search of mar-a-lago. as the fbi continues to go through the documents and files taken from donald trump s home. and democrats seem to be building momentum ahead of the midterms. we ll have a look at the latest polling in key races, and a slight approval rating rebound for president biden. good morning. and welcome to way too early, on this thursday, august 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a hearing on whether to unseal the search warrant affidavit from mar-a-lago is set for 1:00 p.m. eastern today, it comes ten days after the search of donald trump s home two. law enforcement officials tell the fbi is still sifting through the seized documents separated those to be covered by attorney-client privilege and those that are relevant to the case. meanwhile the justice department s probe into the january 6th attack on the capitol is picking up steam. the new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors issued a grand jury subpoena to the
democrats, and they just passed their best landmark piece of legislation and a couple of winds at their back including a $50 million semiconductor aid, all of these things, nato extension, and this is all happening as mar-a-lago is getting raided and donald trump is going through one of the most chaotic moments of his former presidency. and we don t know if it will go into the fall. certainly the democrats wish the midterms were in august and not early november. we just saw, we just read from a poll that shows that president biden s approval rating went up a little, but it has obviously been still pretty low and he has not had the same kind of bounce that the rest of his party is enjoying in polling right now. how worried are white house officials that you speak to about that? do they think that they can turn that around in the months ahead? so i don t think that they re