at this stage. reporter: right. well, it would be rare to make a search warrant affidavit public, but we are at a point where there is a push for transparency, not just on capitol hill, but the media, including cnn. in court the justice department made a set of arguments and really a couple little details about this investigation that they re saying should keep this affidavit secret, confidential, only for their eyes and for the judge s eyes. in their filing yesterday, they wrote if disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps. we know too they have disclosed in this filing yesterday that they are using witnesses already, that they have spoken with, they re using a grand jury in this investigation, and that they also are looking for to make sure there aren t future witnesses whose infor
home. the wall street journal reports the attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks over whether to approve that fbi search. separately, sources tell cnn that trump white house lawyer eric herschmann has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the insurrection. and in a separate investigation, georgia prosecutors have told rudy giuliani he is a target of a criminal probe into election interference. and in yet another investigation, long time trump organization cfo allen weisselberg is expected to plead guilty in a tax evasion case. let s get to it, let s begin with katelyn polantz on the news out of the justice department this morning. so, what are you hearing from the justice department about this request to unseal the affidavit? reporter: the justice department does not want to unearth a lot more detail about what is going on here in that prompted the search of mar-a-lago and what is under criminal investigation here. in a court filing yeste
how a mega-drought is transforming the grand canyon and the groom stranded on his wedding day and the police boat that saved the day. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a disturbing warning tonight apparently tied to the fbi s search of former president donald trump s home last week fbi and homeland security advising agents in a joint intelligence bulletin of an increase in threats to federal law enforcement, identifying threats coming online, some reportedly with personal information of possible targets attached, addresses, family members at least one suspect now charged tonight after threatening posts were allegedly linked to him. mr. trump himself warning today about what could happen if the temperature of the country is not cooled down the ex-president also accusing the fbi of seizing his passports during its execution of the search warrant. kelly o donnell starts us off tonight with late details reporter: tonight federal agents
just a few hours. his remarks coming after a harrowing 24 hours in america yesterday when one gunman shot and killed four people inside a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, before turning the gun on himself. the shooter whom officials say purchased his ar-15-style rifle just hours before he barged into the facility looking for a doctor he blamed for ongoing pain after back surgery. the tragic attack in tulsa was not the only one to take place. a prison inmate in dayton, ohio grabbed a security guard and fatally shot him. outside in los angeles, a student was shot outside a high school. that incident now among the two dozen acts of gun violence near schools that have taken place since the start of 2022. according to one count there have been 20 mass shootings just since the rampage in uvalde, texas, last week, which of course, became the country s deadliest mass shooting this year, just ten days after a white supremacist murdered ten people and wounded three others in a supermarket
democracy. reporter: but even if every democrat changed their voter registration it d still be an uphill climb for cheney wyoming republicans outnumber democrats by 4-1 here and the multiple investigations into donald trump have not moved many republican voters in the final days before the vote cheney turning for help from her famous father who first won this very congressional seat 44 years ago. there is nothing more important she will ever do than lead the effort to make sure donald trump is never again near the oval office. reporter: now an aide to cheney tells me that tomorrow s primary battle is just the first of a much larger and longer fight that she intends to mount to make sure donald trump doesn t return to the white house. lester all right vaughn hilliard, thank you. in 60 seconds the dire new warning about an extreme heat belt and inside the historic water crisis impacting the grand canyon our exclusive access ess. canyon our exclusive access