indictment. no one has made that allegation. at the end of the day, you have to weigh the damage of the indictment versus the damage of the allegations. it s just not even a fair way. senator marco rubio s evolution on donald trump s access to and handling of classified documents. yeah, i agree, it s not even a close call. you weigh whether you believe as the 11th circuit said that the foundational principle of this country, that no man is above the law, and you balance that against whatever marco was saying we should balance it against. and, you know, willie, i just you will notice you will notice of all of the noise out there, of all of the ground noise, nobody is saying he s innocent. nobody is saying he did not commit the crimes that will put him in jail for over a hundred years, if convicted on all things. i can t think of one person who has said this man did not do it. so what they say is what about hillary? i mean but they had a long time to do that.
that and the potential for the former president to influence the races. good morning, everyone. happy saturday and welcome to your new day. it is a good day. saturday, august 20th. good to be with you, boris. always a pleasure. good to be with you, amara. we begin with the concerns about a nuclear power plant on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has intensified, so much so that now there are concerns about a possible nuclear disaster. cnn first reported new satellite images contradict russia s claims about the facility. they say there is systemic shelling there, but the images just don t show that. vladimir putin accuses the ukrainian military of conducting repeated military strikes at the plant. a special adviser to ukraine s armed services chief says moscow can t be trusted. russia always tells two truths and a lie. you can t believe anything they say. ukraine is not firing at their own nuclear plant
to lure shooting victims out in houston. and on the streets of d.c., an nfl rookie shot in an attempted robbery. with a busy summer travel weekend just days away, customer complaints hit new highs. it s not just airlines taking the calls. welcome to the lead. i m kasie hunt in today for jake tapper. we begin this hour with the national security legal and political shockwaves still reverberating from the fbi s search of mar-a-lago three weeks ago. the director of national intelligence says the u.s. intelligence community is conducting a damage assessment of the documents that were taken from the former president s home. remember, we learned last week that trump still had 148 unique classified documents in his possession after he left office. 25 of those were marked top secret. this review is separate from the doj s criminal investigation and will help intelligence officials determine if any harm has been done to our national security. meanwhile, sources close to the form
of the cat skills. while most new yorkers will be voting in the primary, others will be voting in a special election for the house seat vacated by tino delgato after he was appointed governor. so why this race, especially because it s for a four-month term? this is because it s most potent, for economy and crime or abortion and democracy, what ryan is running on. the democrats are hoping the closer-a than-expected red districts, along with the resounding defeat of the anti-abortion measures are not one-offs. the hard-and-fast rules don t see so hard and fast. look at our survey conducted august 12th through 16th. threats to democracy has overtaken cost of living as the most important voter issue. president biden s approval numbers are still stagnant and modern history tells us the only time the party in power gained seats in the mid term is when the president is overwhelmingly popular, clinton in 1998 and bush in 2002. but even among exception, this is an exceptional time, th
Trey good evening, and thank you for joining us. It i am trey gowdy and this is Sunday Night In America. In the world at a precarious state by the house passed a series of aid package for ukraine, israel, taiwan. E coukraine continues to fight foi its life against russian invasion and israel was attackei by Hamas Last October and last week by taiwan and threatened by china. It ch is not just the need for help that is obvious but so too, thea anger among the republicans they had Package Product for a vote. In tthe final tally overwhelmind bipartisan and yet still deeply contentious. A majority of republicans actually voted against providing aid to ukraine. T wotwo doesnt republicans voted against providing aid to israel. Some republicans threaten to get rid of yet another speakerus e because of these aid packages brought to the floor. Joining us now is someone who served two stands in the house of representatives including chairingommi the committee on oversight and government reform, d