this water system to survive. this will undoubtedly affect u.s. prices for consumers. translator: i try to stay positive and it helps me to survive. it is thursday, august 18, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where donald trump and his allies are trying to get control of the narrative. and at least one of his many legal challenges. the former president is said to be considering releasing surveillance video of the search at his mar-a-lago residence. some want to include it in campaign style ads to fire up trump s base. others say it could backfire when the public sees the shear volume of material seized. trump has already admitted he did not comply with the fbi s request to turn off the cameras during the search. here is his son eric on fox news. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, at the right time. while we wait for trump to make up his mind, the federal magis
surveillance video of the actual fbi search of his home. now, in a separate case, moments ago, allen weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of trump s family business, he pleaded guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. we ll have more on that in just a moment. let s begin with katelyn polantz. katelyn, set the scene for us here. reporter: this afternoon, kate, we re going to be listening for justice department prosecutors and how much they re willing to say about this ongoing investigation into the handling of classified material, potentially kept at mar-a-lago after the trump presidency. it is going to be about this affidavit, but this say court hearing over secrecy. the justice department says that this is a serious ongoing criminal investigation. it implicates highly classified materials, and that they need protections of confidentiality to keep their investigation going, to keep doing the work that they need to do to decide whether there should be a charge here.
hour. outonight, in just moments we will joined live by the white house chief of staff, ron klain, and we will ask him about president biden s return to the campaign trail tonight. the new burst of democratic momentum heading into the midterms and donald trump s legal woes. plus, a judge says that by tomorrow he will release a deducted redacted version to get the mar-a-lago search warrant as the da investigating trump in georgia calls on more of his associates to testify. former federal prosecutor and senior member of the mueller investigation, and you weisman as our guest. as conservatives take over the nations school boards, you reporting on who is funding those efforts and opening up a new front in the culture war. we start tonight with a president on a hot streak. president biden at a rally tonight rockville, maryland, jumping back onto the campaign trail with his first political event of the mid term season. for decades, these climate deniers blocked any meaningful p
reporting on who is funding those efforts and opening up a new front in the culture war. we start tonight with a president on a hot streak. president biden at a rally tonight rockville, maryland, jumping back onto the campaign trail with his first political event of the mid term season. for decades, these climate deniers blocked any meaningful progress in dealing with climate progress, could not this year. this year the american people want and the climate deniers lost. for decades, the biggest corporations and the wealthiest americans who fought to block a fair tax code, and for a decade after decade, they won. this year, some of the biggest companies in america flooded capitol hill with lobbyists, money and campaign contributions. they lost. the american people one. every single republican in the house. every single republican in the senate. every single one, here this, america. every single republican voted against lowering prescription, lowering health care costs, tackl
stay tuned. the bookings are fantastic throughout the hour and thank you all for joining us this hour. tonight, yes, in just moments, we will be joined live by the white house chief of staff ron klain, and we will ask him about president biden s campaign trail return tonight, the new burst of democratic momentum heading into the midterms and donald trump s legal woes. plus a judge says that by tomorrow, he will release a redacted version of the affidavit used to get that mar-a-lago search warrant. as the d.a. investigating trump in georgia calls on more of his associates to testify. former federal prosecutor and senior member of the mueller investigation, andrew wiseman is our guest. and as conservatives take over the nation s school boards new reporting on who is funding the efforts and opening up a new front in the culture war. we start tonight with the president on a hot streak. president biden at a rally tonight in rockville, maryland, is jumping back on the campa