a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster in london. just ahead -- >> they had ongoing communications with representatives of former president trump throughout 2021. >> somebody had to tell him that this was espionage. this is obstruction of justice. and he doesn't want to hear it. >> some 43 million borrowers will be eligible for some amount of student loan debt relief. >> democrats have been divided. yes, there has been some support

particularly on the left. >> the school board finally deciding to fire pete arredondo. >> they have been waiting for some accountability, any accountability, for now going on three months. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is thursday, august 25, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and florida and we could see be learning more about why the fbi wanted to search donald trump's mar-a-lago estate. the u.s. justice department is facing a noon deadline to finalize their redactions to the affidavit that led to that search. and then a judge will decide what parts of that document should be made public. evan perez explains the process. >> reporter: we don't know what the judge is going to do. we know he is -- obviously he knows what is in this affidavit. he is very familiar with it.

and he said that he is very comfortable with what he approved. we'll see whether the justice department will at least perhaps unredact some of the things that have now become public, the things national archives has released, things that the trump legal team has already made public. so at least at a minimum those things could be unredacted as part of the release of this. and of course we don't know how long the judge will look at this and maybe ask the justice department to go a further step. it is clear he believes that there is some transparency that is needed here because of the unprecedented nature of this search. >> and we're learning a lot more today about just how long the u.s. national archives fought and pleaded with donald trump's legal team to get documents from the former president. about 100 days after trump left office, the archives realized documents were missing and asked for them to be returned. even white house counsel pat

cipollone agreed. and here is josh dorsey. >> reporter: in may 2021, the top lawyer for the national archives reached out to three different lawyers for trump. and here is what he said. he said that in the final days of a trump white house, they had identified two dozen boxes of presidential material that had been in the residence and -- in the white house residence. not the oval office, but the residence. and pat cipollone according to the archives lawyer, the white house lawyer, cipollone, wanted the material returned. they had asked repeatedly for the material to be returned and it had not been returned and they were asking again in may 2021 to please return the material. in fact they were almost begging. and they said besides the boxes, they had noticed several other high profile items that had not been returned. former president trump's

correspondence with kim jung-un, correspondence with former president obama, and they really needed all of these things back. and what it shows is that actually before former president trump even left office during the final days of his presidency, that is when the first request from the archives came into please give these boxes back. we didn't know that before, but they got involved so early. and then they were repeatedly involved throughout the spring of 2021 and the former president's lawyers knew about the extensive efforts and were involved in these as well to get the documents back. so what this email shows is long before it dit bubbled into the public ground, more than a year before, there was efforts to get all of these things back to the national ags are a could i have. two new developments in the investigation of election interference by the trump campaign in georgia, a judge will hear arguments in a few hours on governor brian kemp's

motion to squash a subpoena to appear before the grand jury. trump attorney generwas subpoent they will accommodate her schedule. and in a memo, william barr concludes that trump couldn't be charged with obstruction because there wasn't an underlying conspiracy between his campaign and russia. that is a break with special counsel robert mueller who found several incidents with strong obstruction by trump. the memo says that trump didn't break the law when he fired james comey or when he asked comey to go easy on michael flynn. and carolyn maloney lost her primary on tuesday and her -- now her democratic peers are scrambling to take her her house

committee. but she won't be giving up her gavel until next year. maloney was forced to face off against jerry nadler due to the new new york redistricting laws and suffered the stinging defeat. in columbus, ohio the teachers union and board of education say that they reached a conceptual agreement to get students back in the classroom starting on monday. thousands of teachers and other school workers went on strike over the weekend demanding better classroom conditions, school year started as scheduled on wednesday but kids had to do online classes with substitute teachers. they will stay virtual the next two days while the regular teachers get ready for their return next week. u.s. president biden is facing bipartisan criticism over his plan to write-off millions in federal student loans. the administration wants to erase $10,000 in debt for individuals earning less than $125,000 a year or $20,000 of

debt relief if they went to college on a pell grant which are awarded for financial need. phil mattingly has the details. >> reporter: president biden, the idea of canceling a significant amount of student loan debt was not something that was high on his list of priorities during the campaign. he pledged to cancel up to $10,000 in student loan debt, but he didn't move do anything related to that despite major democratic pressure for more than a year and a half. until wednesday. the president moving forward on that idea doing it unilaterally on his own authority and targeting that $10,000 in loan cancellations towards individuals making under $125,000 a year. households making $250,000 a year. or less. most importantly perhaps particularly for supporters who were pushing for the president do much more, he also added an additional $10,000 for pell grant recipients who have taken out student loans, a universe more driven by lower and middle

income individuals the exact type of people that biden and the white house were attempting to target. there has been significant criticism from republicans saying that is not how the market system is supposed to work, calling it a slap in the face. biden was asked about the idea of it being unfair to those who did pay their loans or chose to not go to college because of the expense, this is how he responded. >> how long it is unfair to people who paid their student loans or chose not to take out their loans? >> it is fair to people who in fact do not own multimillion-dollar businesses, is that fair? what do you think? >> reporter: while republicans focused on the fairness issue, one of the biggest overall issues and one of the things driving the debate was the economic side of things particularly at a moment exceedingly high inflation in the country, the idea of canceling student loan debt would ostensibly add significant

gland to the economy. the white house saying that the decision to also put an end of freeze on student loan repayments at the end of this year should counteract that to some degree saying it might offset it entirely. some democratic economists disagreeing. but it is something to be watched going forward. one thing is clear, the white house officials who have gone through this believe it could affect up to 43 million borrower, more than 20 million of those could have their debt canceled all together. no question it is a significant problem in the country. whether or not this one time solution can provide any kind of major relief to that system, still an open question. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. president biden said that he would have preferred the student debt issue were handled by congress rather than executive order, but it is unlikely enough republicans would back it. here is what mitch mcconnell had to say. >> i think it is a bad idea. an awful lot of americans choose

not to go to college. and then there are those amer americans would borrowed money to pay for school and paid it back. and in what way is it fair to those taxpayers? so i think fundamentally when we borrow money, we ought to pay it back and i don't think the government ought to be forgiving these student loans. >> the white house pushed back and said that republican criticism of the president's plan is misplaced. take a listen. >> when businesses for example were having their loans for given during the pandemic as they should have, as you heard the president say, they should have, we didn't hear a word from mitch mcconnell and from republicans. so i think what you see here is a fundamental difference between the way president biden -- between his vision for the country which is to give breathing room to middle class families, to working people, that is what he ran on, what he

promise dodd, what he is doing today, and the vision that mitch mcconnell and the republicans are putting forward which is about tax breaks to the wealthiest, to rpgs coulds and corporations and to ensuring that special interests have their day in washington. and the education secretary will join cnn at new day. and mississippi is the latest victim of flash flooding. mach emergency crews are rushing to help residents get to higher ground. the city of pearl logged 8 inches of rain wednesday. and some floodwaters were so strong it washed out a complete highway. and a daycare center was flooded and rescue crews led residents of an assisted living facility to safety after their water

rushed into their building. officials in the city of brandon say they have never seen waters this high in the area before. >> we got everybody out and that is the most important thing. everybody is safe. got all the staff and the residents out. we can replace the stuff, but the people are out. so that is a good thing. >> pedram javaheri is joining us with more. where is the weather moving to now, pedram? >> well, looks like finally a break the next day or so. still strong storms for later this morning, but the energy really weakening as the storm rains itself out. and you will notice of course the damage has been done. you noted the historic amount of rainfall, as much as 10 inches in just a couple days. and this area had been drought-stricken. notice still watching this flood threat around the southern ear oig of the united states. the energy gradually shifting out of texas into portions of

mississippi, into louisiana. now into the southern tier of the united states. but when it comes to what is currently in place, notice just storm around central and southern georgia, but on the back side generally quieten cans for now. we expect storms to develop into the afternoon hours across the region, about you the flood alerts also are dwindling as well. so good news as it relates to the weather forecast moving forward as a few storms could pop up, vast majority of the strongest storms look to remain offshore and the ones on land look to be along louisiana, mississippi, into the florida panhandle. so again some of the hardest hit areas reduced coverage of the strongest storms moving forward. some of these areas could still pick up a couple inches which could be problematic. so slight risk including around jackson, mississippi. but here is what it looks like when it comes to the western united states, the heats has

also been a big story impacting as much as 5 million americans from the canadian border down toward seattle. temps have climbed up close to 90 degrees in the last couple of days. and one more day of it here and then we get more of and onshore component and then it cools off back down to room temperature come friday and saturday. portland going from the 90s to 80s and eventually down to the 70s. so again, a turn for more comfortable weather across that region of the pacific northwest. and we leave you with this, high temps around the u.s. 102 guy n phoenix, atlanta rain cooled 77 degrees. a police chief blamed for fumbling the response to the deadly school shooting in uvalde has been fired. on wednesday the school board voted unanimously to sack its police chief pete arredondo. officials said that he was in charge of the police response during the shooting.

shimon prokupecz has more. >> reporter: three months to the day and finally accountability here for family members and community members in uvalde who have been waiting for this day for months hoping that there would be some kind of accountability and now finally the sool board deciding to fire pete arredondo. he was the school police chief, he was the man that officials say was in charge of the scene, he was the incident commander on that day that was supposed to leave these officers in to their classroom and to kill the gunman and try to save those children. of course officials here saying that that did not happen. they say he did not perform his duties as a chief on that day and showed lack of leadership. and pete arredondo is continuing to defend himself. his lawyer up until the last minute released a statement defending pete arredondo's actions on that day, including saying that he was brave and

saying that he did everything that he can to possibly save the children. of course that is not what officials say happened. despite all this, family members say that they will still continue to fight for answeranswers, for transparency. they want more people to be fired. they want other lawmaker officials and school officials to also be held accountable for what happened that day. shimon prokupecz, cnn, uvalde. still ahead, an american service member is wounded in an attack in syria. who the military blames. and a russian missile strike targets a train station. details in a live report just ahead. and later kobe bryant's widow gets a verdict in her favor over pictures of the crash that killed the basketball star. more on what the jury had to say, coming up. you don't know how much pressure you put on your septic system.

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attacks are backed by iran. or ren leash manoren liebermann details. >> reporter: and this attack was part of the defeat isis coalition according to an official familiar with the details. and it is worth noting this comes less than 24 hours after the u.s. carried out a series of strikes on bunkers used for ammo storage and logistics by iranian backed groups in the region. so it appears to be and on going back and forth between u.s. troops in syria and iran backed groups. wednesday night the two bases came under rocket attacks from several rockets. one service member with us injured with minor injuries, at least two are being evaluated. and in response, the u.s. carried out a series of attacks against the origin of the attack. the official says three vehicles were destroyed as well as two or three people who carried out the

attack killed as a part of that u.s. response. that is according to an initial assessment, so of course we'll have to wait and see if that is updated as the u.s. has a better clarity on what has happened. thousa this is after the u.s. carried out strikes on nine bunkers used by iranian backed group. this has continued that u.s. strike, a response to what happened a week ago, two different attacks last monday on facilities that house u.s. bases in syria, one a drone attack, one a rocket attack, so we're seeing this ongoing back and forth play out. wednesday the pentagon and undersecretary of defense for policy saying that the u.s. has the right to defend itself and will continue to do so and that is a completely separate issue before defense of the u.s. troops an assets from the yannieyanny iranian nuclear deal. the u.s. sees them as separate.

the u.s. says that they will still defend their troops this syria. oren liebermann, cnn, the pentagon. u.s. president biden set to speak with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in the coming hours. a day after his country marked independence day. the white house says mr. biden will give an update on u.s. arm shipments. wednesday he announced a $3 billion security assistance package for ukraine, the biggest so far from the biden administration. russia has ramped up attacks around independence day in the overnight hours, two rockets hit communities near the capital kyiv. so far there have been no injuries reported or damage to residential buildings. meanwhile in eastern ukraine, an aide to president zelenskyy says the death toll has climbed to 25 in a missile attack on a train station and an 11-year-old boy is amongst those killed. this is one of several trstrike

reported on wednesday as they marked their day of independence from soviet rule. scott mclean is joining us with the latest developments. it feels like there is a heightened sense of alert. >> yes, officials had warned about the stepped up attacks on independent ence day and it see that they were well founded. for example a soccer match was interrupted by air raid sirens. but further east about 85 miles east of zaporizhzhia, that is where the train attack took place yesterday, president zelenskyy said that the train cars sitting on the tracks took a direct hit. as you mentioned the latest death toll stands at 25 and they say there were two children killed, one found in a burnt out vehicle on the road nearby, another found in the rubble of the destroyed building nearby. they say search and rescue efforts in that area have

been -- have wrapped up now. typically when train infrastructure is hit, they are aiming at things like electrical substations, things that might slow down the flow of weapons. but civilian targets along the train line, they are not unprecedented either. in fact russian missiles have even hit in city centers as we've seen before. and sometimes the bar is extremely low. russia doesn't even necessarily need a military target. case this point last month i was in the aftermath, russians said that there was a meeting taking place honks military officials, and not even they claim that there was actually a military installation anywhere remotely close to that area. and i want to also mention that the u.n., they have warned that p.o.w. trials could begin in mariupol. there is no indication that they have actually began, but we have gotten word that the head of the donetsk people's republic said

yesterday that on russian tv that all war criminals will be court-martialed to the tribunal to show how inhumane they are. no word on exactly when. but the pictures here are startling. you have actual cages, presumably prisoners boxes, on an actual stage in the mariupol phi philharmonic hall. spokesperson says that the show trials are a mockery of justice. the kremlin is attempting to deflect responsibility for president putin's war of aggression and detract from the and yo atrocities committed. >> and more and more migrants are losing their lives. why their attempts at a fresh start are increasingly deadly for them. and with millions of dollars on the line, a jury finds in favor of kobe bryant's widow of graphic crash scene photos.

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welcome back. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. time running out for the u.s. justice department to finalize their redactions to the affidavit that led to the search of donald trump's mar-a-lago resort. a judge has given prosecutors until 12:00 p.m. today to submit them. more on that in "early start." and the teacher strike in columbus, ohio has ended after a conceptual agreement was reached between the union and the board of education. students will now resume in-person classes on monday. the search for better life in the u.s. becoming

increasingly deadly for migrants illegally crossing the border with mexico. officials say at least 218 migrants have died trying to come to the u.s. so far this year. rosa flores has the story, but we warn you her report contains graphic images. >> reporter: this 22-year-old mexican construction worker crossed into texas with his brother last week authorities say. >> they had been walking for three days without any food. >> reporter: the patches on his body -- did he get medical attention? >> he did. >> reporter: signs paramedics tried to save his life. migrants have tried entering the u.s. southern border a record-breaking nearly 2 million times since october. and this man's tragic story is far from unique. this medical examiner says this year is on pace to be the deadliest year for hmigrants crossing into region of texas in

recent memory. >> there is an extreme increase compared to other years. >> reporter: so much so she recently did something that she says she has never done in her 20 year career. she told officials in the 11 border counties she serves that her office is at capacity. >> so we're asking them to store them at their funeral homes until we have a space available. >> reporter: and in maverick county, one of the deadliest counties says stern, a funeral home there tells cnn that they are at capacity too and with the medical examiner not taking the deceased, they are burying unidentified migrants. and in the back of the cemetery, there are 16 fresh graves. no funerals, no family. no flowers. all the graves are marked with partial crosses made out of pvc piping. all are migrant jane and john does except for one, there is a baby john doe.

stern says she has 260 deceased myigrant in her custody. the majority died from drowning or hypothermia and pending identification. despite the dangers, maverick county sheriff says that the arrival of migrants is not stopping and neither are the deaths. he shows us postmortem photos, some too graphic not to completely blur including of a child of just some of the deaths in the past several months. and it is every day that you are finding bodieses? >> every day. >> reporter: and then shows us -- a 3-year-old in this area? a 3-year-old drowned monday. >> i was informed that he was taken out, given cpr, but he died. >> reporter: tuesday our cameras with are there as another body was recovered from the rio grande. this time, a man. yards away, dozens of migrants who had just crossed the river

waited for border patrol including two cuban women in their defen20s who did not wante identified because it could impact their immigration cases. the water was waist deep and then she got emotional. when asked about children dying on the very river she had just crossed, she says it was a tough decision for her daughter daughter's future. most likely the same hopes and dreams this man had. his cut short. but stern says he was fortunate not to die alone. >> his brother stayed behind and was with him at the time border patrol found him. >> reporter: which means unlike the hundreds of other unidentified migrants in her custody, he will reunite with his family soon and has this message for anyone thinking about crossing the border -- >> politics aside, all these

deaths are ruled an accident. an accident by definition is preventable. 100%. stay home. >> reporter: rosa flores, cnn, along the u.s./mexico border. meanwhile the white house is moving to protect so-called dreamers, thousands of migrants who have been in the country for years. on wednesday, the department of homeland security issued what is known as the final rule on the daca program that protects migrants from deportation who were brought to the u.s. as children and still live there. a u.s. federal judge has temporarily barred the state of idaho from banning abortions in situations where a woman's health is endangered by the pregnancy. idaho's near total ban on abortion was set to kick in today but the judge agreed with the justice department saying this part of the ban conflicts with federal standards for emergency care. tuesday a trump appointed judge in texas made the opposite decision and blocked had same

federal requirement for hospitals to provide emergency abortion related services. just ahead, voters in los angeles are being asked to weigh in on a proposal to fight homelessness. but hotel owners are raising the alarm. >> would you check into a hotel knowing that the chance of your neighbor to the left or right is a homeless individual? let it pull yoyou. past the doubt. past the pain. and past your limits.... no matter what, we go on. biofreeze.

i just want to see folks off the streets, i want it done compassionately and i'm sick and tired. this is permanent supportive housing but the idea as the congresswoman said is to move people along, to address the underlying issues and allow people the opportunity to live in dignity and to get back on

their feet. >> california governor gavin newsom announcing the latest homeless projects across the state. they are meant to address the growing homeless crisis in that state. nearly 2500 units will be created to help local governments expand long term housing for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. but another measure to deal with l.a.'s escalating homeless crisis is on the ballot in 2024 and hotel owners are concerned. if voters approve it, every hotel in los angeles would have to offer vacant rooms to homeless people who would stay alongside paying guests. but as nick watt reports, many people say that this is not the answer. >> reporter: this los angeles county, more than 60,000 people are homeless on the average night. and more than 20,000 hotel rooms lie empty on the average night. see where this might be going?

>> it is insane. it is not going to solve the problem. >> we think this is one part of the solution. by no means do we think it solves the crisis, but do hotels have a role to play? of course they come. >> reporter: so the union he leads gathered enough signatures and they will vote on a bill that would force every hotel in town to report vacancies at 2:00 p.m. every day and then welcome homeless people into those vacant rooms. >> honestly would you check into a hotel knowing that the chance of your neighbor to the left or right is a homeless individual? >> reporter: this man voluntarily represents homeless people who are vetted and paid for by a local church. but he is against this bill that would make that mandatory. >> we barely are surviving. number two, we have to think of the safety of our staff. and number three, we're not

professionally or any other wise equipped with any of the supportive mechanism that the homeless guests would require. >> reporter: what services would be provided remains unclear. also unclear the funding. and hotels would be paid fair market rate. >> it is up to the city. they did it during project room key. >> reporter: and that program winding down that inspired this bill by placinging more than 100 people in hotels that volunteered. >> first of all, it is a blessing. it is a great room. technology is not up to par, but what technologies do you have in a tent? >> reporter: this bill would also force developers to replace housing demolished to make way for new thoew hotels and hotel s would be introduced. as well as making every hotel from the super 8 to the biltmore accept homeless as guests. >> i don't think it is a good idea. maybe for some, but a lot of

people with untreated mental health and some people do some damage to these poor buildings. >> reporter: this happened in the hotel. >> marked all walls, burnt, thank god no fire, even marked the ceiling. >> reporter: and opponents fear this and fear tourists could be put off from even coming to l.a. >> i wouldn't want my kids around people that i'm not sure about. i wouldn't want to be in an elevator with somebody who is clearly having a mental break. the idea that you can intermingle homeless folks with paying normal gas, just doesn't work out. >> we don't want to head backwards in to the seg gra grated south, but that is kind of the language that they are talking about. there is a certain class of people less than humans, animals they almost describe them at, they don't seem to understand who the unhoused are. we're talking about seniors, stunt students, working people that is who the voucher program would

benefit the most. >> reporter: so about 18 months before this will be on the ballot here in los angeles. and expect 34re7b89 of mud slinging between now and then. some opponents of the bill claim that the union is only pushing it as a negotiating tactic, as leverage. the union tells us that is false, that they just want to hold the hotels accountable and make sure that they are playing their part in trying to solve this problem here in los angeles which appears to only be getting worse. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. california is set to ban the sale of all gasoline cars by 2035 with regulators expect to approve new rules which create increasing quotas for the number of zero emission vehicles reaching 100% in 13 years. the proposed ban would be one of the first in the world that could have a far reaching impact on the entire u.s. auto industry. with most covid restrictions

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this just in, britain's former ambassador has been detained. local reports say that she was detained along with her husband who is a myanmar national and suggest that she could be charged under the immigration act. she was a top diplomat from 2002 to 2006 and has since founded an ngo there. her arrest comes a day after the uch uk announced new sanctions so myanmar leadership. a heatwave is threatening local livestock and crops. some cities are calling in

planes with cloud seeding to induce rain. officials in some cities are warning residents to stay indoors to avoid the heat, but videos posted to social media show people forced to wait outside in long lines for m mandatory covid testing as a brush fire burns behind them. and china is sending emergency humanitarian aid to help with the damages from deadly rains and floods. officials say at least 900 people have died, more than a thirtd of them children. china is sending cash and other supplies like tents for those displaced by the monsoons. they are calling on more countries to send aid. and new york's highest court is granting harvey weinstein an appeal over his conviction of rape and sexual assault charges.

a letter sent to weinstein's lawyers gave no details on what grounds that led to the court's decision and it has no bearing on further rape charges against him in california. weinstein is in jail there is a waiting trial on 11 charges of misconduct towards five women between 2004 and 2013. widow of kobe bryant is responding after a jury found in her favor that graphic pictures of the crash scene where the basketball great was killed. vanessa bryant had sued l.a. county sheriff and fire departments over photos of bodies at the scene that were later shared with others. following the decision, bryant posted on instagram all for you, i love you, justice for kobe and gigi. nine people including kobe bryant and his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. natasha chen has more on the verdict. >> reporter: the jury awarded

$16 million to have a necessary a bryant and $15 million to co-plaintiff chris schechester also lost a spouse and daughter in that horrific crash. such an emotional ending to two weeks of a very intense trial. as the verdict was being read, h vanessa cried and hugged her oldest daughter. they all came out of the courthouse here, did not make any statements to us as she got in the car and left. chris chester's attorney gave us a statement saying that they are very grateful for a judge and jury who gave them a very fair trial. the lead counsel for l.a. county, the defense, said that they are very grateful for the jury's hard work and while they respectfully disagree with the outcome, they point out that the total award amount of $31 million shows that the jurors did not believe the evidence supported the maximum possible $75 million that plaintiffs initially asked for. the jurors did have a lot to consider here including the question of whether the l.a.

sheriff's department and l.a. county fire department lacked the proper training and policies that caused the violation of their rights and whether the agency had a long standing practice of taking unauthorized illicit photos of victims' bodies. the jury found in the plaintiffs' favor all except for one of the question, they found in favor of the defense saying that the l.a. county fire department did not have such a long standing practice of taking such photos. but again, for every other question, they found in favor of vanessa bryant and chris chester. natasha chen, cnn, los angeles. top tennis stars are hitting the court to raise money for ukraine. it was all part of the tennis players for peace. an event ahead of the start of the year's final grand slam tournament among those participating, nadal, mcenroe,

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a new study suggests that your unrelated look alike known ascop doppleganger probably shares dna as too. an author of the study spoke with don lemon. >> we were able to see that the look alike humans, in fact they are sharing several genetic variants. and this is very common among them. so they share the genetic variants unrelated in a way that they have the shape of the nose, the eyes, the mouth, the lips and even the bone structure. in each case we went back and almost 100 years ago and there is no common ancestry. they are not related at all. >> so similar codes, but not -- >> similar codes just by random

chance. in the world right now, there are so many people that eventually the system is producing humans with similar dna sequences. >> i haven't seen the script until now, but apparently my producer thinks that that is my doppleganger. thanks for joining us. i'm max foster in london. "early start" is next.

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good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, august 25th, i'm christine romans. >> and i'm omar jimenez. good to be with you. hours from now a key filing is expected in the mar-a-lago search warrant case. u.s. magistrate judge in florida has given department of justice lawyers until noon to submit their recommended redactions of the affidavit that lays out why the investigators thought there was probable cause a crime had been committed and why evidence could be found at mar-a-lago. media organizations are seeking to have the affidavit made public, but the government says it deals with classified and grand jury information, so it would have to be heavily redacted i