alleges tried to hire an assassin to kill former u.s. national security adviser john bo bolton. the deal with the growing threat that iran poses and not try to appease them. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 11, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in palm beach, florida where we re learning about what prompted the fbi to search donald trump s mar-a-lago residence. the wall street journal reporting investigators were given an insider typical lettering them to more classified documents inside former president trump s florida home. evan perez reports now from washington. reporter: someone came forward in recent weeks to tell the fbi that there were likely more classified documents being stored at former president trump s palm beach club according to the wall street journal. the journal says that is what prompted the search this week at mar-a-lago. cnn has not confirmed the journal s report, but we ve previously reporte
york attorney general s office, he invoked his fifth amendment right more than 440 people. he did answer one question, though, his name. in moments, the line of questioning he faced and what it indicates about the civil case the attorney general is building. plus, new reporting about why the fbi search of mar-a-lago may have happened even after more than a dozen boxes were retrieved by the national archives earlier in the year. the wall street journal reports someone familiar with the stored papers told investigators there may still be more classified documents at the private club after the national archives retrieved 15 boxes earlier in the year. people familiar with the matter said. as of now, nbc news has not ind pently verified the reporting. the focus is intensifying on how the justice department should handle this unprecedented moment. pressure is intensifying on attorney general merrick garland to explain the search as trump s allies and defenders lob unverified al
reporter: for a white house that has been on defense for months over inflation, it was welcome news at the white house when they got the july numbers showing that inflation had not really budged there. of course prices are still in-credit bring high as they skyrocketed over the last year, but the white house took it as a good sign that it was moving in the right direction, not time yet to declare a victory lap though, president biden did go out of his way to say that he did believe that it was a positive indication of where inflation is headed. it underscores the kind of economy we ve been building. we re seeing a stronger labor market where jobs are booming and americans are working and we re seeing some signs that inflation may be beginning to moderate. that is what happens when you build an economy from the bottom up and middle out. reporter: president biden also taking that moment to urge congress to pass the inflation reduction act, of course that was once known as the buil
wealthy and higher earners and united states in an anti inflationary merger. let s see if that happens. there is a lot of talk about that yesterday and today and i think there are some top senators trying to work that out. but i don t know if that is going to help. passing and reconciliation bill is not going to help as i think the biden administration needs to be more aggressive and get these prices down. , . ~ more aggressive and get these prices down. , ., ,, ., down. lets talk about the uk, peter. of course prices down. lets talk about the uk, peter. of course prices are down. lets talk about the uk, peter. of course prices are high down. lets talk about the uk, peter. of course prices are high in - down. lets talk about the uk, peter. of course prices are high in the - down. lets talk about the uk, peter. of course prices are high in the uk i of course prices are high in the uk and energy prices also a very big issueis and energy prices also a very big issue is we re talking