plus, tennis superstar serena williams, her major announcement about her future on the court. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight we are getting new information on that hours-long search of former president trump s mar-a-lago residence in florida with heightened security, we see it right here, flanking the compound nbc news reporting the search was tied to classified materia trump allegedly took from the white house when he left in 2021 the former president claiming in a statement that the fbi broke into a safe, calling the search, quote, unannounced republicans raising questions tonight about the timing, pointing the finger at attorney general merrick garland for executing the search with less than 100 days until the november mid-terms, and fueling talk of trump s potential bid for president in 2024. we have team coverage tonight. kelly o donnell starts us off from bedminster, new jersey, where the form