city. how the immigration battle between texas governor greg abbott and new york mayor eric adams is heating up. a boom caused by a meteor. details on that and more just ahead. welcome to a new week. we re grateful you re starting it with us this sunday, august 14th. good morning, amara. good morning. feels like the week went by really fast and we re already at a new one. a ton of news, right? a lot of news. you to took the words out of my mouth. the recovery of top secret classified documents by the fbi, sources telling cnn that one of trump s lawyers stated back in june that there was no more classified information being kept at mar-a-lago. but the fbi searched the former president s palm beach home and seized 11 sets of classified documents, some of which were marked top secret. meantime, on capitol hill, both sides of the aisle are calling on investigators to release more information on exactly what led to the search. adam schiff, the democratic chair of the h
new developments tonight in the battle over classified documents found at mar-a-lago. including a former security damage assessment getting underway right now. that s in addition to what we ve just said tonight with a similar effort that began back in may on material handed over in january. at the same time, the former president, his supporters, and consequences if prosecutors pursue charges. ones adding that indictments will or might, will spark riding in the streets. john berman in for anderson and whatever you make of what some critics are calling a thinly veiled threat of political violence, you should note it becomes more republican member of the lindsey graham.
intelligence director hanes announced an investigation of the top secret documents. hanes said her office will lead an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents. chair maloney and house intelligence committee chair adam schiff had asked for a security damage assessment in the days following the fbi search. a spokesperson for the office of the director of national intelligence also confirmed on saturday that the, quote, assessment we are leading is consistent with the bipartisan request from the senate intelligence committee. let s bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. presidential historian and rogers chair in the american presidency at vandebilt university, jon meacham. and the host of way to early and white house bureau chief at
intelligence committee chair adam schiff had asked for a security damage assessment in the days following the fbi search. in addition a spokesperson for the office of the director of national intelligence also confirmed on saturday that the quote assessment we are leading is consistent with the bipartisan request from the senate intelligence committee. agents removed 11 additional sets of classified documents, including some labeled secret and top secret during that search of trump s palm beach estate. joining us now, congressional reporter for politico, andrew desidirio. great to see you this morning. walk us through what are the responsibilities here of security threats or compromised intelligence that these probes might find? right, so this is the first acknowledgment from the biden administration of the potential harm to national security stemming from former president trump s mishandling of these documents at mar-a-lago.
avril haines wrote in a letter to lawmakers on write, haines said her office will, quote, lead an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents. house oversight committee chair carolyn maloney and chair adam schiff had asked for a security damage assessment in the days following the fbi search. meanwhile, president biden mocked donald trump s claim that trump had declassified all of the documents he brought with him to his mar-a-lago home after leaving the presidency. trump said he de classified all of the document. could you have declassified them all. i just want to know how you could declassify everything in the world. i can do everything. come on. the president later gave a more nuanced response saying the doj is handling it.