filing. all right. let s beginning this morning with kara scannell. kara, these are stunning developments. walk us through the key the key revelations that tells us so much. yeah, i mean, what we ve really learned from this, from the department of justice filing, they say when they went and executed this search warrant at mar-a-lago three weeks ago they recovered twice as many classified documents than what the former president s legal team had given them pursuant to a grand jury subpoena in june. so this all goes right to the department of justice s position that the trump team has not been cooperative with this investigation, they re really trying to put forth a counternarrative him. they say that the fbi in a matter of hours recovered twice as many documents with classification markings as the diligent search that the former president s counsel and other representatives had weeks to perform, calls into serious question the representations made in the june 3rd certifi
than 300 classified documents were found at mar-a-lago since trump left office, and not all of them in that unsecured storage room. the doj says three classified documents were found in trump s desk drawer. and as one former top fbi official put it, the new information obliterates claims that trump and his lawyers have been cooperating and negotiating in good faith to return the records. the doj response raises the stakes for the courtroom tomorrow. a judge holds a hearing on whether to appoint the special master, neutral third party to oversee the handling of the seized documents. the justice department opposes it and says a special master is unnecessary, and would significantly harm important governmental interesting, including national security interests. in the filing, the justice department also released this photo of some of the evidence found in the august search. you see the documents here to spread out on the floor by the fbi with some of the highest classifica
the fda has just authorized the first updated booster vaccine targeting the omicron variant. americans could get the new shots as soon as friday. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the latest developments in the mar-a-lago investigation. the trump legal team under deadline to respond to last night s explosive new filing from prosecutors. i m told by a source familiar that they are expected to meet that deadline. i want to bring in our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. he has been on the story around the clock, shall we say. evan, trump s attorneys have until 8:00 p.m. to file their response. the justice department is accusing the trump team of trying to obstruct an investigation and they re using a photo to help make their case. that s right, pamela. that photo certainly was a bombshell. what it does is it shows the number of docume
of trying to on jukt its mar-a-lago investigation. a key member of the january 6th committee weighs in. and we re also following the dire situation in jackson, mississippi, where 150,000 people are without a safe water supply for a third straight day. will an emergency pump finally bring them relief? and americans could be just days away from getting the first updated covid booster shots. the fda is green lighting tweaks to the vaccine so it can better target the omicron variant. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the legal drama in the mar-a-lago investigation. trump s attorneys now have until 8:00 p.m. eastern to respond to the justice department after prosecutors accused the trump team of hiding and removing government documents at his florida home. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. mr. president! reporter:
congratulating the archives for bringing him down. the archivists has made clear that neither is their goal. earlier this month, the man carrying the long gun tried to enter the fbi cincinnati office. and that real world example is crucial context, as politicians like republican senator lindsey graham, go on fox and say this. i ll say this. if there s a prosecution of donald trump for mishandling classified information after the clinton debacle, which you presided over and did a hell of a good job, there will be riots in the streets. and just so there s no misunderstanding, he said it again. if they try to prosecute donald trump after hillary clinton set up a server in her basement, there literally will be riots in the street. the former president amplified those comments and urged the so-called great agents and others in the fbi to say, we aren t going to take it anymore. this is the same former president who, just weeks ago, reportedly sent a letter to the attorney