joining us. this is don lemon tonight. president joe biden in a major prime time speech, did you see it? saying he is battling for the soul of america. that is the former president is battling america s institutions in court, and we just heard from president biden speaking in philadelphia in a fiery 24 minute speech calling out donald trump by name and warning that what he calls maga republicans are a threat to america, while making it clear that when he says maga republicans, he doesn t mean all republicans. too much of what s happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. now, i want to be very clear [ applause ] very clear upfront. not every republican, not even a majority of republicans are maga republicans. not every republican embraces their extreme ideology. i know because i ve been able
now, and president biden is expected to speak momentarily. andy, matt, while we wait and even just picked up on this. this quinnipiac poll was just 67% of america basically think america is in danger of collapse and split evenly each party says the same thing. i m asking you as someone who has worked in law enforcement from inside the institution itself, not as a political question here but as someone who s worked inside these institutions, what do you make of that? i think it s reflective of the great concern that people inside government, inside institutions, like the department of justice, like the fbi, like the cia, and other places across the intelligence community are similarly concerned about what they see. none in the same political way by that is reflected in this poll but rather in the attack that is taken place, folks on the institution of government, over the last five or six years. that is what scares them, that s what erodes the confidence and trust in the
maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga republicans, but there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans, and that is a threat to this country. history tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy. i will not the will of the american people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless evidence claims of fraud. i will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election, either they win or they were cheated. and that s where the maga republicans