Smith. Well dig into that blockbuster new document and what prosecutors are saying about trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Plus well bring you the latest from the Middle East as israel continues to launch Air Strikes targeted at Hezbollah Facilities in lebanon. And also ahead president Joe Biden visited the carolinas to survey the Storm Damage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Well take a look at the ongoing Recovery And Cleanup efforts. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with the new filing from special Counsel Jack Smith that lays out the case for why former president Donald Trump should still be held accountable for his actions on January 6th despite the Supreme Courts ruling on immunity. Nbc News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian has all the details. Reporter special Counsel Jack Smith fighting to
white house scrambling to slow down the monkeypox outbreak. we are going to speak to one of the top officials working on a new strategy. plus, outrage, an nfl star accused of assault receiving a punishment that critics are calling a slap on the wrist. that s what we re watching for at this hour. thank you for being he, we start this morning with a federal judge ordering that prosecutors propose redactions to the affidavit that was used to justify last week s search of former president trump s florida home. the judge is giving prosecutors a week to do it, but he s already signaling that he s inclined to unseal parts of the highly sensitive document. plus this, cnn is hearing exclusively from 18 former top trump officials who tell us that the former president s claim that he had a standing order to declassify documents is nonsense. let s begin our coverage with cnn s katelyn polantz, she s live for us here in washington. katelyn, walk us through how much detail we could
and a former nba star says he is going to russia to free brittney griner but the biden administration is not on board with his plans. good morning. welcome to way too early, on this monday, august 22nd. yobz is taking a well deserved break. we will start with the news. former president donald trump says he is planning a full descent to keep the justice department from analyzing the documents seized from his home. in a posted social media site on friday, trump accused federal law enforcement of quote destroying our country, and teased that he would soon file a motion based on the protection from unreasonable search and seizure. further details was shared by trump s top attorney on saturday who said he was considering a motion to appoint what s called a special master in the case. this would be an outside official selected by a judge to carry out the judicial matter on the court s behalf. as of this morning, however, there is still no indication that trump s team has actu
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. after a parade of witnesses and two grand juries, the government tonight is showing its hand in its classified document case against former president donald trump, unsealing a 37-count indictment alleging that after leaving the white house, mr. trump illegally possessed classified government materials at his mar-a-lago home. the special counsel including photos of boxes stored in the open, some allegedly holding descriptions of four nuclear capabilities and u.s. defenses, the indictment also accusing the ex-president of showing national defense secrets to visitors at his new jersey golf club including military attack plans. the indictment also detailing alleged efforts by mr. trump to mislead the government and his own
not an ordinary case. the the fact that we are even at a point where a judge is considering unsealing a search warrant affidavit is somewhere that virtually no criminal defense attorneys or government attorneys have ever been. this doesn t happen. affidavits of probable cause are not released to the public. they re not unsealed. and i have to believe that after that last hearing, both the government attorneys and the media coalition attorneys went back to their respective offices, looked at each other and said, i can t believe that, what just happened? i mean even the ones who are on the winning side, which would be the media coalition attorneys, had to be stunned, that they have made it this far, that a judge is actually considering unsealing a, what will be a redacted affidavit of probable cause. now, the issue is how much, and this is a challenging position for government lawyers, they re in their offices wondering how much of this can we redact with a straight face and have the jud