[cheers and applause] rachel: heading to a fox news alert, blackout pages of the affidavit used to search mar-a-lago have been released. will: some details we knew but also a whole lot more questions. kevin is live in washington with more. reporter: a lot of questions. let s be clear, last night we said with good reason that the affidavit would be heavily redacted and present uncorroborated allegations presented in such a way as to frame the argument the former president was up to something by having those documents at mar-a-lago and we got a look at the affidavit and there s not a ton of detail because as you said it is really read acted heavily. half the pages were read acted. a lot of sharpy. the fbi believed there might be evidence of obstruction, the criminal investigation began after the national archives sent a referral to the doj in february. president biden insists he is not sure if the former president had the right to declassify all the materials at his home.
hosting a saudi-backed golf tournament at one of his clubs. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. it is friday, july 29th. thanks for being here. let s get started with the news. we begin on capitol hill where senate democrats are racing against the clock to pass a wide-ranging spending bill through the process of reconciliation. with just about a week to go before congress leaves for a month-long recess, a source says that senate majority leader chuck schumer called on his caucus to stick together during a closed door meeting yesterday. just one day earlier schumer and west virginia democrat joe manchin sent shot waves through congress by shock waves through congress by introducing the inflation reduction act of 2022 seemingly out of left field. planning to bring it to a vote at the senate floor next week and democrats are expressing cautious optimism about the chances of moving forward and that includes president biden who had this to say at
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involved in e
that star spangled banner yet wave. o er the land of the free and the home of the brave. we re learning more at the moment about what fbi seized from the unprecedented raid at former president trump s mar-a-lago home on monday. after the search warrant was unsealed yesterday. the warrant giving agents authority to seize more than two dozen boxes of documents, which trump said were all declassified. kevin is live? washington with the latest. good morning, guys. friday s search warrant and property receipt was a rare step in a federal investigation. while that s true, it s also important to point out that a supporting affidavit, which would certainly explain why investigators believe the former president to be in violation of federal law by keeping the documents over at mar-a-lago, that remained under seal. the items recovered includes 27 boxes, 11 of which contain so-called classified documents. four sets marked top secret, which is the highest level classification tha
people are on the move getting away from israel s northern border in lebanon. expanded evacuations, citizens leaving overnight in droves with hezbollah terrorists on the north side, that border of israel trying to open up a new war front against israel. president biden still pressing the idf to delay going into gaza on the ground after the october 7 attack. the goal is to try and free the more than 200 hostages that we know of. of course hamas says 300. yeah, we re going to need receipts on that. they tend to lie. americans are among however many number there are. we know that for sure. i m harris faulkner, you re in the faulkner focus. i hamas turned over two elderly israeli women. i went through hell and i never knew we d go through this. they stormed our kibbutz and kid mapped me and laid me on the motorbike. they walked for a few kilometers on the wet ground and there are huge network of tunnels underneath and looks like a spider web. harris: axios is reporting isra