showdown with donald trump over those classified documents that were seized from his club mar-a-lago. the department of justice has given judge alien cannon until tomorrow to decide whether to restore their access to the classified material. if she refuses, doj lawyers say they will go to the 11th circuit court of appeals. judge cannon temporarily blocked the doj s access to the documents until a special master was assigned. on tuesday, the department told a judge any delay in the case will cause quote, irreparable harm to the government and the public. meanwhile, the january 6th congressional committee has been busy gathering new evidence. the committee subpoenaed secret service for records after learning some agency text messages from january 5th and sixth went missing. today, one panel member told our nicole wallace they are now getting a lot of new information. do you have new evidence that was not at your disposal at the time of the last public hearing and it, numerato
number of text messages, radio traffic, that kind of thing. it s thousands of exhibits. tech messages from january 5th and sixth? primarily. but the trenches we ve received have been significantly. we might get a closer look at those messages, because on september 28th, we believe we will be resuming those public hearings. we heard that from the committee earlier today. what that, let s get smarter with the help of tights lead off panel. joins us, nbc news correspondent, moderator of washington week on pbs. former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner, he has tried hundreds of cases in his 30 year career. and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. she spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. she is now a law professor at the university of alabama. joyce, to you first. what exactly is the justice department looking for in terms of what they want judge cannon to do? well, what doj has asked judge cannon to do is to release the classified documents that were seized at mar-a-lag
the head of security for the court said threats are considered to be serious and credible. they are not hypothetical or expected. the limited gag orders have resulted in a decrease and disparaging messages. however, the number of threatening messages increased. the judge and his staff are being inundated with hundreds of harassing and threatening phone calls, for snow messaging that has resulted in the threat assessment unit, having to constantly reassessing evaluate. they have to put in place to ensure the safety of the judge and those around him. on thanksgiving, day special partner jack smith filed a copy of that statement. in the case of united states of america versus donald j trump where donald j trump is appealing a limited gag order, issued in that case by the trial course judge tanya. the appeals court, federal appeals court hearing in that case last monday indicated that the appeals court monday were in favor of preserving most if not all of the gag order issued
amid more and a warning. she s going to be here with me to talk about it in her first primetime interview. again, we have never done an interview before. i m going to be speaking with her in public for the first time here ever. it is next monday live here at nine pm. you have not heard about what is in her book because it s all about a very tight embargo. but you are going to want to see what she has to say. that is a week from tonight. i will see you then, that does it for me for now. and that was time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. reporter: good evening, that means you know what that means to me for next monday night. that means have to get everything done and ready for my show, like a good 55 minutes earlier than i usually do so that i just don t miss a word of this first ever discussion between rachel maddow and this genie. reporter: thank you, i can send you a sleep aid or something to try to help adjust your hours? i will say, th
defence attorneys continue to file, he seems intent on playing this silly parlor game of, did i declassified arguments, or did i not declassified documents? on page two of the most recent doj filing, staff, the department of justice very pointedly told judge cannon that is entirely irrelevant to the crimes that served as the basis for the search warrant. if i were judge cannon, i would be insulted by, you know, trump s obsession to continue to offer an argument that is entirely irrelevant to the litigation. okay, but, here s the thing, glenn, you would be insulted, she is not. judge cannon did exactly what trump would want her to do. so, let s say that she could is decide with, them joyce. let s say the 11th circuit court of appeals does nothing to side with the doj. then what happens to all of this? so, i need to push back a little bit on the suggestion that the 11th circuit will not take any action.