post that the nuclear weapons is a hoax. this comes as we wait for a federal judge in florida to decide whether to unseal the warrant and property receipt from monday s search after trump overnight supported a move by the attorney general for the documents to be made public. in a rare public statement, attorney general merrick garland said more about what led to the search. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. the department does not take such a 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. meanwhile, a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news, quote, someone familiar with paper stored at mar-a-lago told investigators there may have been more classified documents, even though the national archives said earlier this year it had retrieved 15 boxes of documents. sources tell nbc news a subpoena was delivered t
backfire on the democratic because they are attacking a former president of the united states who is poised to announce that he is running again against the man who is having him investigated. todd: get out the problem of the democrat s? there are mistakes or to threaten abiding themselves because this will it back to the biden administration. the pathway is much wider now than it was yesterday. 31 sean duffy is standing by with analysis, but we began with brooke singman who is standing by. good money, i spoke of former president grub is made up his mind to 2024 white house run following the fbi raid on his mar-a-lago. that according to congressman jim banks who spoke to focus exclusively fresh out of a meeting with at his new jersey golf club. i ve never seen president trump as fire up as the way was tonight is not deterred, is not fazed at all by what the doj has done to hip. everyone in the room and kurt president trump to run for president again in the sooner he g
i don t want go bankrupt. i don t want to lose my house. i don t want to lose my independence or the little moral value that i have. changes people are forced to make as inflation continues to squeeze bunts. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s saturday, july poth. good morning, sara. it s great to be with you, even though we have to start with breaking news. at least 16 people are dead in kentucky including six kids. authorities there are warning the death toll is almost certain to rise. kentucky governor an dy beshear says it s hard to get a correct number with cellphone service out. flooding wiped out parts of eastern kentucky. rescue efforts have also been slowed by power outages. more than 17,000 homes and businesses remain in the dark this morning. animals are without people. people are without homes. we just need help. we need as much help, please, i m begging anyone who sees this. help my town. help my people. to hear that desperate call for
andy scholes, thank you very much. new day continues right now. good morning, everyone. to our viewers in the united states and around the world it is wednesday july 27th, i m john berman with brianna keilar. this morning a criminal investigation into the january 6th insurrection is moving closer to former president donald trump. cnn reports key witnesses subpoenaed by the justice department in recent days include two top aides of former vice president mike pence who were asked specifically about the fake electors scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. in addition the new york times and the washington post report that federal investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration including chief of staff mark meadows. attorney general merrick garland called the doj s january 6th investigation the most wide ranging in its history. he says they will go where the evidence takes them. criminally charging a former presiden
unprecedented step possibly, at least leaving the door open prosecuting trump saying no one is above the law. the federal reserve is meeting today. experts predict it could raise make its second significant rate hike in just six weeks. first, let s get more on the reports that the doj is asking questions about trump s actions around the january 6th insurrection. what more are we learning? reporter: good morning. what we re learning is from the washington post reporting that they ve asked a number of questions about trump s role. the department of justice and witnesses of trump s meetings, his pressure campaign on mike pence, as well as his role and knowledge of the fake elector scheme. this comes as doj has already interviewed key people in pence s orbit, two of his aides, mark short and greg jacob. those interviews before the grand jury occurred last week, a couple of weeks back for jacob. that s a significant step. it comes as garland, the attorney general merri