mission bigger than the game announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. the aftermath of the fbi mar-a-la search took a new turn late today when a federal good evening the aftermath of the fbi mar-a-lago search took a new turn late today when a federal judge opted to hold off a decision on whether to grant a request by donald trump s team for an independent arbiter to review items seized in the fbi s search of the home at a florida court hearing today, attorneys for the former president argued a separate review would give the american people a sense of trust in the process and dismissed a doj evidence photo of recovered items as a press release. the government s lawyers rejecting the trump claim of executive privilege over the materials, noting mr. trump is no longer president and has no right to take the documents, which we may soon learn more about. the judge saying she will make public a more detailed list of the items recovered in the fbi
he says are threatening the very foundations of our republic. plus, trump s lawyers and the justice department face off in federal court. we ll explain the big developments to come out of the special master hearing. and, a hot holiday weekend arrives with little to no running water for nearly 200,000 people in mississippi. the state has troops on the ground to help in the water crisis. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this friday, september 2nd. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin in philadelphia, where president joe biden issued a dire warning about threats to american democracy last night, in a rare prime time address. standing outside historic independence hall, where the united states constitution was written and signed, the president spoke directly about the dangers posed by the trump-backed wing of the republican party. here s some of what he had to say. quality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves
Conservatives again. And the moment a floor collapses at the Jakarta Stock Exchange in indonesia. Scores of people injured, but police say it was not a terror attack. Im brent goff. It is good to have you with us. Tonight, threats and outrage coming from turkey, based on a clash along the border with syria and iraq. The force would defend territory held by the Syrian Democratic forces, which are led by kurdish forces. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan views the kurds as terrorists and has threatened to drown the force before its born. Halida in aleppo, this footage posted online by the Syrian Government. They say the army has captured dozens of villages in the past three days and is closing in on rebel forces. Further north, turkey has threatens to attack the kurdishheld town. Monitoring groups say schelling has begun. Ankara had been hoping for washingtons support. Instead, a fresh conflict is brewing between the countries. The u. S. Led Coalition Says it is setting up a 30,000strong Sec
The third best in the election. And a vote for kurdish independence, a referendum. People are celebrating despite warnings freedom could be met with war. Brent we began with the fallout from the german election. Tonight, the longestserving leader in the western world is politically wounded and the doors of parliament are open to a far right party. Chancellor Angela Merkel began the search for new parties to form the government. Her support has dropped significantly. She is seeking a deal with the probusiness free democrats and the greens. All this with one big elepha fag germanys parliament for the first time in 60 years. Correspondent nothing in the German Parliament will stay as it was, behindthescenes Party Players and leaders feel each other out. One of the members of the afd walked out of its news conference. I have decided to not be part of the afd Parliamentary Group. Correspondent he is unlikely to be the last to distance themselves from the far right party. Angela merkel is fa
Leaders. This arizona memorial, deep inside, theres a place to console for the victims. Translator yes, if you go more inside, there will be a space to console the victims. And in the nearby, theres a ceremonial well and from there, you can see deep inside the sea. And its directly connected and theres a hole in the floor so from the top of the memorial, you can see deep down the ocean. Translator yes, there is two the president and the Prime Minister just arrived at the arizona translator in hawaii, we have arrived at the arizona memorial. They are stepping inside of the memorial, president obama, and Prime Minister abe of and now they are touching the wreath. And this is the traditional hawaiian way of consoling the souls of the deceased and sending their sympathy and empathy to the war dead. And they are dedicating silent prayers. Abe the japanese Prime Minister together with the president , honoring the victims of pearl harbor, and this is the first time ever. So how should we view