the last a0 years. and scientists in china are tracking a new animal based virus that s infected at least several dozen people, but say there s no need to worry. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore and 8:00 in the evening in washington where the us attorney general, merrick garland, has defended thejustice department s decision to seek a search warrant for donald trump s residence at mar a lago earlier this week. mr garland said he had personally approved the move, noting that upholding the rule of law meant applying the law evenly without fear or favour. he said the department ofjustice would make the warrant public, because of the substantial public interest. let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the fbi and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and thejustice department are dedicated, patr
artist and drinker. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. we begin in the us, where the reasons behind monday s fbi s search on the florida home of former president, donald trump, and a list of items seized during the raid, could be released to the public. that s after the us department ofjustice broke with custom to ask a court in florida to unseal the documents. the former president has until friday afternoon to object to the release which was requested by the us attorney general, merrick garland. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such decision lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. a search warrant was authorised by a federal court upon the required finding of operable cause. the property receipt is a document that federal law requires law e
artist and drinker. we begin in the us where the reasons behind monday s fbi s search on the florida home of former president, donald trump, and a list of items seized during the raid, could be released to the public. that s after the us department ofjustice broke with custom to ask a court in florida to unseal the documents. the former president has until friday afternoon to object to the release, which was requested by the us attorney general merrick garland. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such decisions lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. a search warrant was authorised by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause. the property receipt is a document that federal law requires law enforcement agents to leave with the property owner. the department filed
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us, where the reasons behind monday s fbi search on the florida home of former president, donald trump, and a list of items seized during the raid, could be released to the public. that s after the us department ofjustice broke with custom to ask a court in florida to unseal the documents. the former president has until friday afternoon to object to the release which was requested by the us attorney general merrick garland. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such decisions lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. a search warrant was authorised by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause. the property receipt is a document that federal law requires law enforcement agents to leave with
home by the fbi, another highly unusual intervention, the press conference by the attorney general merrick garland taking place in the building behind me and in which he made it clear he was going against long established precedent by speaking out on an ongoing legal issues. is motivation? donald trump s own public statements and that full barrelled assault by the former president s supporters in which they are accusing the fbi and merrick garland s own department of engaging in politicised justice. merrick garland said he was seeking to have the search warrant and the list of violent items taken from mr trump s home made public, something that will put the ball firmly back in mr trump s court because if he were to oppose that motion it would look like he has something to hide. there has been no real response from donald trump yet other than a few social media posts in which he has accused the fbi of going through the former first lady s