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
Campaigning is different from governing. I think he recognizes that. I think hes sincere in wanting to be a successful president , and moving this country forward and i dont think any president ever comes in saying to himself, i want to figure out how to make people angry or alienate half the country. President obama also talked about the impression he got of donald trump in that 90 minute first ever meeting between the two men in the white house. I dont think he is ideological. I think ultimately, hes pragmatic in that way, and that can serve him well as long as hes got good people around him and he has a clear sense of direction. President obama passing on a chance to speak out about controversial trump appointee steve bannon. The former head of Breitbart News, an outlet that pedaled antisemitic, racist views. Now, were going to have more on that in a moment. I want to begin with athena jones outfront at the white house, athena, the president walking a fine line today in the White Ho
Jobs. And jobs is one of the primary reasons im standing here today as your president. And i will never, ever disappoint you. Believe me. I will not disappoint you. I campaigned in the promise that i will do everything in my power to bring those jobs back into america. We wanted to make much easier, it has to be much easy to manufacture in our country and much harder to leave. I dont Want Companies leaving our country. Making their product, selling it back, no tax, no nothing, firing everybody in our country. Were not letting that happen anymore, folks. Believe me. There will be a very substantial penalty to be paid when they fire their people and move to another country. Make the product and think they will sell it back over what will soon be a very, very strong border. It will be a lot different. Its going to be a lot different. Youve heard me say it before, and i will say it again. From now on, its going to be America First. While the president is applauding boeing for keeping jobs
welcome back. if you are just joining us, let s me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. the wall street journal is reporting an inside tip led the fbi to search donald trump s mar-a-lago residence. cnn can t confirm this report, but a former trump official tells us it was most likely a tip from someone close to the former president. and meanwhile trump invoked his fifth amendment right in a separate investigation in new york, he declined to answer hundreds of questions from the new york attorney general latitia james who is looking into his organization s finances. now to details of an alleged assassination plot targeting two members of the trump administration. the u.s. justice department announced charges against iranian national poushahram poursafi for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill john bolton. officials say it was likely in retaliation for the u.s. airstrike in 2020 that killed
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