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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 ....
sale on ebay. the price tag, $1,200. how did it get there? who bought it? let s go outfront. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. the former president s attorneys downplaying the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. that comparison to an overdue library book made by trump s new lawyer, florida s former solicitor general. during the search of trump s home, the fba seized 33 boxes, which included more than 100 classified documents, which were marked confidential, secret and also top secret. that is on top of 15 boxes that trump s team turned over in january where there were 184 classified documents. they reiterated the trump for a special master to examine the documents seized. the judge in all of this did today stop short of making a final decision at the hearing. we could get her ruling on that any minute. we could soon learn more about what the fbi took in those boxes from trump s home last month. the judge said she s thinking about publically releasing a mo ....
Going to say with some sense of urgency in his tone that democracy is not guaranteed. it s incumbent upon all americans to stand up, protect and fight for their democracy. he will argue that american democracy is under an urgent threat and assault from trumpism that has infected the republican party. look at this one excerpt. he said maga forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no priet to contraception, no right to marry who you love. so you can hear by that sentence here, john, this clearly goes much beyond, farther beyond just voting rights and democracy overall. he s using this as a midterm election moment to pivot to try and really paint a stark contrast between the democratic party and in his view the republican party. jeff, talk more about the timing of this speech. ....
Going to say with some sense of urgency in his tone that democracy is not guaranteed. it s incumbent upon all americans to stand up, protect and fight for their democracy. he will argue that american democracy is under an urgent threat and assault from trumpism that has infected the republican party. look at this one excerpt. he said maga forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no priet to contraception, no right to marry who you love. so you can hear by that sentence here, john, this clearly goes much beyond, farther beyond just voting rights and democracy overall. he s using this as a midterm election moment to pivot to try and really paint a stark contrast between the democratic party and in his view the republican party. jeff, talk more about the timing of this speech. ....