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
ex-president to have the fbi execute a search warrant on his home. trump posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was, quote, currently under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, quote, they even broke into my safe. a source familiar with the search tells nbc news the investigation is related to the transfer of classified government documents from the white house to mar-a-lago. the national archives reported in february that 15 boxes of documents were improperly taken to the president s florida estate when he left office. at the time, the agency said it had asked the justice department to investigate. a source familiar with the situation tells nbc news, boxes of documents were seized during yesterday s fbi search. trump s attorney released a statement claiming the former president and his legal team have been cooperative with the fbi and doj, quote, every step of the way. trump slammed the search as, quote, prosecutorial misconduct
huh? capital t for thing. hundreds of billions for climate change. deficit reduction and tax hikes. it could also turbocharge the i.r.s. more on that in a moment. dana: democrats named it the inflation reduction act. republicans say it s laughable and not even bernie sanders is buying it. i want to take a moment to say a few words about the so-called inflation reduction act that we are debating this evening. i say so-called, by the way, because according to the cbo and other economic organizations that have studied this bill, it will, in fact, have a minimal impact on inflation. dana: team fox coverage. marc thiessen is on deck with analysis. we begin with jacqui heinrich at the white house. democrats certainly think that bringing key priorities on healthcare and climate across the finish line ahead of the mid-terms will turn things around for them. poll after poll has shown that the biggest problem for the president and his party is inflation. and even though they ve
cnn s blake is in taipei. blake, let s start with you. how much of a surprise was this, is this congressional visit? well, alex, look, these kinds of visits happen from time to time. and we don t often hear about them until after the arrival, and in this case, while taiwan s ministry of foreign affairs say the visit was aannounced, it s the timing that s perhaps the biggest surprise, especially after china reacted so strongly against speaker pelosi s visit. that reaction involved nearly a week of live fire drills surrounding taiwan with war planes and military vessels and missiles that flew over the self-governed island for the first time. this is the second time this month a surprise delegation has made this trip to taiwan here. two weeks ago, house speaker nancy pelosi. this time, a delegation led by ed markey during their two day visit, taiwan s foreign ministry says the group of u.s. lawmakers is going to meet with the democratic island s president, foreign minister, an
christopher wray on a flurry of issues. the fbi director expressing deep concern over rising violence in the united states. without a lot to unpack. with that fox team coverage done it, greg palkot is in london with the latest on china s escalation towards taiwan. but we begin the correspondent david spunt at the justice department with the fbi director s compelling testimony. good evening, david. bickel good evening to you, shannon. fbi director christopher wray was in the hot seat for just under four hours today on capitol hill. the conversation moved back and forth from threats overseas to the crime that we see daily in this country. fbi director christopher wray pressed repeatedly on a wide range of questions about the hunter biden investigation and a nationwide tic in crime. i feel like every day i m getting briefed on somebody throwing a molotov cocktail at someone for some issue. it s crazy. wray, who is halfway into his 10-year term, says solving crime from smash