president s chief medical advisor by the end of the year. white house correspondent peter doocy is at the presidential compound in rehoboth beach, delaware traveling with the president tonight. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. dr. anthony fauci says he never shut anything down and he is not apologizing for the recommendations he made to president biden very accurately says touched all americans lives. i have nothing to hide and i can defend everything i ve done and every decision i ve made. peter: fauci says he will testify before interested congressional committees but there is a catch. i believe that oversight is an important part of the government process. but some of the things that have gone out have been outright character assassinations. the american people deserve answers! they have been through hell. fauci dismisses any concerns about long-term impact of remote learning. i don t think it s forever irreparably damaged anyone. covid isn t reall
information. not where you want that information. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 23rd. let s start with the news. we begin with that reporting on what sparked the fbi search for classified materials at mar-a-lago two weeks ago. sources tell the new york times the government has recovered more than 300 documents marked as classified from donald trump so far. those documents returned in january included more than 150 classified documents. according to the times, quote, the number ignited intense concern at the justice department and helped trigger the criminal investigation that led fbi agents to swoop into in to mar-a-lago this month seeking to recover more. multiple people briefed on the matter tell the times the former president personally went through 15 boxes before handing them over in january. the paper quotes, reports quote, the highly sensitive nature of some of the material in the boxes prompted archives officials to refer
it. democrats held a primary debate in new york city last night. they had no choice. both the candidates in this race are incumbents. thanks to a court decision that redrew congressional bounds, they re running against each other for the same seat. that s a lot of fun. for 30 years, carol maloney has represented the upper east side of manhattan. over the same period, jerry madler has represented the west side. rather than do the obvious thing and retire, the two are competing for the newly-drawn 12th congressional district, combining the upper east side and upper west side of manhattan. it turns out to be the richest district in american politics. there s a lot at stake. we forced ourselves to watch the debate. we were richly rewarded for doing that. we ll start with the headlines in the debate, which you ve already likely seen. neither one of these people is cheerleading for joe biden. here s maloney. who president biden run again in 2024? yes. mr. nadler? too early
comprising more than 700 pages. some include the highest levels of classification and that, quote, access to the materials is not only necessary for purposes of our ongoing criminal investigation but potential damage control from the apparent manner in which these materials were stored and transported. this letter and what it reveals dovetails with new reporting from the new york times about how many documents the government has now recovered in total. multiple sources tell the new york times that donald trump held on to more than 300 classified documents after leaving office. some of those as we just explained were recovered in january by the national archives. a second set was also in mar-a-lago and was handed over to the justice department in june. the third were found at the fbi, by the fbi in the search a couple weeks ago. that s the latest on what is being reported from the government about the search and here is the latest on what trump s team is saying. they have
it. democrats held a primary debate in new york city last night. they had no choice. both the candidates in this race are incumbents. thanks to a court decision that redrew congressional bounds, they re running against each other for the same seat. that s a lot of fun. for 30 years, carol maloney has represented the upper east side of manhattan. over the same period, jerry madler has represented the west side. rather than do the obvious thing and retire, the two are competing for the newly-drawn 12th congressional district, combining the upper east side and upper west side of manhattan. it turns out to be the richest district in american politics. there s a lot at stake. we forced ourselves to watch the debate. we were richly rewarded for doing that. we ll start with the headlines in the debate, which you ve already likely seen. neither one of these people is cheerleading for joe biden. here s maloney. who president biden run again in 2024? yes. mr. nadler? too early