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former president trump again calling for a special master to intervene after a judge unseals documents regarding the search of his mar-a-lago home. the latest in this legal battle and what we re learning about those classified government secrets. plus, friday free fall, stocks plummeting after fed chair jerome powell promises, quote, forceful and rapid action to try and tame inflation. he says to expect more quick pain ahead. also, cnn rides along with the so-called water police in california. their creative ways to keep homeowners from wasting water amid the devastating drought. and we re going to introduce you to a very special 17-year-old, soaring into the record books after flying solo around the world. he ll join us live. new day starts right now. hello, everyone. good morning. and a warm welcome to your new day. it is saturday, august 27th. hello there boris. good morning, amara. great to be with you as always. up first, we start with donald trump rene ....
Would not be persecuted, found, executed, murdered or arrested in that foreign country where they were releasing that information. so what would it mean if a foreign adversary, say, china or russia, has a plant, someone that has access to mar-a-lago and could easily grab some of these documents from a hallway? what kind of danger could the united states and its intelligence apparatus be in? it s the potential of what s in that information, so what do those documents actually say? it s always a danger, that s why the information is classified to begin with, confidential to top secret, somebody important enough, that information is significantly sensitive. then you put the caveats like no forn or special intelligence which is where the information is derived from. very important, again, who knows what s on the documents. the caveats are important enough ....
67 marked confidential, 92 marked secret and 25 marked top secret. prosecutors said of most significant concern is that highly classified records were unfoldered, enter mixed with other records and otherwise unproperly identified. plus some documents had hcs markings, particularly alarming to intelligence experts. the hcs stuff basically means there s information in those boxes in the basement of mar-a-lago that pertain to or come from human sources. usually get imprisoned in a place like russia and other societies they re simply executed. that type of information is just incredibly sensitive. reporter: the justice department redacting pages from the affidavit in order to protect witness information and other key details from the ongoing criminal investigation into classified material at mar-a-lago. in particular, prosecutors writing in the legal memo to the judge information in the affidavit could be used to ....
Probable cause to believe that classified national security materials were taken to uninsured locations at the at the former president s estate. and that the fbi found 184 classified documents in the 15 boxes retrieved in january. a legal brief explaining the redactions in the affidavit also raises concerns about possible threats to potential witnesses. let s get more now on what exactly we re learning from the affidavit with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. reporter: startling new details about the hundreds of pages of documents former president trump kept at mar-a-lago for months. as the national archives tried to get them back. the top secret stuff and compartmental can get people killed. it is completely alarming. reporter: the unsealed affidavit reveal 14 of the 15 boxes contain classified information. 184 unique documents in all. ....
Identify many if not all of these witnesses. if witness identities are exposed they could be subjected to harms including rehallretali intimidation or harassment. at the end of the day, it s probably a net plus for the government. the judge has found that they have excised all information that would compromise methods and sources that the justice department would be concerned about. but left unredact said an email that kevin corcoran sent to the national archives in may claiming trump had the authority to keep the papers at his florida home after he left office. saying trump had absolute authority to declassify documents. and presidential actions involving classified doubts are not subject to sanctions. there was possible cause to believe that national documents that contain ndi or national defense information or that subject to record retention requirements currently remain at ....