investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris, is donald trump s lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trump s retirement home in florida. in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents removed from mar-a-lago, and that he has some privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to that 300 documents pounds with classified markings. that position that his lawyers argue today does not make any sense. someone pointed out it all boils down to donald trump s belief that he is still, as of today, here in 2022, president of the united states. but the still has the powers of the ex
fiona dealt a devastating blow to puerto rico. most of puerto rico without power this morning. it could be days before it is restored. many people there also have no running water. at least two deaths have been reported from the hurricane which dumped up to 30 inches of rain. emergency crews have rescued well over a thousand people including this woman who had to be carried to safety. many more may still be trapped in the flood waters. parts of the island, puerto rico we re talking about, are still struggling to recover from maria that made landfall five years ago today. let s go to layla santiago. what can you tell us? brianna, john, it has been continuing to rain this morning. these are the outer bands of fiona. we are in the northeastern part of the island, san juan. where a small portion of customers have actually had their power restored, but in the interior, in the southern part where we spent most of our time it s a different story. they are waking up without pow
bermuda before moving out to sea. let s get right to puerto rico. you just got back from touring some of the serious damage with the national guard. what all did you see? reporter: we actually got our first chance to get into the interior part of the island. we went where we could see mud slides were blocking the road and keeping some communities out there isolated so we went in with the national guard as they tried to clean that up. where i am right now, ana, we are in the southern part of the island and the cleanup here continues. take a look at the mud on the van as the cars go by what folks in an area that was completely inundated just a few days ago are dealing with now and that is because of the water. let s talk about the power because that s something that the governor just addressed minutes ago in a press conference. he says that he feels pretty confident that a good chunk of the island will have power by the end of tomorrow. one exception the south where we are ri
get the u.s. island back online. president biden headed to one of the largest gathering of world leaders, while the white house once again trying to explain the president s comments about china and taiwan, and more. we star today with the national lead, the growing immigration crisis. right now officials and volunteers in delaware are making preparations, after reports and flight plans suggest a plane full of migrants could be heading their way from texas and a stop in florida. this all come less than one week after florida s republican governor ron desantis arranged to have nearly 50 migrants flown from texas to martha s vineyard, where former president obama has a home. critics accused the two governors of using human beings in a crass and inhumane political stunt, while the republicans say they are just trying to highlight a border crisis exacerbated by president biden s policies. to be clear, there is a crisis at the southern border. just last night the white house ad