a nail gun more on that in a moment let s start tonight in washington with our kelly o donnell. reporter: in an extraordinary appearance, the attorney general made a careful exception to the usual secrecy of investigations under pressure to explain the monday search of former president trump s mar-a-lago home and office first, i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter second, the department does not take such decision lightly reporter: merrick garland moved to make more about the unprecedented search public the justice department filed this motion asking a federal court in florida to unseal the trump warrant which would include the inventory of items seized by the fbi. the public s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing. garland argues that mr. trump in effect waved the confidentiality that is typically provided.