mar-a-lago. leyla, tell us about this search because it was a complete surprise to everyone. reporter: right, and today, a day later, we re starting to hear everyone sort of give their thoughts on that. the family, the trump family speaking out. we ll let you hear from eric in just a bit, but also here on the ground. i can tell you you re really starting to see that political divide. a lot of supporters coming out, as and so yeah i ve heard multiple times trump won as folks drive by. i ve also heard people say lock him up. just behind mar-a-lago, which is right there, the primary residence of the former president donald trump, you re starting to see protesters but overwhelming supporters who are coming out in reaction to the news. so something that is clearly riling up his base. in terms of the search warrant itself, the execution of the search warrant by the fbi, there are still a lot of questions that remain unanswered. we know from sources familiar with the investigation
an escalation of the investigations into donald trump and his inner circle that would require approval from the highest levels of the justice department. sources are saying that monday s search at trump s residence in palm beach is part of doj s probe into his handling of presidential records. some of the documents were classified. cnn has learned that agents left mar-a-lago with additional boxes of items, and sources also tell cnn investigators visited trump s home previously, then meets with his attorneys about the material taken from the white house. trump wasn t there at the time of yesterday s search, however, but he definitely has plenty to say about it. let s start with cnn s leyla santiago live in palm beach, florida. what more are you learning about the fbi search? reporter: kate, i can tell you that here at mar-a-lago it s been pretty quiet. we still see some law enforcement at some of the entrances for mar-a-lago, and then out where we are right now, the bridge b
needed needs to advance very much on this front for economic reasons and as you said, jeremy, for national security reasons, so it s an important day. thanks so much for being there for us, and thanks to all of you for joining us today. we ll see you back here tomorrow, i m poppy harlow. i m alex marquardt. at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. hello, everyone, at this hour a major escalation. the fbi searches trump s florida home in their classified documents probe, and another trump cabinet secretary testifies before the january 6th committee today. plus, cnn captures police in a shootout with gangs in haitdy chaos. an unprecedented move by the fbi no doubt, seshlging the home of a former u.s. president.