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anthony zurcher gave us the latest judge anthony zurcher gave us the latest bruce who wori courthouseruce who works in the federal courthouse just judge bruce who works in the federal courthousejust behind judge bruce who works in the federal courthouse just behind me judge bruce who works in the federal courthousejust behind me has judge bruce who works in the federal courthouse just behind me has given the us justice courthouse just behind me has given the usjustice department until noon on friday to release a redacted version of the affidavit the justice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump's amara lago a state about two and a half weeks ago. now, thejudge released a 2—page memo saying that he agreed with the proposed reductions from the justice department from a with the proposed reductions from thejustice department from a said it protected the identity of potential witnesses and sources and shielded the scope and strategy behind the federal investigation. that investigation is into the handling of classified material in th

because it is a criminal investigation, may rapidly move to the top of that list. >> that was anthony zurcherorting outside mar-a-go. for more let's bring in former federal prosecutor joe morano. thank you for being with us. predictably, president trump has come out reacting calling this a witchhunt, a break-in. given what you have seen in the affidavit do you think there was justification for this rate? >> the justice department has strengthened its argument over the past week. first, with information we learned about the national archives and itsole in trying to move this issue along. then what we learned in the redacted affidavit today. the justice department is pretty clear that this was not the first step they took and recovering these documents. -- in recovering these documents. they spent months negotiating with the former president's law years, working with the national archives and asking the fbi to review documents already turned over, meeting resistance at the hands of the former president and his lawyers, serving two grand jury subpoenas, and finally, a few weeks ago, leading up t

anthony zurcher reporting. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.inister has described the country's unprecedented monsoon rains and flooding as a national emergency. sherry rahman called for international help, and said the situation was a climate—induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. the provinces of sindh and balochistan have been the worst hit regions. more than 900 people have died sincejune. french president emmanuel macron is in algeria, on a trip aimed at repairing ties and boosting energy supplies. he laid a wreath at a monument to algerians killed during the independence war, which brought french colonial rule to an end 60 years ago. embryos in a lab, without the use of eggs or sperm, british and american scientists have created synthetic mouse embryos in a lab, without the use of eggs or sperm, or a womb for them to grow in. researchers used stem cells from mice to create the structures, which grew enough to develop a beating heart and the beginnings of a brain. the team says its work could improve our understanding of organ

let's talk to anthony zurcher, whojoins us. first of statutes. well, we learned a little bit about the reasons why there are probable causes for the justice department to request that search of mar—a—lago, and one of the reasons was because donald trump and his associates provided documents that were stored here. they discovered over 180 instances of classified documents, mixed and haphazardly with photographs and new placer —— newspaper clippings. among those top secrets, there were some involving intelligence gathering and foreign surveillance and court ordered domestic surveillance. that was one reason why they suspected there may be more classified materials stored in an insecure way. another reason was because the listed —— a witness testimony. the reasons that the justice department gave for these reactions were they fear that if a witness was made public, they could be intimidated or threatened. so the curtain has been pulled back ever so slightly on this investigation, which has clearly —— is clearly a criminal investigation involving cla

document to protect "a significant number of civilian witnesses". 0ur north america correspondent anthony zurcherthejustice department has now pulled back the curtain ever so slightly into the criminal investigation over handling classified documents and presidential records here at mar—a—lago. in its 32 affidavit that was heavily redacted, thejustice department said one of the reasons they thought there were still classified documents being kept in an unsecured location here in mar—a—lago was because documents given to the president and his associates to the national archives earlier contained over 100 instances of classified information mixed in amongst magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs and other paraphernalia, as well as 25 items marked top secret, that included human intelligence gathering, foreign surveillance and court ordered domestic surveillance. the justice department also relied on witness testimony as part of its request, but none of that witness testimony was made public. it was redacted and the reason thejustice department gave for this was because they thought tha

our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher gave us the latest from outside the court in floridae reinhart who works in the federal court house just behind me has given the us justice department until noon on friday to release a redacted version of the affidavit the justice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump's mar—a—largo estate about two and a half weeks ago. the judge released a 2—page memo saying he agreed with the proposed redactions from thejustice department. he said it protected the identity of potential witnesses and sources, and shielded the scope and strategy behind the federal investigation. that investigation is into the handling of classified material in the chaotic final days of donald trump's presidency, and the removal of the material from the white house in boxes to mar—a—largo where it was stored over the past year and a half. this isn't the only legal proceedings around this search. there is another request by donald trump's lawyers to appoint a special master to review all of these documents, and then

our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher gave us the latest from outside the court in floridaart — who works in the federal courthouse just behind me — has given the us justice department until noon on friday to release a redacted version of the affidavit the justice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump's mara lago estate about two and a half weeks ago. now, thejudge released a 2—page memo saying that he agreed with the proposed reductions from the justice department, he said it protected the identity of potential witnesses and sources and shielded the scope and strategy behind the federal investigation. that investigation is into the handling of classified material in the chaotic final days of donald trump's presidency, and the removal of that material from the white house inboxes to mar a lago where it was storied over the past year and a half. this isn't the only legal proceedings around this search. there is another request by donald trump's lawyers to appoint a special master to review all of these documents and the

i am joined now by our north america correspondent anthony zurcher who's in florida for us. a sanchez, is he? charlie christ is a veteran of— christ is a veteran of republican politics. he actually was a republican governor in 2008 and switched parties to the democrats, run unsuccessfully as a democrat for governor and now is running iii time once again as a democrat, trying to take on rhonda sanchez. in his victory speech, he talked about abortion being a very key issue and he talked about appealing to republicans, independence and democrats and he tried to paint rhonda sanchez of someone who was outside the mainstream who was outside the mainstream who was outside the mainstream who was taking away individual freedoms in florida upwards stands in starc contrast from what i heard on the stage yet where he was boasting about being the free state of florida and that he will protect individual freedom so it will set up a very interesting dynamic in this election when i should note that the governor's race in forrester, the past three elections has been decided by about 1%, so i

a short time ago, i heard more about this from our north america correspondent anthony zurcher.was a republican governor in 2008 and then switched parties to the democrats, ran unsuccessfully as a democrat for governor, and then now is running the third time, once again as a democrat, trying to take on ron desantis. in his victory speech, he talked about abortion being a very key issue, and he talked about appealing to republicans, independents and democrats, and he tried to paint ron desantis as someone who was outside the mainstream, who was taking away individual freedoms in florida, which stands in stark contrast from what i heard from ron desantis on the stage here, just about half—an—hour ago, where he was boasting about being the free state of florida, and that he was the governor would help protect individual freedom so, it will set up a very interesting dynamic in this election, when i should note that the governor's race here in florida, the past three elections, each has been decided by about 1%, so it is always very close in this pivotal sweepstake. and what we are s

our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher, is at west palm beach in florida and gave us more detailsartment has pulled back the curtain pulled back the curtain ever so slightly over 100 documents, as well as 25 items marked top—secret, including humid intelligence gathering —— human, and thejustice department also relied on witness testimony, but none of that was made public. the reason thejustice department gave this was because they thought that if the identity of the witnesses were made public, they could be open to harassment or physical intimidation, and that future witnesses may be more reluctant to come forward if they see this kind of chilling effect. there's also the concern among the justice department that any revelations could lay out a road map for future investigation. revelations could lay out a road map forfuture investigation. donald trump has had a lot of you will concerned since he left the white house, but this one may be moving up to the top of that list. joining me now from washington is former us deputy assistant attorney general, thomas dupreei. thank you very

our north america correspondent anthony zurcher gave us the latest from the court in florida.t who works in the federal courtjust behind me has given the us justice department until noon on friday to release a redacted version of the affidavit the justice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump's mar—a—largo estate about two and a half weeks ago. the judge released a 2—page memo saying he agreed with the proposed redactions from thejustice department. he said it protected the identity of potential witnesses and sources, and shielded the scope and strategy behind the federal investigation. that investigation is into the handling of classified material in the chaotic final days of donald trump's presidency, and the removal of the material from the white house in boxes to mar—a—largo where it was stored over the past year and a half. this isn't the only legal proceedings around this search. there is another request by donald trump's lawyers to appoint a special master to review all of these documents, and then determine which

a short time ago, i heard more about this from our north america correspondent anthony zurcher.ocrat trying to take on ron desantis. we talked about abortion being controversial and appealing to republicans independence the democrats and tried to paint ron desantis as someone outside the mainstream and taking away individual freedoms in florida, which stands in contrast to what i heard from rob desantis on state half—an—hour ago when he was boasting about being in the free state of florida and he was a governor who would help protect individual freedoms. was a governor who would help protect individualfreedoms. it was set up an interesting dynamic in this election and i should note that the governors raised here in florida in the past three elections, each has been decided by about i%. it is always very close in this state. �* . . , state. and what we have seen toniuht state. and what we have seen tonight could _ state. and what we have seen tonight could possibly - state. and what we have seen tonight could possibly be - state. and what we have seen tonight could possibly be a

let's bring back our north america correspondent anthony zurcher.st of all it's difficult to get on the - always so difficult? first of all. it's difficult to get on the ballot in all of these days. whether as a presidential candidate or running further down in the state or federal election. there are just challenges that make it much easier for the two political parties to get their people on the ballot. it's also difficult to raise the kind of money that it takes to win elections in this country. and then convincing candidates who aren't already connected to one party or the other who still want to be in public office, finding them is a challenge. the whole system is set up two parties. whoever has a plurality of the vote will be the winner in an election, that tends to also award a 2—party system and make third—party candidates more like spoilers, unless they can find a real substantive issue to run on that polls support away from the two major parties without using the same thing in the uk. the liberal democrats always have a challenge trying to

let's get all the analysis with our north america correspondent anthony zurcher, who's in west palm beache democrat winning by a few percentage points. that is something thatjoe biden carried only by a few points in 2020 this a lot of talks about a republican wave that they're going to do really well in the midterm elections coming up and that's the seat that you would expect to see republican win by larger margin if there is this big search and turnout for republicans and the fate the democrat picked it up, i think it's going to put a little bit more wind and the sales of the democrats and be more optimistic about what is in store november. sometimes difficult to draw from elections because the turnout is lower than general elections butjust purely from a psychological standpoint, think the democrats are going to be very happy about this republicans appointed to be scratching their heads and wondering how many seats to going to pick up and even if they win a majority in the house of representatives, i'll the majority might end up being. find representatives, i'll the ma'ority might end up

our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher, is in south florida.on, criminal investigation, criminal investigation, concerning the storage of classified information and unauthorised spaces. as well as the unlawful concealment or removal of government records. i suspected, the document, the ifu dated —— affidavit was heavily redacted, but we learned some of the reasons why the department wanted to search mar—a—lago. one reason was because documents provided earlier by donald trump at mar—a—lago included over 180 instances of classified information mixed in with a hodgepodge of magazine clippings and article, that included human intelligence gathering and even court ordered surveillance of us citizens. now the justice court ordered surveillance of us citizens. now thejustice department also relied on witness testimony to justify its search, but the testimony was all redacted, and the reason was because thejustice department were afraid witnesses would be harassed or physically intimidated if their identities were made public and future witnesses may

desantis has been eyeing a possible presidential bid in 2024. 0ur north america correspondent, anthony zurcherld like to see desantis as president, at least not low oil —— boiled donald trump supporters. desantis has pitched himself as a trump like candidate. so, i think there is ambition there. if he wins this again, in a state that has decided the governor's race by about 1%, that decided the governor's race by about i%, that will be seen certainly by members of the party as a big step towards a 2024 bid. that throws everything chaos.— towards a 2024 bid. that throws everything chaos. indeed, as it has for many years — everything chaos. indeed, as it has for many years. as _ everything chaos. indeed, as it has for many years. as we _ everything chaos. indeed, as it has for many years. as we look - everything chaos. indeed, as it has for many years. as we look at - everything chaos. indeed, as it has| for many years. as we look at those candidates, are either of them strong enough? what is it tell us about the democratic party up against republicans in places like florida that can often be re