it s another reminder to never, ever, ever, give up on yourself. and on that beautiful note, i wish you a good night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow we start with breaking news about president trump s eldest daughter ivanka trump and her husband, former senior adviser to the president jared kushner. there are times reports tonight that both kushner and trump have been subpoenaed by special counsel jack smith as part of his investigation into former president trump s role in the january 6th attack. now, if you watch the house january six committee hearings last year, you might remember that one of the signal moments was a piece of video they played featuring ivanka trump. a big question the committee was trying to answer was, was how much people in the white house believed the lie they were pushing, that the election had been stolen. so, it mattered when the committee aske
enough time to pick up a cup of coffee or go kite-boarding. we ve been literally talking about their trip longer than it lasted, it was that brief. on the other hand, so was the moon landing. so was the wright brothers first flight at cu kittyhawk. those brief hours they spent on martha s vineyard changed history and left what they re calling an indelible mark on the people who live there. they enriched us, said one resident. we were happy to help them on their journey. unfortunately that journey ended abruptly at a military base at cape cod where our venezuelan brothers and sisters are held against their will, prisoners in a country they thought there was own. kite-boarding is out of the question. just a bitter dream at this point. the people of martha s vineyard knew this was going to happen. and yet, none of them thought to tell their venezuelan brothers and sisters before it happened. quote, i kept telling them it was like a dormitory, jackie stallings, who lives on the
and, or, importantly, the obverse of that is that it could also indicate what we do not know about a foreign nation. which could give them some form of reassurance, particularly if it s an adversary. so, nuclear capabilities, number of weapons, how many are on alert, maintenance status, training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be inferred by exposure of these documents. this is obviously very valuable top secret information. but what is the value of this top secret information to another country? because, you know, only a certain number of countries have nuclear capabilities. well, that s right. it is a fairly small club of nine or ten, depending on if you include north korea or not, i guess. and as i say, this goes to the very core of our nation s existence. and that is why nations pursue and acquire nuclear weapons. i
is. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a major victory for donald trump for now. a judge has now granted his request for a special master, allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. the judge cited senchlg reasons for her decision, including the potential stigma that donald trump faces after the search plus what she calls, quote, swirling allegations of bias and media leaks. trump s lawyers argued he needed a special master because they couldn t trust the justice department, and in today s ruling, the judge said federal investigators can not continue reviewing the materials they took until the special master has finished their work. let s get straight to cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, i know this filing is 24 pages long. it came out on this holiday, but what are the main takeaways from it? kaitlan, the j
democrats see opportunity in key midterm races as republicans readjust on top issues. is the momentum enough for democrats to keep the senate and the house? the democratic nominee for senate in red state ohio, congressman tim ryan joins me in moments. plus, unsealed. the redacted mar-a-lago affidavit shares lights on america s secrets at risk and the fbi s repeated efforts to get them back. could the former president or his associates face criminal charges? i ll speak to the republican governor of new hampshire, chris sununu ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is feeling competitive. democrats are starting to feel some optimism about holding onto the senate and even dreaming of keeping the house after a string of shifting political dynamics and policy moves, including this week s controversial decision by president biden to forgive student loan debt of up to $20,000 for some americans. the policy details are drawing critics on both sides