host of the beat, ari melber joins us this morning. joe. you know, ari melber, over the past several years, we have been a constitutional republic run by people who have little respect for the rule of law. a former president with his henchman who didn t think twice about breaking the law, didn t think twice about breaking constitutional norms or calling for the arrest of their political opponents, whether it was hillary clinton in 2016 or joe biden in 2020. in 2016 with chants at national conventions for doing far less than donald trump did when he was president of the united states. and then in 2020, donald trump is president of the united states, ordering his attorney general to arrest his political opponents. and i ve heard it. i know you have. so many people, good democrats and independents and republicans asking the same question. is this guy above the law? well we wake up this morning, and we have an inkling. perhaps a belief that in the early morning hours of augus
former president. donald trump revealed the news last night saying fbi agents were at the mar-a-lago residence earlier in the day and cracked the safe. the fbi did not dispute it carried out a search warrant at the resort. the justice department and the fbi field offices declined to comment. a source familiar with the matter tells nbc the search was tied to allegedly classified information he took with him from the white house and trump said the search was politically motivate jd the former president was at trump tower in new york city. nbc news learned he will have dinner tonight with a group of republican house members. joining us now is nbc news senior national correspondent kerry sanders. ken delandian, barbara mcquaid and chuck rosenberg. ken, what more do we know about this search and the investigation? jose, sources are telling nbc news that this stemmed from a referral made by the national archivings to the justice department when they retrieved 15 boxes of presiden
25 of those with gunshot wounds. now, just moments ago as you may have seen police announced they nowha have a suspect. robert bobby crimo iii, age 22. he is believed to be driving a 2010 silver honda fit, described as a white male, approximately 18 to 20 years old, small build, long black hair, wearing a white or blue t-shirt. police also recovered what they believe to be the weapon,po a high-powered rifle. they said the suspect should be considered armed and dangerous. local authorities have beenns holding a press conference just about every n hour. so we expect to hear from them again soon. obviously, the last update signified significant progress in the manhunt investigation. we re going to bring you that conference once it begins. so stand by here. i want to play you some video that appears to show the moment that this all started. i should warn you, of course, it s really ldupsetting video. you will hear gunshots. you will see people fleeing. and it is in fact very dist
i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. it s good to be with you. i m ayman mohyeldin, a new york. for a year and, have you heard that vice president mike pence was in mortal danger on january six, 2021, when donald trump s mob overran the capitol in an attempt to stop pence from counting joe biden s winning electoral votes. we all saw the video of pence s evacuation on that day. it happened. it was close. but we didn t know how close, until thursday when the house january six committee played audio of secret service agents trying to protect pence as the insurrectionists closed in. they are on the second floor. moving in now. we may want to consider getting out and leaving now. coffee? will we encounter the people once we make our? way repeat. if we made our way to the there are six officers between us and the people that are five feet away. we have a clear shot if we move quickly. got smoke downstairs. standby. unknown smoke downstairs. by the protesters?
alive, what goes through your mind? it s heartbreaking. it s heartbreaking, because we never see anything like this in this community. it s hard for the families that lost a loved one to this tragedy. reporter: when you see this happen perhaps way too many times in our country, what do you ask yourself? what do you wonder needs to happen? i believe the government needs to get tougher laws on purchasing of guns. that s my main thing. reporter: that s not a new thought after this? no. i ve always thought about it. they have to be strict on who owns a weapon. reporter: thank you very much. i know you re going to be in touch with those families in the coming days, weeks, months and years. appreciate that. i saw this in parkland very close to my house that after something like this happens, it s not about those first days, which of course, are horrific. it is that it lasts a lifetime. and the connections for people helping each other out and recognizing the pain, it s