Cheddar News' Arielle Hixson breaks down the highlights from President Biden's primetime address on democracy and gives an update on former President Trump's effort to get a special master appointed in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation

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Biden Calls Out Trump, 'MAGA Republicans' in Speech on Democracy

now the world of politics is waking up this morning after he pointed and combative speech from President Biden in philadelphia. Our own aerial Hickson is live on capitol hill to bring us more on the President's speech. A real good morning. What do you have for us? Good morning. President Biden was not holding back thursday night and delivered perhaps the most direct remark of his presidency. In a primetime address in philadelphia, biden print really painted a picture from outside of Independence Hall of a nation under attack from within whose system the government could be undone. Now the culprit, Well, he said that former President donald trump and quote Maga republicans. Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. They promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence. Biden said that the republican party is quote dominated, driven and intimidated by trump and Maga republicans. But despite the doom and gloom, he didn't say any of this is a reason for americans to despair, biden repeatedly made the point that extremism, he said is so dangerous. It's driven by a minority of the population. He called on democrats, independents and quote mainstream republicans to unite and face the challenge of quote extremism together for a long time. We've told ourselves that american democracy is guaranteed, but it's not. We have to defend it, protect it stand up for it. Each and every one of us. That's why tonight I'm asking our nation to come together, unite behind the single purpose of defending our democracy, regardless of your ideology. The entire speech was an effort from biden to recast the stakes of the november midterm elections as a choice between forces upholding american values and those seeking to destroy them. All right. So, let's talk about the former president. Ariel A florida judge thursday held a hearing related to the investigation of trump taking the sensitive documents tomorrow, logo. So, what's the update? What happened here? Well, a florida judge has declined to rule immediately on whether a special Master will be appointed to oversee documents that the FBI took from MAr a Lago. The florida residents of former President donald trump. As a reminder, a Special Master is a court appointed official who could look through all of the hundreds of doc. The FBI took from MAr a Lago trump, requested one because he claims that the documents could be covered by attorney client privilege. Though, that wouldn't apply to classified government secrets. The judge previously indicated that she would appoint a Special Master though. Now that decision is up near Ariel Hickson live from Washington, D. C. Thank you so much for that report area