good to be with you. i'm katy tur. sometimes what you don't find can be more interesting than what you do find. while we wait for the judge the rule on a special master doj complied with her order to unseal more detailed inventory list. here it is. reading through it we learn a lot more about how many documents were marked confidential, secret and top secret and where they are and what they were found among including books, press clippings, clothes and gifts. but also what stands out is no longer just the volume of government documents donald trump took with him but what

else might still be missing. the government says it found more than 40 folders with classified markings that were empty and roughly as many folders labeled "return to staff." secretary slash military aid that were also empty. now, it could just be the contentf those folders were found elsewhere, and it could be those folders were packed up in the mad dash to move last year. we don't know. we do know that the justice department says it is still engaged in an active criminal investigation, so maybe we'll find out. and as we wait for the judge to decide on a special master let us understand what we can from this new inventory list. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan riley and clint watts who's personally executed search warrants, collected evidence on the scene. and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade. all right, we're still waiting on judge canon and i want to get

your sense where court went yesterday and how she might be leaning. first let's talk about this inventory list. it is much more detailed. wed a lot more, but what about these empty folders? what can we deduce from that? >> i think it's tough to say because it doesn't go into specificity whether there was material separating the folders in these boat loads of classified documents at mar-a-lago that they have the folders that should have been around them. i am struck by the sheer magnitude of government records altogether. as soon as this came out i started real quick on my calculator adding up all these numbers. on the nonclassified side or at least government documents that didn't have any classification markings on them, very quickly got over 10,000 records that were found at mar-a-lago, which is just truly remarkable because remember, you know, the white house had these policies in place for staffers and was talking about this idea of the need to follow the presidential

records act before donald trump left office. that was pretty well-known within the white house at that point. and yet lo and behold like over 10,000 government records donald trump isn't supposed to have somehow ended up at his mar-a-lago estate. it just is really an astounding number of documents that they were able to turn up even if you set aside the fact so many of these were classified, which is obviously what the government has i think rightly focused on there. but just broadly speaking it just shows real, you know, not ignorance, but a willful disregard for the law it seems like there, just to bring all those documents when the law is so clear that these documents belong to the national archives and not to a former president. they're supposed to be set for history, katy. they're not supposed to be in the personal possession of a former president. and that was a law brought about in the week of richard nixon. >> clint, let's talk about what ryan is saying the volume, and he wept through it again trying to add it all up.

trump's lawyer argued in court yesterday that the way this was found, all these documents in the boxes as they were is what you would expect if you looked through a bunch of boxes that were move in a hurry from a residence or office. it contains all sorts of things. and even moved in a hurry usually we should say, though, that presidents are doing this in getting ready for this move and their staffs well before january 20th. but donald trump didn't want to leave the white house and was trying not to leave the white house, also didn't have a lot of regard for presidential documents and the keeping of them and classified material, according to all the reporting out there, including reporting from nbc news. so does he have a point here maybe it was stuck in boxes and swept away, nothing to see here? no bad -- no bad attempts here? >> i would say that's a possibility, katy,if it weren't for the fact they'd already gone to mar-a-lago a couple times,

retrieved boxes and asked for them and one of the trump organization's lawyers said i went through here, i made sure everything was picked up. that clearly was not the case. i just think that's the -- where that argument really falls apart ultimately is the fbi and department of justice gone to the trump organization on behalf of the national archives several times. they knew there were more documents there and i think what we can't know for sure but seems to be present in that affidavit we saw a couple weeks before there seems oo to be witnesses or someone telling them where these documents are at mar-a-lago. i think the problem and

challenge will be is does the fbi know in those empty folders what was in them before they were empty, meaning what were the documents in there or were they recovered? maybe there's still missing documents out there and where did they go? >> and doj has not said whether that's the case but there's been questions mar-a-lago was the only place they intended to search. that doesn't mean a subpoena might not have been issued for those properties. >> that's right. it doesn't mean they won't be tracking them down elsewhere. they're going to go until they get full accountability of the documents and if that leads them to other residents, the en

locations, offices or people it's concerning how loosely this is handled from an administration and presidential candidate so critical of the president before them and how they handled classified information. this is not c like anything i'v seen in my career. >> barbara, it's interesting because donald trump himself doesn't seem to be arguing that he didn't know the records were there. he sent out a post on social media talking about how the fbi was the one that put everything on the floor, that they were in boxes before hand. seem to imply that yeah, he knew they were there, which raises the question if he knew they were there and had become plying subpoenas that, allegedly, how does that raise his i guessu culpability, exposure? >> this is why lawyers don't like their clients to make out court statements. it locks them into a story that's very difficult to refute later. he seems to want to win the day, win the moment in the court of

public opinion and so, you know, criticizing the fbi for, you know, the manner in which they presented the evidence forh thr photo is way to win the moment, that they're just trying to make me look bad. in fact, they didn't expect or want the search to go public. this is laying out evidence what was contained in box 2 a. in his effort to win the moment, he may have lost the long game here because that admission can be usedha against him in trial that does tend to suggest he knew he had it. the empty folders everies the ante because it raises concerns of getting documents back and figuring out where they are and raises the stakes and likelihood that charges will be filed here. i think if i were a prosecutor in this case, it would really make my stomach churn because it's much harder to decline this case and say there is no willfulness here, it's a

technical violation but we'll decline charges. when jim comey announced what he thought the factors were that were missing in the hillary clintonwe investigation, and wh charges were veinappropriate there, those factors are present here. evidence of p willful intent to violate the law stored in such a way as to risk their exposure or obstruction of justice. it seems that all three of those factors are present here, which i think reallyes raises the likelihood someone will be charged. >> i don't want to imply that he is doing to be charged, that we have any knowledge of that.f we just don't know yet. obviously, you're working off your owng expertise and experience. something has been nagging me.gi if it does get to that point and it's worth just discussing, if it does get to the point where donald trump is charged and if it goesru to a trial and these e all big ifs, getting an impartial jury of his peers, someone who doesn't have an opinion of donald trump, that's going to be d pretty difficult,s it not? what would a trial of the former president of the united states

look like?ni how do you keep a jury safe when there is so much heightened tension around even looking into if he's done something wrong? law enforcement officers are getting threats. i shutter to think what a jury might go through. >> yeah, all valid questions but i think, you know, if we truly live in a country where no one is above the law, we have to think about that and so charging a former president certainly would be a very sobering decision that would have to be made based on all the facts and the law here. you'd need sufficient evidence and also have to be convinced it would advance to federal interest to bringnc the charges. with regard to a jury, i would imagine they would handle it the way they handle terrorism juries. the juries remain anonymous. everyone in this country has heard of donald trump and has an opinion of him. that would not be disqualifying. can you set aside any predisposition you have and decide this case on the facts

and law you hear here in court? both parties have an opportunity to question the jurors to find out if they think they have biases that would make them unfit to serve. my guess is it may take awhile.k they may have to go through candidates but at the end g of e day, they could find 12 people that could decide a case. >> ryan, let's talk about the issue more t at hand because we don't knowha anything that migh happen down the a line but whats going to happen next is judge eileen cannon will rule whether there will be a special master. did she give any indication which direction she's learning in court yesterday? >> she was reporting toward as special master. that question is obviously big. the really critical question is the extent of what that special laster if accounted could look at whether it's solely limited to attorney climate privilege that would be a fairly narrow scope of the documents overall and should be able to be done within a short time frame

considering the government did it on their own. it shouldn't take that long to set aside when it's only donald trump as a client as opposed to another situation where you go in, it's a complicated issue where you go in and there is a lawyer you're looking through and have towy set aside attorne client privilege documents there. the other question is the executiveon privilege one that is looming overall of this. it would be unprecedented to have a third party siting questions of executive privilege when the executive privilege now rests in the hands of joe biden. it's no longer in donald trump's hand so that could be a major factor in potentially really setting this back if somehow a third party is appointed to decide these questions of executive privilege, if it ultimately comes to that. which the trump camp is trying to do, argue that and wedge that in there and make this broader than the narrow scope of attorney client privilege documents that this process would normally go through. >> thank g you-all very much. in a separate doj investigation

into donald trump, former trump white house counsel pat cipollone and pat philban appeared. donald trump told a conservative radio host should he be president again, he would very seriously consider pardoning the january 6th rioters. >> i will look very, very favorably about full pardons if i decide to run and if i win, i will be looking very, very strongly about pardons. >> ryamen. >> full pardons. we can't let that happen. what's happened here, i mean full pardons with an apology to many an apology. >> an apology to many and while president biden in a prime time address last night warned that the country -- warned the country that was exactly the threat to democracy they needed to vote against.

>> they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists who placed a dagger at the throat of our democracy but look o at them as patriots. >> joining me now is nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken. back to pat cipollone and pat philban. what do we know about that and the kdoj investigation into january 6th? >> remember this one, katy. we've been focussing on the mar-a-lago investigation, this is another huge danger to former president donald trump and these witnesses especially pat cipollone could be the most e dangerous. he's the highest ranking former trump white house official to be called to testify before this grand jury and t we all remembe his testimony before in those televised january 6th hearings, he did not -- he was not favorable to donald trump n whatsoever but there were certain questions he wouldn't answer about conversations with

the president. he cited executive privilege. before a federal grand jury it will be harder for him to do that. the u.s. v nixon supreme court case of the watergate era says a criminal investigation usually in most cases overcomes executive privilege and so he may well have to talk to that grand jury and paint a picture of donald trump's state of mind which is crucial. they're looking at trump's actions regarding the plot essentially to over throw the election. whether he had criminal intent, whether he knew there wasn't fraud but pursued these theories with fake electorelectors. this is where this grand jury is going and pat cipollone like the mar-a-lago investigation apparently is a crucial witness, katy. >> we also got a little bit of news from fox news and this is former attorney general bill barr interviewed on that channel. we're working on getting the sound turned, in other words, getting it on screen to show everybody but just to let everyone know and i think you were on air when this happened

so you might not know but he's offering his view of doj and what they're doing at mar-a-lago and i think you should weigh in on this. he says i personally think for them to have taken things to the current point they probably have pretty good evidence that's speculation. i think the drivert' on this fr the beginning is loads of classified information. people say this was unprecedented. well, it's also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club. how p long is the government gog to try to get them back? they job boned for a year and deceived on the voluntarily actions taken and went and got a subpoena. they were deceived on that they feel. the facts are starting to show they are being jerked around. how long do they wait? interesting coming from the former attorney general, ken. >> i watched everyco second of that while i was waiting to come on your show and it is so interesting. the host in that interview at fox news were trying to get bill barr to say something

sympathetic about trump andin t criticize the justice department and he refused to do it. and in fact, he came down on the side of they were perfectly juls -- justified and said he can think of no reason president trump had these classified documents in his possession and added if trump waved his hand over a stack w of documents and said they were declassified, he said that would be worse than taking classified documents. he said that would be incredibly reckless because he wouldn't know what secrets are in them. bill barr hasin broken with tru. obviously, we saw in the january 6th hearings. >> he said he would vote for them again. he's broken with him in terms of his testimony against him and what het believes about the electione but also been not apologetic to say he'd vote for them again. >> for that reason, it was absolutely stark and bracing to hear him say this stuff on fox news because according to his view of the orsituation, donald trump is in big, big trouble,

katy. >> let's see if he would still vote for him and i would note to linger on this bill barr has a broad view of executive privilege. >> that's right. absolutely true. >> thanks very much. still ahead, how the nation's poorest state, the same one in the middle of a water crisis now skanlderred millions of dollars in federal welfare funds some going to nfl hall of famer brett favre. should they repeat a grade, what the pandemic did to kids and reading and math? the education of secretary joins me. >> he pointed aec gun at her fa andgu pulled the trigger. the assassination attempt you saw there, attempt caught on camera. we'll tell you what happened. pt camera we'll tell you what happened

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those 180,000 people can turn their faucet on and trust the water coming out is safe to consume. i think one of the things lost somewhat in this is the fact that this is a problem that has not been for the last week when the water treatment went offline but gone back decades with problems but jackson in particular, 38 days now and a boil water notice. we're in the kitchen of bravo italian restaurant and bar. to illustrate this issue, if i kneel down here, you're looking at one, maybe two days of water that this restaurant relies on for operations. they have to have shipments come in. if you consume any water here, if you're cooking with any water here, it's coming out of one of these jugs. they're paying for this and paying their water bill as are multiple residents we spoke to. even though they have to boil the water at home because it not safe to drink they have to pay the city for it. it's adding to the frustration,

katy, coupled with the fact there is no timeline how long this will go on. they pledged more federal resources they claim to reimburse for some of the materials or equipment that has hopefully expedited this recovery process. for jackson, no end in sight. katy? >> wow. morgan chesky, thank you. staying in mississippi nbc news learned the fbi is investigating what state officials are calling the largest public fraud case in the state's history. $70 million in welfare grants intended for poor children was redirected to rich people and their pet projects. >> you have to make a choice whether you want to pay your light bill or whether you want to put food on the table. when i reapplied, i was not able to be on it again because they told me that they didn't have the funding. >> they didn't have the funding.

officials say some of the money went to nfl hall of fame quarterback brett favre. favre was paid more than $1 million for quote motivational speeches that he never gave and sought millions more for a volleyball arena at the university of southern mississippi where his daughter plays. laura strickler was part of the team that broke that story and joins me now. laura, how exactly did brett favre get money intended for poor children? >> so katy, thank you. that was our top question, as well. according to state audit reports and court documents, the head of the welfare agency was giving welfare funds to family and friends and to well connected people in the state of mississippi. he also gave money to for instance to his nephew who was supposed to be running a coding camp for children, for disadvantaged children and never did. once this came to light in 2020, they hired a lawyer, the state

agency hired a lawyer named brad to find out where the money went. >> here we had tens of millions of dollars sent by the country to do the thing that we need done the most and it was squandered. >> so so far, just $1.1 million of this 70 million has been recovered. while we know that brett favre was questioned by the fbi in this case, there is no indication that he's a subject of an investigation or likely to be charged. i just want to make that clear. but katy, i really want to shed light on what we learned about the state's welfare program. it stingy and restrictive. we learned that of the thousands of families who apply each year, 90% are rejected. this is the poorest state in the country. and there are almost 200,000 children living in poverty in mississippi but yet, only 2500

kids get cash assistance through this program. so katy, that's why when we spoke to a woman that received welfare in the past, she said learning about this scandal, about how the money was spent and who it went to, it was hurtful. >> 90% rejected in the poorest state in the nation with that many kids living in poverty really striking. thank you very much for bringing us that story. >> thank you. coming up, an assassination attempt caught on camera in this wild video. we're showing it to you now. a man tries to shoot the vice president of argentina. what happened to his gun? first, the pandemic really hurt school kids and with reading scores at a two-decade low there is a debate whether it necessary to hold a generation back. miguel cardona joins us. back miguel cardona joins us. the tenth pick is in the new all-american club. that's a “club” i want to join!

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achievement in the 1970s and reading scores have fallen by the largest margin in more than 30 years. just like seemingly everything else with the pandemic, low income children and children of color were most affected. joining me now is nbcnbc antoina hilton. some parents say maybe we should hold them back a year so they can repeat the grade missed. >> the only thing that can cure this and bring us into recovery is time spent in the classroom for kids to learn the material they missed out on. what is most alarming when you look at this report is that scores fell for everyone but for kids in the most disadvantaged communities, poor children, children of color their scores fell faster and further. that recovery work is going to take months, maybe years more of time than it is for whiter and wealthier children. and, you know, most kids have about the same amount of time in a single day and in a school

year and this presents incredible challenges for districts before the pandemic were old likely underfunded, under supported and, you know, you have to remember some kids were in communities where it wasn't just about time out of the classroom and remote learning. they were more likely to lose a parent in the pandemic. they are in some cases still grieving and have social and emotional challenges. it's most stark when you look at the math results. five points reduction for white children but eight for hispanic children and 13 for black children. >> the logistics of holding kids back and it's such a touchy subject because nobody wants to have to repeat a grade. it filled with all sorts of stigma. if you're talking about really needing to go back and learn the material and a large group of people, kids that need it, logistics of doing so, are schools prepared? do they have resources necessary to bring that many students back a grade? >> resources is a tough question right now when you consider the fact that the same moment

schools are struggling to hire teachers. we have a national teacher shortage and, you know, they are scrambling to get additional coaches and tutors. that's part of what the federal government is doing with their additional monetary support to school districts is trying to get those bodies into close -- classrooms so kids can get help. it could mean holding children back for some people. some parents are pulling kids out and home schooling them because they feel they're more effective. others are in summer school now and used the summer to catch up on what they don't think they can do during the school year. it will be case by case and we'll learn more state by state what the real situation looks like and i think you'll see more tailored responses once we know more. >> so tough on kids. it been so tough on parents, especially in the school, young school aged group that you get so much each of the years that you're in elementary school and middle school. you learn so much fundamental stuff. it's hard if you lose out on

that. thank you very much. joining me now is miguel cardona. so mr. secretary, thank you very much for being here to talk to us about this. antonio was just laying out some of the solutions, how is the federal government looking at it? >> yeah, you know, great reporting there to show the needs across the country and disparities made worse. that's why we're really thrilled the american rescue plan dollars are available to increase support for students tutoring. i've seen across the country summer school programs triple in size. intensive tutoring. additional teachers. we have a teacher shortage but many areas are getting social workers and teachers to help provide smaller class sizes and make sure students are getting individualized support they need and we're going to have to continue that. this should be a call to action for educators. we have more money in education. we should maintain the same

level of urgency we had at the height of the pandemic to give our students what they need. not only catch up to march 2020 but really exceed it. the data didn't look great before these data came out. they look worse now. we have an obligation to make sure our kids are caught up and can thrive. >> there is a teacher shortage. teachers aren't getting paid as much as they say they need to be paid. a lot of teachers have to work second jobs. i personally know teachers who again this year have had to post their school lists to facebook and hope that people donate materials. the american rescue plan is giving money to schools. how much money is it and is it going to be the kind of money that means that teachers can get paid a fair wage for what they do, which is incredible? to make sure they have the needs for their classroom, the supplies for their classroom. >> you know, i've always said to address the teacher shortage issue, we have to address a teacher respect issue. i've been in the profession for

23, 24 years and it's always like we're fighting to lift up the profession. we're always being asked to do more with less. school closures over the last two years should make us realize how important it is for our students and for our communities that our schools are thriving. the american rescue plan provided 135 billion for k-12 schools and includes increases in education that are historic so we recognize that the federal level the importance of funding education not only to recover from the pandemic but just to list and make sure we have more resources for our students like mental health supports, you mentioned earlier many students are coming in having lost a parent. you know, over 150,000 students are coming into our schools having lost a parent or caregiver. so we need to have better mental health supports. the money from the american rescue plan is available now. we're encouraging districts to use it to address teacher shortage areas, to address mental health supports and just

as important to make sure that our kids are caught up in reading and mat. without reading skills, it's hard to succeed in life. we want to double down making sure our elementary programs have the support they need to thrive and make up for what was lost during the pandemic. >> is that money earmarked for specific programs within specific communities? >> you know, we knew that the pandemic affected some communities more than others. we require states to submit plans that have equity in them and stake holder engagement because parents know what their kids need. so those are the plans that we accepted before we sent out the funding and equity is at the heart of that. we want folks in the community to ask questions with the school principals and district leaders, where is the money going? how can my child benefit? we launched a national partnership for student success where we're asking for 250,000 tutors and mentors for our children.

we have partners from across the country. our kids need the most now. we're leveraging the dollars to make sure we can have enough caring adults to provide individualized support we know they need to continue to be successful in school. >> can you confidently say low income students and students of color, the ones who have been more affected by this are going to get more of the funding? they're going to be -- they're going to be treated -- they're going to get more funding? >> yes, look, if you look at those data, even disparities in this country have almost been normalized. it's been like that since before i got into the profession. we need to be bold about addressing inequities. the american rescue plan dollars are intended to go disproportionately to those most impacted and we'll see to that. that's what our kids deserve. everyone was impacted by the pandemic but some much more than others. >> thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. serena williams continues

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as we were talking about a little earlier, former attorney bill barr was on fox news talking about the doj search of mar-a-lago and it seems like he believes the justice department was more than justified. listen. >> i personally think for them to have taken things to the current point, they probably have pretty good evidence but that is speculation. i think the driver on this from the beginning was loads of classified information sitting in mar-a-lago. people say this was unprecedented. it's unprecedented for a president to take all this

classified information and put them in a country club and how long is the government going to try to get that back? they draw a bone for a year. they were deceived on the voluntary actions taken. they then went and got a subpoena. they were deceived on that. they feel. and the facts are starting to show that they were being jerked around and so how long -- how long do they wait? >> and this is attorney general bill barr who has a very broad view of executive privilege as trump is trying to argue and the doj says no, you don't have it. anyway, let's get to the other stories today. an assassination attempt in argentina was caught on camera. the vice president christina fernandez was greeting a crowd outside her home and a man pointed a gun inches from her head. the weapon jammed and police were able to take the man into custody. here is nbc keir simmons. >> reporter: cameras were

rolling. argentina's vice president smiling. then suddenly a loaded pistol is pointed at her head. a click is heard. but the weapon does not fire. an attempted assassination according to one government minister, another angle showing christina fernandez greeting the crowd when in seconds the man pushes forward and holds the gun inches from her face. argentina's president addressing the nation. christina remains alive because for a reason not yet technically confirmed, the gun which contained five bullets did not fire. within minutes, the suspect was detained dragged down by a crowd. two officials identifying him as fernando. his motive unclear. forensic police out in force. overnight, supporters rallied outside the vice president's home a towering figure but controversial. argentina's politics

increasingly bitter. she has face protests and corruption allegations she denied and branded a media judicial firing squad. now these images, the most serious challenge to democracy for decades the president said warning that hate leads to violence but as argentina television replays these seconds again and again, the danger this morning may be deeper political divisions. >> our thanks to keir simmons for that report. joining us with more development is kerry sanders. kerry, what do we know about the gunman? >> reporter: well, they have identified the gunman. he's 35 years old. his name is fernando andre monteal. he's been in the country in argentina for about a decade. he's originally from brazil. now, the authorities were -- they knew him because he had been involved in some low level issues before. so they had pictures of him. they were aware of him.

he has some nazi tattoos on him that may suggest something we don't know exactly what. the big question is what was the motivation? the authorities say they do not have an answer to that. they have him in custody. they are yet to reveal if he is talking or if he is revealed any sort of motivation. of course, the other question and they went to his house and you can see in this video they went to his house to say if they could find any clues to find out was he acting alone or with others? at thisconfirmation, no real understanding of the motivation but we do know argentina itself as been in an economic crisis for sometime and the middle class and the lower class have been especially pinched by inflation that at times is getting close to 100% but again, that's just a reflection of what is going on in the country. the problems that are there, we do not know his specific motivation here. >> what is the reaction from the government, kerry? >> reporter: well, the

president, president fernandez took to the air waves and addressed the population. one of the things he said to the folks in the country, which i think is kind of reflective of a climate that maybe we see in the united states and other parts of the worldggressive back and forth often played out on television and in the media. the president saying it is necessary to ban banish the vioe and hate from the political and media discourse and our life in society basically saying he wants the opposite side in argentina to come together and talk. one of the econoists i spoke to said one of the greatest concerns they have right now is that the politicians who should be addressing the economy now for the next weeks and months will be diverted talking strictly about the strictly about the security and not economy, which of course is most desperately needed if indeed that is the under lying

cause for this attempted assassination. again, you see that video and it's mind blowing to see the gun come out, come right out, hear the click and find the gun jammed. it was a .38 caliber and five rounds loaded in there and it fortunately, did >> inflation approaching 100% down there in argentina. thank you very much. coming up next, we are going to go live to queens ahead of another big night for serena williams, the greatest of all time. it is her third u.s. open match. . we'll replace your glass and recalibrate your vehicle's camera, so automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning work properly. don't wait--schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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