it said it found 184 classified documents in boxes retrieved from mar-a-lago in january including 25 marked top secret. some of the markings indicated the material was about human sources or spies that often work with the cia. underscoring fears the documents may contain america s most sensitive secrets. marshall cohen joins me now. it seems we re learning more and more by the hour, what are we learning about the damage assessment? it came in in the last hour it s a letter from our top intelligence official that she sent to lawmakers yesterday, answering their question, which is are you going to figure out if national security was put at work risk here and the answer was yes. she said, quote, the department of justice and the office of the director of national intelligence are working together to facilityate a classification of review of relevant materials. then she goes on to say, odni will lead an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national securit
tv star. to begin, a 13 page memo explains the productions, are quote, to protect the safety and privacy of a significant number of civilian witnesses. the fbi is probable cause was based on multiple people coming forward. the affidavit also lays out what the 15 boxes returned to the national archives, back in january, held. 25 files miked type secret. 92 files might marked secret. 67 files marked confidential. they are just sitting in the basement of the former presidents golf resort. according to the affidavit, in some cases mixed irma magazines and newspaper clippings in the same box. like a treasonous scrapbook. even more damning, the fbi says some of the material they recovered this month was marked with the highest level of classification possible. documents that are never meant to leave secure locations. definitely, not to be left at a golf club where anybody can become a member. joining me now, at the justice correspondent for the nation and the author of allow me to
political spectrum pledging to cancel up the $10,000 for those making less than $125,000 and year and twice that for pell grant recipients. bill: $300 billion is the latest hand out on a tab topping $4 trillion. republicans call it reckless. this sends the wrong incentives telling people if you did pay your loan on time and you did the stand-up thing, you are a sucker. this is just another example of politicians saying give it to me and then we ll take it from the people. of all the dumb things joe biden has done this may be the dumbest yet. it is stiff competition. bill: maria bartiromo has analysis. madison all worth and the cost to taxpayers. hello, jacqui heinrich at the white house. the administration just won t say it even though we already know the answer. the press secretary yesterday repeatedly punted on who is paying for this. this morning the education secretary wouldn t even talk dollar amounts. how much does this cost? you know, depending how many
thsuorrs, the republan critics, and the students and families grateful to be helped. ccilia vega live at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. and after those dire warnings from president zelenskyy, tonight, russia launching a deadly attack on a train station on ukraine s independence day. tonight, authorities now believe more than 20 people have been killed. ian pannell with late reporting from kyiv. tonight, abc news, the countdown to the midterms and the eye-opening results from the primaries overnight. what a race in new york state, a congressional race, might reveal about abortion rights and its key role as we approach the midterms. the democrat pat ryan beating the republican, a major upset, and he focused on a woman s right to decide. in uvalde, texas, at this hour, the school board determining right now the fate of embattled school police chief pete arredondo. will he keep his job or will he be fired? john quinones standing by. the major discovery in te
executive action and take a look at how it could impact the economy. plus, with the primary election calendar winding down, we look ahead to november, and the key races that could decide control of congress. also ahead, new reporting on the communication between the government and donald trump s team before the fbi search of mar-a-lago. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, august 25th, i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. 43 million people are in line to have a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million could cancel all student debt and that is executive action yesterday by president biden, the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. 20 million people who can start getting on with their lives. all this many people can start finally crawling off from under that mountain of debt. again, to get on top of their rent or utilities. to finally think about buying a home or starting a