documents, some of which were marked as top secret sci, the highest level of classification, top democrats are asking for a congressional briefing as well as damage assessment. since last monday s search, the former president s response to the search has shifted. his latest claim any documents taken from fall under attorney/client privilege and should be returned immediately. let s begin with the latest this morning surrounding the investigation. katelyn polantz has been covering this since the beginning. new details this morning about what exactly was in these documents and also questions about who had access to them down there. what might be in these documents we don t actually know because if they re classified and remain to be classified, we may may never know what s in them. over the weekend we did hear from two different house committees led by democrats calling for both classified briefings to explain what was found here. also they want a damage assessment to be done
donald trump s florida home. a week ago we learned of the unprecedented search of the former president s mar-a-lago home and since then, the justice department revealed the scope of the sensitive and classified documents that were recovered from there. sources tell cnn one of trump s attorneys signed a written statement back in june declaring there were no more classified materials left at ma mar-a-lago. it was asked of the attorney general for information on the records seized in trump s home. the former president continues for his part to offer shifting explanations for why he took the classified records from the white house in the first place and then didn t return them after the fact. much to get to so let s begin with cnn kaitlin live in washington. kaitlin, what more are you learning about this new request from top senators? reporter: well, kate over the weekend and today we ve seen a lot of bipartisan calls for transparency around this search even after we got that s
afghanistan s capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trump s attempt to overthrow democracy. giuliani has been informed he s a target of whether trump and his allies tried to break the law and overturn the election in georgia. he s scheduled to appear before the grand jury on wednesday. this news comes hours after a federal judge ruled lindsey graham of south carolina must testify before the very same georgia grand jury. graham s legal team had been arguing that graham did not act inappropriately when he phoned georgia election officials after the 2020 election. georgia secretary of
the u.n. estimates more than half of the population needs some form of humanitarian assistance. the world banks say they re at the lowest level in a decade and after promising to respect women s rights, the taliban have banned most girls from going to school past sixth grade. even in the past, there were restrictions and violence but there was hope. we had school. we could have knowledge. now they lost their only hope, which is education. this a somber reminder of how desperate people were a year ago to get out of afghanistan anticipating a taliban takeover. you can see them there clinging to the side of a u.s. military plane taking off from kabul. some afghans tragically fell to their death. the chaotic u.s. exit led to a terrorist attack outside the airport. now republican congressman is out with a report accusing the biden administration of a strategic failure anybody the country. congressman michael mccaul and general jack keane join us in just a moment. but first, we
were there at 5:30 in the morning. who gets held accountable for that? laura: we don t know who leaked the opinion and nobody s interested in finding that out. rachel tonight, sean and will pick up where you left off. on laura ingraham and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. the biden justice department is getting so desperate they ve now gone nuclear. the angle will explain in moments. one fbi agent swept into mar-a-lago and monday, they were met by president trump s attorney. if she s in moments with response to merrick garland. but first, spin cycle crash, that s tonight s focus of tonight s angle. can you imagine what president xi or putin or terrorists who wish to strike against america? this is the america that they use to fear. to speak i personally approve the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the justice department and of our democracy. upholding the rule of law