ken dilanian, mark caputo, nbc news digital reporter, glenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst and lisa rubin, also a legal analyst and former litigator. welcome an. ken, we'll start with you relative to the latest in this mar-a-lago search. the doj wants to keep the search warrant affidavit sealed, citing a need to protect witnesses, also an ongoing investigation. a hearing is set for thursday at 1:00 p.m. what happens then? >> the judge will decide whether to unseal that affidavit and the justice department, if he does grant that request by news organizations, the justice department would ask for redactions of sensitive information, and they say there will be a lot. we actually learned a good deal from this justice department filing yesterday, alex, about the scope of this investigation, the fact that there is an ongoing grand jury investigation involving multiple witnesses and sensitive information they still want to protect. the idea that this is just the action to recover classified documents seems dispelled by this affidavit. we're turning to reporting on how these top secret sci docume