carl rove, knew what he was dealing. the democrats, on the other hand?to qualify an abortion related measure in arizona, fell short last month, and it's unclear whether one will make the ballot in michigan. the only other states with abortion related ballot measures are for monticello fourniÉ. as one pro abortion rights political strategist said to democrats, they are playing checkers instead of chess. my sunday night panel is back with me, kurt, we've known for years that the conservative majority on the supreme court would likely restrict abortion access, they telegraphed, it saying that trump would only appoint pro life judges while he was running for office. why do you think democrats never came up with a unified political legislative strategy around this. >> well, again i think i referenced this in the last segment. you have to remember this mindset that all of us were in at the start of joe biden's presidency. we were coming off of january six, and we are we're also in a pandemic the likes of which we never seen. it literally froze everything in am

carl rove said on fox, seems like the department of justice kept asking for this. he is spinning a story here. but what sort of -- would lindsey graham be talking about when he says it's not meaningful transparency? does he mean the team there wasn't much stuff redacted, he wanted more stuff out there? >> it's just politics, ali. we are 80 days out from the midterm elections. this could not give the american people a clearer choice. one side, the democrats, advocating for people, the people who were affected by donald trump's recklessness, the people that have benefited by our advocacy for them, and the legislation we passed. the other side is entirely interested in politics. they've given us this frame, because they have shown themselves and the way that they are willing to fall over themselves, and do anything to defend donald trump, that if they win the majority this fall, they will go to congress and fight entirely for donald trump. and democrats have shown, with this, and what we've done, that if we are giving the majority again, we will go back to congress, a

. >> unless you missed it, that is carl rove.f the key republican operators in this country for the last three decades. telling donald trump to stop talking about this case. that tells you something. but there is another possible issue here. former fbi assistant director of counter intelligence. frank, says this information is so highly classified. it could be difficult, or even impossible, to bring into a court case. >> this information and these markings indicate that it is so sensitive, so sensitive, that it's going to become problematic to prosecute trump for this, i have numerous cases in my career, and they say i oversaw all espionage cases. the agency came to us and said, yes you caught the guy but this can't ever see the light of day. and we are not going to support a prosecution. >> that just gives you a small window into all of the different considerations that attorney general, merrick garland, must be considering right now. it's important to remember, this affidavit is not proof of the crime, it does show. that the ju

it's kind of wild how everybody has gone suddenly silent on this thing. >> when you lost carl rove, you >> you've lost the game. alex, have a great weekend. we'll see you next week. >> have a great show, ali. >> tonight, we are seemingly one step closer to a criminal prosecution of former president donald trump. the possibility of the twice impeached former insurrectionist of the united states standing trial in federal court seems enormously more possible today than it di

. >> when you lost carl rove, you know you are in trouble. >> you've lost the game. alex, have a great weekend. we'll see you next week. >> have a great show, ali. >> tonight, we are seemingly one step closer to a criminal prosecution of former president donald trump. the possibility of the twice impeached former insurrectionist of the united states standing trial in federal court seems enormously more possible today than it did just a week ago. today, the u.s. magistrate judge, bruce reinhart, who authorized the search warrant of donald trump's florida home released the redacted affidavit. that is what you are looking out. the blast is the redactions. it was used by the fbi to support the search. the affidavit says, quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at donald trump's florida home. the redacted affidavit gives us a window into what the fbi expected to find and found during their search of mar-a-lago. quote, the fbi's investigation has established that the documents bearing classification markings, which appear to con

what carl rove is partially saying is shut up and let your lawyers talk for you. every time you talk you confessed to more crime. that is one thing that is going on. i think that when you talk about the general republican party here, at some point they have to realize what kind of dangerous threat this is still. not was, not could be, but still is, right now, today. he is sitting there holding a secret national defensive information. you cannot make what he had already found more serious. -- in terms of how we conduct national security. there are lots of people who would want to get their hands on that kind of information. not all of them are friendly to us. the idea that he can have, them not sitting in a box in his basement, but at his golf course for anybody to see, jarred, steep in, and people that we know are on the grift. they are looking for the way to make their next back. we have no idea how many of trump's cronies have seen the sensitive information, and what they are willing to sell it for. the threat here is real. for he was still free in august. how i

well charles, this is a more interesting turn of the moments by carl rove.ctor of national intelligence that it is working with the doj to facilitate a classification review. of relevant materials, including those recovered during the search. what is your reaction to this assessments and can you break down for us exactly what it may mean? >> well, michael, the reaction to the assessment is of, course this is still astonishing in a standing that we are here having this conversation about former president of the united states of america, in classified documents we thread national security not being handled appropriately. that sort of assessment is going to, look at number, one the potential outcomes and risks involved with the documents that were held at mar-a-lago. a number, to what could be the risk to national security that results from the improper use and storage of this. he would access to them, they're gonna look at who might've been interested in, them and they're also going to look at anything that has potentially developed since those documents have

even carl rove who is a fan of trump said he should not have these. the other facet of the republican party. many view him as the victim. they look at what the doj and the fbi have done as going after him as a prosecutorial witch hunt. they look at this 38-page document. two-thirds of it is redacted. while they do respect covering up for sources and methods, they say a lot of this heavily redacted material is a way to avoid transparency. they say they are doing bidding for the democratic party. many republicans who were ready to turn their backs on trump and look for someone else in 2024 now view him as a victim and they are ready to get on board and support them. >> and the idea here and, in fact, you mentioned ignorance, alice. a part of the ignorance, you tried it if you're talking about the narrative, you want to capitalize on what you don't know what the electorate might not know. maybe he does declassify. president biden came out to talk about the notion you can declassify in a blanket way. listen to this. >> the fact he classified all the docum