rejecting a special master. a filing that included this, a striking photo of highly classified documents found at mar-a-lago. among trump s arguments, an admission that there were classified documents there. but that was to be expected among presidential records. no big deal. and should not have triggered an fbi search. joining us now, legal analyst loni coombs. so nice to see you. thanks for getting up our staying up late for us. so lawyers for the former president, they are,ing that it is the justice department that is unchecked and that these highly classified documents stashed away at the president s resort are no big deal? yeah, this is a really interesting reply brief. it was supposed to be a reply to all of the very strong arguments that were made by the department of justice in their response to this request for a special master. but instead it really read more like a pr statement, you know, going after the fbi and the doj as usual saying that they are unchecked and
media with his talent off the field. and the big honors being awarded to nbc news and this very broadcast. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening i m kate snow in for lester tonight in a rare move, the u.s. attorney general merrick garland is speaking out, saying he personally approved the fbi search of former president trump s home at mar-a-lago on monday. while he said he could not provide more details about the basis of the search, he did say the department of justice is asking a judge to make the warrant that was issued public. mr. trump reacting on social media saying with no warning mar-a-lago was raided. that message resonating with trump supporters, some ridiculing, even threatening law enforcement. today the attorney general pointedly saying he would not stand by silently seeing his agents integrity attacked just hours before in cincinnati, an armed man walked into an fbi field office shooting a nail gun more on that in a mom
sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his favorite bogeyman, vladimir putin. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. hi, jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you. the president is expected to call on congress to extend a federal gas tax holiday, som
division and partisanship in this event brought to you a joint partnership with the edward him kennedy is to do in the orange jeep catch foundation, the bipartisan policies center and a goal today is to try to foster discussion, based on principles, not politics much like the example of bipartisan ridge building it, semi democratic senator ted kennedy and republican senator orrin hatch and passing some of the most important legislation of their times such as the americans with disabilities act to, in the children s health insurance program. and forming an unlikely friendship, that transcended their partisan differences, and a spirit, and just a moment we will hear from independent senator bernie sanders of vermont and senator lindsey graham from south carolina and are used to facing off from their top post on the budget committee and clearly, they have very different views on the biggest issues facing the nation and for the next hour, we will try to find common ground constru
unverified information connecting trump to russia. the former president weighs in. and mr. webb with. hey, it s not the nfl, but it is the first week of fumbles. watch this. nothing has changed on how we see the stock market. we do not that s not something that we keep an eye on every day. there you have it. how the white house did in her new role. back to you, joe. but first, the biden administration finally addressing the baby formula shortage months after the problems first began. u.s. air force planes now bringing hundreds of pallets of formula from germany to the u.s. still, 45% of formula is out of stock across the country, and those pallets are not likely going to be making any dent anytime soon. and the situation is getting more and more dire for parents. at least six babies have been hospitalized from the formula shortage, and that number, unfortunately, expected to grow as the shortage worsens. and while everyday americans struggle with record high foo