mar-a-lago. just one day after the justice department released the redacted affidavit that led to the search of his florida resort. the u.s. intelligence community is now assessing whether national security was put at risk. and new tonight, a federal judge has scheduled a thursday hearing to consider donald trump s request for a special master to oversee the fbi s review of evidence seized from his florida home. cnn s natasha bertrand is here to break it all down. reporter: pam, we are learning that the direct are of national intelligence confirmed the committee is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents retrieved from former president trump s foam mar-a-lago. to a letter and oversight committee, her office and doj are conducting a classification review of relevant materials including those recovered during the search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. she also noted that the intel community will conduct an assessment of the potential r
the mayor of jackson, mississippi, with an ominous warning. flooding in parts of the state capital. a federal judge has indicated she s likely to grant a request from the former president s legal team to appoint an independent legal expert or special master to review evidence taken to an fbi search of donald trump s sprawling mar-a-lago estate. a hearing for a final decision scheduled for thursday. the application for a special master is seen by many experts has have nothing legal benefit and it s possibly a delaying tactic. meantime, the director of national intelligence will advise senior lawmakers on the potential risk to national security posed by top secret documents being kept in trump s florida residence. reporter: cnn has learned that director of national intelligence avril haines confirmed to lawmakers the intelligence community is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents that have been retrieved from former president trump
we re live in the cnn weather center. also ahead clasheses b between rival milit in libya leaving dozens dead and others injured. we ll have the latest report. a trump appointed federal judge indicated she s likely it grant a request from the former president s legal team to appoint a special master to review evidence taken from donald trump s sprawling mar-a-lago estate. the application for a special master is seen by many experts as having no legal benefit and is possibly a delaying tactic. meantime, the director of national intelligence will advise senior lawmakers on the potential risk to national security posed by top secret documents being kept at trump s florida home. cnn s white house reporter natasha bertrand has more. reporter: cnn has learned that director of national intelligence avril haines confirmed to lawmakers on friday that the intelligence community is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents that have been retriev
how the state is preparing and why this will be the second round of flooding for some. plus, we are on the eve of history. one day away from the launch of artemis i, nasa s next mission to the moon. how the forecast is shaping up and some of the more interesting things that are heading up to space in that rocket. plus, how extreme weather is uncovering some of the world s ancient treasures. thanks so much for waking up with us this sunday, august 28th. we hope you re having a great weekend. the start of a new week. good morning. i have a confession to make, i just gorged myself with a cupcake for breakfast, so i m beating you out on the prosciutto, much healthier. good to be with you. the sugar keeping me awake. some news to get to this morning. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents found at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the director of national intelligence tells congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the doc
information, which suggests officials believe trump knew he had classified documents and released allegedly intentionally did not return them. justice department prosecutors made the case for secrecy warning, quote, evidence might be destroyed. even saying the affidavit would provide a road map as well to the investigation. that does not appear to be resonating with the judge, who set in motion the possibility at least of releasing a redacted version of that affidavit, something that could happen as early as next week. and in a cnn exclusive report, some former trump allies are calling the president s claims that he had a standing order to declassify documents, quote, i ll paraphrase, bs. cnn watched out to 18 former top administration officials from the trump years and all of them told us they never heard of any such order, issued during their time, in the trump administration. but, first, a critical deadline for fulton county, georgia, prosecutors, just expired. they had un