search in mar-a-lago. meanwhile, it s primary day in two states, typically don t get a lot of attention, but the elections in alaska and wyoming could derail one political career and reignite another. and back here in washington, the white house and democratic leadership want to remind people that they re passing historic legislation. we ll have more about their plans in just a moment. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the justice department has asked a judge to keep the affidavit pertaining to the search warrant of mar-a-lago sealed. citing a need to protect the investigation and witnesses. the affidavit contains the government s reasoning for conducting the search. in a court filing submitted yesterday, federal prosecutors argued quote, it disclosed the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation. providing specific details of the direction and like
After tense and dramatic testimony, filled with more than a few moments that would make any one of us blush, the trump election interference hush money trial today got down to brass tacks, a flood of evidence, phone call data, texts, tweets, documents, that cast new light on the mechanics of the scheme to silence Stormy Daniels and conceal the Hush Money Payments. They set the stage for one star witness and possibly the appearance of another witness who is not on anyones list to testify. Read out loud in court today messages sent between Stormy Daniels publicist, Gina Rodriguez, and the National Enquirer editor dylan howard. These Text Messages show that those two were in talks for months about buying Stormy Daniels story. On october 7th, 2016 april 7th, 2016, rodriguez text but stormy was his mistress. Dylan howard texts back, i bet she was. Can you email me what you have on that . Few months later this exchange from june 28th, 2016. Gina rodriguez texts, she doesnt want to go on the
County, georgia. And it is a doozy. The first codefendant in Donald Trumps Election Interference case, that rico case that charged a Criminal Enterprise, has flipped. Scott hall is in atlanta an athletearea Bail Bondsman. Hes accused of being involved in the plan to steal sensitive Election Data in Coffey County. He faces seven charges in the fulton case. And now again we just learned hes taking a plea deal. Lets bring in Greg Blue Stein with the Atlanta Journal constitution and former Acting Assistants Attorney General for National Security mary mccord. The Reverend Al Sharpton joins our coverage, as well. Greg, i feel like this attempt to steal sensitive Election Data in Coffey County never garnered the National Attention that it deserved considering how essential it was to trumps plot to overturn his defeated georgia. But take us inside first the significance of a guilty plea, and second his role in that Criminal Enterprise charged by d. A. Fannie willis. Youre right, scott hall was
Joining us, msnbcs Yasmin Vossoughian outside the courthouse. Temidayo agangawilliams, a former prosecuor and Defense Attorney caroline pull lisi. Yasmin, Jury Instrekss under way right now. Whats going on . Jury instructions under way ahead of Opening Statements, jose and ana. 45 minutes for the prosecution, 25 minutes for the defense. Theyre doing that because theres going to be a lot of details, much of a timeline, a lot of dates and they dont want to overwhelm the jury in the Opening Statements process. Judgments made from the bench that i want to talk about with you quickly, first, when it comes to the evidence if, in fact, the former president decides to testify, judge juan merchan is allowing six various cases to be decided if donald trump it was. Talking about the trump payroll judgment, the trump civil fraud gag orders as well along with e. Jean carol assault case and the defamation case. A couple more things happening in court this morning. The former president spoke about ho
today marks 82 years since the japanese attack on pearl harbor, launching the u.s. into world war ii. and a 103 year old veteran, ira ike schab, made his way to hawaii. schab was the eldest of five other survivors on hand. as every year, there was a moment of silence at that moment the first bombs fell. 2300 service men were killed in the attack, a day president roosevelt family said will live in infamy. that s it for us. the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. see you tomorrow. straight from the source. donald trump in court today, as he prepares to take the stand again. as one of his own lawyers is acknowledging she s telling him not to do it. plus, a judge granting one woman an emergency abortion request in texas, the first case of its time since the fall of roe v. wade. but tonight, the texas attorney general is threatening to go after her doctor. also, we re following dramatic new images coming out of gaza as israel is rounding up what a