pressure to turn on the former guy. mitch mcconnell s moment of truth. he admits the republicans may not win the senate, do you too can do this quality. in other words, folks like this. i ve never really felt a wise societies responsibility to take care of other people s children. one time science of the man came from apes. if that s true, why are there still layups? yes, and it, you should be worried. i am michael steele in for my friend jonathan capehart. and this is a sunday show. the sunday. donald trump is still trying to play the victim after the fbi searched his home in mar-a-lago. he is threatening to file a major motion pertaining to the fourth amendment, which prohibits unusual search and seizure. meanwhile, a federal judge has given the doj until thursday to submit proposed redactions for the affidavit used to authorize the fbi search. the trump team is also considering releasing surveillance video of the search. but the doj is concerned about the safety of a
on the questioning graeme could face. georgia investigators want to get to the bottom of grams of georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. raffensperger claims graham asked him if he had the power to reject a certain absentee ballots. in raffensperger s view, that was to toss out votes in a free and fair election. quote we re going to ask joyce matt vance about all this in just a minute. here s the broader context when it comes to these various investigations into trump s attacks on democracy. a clear majority of americans want investigations like the one in georgia to move forward despite whatever resistance there may be from trump allies. a new nbc news poll out just today claims 57% of voters saying investigations into trump should continue. joining me now to discuss senior legal affairs reporter for politico, child cheney msnbc contributor, joy s former u.s. attorney and professor at the university of alabama school of law. and vera investigative correspon
that democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap with voters less than three months before they cast their ballots. 66% of democrats expressing a high level of interest in midterm races compared to 68% of republicans with the surge of the democratic side attributed at least in part to anger over the supreme courts reversal of roe v. wade, also factoring in to the midterm picture. the web of investigation that appears to be tightening around former president donald trump. nearly three and five americans pulled by nbc news saying that those investigations into trump s alleged wrongdoing should continue after the fbi raid of the florida estate. and the revelation that it was related to possible espionage violations. of course, all of this new data is about to be field tested in a pair of state primaries tuesday. when in florida, when in new york, whose base comes out more energized ahead of november. we will be watching. alaska not one, but two state wide candidates in trump racist
new information about the fbi s search of donald trump s florida home. trump world has now reportedly started speculating about who in the former presidents orbit, might have talked to the fbi, and what it could mean for the investigation. we will have more on that later. but let s go back in time a little. to 2005. more than a decade before donald trump s first run for president, before he started fighting with racist birtherism conspiracies, back when he was just a real estate guy, with a funny hairdo, and a reality tv show, that year the intrepid journalist, tim o brien, the guy on the left, the side to side digging into the so-called trump empire. and what he found then probably wouldn t shock anyone today. but back then it was a big deal. tim o brien discovered that donald trump s much lauded business success was actually far less impressive than trump had anyone to believe. he found that donald trump had been significantly overstating his net worth by billions of dollar
that and the potential for the former president to influence the races. good morning, everyone. happy saturday and welcome to your new day. it is a good day. saturday, august 20th. good to be with you, boris. always a pleasure. good to be with you, amara. we begin with the concerns about a nuclear power plant on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has intensified, so much so that now there are concerns about a possible nuclear disaster. cnn first reported new satellite images contradict russia s claims about the facility. they say there is systemic shelling there, but the images just don t show that. vladimir putin accuses the ukrainian military of conducting repeated military strikes at the plant. a special adviser to ukraine s armed services chief says moscow can t be trusted. russia always tells two truths and a lie. you can t believe anything they say. ukraine is not firing at their own nuclear plant