and then i think we are going to see unredacted portions of the affidavit. >> and ben rhodes, as we sit here tonight, as we discovered that there was an fbi search of donald trump's home, and that it was for classified material, and that, indeed, classified material was obtained in that search, donald trump and his representatives have not said a single word about why that material was in his home. >> yeah, lawrence, that's really the glaring question here. we have confirmed that he had highly sensitive, highly classified information that the top secret and top secret secure compartmented information level. this is the highest level of classification in the u.s. government. we know, despite what trump has said, that this information is still classified, or else we would not be talk about the redactions in the government obviously not wanting to release that information. what we don't know is why on earth he felt necessary to pack up and take with him boxes of classified information, to keep it at mar-a-lago, which is not a secure location, and to not return it to the government, even af

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and ben rhodes, another friend, deputy national security adviser. phil is my friend, too, by the way. deputy national security adviser for president obama as well as an msnbc political contributor and olivia troy, a fourth friend, also here, former top aide to vice president mike pence. neil, we've got to start with you. you're the man with the law degree here. walk us through what we learned -- walk us through the warrant and the inventory and what you on the basis of everything you know take away from it. >> yeah. so to me the big headline is the former president of the united states is under investigation by the fbi for a violation of the espionage act among other things. so that to me is the headline. then it's supported by two different things. the warrant and the inventory of what was found at mar-a-lago. i'm going to start with the latter. because you know, yesterday when there were all these reports of fbi going and trying to find nuclear information or signals intelligence information, i said, look, we got to be cautious because that's just

. >>> joining us is ben rhodes. this goes back not just the year, of course, the year ago when the last u.s. troops left, but the original agreement made by donald trump with the taliban, the trump administration, without factoring in that very flawed government in afghanistan, but there's a big but. the military said, leave 2,500 troops. don't close the air base. that decision, a lot of the military officials say was critical. ben? >> i think when you look back at the withdrawal, the things that stood out is one bagram was closed, a hub for u.s. military activity, you saw a rapid deterioration of the circumstance. you saw a lack of capacity to evacuate afghans in that window of time between president biden's announcement and the chaotic withdrawal at the end of august. therefore, they had to get as many people out in that short window as they could. i want to point out something that's important. i hear from a lot of afghans and people trying to resettle afghans who did get out in that evacuation but are stuck in t

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i am joined now by ben rhodes, and tally weinstein, former federal and state prosecutor who clerked for then judge garland. welcome to you both. ben, we've been covering this now. we're in live coverage. there is a lot we learned and some things we still don't know. in terms of what we learned, when you go through these receipts what, do you see? something that is concerning, but typical, something a little atypical, or a very concerning security breach that apparently was ongoing? >> i mean, i think, this is very concerning. it can't get more concerning than the levels of classification that are in these documents. when you talk about top secret documents, and you talk about top secret secure compartments documents, you're talking about the most secret information that is derived from or is sensitive methods of intelligence collection or perhaps assessment of foreign adversaries or defense nuclear information as the washington post reported. this is really secret stuff. and it is also stuff that is very clearly marked secret. like, this is stamped on every page. these had to be printed

thank you so much, charlie savage, and ben rhodes. really excellent. thank you, so much. >> let's go from there now, to abc's gary rumba who is following president biden in wilmington delaware. gary, welcome to you. how is the president reacting to this released affidavit? >> yeah, we really haven't heard much from the president on this topic, in part because of his covid quarantines and because of his multiple vacations. but he was feeling chatty astronaut to reporters multiple times about the topic of the fbi search of mar-a-lago. the biden white house has made it a real priority for them to keep the work that the justice department separate from the political work of the white house. we saw that with the investigation into hunter biden, we saw that with the january six investigation by the doj, and we are seeing that here, as well. here's what the president had to say in the national security implications of more than 130 classified documents found at mar-a-lago. >> we will let the justice department determine that. we will see what happens. >> so,

also with us ben rhodes, former deputy national security to president obama, and edison bc political correspondent. he is the author of after the fall. andrew, your assessment of what we have learned in this hearing today about the possible release of the affidavit and what you expect a week from now. >> i think the judge made the right call here. i think the weakness in the government's position was that they only addressed the footnote, the issue of redaction. and they told the judge that their opinion, it redacted version of the affidavit would-be not helpful to the public, we would be virtually meaningless. but of course, this judge has actually seen the fully unredacted affidavit. so he was able to sort of take a look at bat and presumably came to the conclusion that the pieces of it that wouldn't harm national security, wouldn't harm -- beyond the criminal investigation, and when identify witnesses. those are categories that i think he's still going to be very protective of, and i'm sure the government is going to propose redactions in those areas. having said, that that does l

with me is josh letterman and ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser to president obama and an msnbc political contributor. josh, i want to start with some news we have this morning. there was a call between president macron of france, president putin of russia, that talked about the plant today. what did they discuss? >> they discussed sending iaea inspectors to the site. that's the u.n.'s nuclear agency. and according to both the russians and the french, president putin agreed to allow u.n. inspectors to visit the site. now, how quickly that's going to happen is the real question. because in the last 24 hours or so, russian officials had said that it wouldn't be feasible to facilitate access to the site for iaea inspectors until the first week of september or later, which is far too late, given the dramatic concerns that people have in the region right now. yesterday, there were claims both from the russians and the ukrainians that there was going to be some type of provocation at the plant today, which really sent the fears here surging, but to give you a sense of how

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joining me are ben rhodes, former adviser and admiral james -- admiral, ukrainian officials have not claimed rponsibility for these explosions but they're poking fun at russia's explanations that munitions caught fire and blew up. where do you come dow >> andrea, as you know, there are these things called satellites which have extremely granular capability. they can tell y exactly what's on the ground. for the russians to claim that the jets weren't destroyed, i've seen pictures of it all over the internet. they're accurate. given the endle surveillance that's foolish on their part to try to claim otherwise reminds me of when the flagship of the black sea was sunk, same kinof lame explanation. this is a big move. it's psychologically important. crimea is a bastion of pro-russian sentiment. probably this is special forces, potentially, coupled with long-range fires. very good day for the ukrainians and way up north in europe, sweden and finland are getting closer and closer to joining the alliance. joe biden just signed their passage here in the united states. we'll see tho two nation

so mike, i want to play something that former obama ben rhodes hyped up the dangers of these documents being at mar-a-largo. take a watch. >> having documents in mar-a-largo is incredibly dangerous. you don't think mar-a-largo has been the target of every foreign intelligence service for years? doesn't look like a hard place to get inside, john, and walk around. these were in boxes, even if they're behind a locked door, it's not like they're not foreign adversaries that can get their hand on that information and learn importance things about our nuclear programs, intelligence. >> sean: mike, these are boxes at mar-a-largo. the secret service is on the premise at mar-a-largo. again, that's a severe risk to the american public. again, i'm going to ask this christina, by the hillary clinton server that we know any foreign entity could have accessed was not a threat? explain that to me. >> yeah, the president has constitutional authority as commander-in-chief to classify or declassify any record he wants nor any reason. he doesn't have to record it. that's his authority as confirmed by the

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. >> ben rhodes, thank you so much. >>> now an update on a story we have been following closely on this program. after widespread pressure to amp up the federal government's fight against monkeypox, president biden has appointed a white house monkeypox coordinate. he's robert fenton, who led the mass vaccination expert. those appointments come just after california declared a state of emergency. it's the third state to do that after new york and illinois. >>> right now in kansas, abortion is on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. but what about the battles over abortion rate rights in other states? what will today's vote tell us going forward? >>> now we expect merrick garland to make an announcement related to reproductive health care access. we'll bring that to you live. you're watching a special edition of "chris jansing reports," live from kansas city. research shows that people remember ads with young people having a good time. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's a pool party. look what i broug

so mike , i want to play something that former obama acolyte ben rhodes, who today hyped up the dangers of these documents being immoral. i think i was justt having these documents in mar a lago is incredibly dangerous. you think you don't think marlockubeen has been the targeg every foreign intelligence service for years? this exactly looks like a hard place to get inside john walker. and we're sitting in boxeses. en if they're behind a locked door. it's not like they're note for adversaries were able to try to get their hands on that kind of information and learn reallyr important things about our intelligence collection, our nuclear programst. mike .igea so i mean, these are boxes, admiral iv of the secrets service is unpleasant on the premises at mar a lago, but again, that's a severe risk to the american public. but again, i ask this, you know, but the but the hillary clinton server that we knowre that any foreign entity could have access was not a threatld. explain that to me.>> yeah. so the president has constitute more authority as commander in chief to classify or declassifyn a

a couple of our colleagues were also policy people, like ben rhodes, who was very instrumental in president obama's foreign policy. but i did feel like i had some influence in shaping how he talked about something. so specifically, by the time that i got there, i felt like i could kind of help the president be more vocal about his feminism. so i used various opportunities, like essays we, had and then culminating a speech that the white house held in 2016, that i could kind of build up and sort of help him find a voice. give voice to what i knew he truly believed. and that i could push it and see whether he pushed back in a way. i worked on a team of men, so i felt like i had the ability to do that. and to kind of challenge it a little bit. and through each piece of writing about this issue that we did, i could kind of push the envelope a little bit more, little more, so the by the time he gave that speech, and got up in this on stage in front of thousand people that this is why the feminist looks like. and it took, you know, just slowly moving us in that direction and it. and it wasn't, it

. >> ben rhodes, neal brought bill barr into the conversation, and i want to stay there. one of the things we keep talking about being in uncharted territory as a country covering a search approved by a judge of an ex-president's home and not the what of it, but why because he had classified materials that could endanger u.s. national security in his possession and the surveillance footage, we know from what has come out shows people not just moving these boxes around, but repackaging some of the materials that may or may not be classified. it makes me want to know a whole lot more about what he was protected from while he was there, about how these function when he was in this much trouble and had the protections of the executive. what do you see when you see these investigations start, and maybe the tip of the iceberg reveal itself? >> i'm really glad you asked that question, nicole, because this is what i've been thinking about the last couple of days because for eight years i was in a white house with the highest security clearance and then for the first year after we