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plus, tennis superstar serena williams, her major announcement about her future on the court. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight we are getting new information on that hours-long search of former president trump s mar-a-lago residence in florida with heightened security, we see it right here, flanking the compound nbc news reporting the search was tied to classified materia trump allegedly took from the white house when he left in 2021 the former president claiming in a statement that the fbi broke into a safe, calling the search, quote, unannounced republicans raising questions tonight about the timing, pointing the finger at attorney general merrick garland for executing the search with less than 100 days until the november mid-terms, and fueling talk of trump s potential bid for president in 2024. we have team coverage tonight. kelly o donnell starts us off from bedminster, new jersey, where the form
cbs s meg oliver reports, it s easier said than done. reporter: how complex is it to make these microchips? it is extremely complex. duncan: and, moving on. tennis great serena williams serves up a surprise announcement, saying she s ready to focus on her family. i can t do this forever. sometimes you just want to try your best to enjoy the moments. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west and thanks for joining us. i m jericka duncan, in for norah. tonight, new details about the unprecedented f.b.i. search of former president donald trump s florida home what we re learning about the investigation that s focused on his potential mishandling of what could be classified material. sources tell cbs news that the f.b.i. was met by trump s attorneys, along with the secret service. it is the first time in american history that a search warrant has been issuedn on a former pres
group of agents saying it was, quote, unannounced. which is what normally happens with search warrants, by the way. and that they broke into a safe. now he wasn t there and they carried out the search. but i want to turn right away to cnn correspondent, randi kaye, who is actually in palm beach county. i ll stay with us tonight cnn s chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. caitlin i want to begin with you here. because, look, a search on the former president s home is absolutely extraordinary. and now we know it is about the handling of classified documents. what is happening right now? what is it all about? it certainly is remarkable. if these events are unfolding in the way that the former president is saying that they are and the statement it does seem to be a pretty huge escalation of what we already know. that there was an investigation underway and to whether or not he mishandled potentially classified information when he left the white house. now, when it c
first floor coasting predominant. that begins right now. a lower. a sour, and icu, this is don lemon tonight everyone. i m laura coats sitting in for the great document. and we begin with major, i mean, really big news. a few hours ago we learned from former president trump directly, no less, of an fbi executing a search warrant at the mar-a-lago estate. his resort, of course, in florida. local sources saying the search is related to the handling of classified documents and were documents were kept. sources are also saying that boxes of items were actually taken during the search. and that documents were seized. trump is calling this a raid. and what he described as a large group of agents saying it was, quote, unannounced. which is what normally happens with search warrants, by the way. that they broke into a safe. he wasn t there, as they carried out the search. but i want to turn right away to cnn correspondent, randi kate, who s actually at palm beach county. also here