thanks so much. nice to see you. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. new day starts right now. it is something that has never happened before. at least not like this. the fbi searches the home of a former president. so, why? why would a federal judge agree there was probable cause a crime had been committed? what exactly were agents looking for? what is so urgent that merrick garland would sign off on this, assuming he did? i m john berman here with brianna keilar. these are some of the questions we will try to answer this morning. admittedly, some of these questions don t yet have answers. this is what we know so far, early monday morning, federal agents executing a warrant searched donald trump s mar-a-lago resort. we are told this is part of the investigation into the handling of classified documents, taking them from the white house to mar-a-lago. mishandling classified documents, hiding or destroying them, if that is what happened, could absolutely be ag
new this morning, gabby petito s family is suing the moab city police department for $50 million. you may recall that officers pulled over petito and her fiance brian laundrie after a witness saw them fighting. the pair apparently went on their way and petito s body was found a month later. cnn s jean casarez has the details. reporter: a cross-country road trip that ended in tragedy may soon be the subject of a lawsuit. a attorney for gabby petito s family announced their intention to sue the moab city police department in utah. gabby s parents are bringing this lawsuit to honor gabby s legacy by working to save the lives of victims of domestic
that moab city police officers made, quote, several unintentional mistakes in a domestic violence response. and called for more training for officers. we do agree with the findings of the investigative report that the officers failed to recognize the serious danger that she was in. and failed to investigate fully and properly, they did not have the training that they needed to recognize the clear signs that were evident that morning. that gabby was a victim. and that she was in serious need of immediate help. reporter: the investigator said he could not say whether a different response to have prevented petito s death. and the legal filing cites several specific examples. gabby had some abrasions on her face. they appeared to be fresh because, in the video you see, she touches them and she says they hurt. they never documented those abrasions. brian had some marks on his arms, they did document them. gabby said, oh, it s my fault, i
hit him first but they took that at face value and made her the dominant aggressor. if there had been any arrests, she would have been arrested for domestic violence. and another example, brian in the beginning said i really don t have a cell phone. but later on in the over hour-long period of time that the officers are there, he takes out a phone out of his pocket and according to legal filing gives them his cell phone number. that s so interesting and so important for other cases, jean. it s interesting to see what happens here because it s a very creative suit. and if domestic violence charges had been filed against brian, they believe she would be alive today. jean, thank you for that report. a growing concern this morning that college campuses could soon become hot spots for the monkeypox virus, how are schools preparing here. and ashton kutcher revealing a battle with a rare disease that left him unable to see or
violence, throughout the united states and the world. reporter: petipetito s famil seeking $50 million in damages and negligence and wrongful acts that the family says contributed to gabby s death. the notice names not only the moab police department, including the chief, former assistant chief and the two officers that interacted with petito and her fiance brian lau laundrie. this is just bringing back sorry. this is what i was today, we re going to do whatever we can, that s why we re here. reporter: according to the document, petito s family said the department and its officers negligently failed to understand and enforce utah state laws. investigate laundrie s, quote,