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anything more to the point tonight. 67%, two in three, say american democracy is in danger of collapse. the percentage of democrats and republicans who believe it, identical. however, don t go looking for a bipartisan silver lining. the poll doesn t ask people to give a reason why they believe this. so it s possible, even likely given such other recent polling that a deep partisan divide exists over what people think is wrong. to use a political science term, ain t good. it does not bode well. but it certainly sets the stage for what the president will say tonight. and the backdrop, significant new developments in the court battle over documents seized from the former president s mansion and what he said today about pardoning january 6th defendants. let s go first to cnn s jeff zeleny who is at independence hall in philadelphia. jeff, what more are you learning about the speech tonight, which begins in just a few minutes? reporter: john, we are berning that president biden
dispossession that intelligence officials needed to do a damage assessment. hard to believe a trump ally actually released this letter. we ll bring in a, cnn senior legal analyst. but carrie cordero. was a former counsel to the u.s. assisted ag for national security. good evening to both of, you so, early. we now know that trump had 700 pages of classified documents in his home. the information confirmed this letter released by his own team. that is a lot of information. how damaging is it looking for trump? there are two parts of it. there is what donald trump and his people had in mar-a-lago. 700 pages is a heck of a lot. the highest level classified. we re talking if you look at the permit, the top slice of that to stop secret. they are at the very tip-y top point of this with sci and the segmented client information. i m with s.a.t. which are special access programs. so the most classified classified, but with this letter shows us that donald trump s team knew, they wer
migrants that they don t really want to send back to mexico to begin with. complicated, indeed. miriam jordan, thank you for your time. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose. follow the show online. i thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the aftershocks of the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade radling the political landscape. thousands of americans on both sides of the issue in red states and blue have been taking to the streets since friday s decision. the majority protesting against the decision. the polls show most americans do oppose it. i am in fear for every woman in the country. it s painful today. it really hurts. you can t believe our country has gone backwards. democrats control. they have the majority. if they abolish the filibuster and decide to do something about it, they can. new pressure on president biden to take ste