historic flooding in texas. not seen in decades. the u.s. markets finishing sharply lower for the second day in a row on more concerns about the health of the u.s. economy. can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession, and my answer to that question is i don t know. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. this tuesday, august 23, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we begin with exclusive cnn reporting tied to the january 6 investigation. we ve learned the u.s. justice department has issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its probe of the capitol riots. it is a possible sign the department is ramping up its investigation into the role former u.s. president donald trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol insurrection. here is evan perez with more. reporter: we were told there was a second grand jury subpoena served to the natigs archives t prod
th e a trump ally, but, you know, it really does clarify a lot of things for us including the timeline of how these discussions were going on behind the scenes earlier this year. but the fact that there were 700 pages contained here in these 15 boxes taken back from mar-a-lago earlier this year, again, 100 classified documents, some of them in this special access programs type of things, which, again, even if you have classified clearance, the top secret clearance in the united states government, you need additional clearance to be able to access this. it is something that, you know, we were trying to figure out why would you post this letter that all right. the angle that appears to be coming from the trump side, bianna, is that these shows that the biden white house really was involved in the early discussions here in making sure that it was an investigation. that s not really what the letter shows. if you read it carefully you will see that the biden white house was givi
president trump will take the stage at the america first summit an hour from you. the first trip back to d.c. in a year and a half. he s speaking at an event less than a mile from where his former vice president mike pence looking and talking like a candidate, too, this morning. as part of a q&a pence was asked about the division between the former president and what it means for the party. i don t know that our movement is that divided. i don t know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. i truly do believe that elections are about the future and that it s absolutely essential at a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling that we don t give way to the temptation to look back. to be fair trump s speech is billed as his vision and dealing with crime. that said, pence wasn t the only one who tried to take some of the steam out of trump s return to washington. his remark is kind compared to president biden s stun
president s chief medical advisor by the end of the year. white house correspondent peter doocy is at the presidential compound in rehoboth beach, delaware traveling with the president tonight. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. dr. anthony fauci says he never shut anything down and he is not apologizing for the recommendations he made to president biden very accurately says touched all americans lives. i have nothing to hide and i can defend everything i ve done and every decision i ve made. peter: fauci says he will testify before interested congressional committees but there is a catch. i believe that oversight is an important part of the government process. but some of the things that have gone out have been outright character assassinations. the american people deserve answers! they have been through hell. fauci dismisses any concerns about long-term impact of remote learning. i don t think it s forever irreparably damaged anyone. covid isn t reall
and ultimately leading to the mar-a-lago search warrant. nbc news has reached out to the doj, fbi, white house and former president trump spokesperson. we have not received responses yet. here is how jared kushner, the former president s son-in-law and white house advisor reacted. i m not familiar with what exactly the contents were. i think you have to be very careful with what you read and wait for the facts to develop. late yesterday in a move seemingly as political as legal, donald trump s attorneys filed a motion to block the doj from, quote, further review of seized materials until a special master is appointed. joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. nbc s mark caputo, kim wehle, former associate independent counsel in the white water investigation. glenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor and now an msnbc legal analyst. ken, i believe you have new reporting confirming what was reported by the new york times. walk us thro