republicans admit they have a massive fund raising part bum. i am a member hiding, let s get started. ge started. breaking news tonight, a federal judge in florida appointed by donald trump has issued a preliminary ruling on trump s request to apply a special master to review the documents seized by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. the judge indicated that she decided to side with trump, but has not made a final decision just yet. there s a hearing thursday to discuss this matter. also coming in, april haynes has told the chairs of the house and intelligence and oversight committees that the intelligence committee is-ton duct-ing a damage assessment of the documents taken from trump s home. this comes after the justice department released a redacted version of the affidavit. the affidavit used to convince a judge to authorize the search. of course, the main of fbi agents provided to the national archives, and the search warrant affidavit detai
trump s request to apply a special master to review the documents seized by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. the judge indicated that she decided to side with trump, but has not made a final decision just yet. there s a hearing thursday to discuss this matter. also new today director of national intelligence april haynes, has told the chairs of the house and intelligence and oversight committees that the intelligence committee is conducting a damage assessment of the documents taken from trump s home. this comes after the justice department released a redacted version of the affidavit. the affidavit used to convince a judge to authorize the search. of course, the main of fbi agents reviewed 15 boxes that trump provided to the national archives, and the search warrant affidavit details the amount of classified materials found in them. 184 documents contained classified markings, including 67 documents that were labeled as confidential, 92 that were
former president trump again calling for a special master to intervene after a judge unseals documents regarding the search of his mar-a-lago home. the latest in this legal battle and what we re learning about those classified government secrets. plus, friday free fall, stocks plummeting after fed chair jerome powell promises, quote, forceful and rapid action to try and tame inflation. he says to expect more quick pain ahead. also, cnn rides along with the so-called water police in california. their creative ways to keep homeowners from wasting water amid the devastating drought. and we re going to introduce you to a very special 17-year-old, soaring into the record books after flying solo around the world. he ll join us live. new day starts right now. hello, everyone. good morning. and a warm welcome to your new day. it is saturday, august 27th. hello there boris. good morning, amara. great to be with you as always. up first, we start with donald trump renewing h
quote, narrowly tailored to serve the government s legitimate interest in the integrity of the ongoing investigation. media outlets, including nbc news, asked the judge to make it public. trump and his allies have also repeatedly called for it to be unsealed, although they ve made no formal motion to do so. so the question we ll be waiting to find out, what is it going to reveal about the doj s case against the former president. at least, why they had that search warrant. we ve got a team of experts standing by to answer that question and to help us dissect it once we have it. meanwhile, this morning, president biden is on the offense, turning up the heat on what he s call maga republicans. a big change in tone from president biden, slamming their philosophy during a fund-raiser in d.c., saying it s like semi-fascism. then he took that energy on the road last night to a campaign rally, it seemed, in maryland. they re a threat to our very democracy. they refuse to accept the
probe of the capitol insurrection. key witnesses subpoenaed by the doj this week including two top aides of former vice president mike pence were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. and according to the washington post, justice department investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. these are by far the most in-depth accounts of the federal investigation. until now we had virtually no sign this investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. and it comes as the new york times reports new details on the so-called fake electors scheme, including previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers that show knowledge as the times puts it that a key element of their plan was of dubious legality and lived up to its billing as fake. let s go first to sunlen serfaty who is live for us on capitol hill wit