i m talking about the fundamental tenets of the presumption of innocence. it s defined as quote a cardinal principle of our system of justice that he person accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent unless and until his or her guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt. the problem is the left does not agree or believe it when it comes to their political opponent whom they see as enemies. here is former house speaker nancy pelosi. she tweeted, no one is above the law and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. that sounds like the stalin police standard of show me the man and i will show you the crime. our entire justice system is based on the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty. it s not just our justice system, it s what our country is built upon and based upon. this one tweet reveals a lot about the left s ideology and how they view our justice system. first that s just how they think. many on the radical left believe trump is guil
the end of the show. you will get the last word. first breaking news. a bombshell new development about joe biden. according to reports, classified documents from biden s time as vice-president were discovered at joe biden s private unsecured office last year in november. it include top secret material designated as sensitive information. national archives referred the matter to the department of justice and a u.s. attorney has been assigned to the case. only a few short months ago there was a similar referral about documents in former president trump s possession and mar-a-lago was raided at the request of the attorney general merrick garland. part of biden s executive branch and the fbi director christopher wray. trump s possession of classified materials was an offense that deserve prison time and called on merrick garland to indict the former president. the hyster ia was through the roof. let s see if they apply in to biden. take a look. if the trump people represented
rejects its bid to exclude about 100 documents marked as classified from the special master s review. it seems like this is getting really complicated. reporter: yeah, jake. the lawyer for the government saying that, if they lose that appeal, they will likely appeal this even further. so, again, up to the supreme court. they said that could then complicate the timeline around the turning over and the sharing of the classified documents. so certainly something that could become a not knotty issue as they try to expedite this review of documents and ultimately get to the heart of this investigation. jake. kara scannell in new york, thank you. let s discuss with former assistant attorney general tom duprey and john miller from the new york police department, now workings for cnn. john, welcome to cnn. good to have you. you can connections with many in the intelligence community. how are they responding to all of this? this is making them quite nervous. the ruling by judg
learning after determining there are no visitor logs for the home in delaware. out west, the california weather may finally get a break sometime soon. but not before one last batch of storms moves out this afternoon. we ve got a live report from the state now, under a major disaster declaration. plus, an nbc news exclusive, new reporting on one of next year s cril senate races and trying to unseat sherrod brown in ohio. i m hallie jackson in aurkz. with me is monica alba, capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former federal prosecutor and political legal affairs columnist rendo mariotti with us as well. the question is not taking questions from reporters on the documents. not all together surprising. but the white house is trying, to it feels, as you have new reporting on the president s mind set on all of this, flex the muscles and point the finger at house republicans to say why didn t you care when donald trump did this and you care what is happening in a different s
the department of justice reveals it has already complete its review of documents seized. in other words, they re now finished with what a special master would be designed to accomplish in the first place. they say that a privileged review team, quote, identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client information and is following the procedure set forth in paragraph affidavit for disputes if any. that filing, and it started a classification review of all of the materials seized at mar-a-lago. in the second, the odni, the office of the director of national intelligence is indeed leading an assessment, basically an evaluation of threats to national security associated to trump s decision to keep whatever it is that he took and kept. remember, the affidavit released on friday showed the government s concern with how those important documents were stored at mar-a-lago. in addition to the room we ve all heard so much about these past few weeks, the ne