republican lawmakers are calling for the fbi to be defended and what this says about trump s on going legal jeopardy. we ll begin with nbc kerry sanders in florida for us today, justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian in washington. kerry, i ll start with you outside mar-a-lago. tell us what you re seeing and what happened there yesterday? i m just across the water from mar-a-lago. it s very quiet today. yesterday was a very different situation. the secret service was notified by the fbi they would be coming by to serve a search warrant. the former president, donald trump, was not here at mar-a-lago when they came in. they did spend a tremendous amount of the day executing this search warrant. there was a lawyer who represents donald trump who was here. she says there was a cooperative experience with the fbi, that they were able to work with the fbi and the department of justice as they were executing the search warrant. it s important to note that while we h
judge permitting them to enter. the search by a large uniformed team ununiformed team, excuse me, took hours and included getting into trump s safe. mr. trump who announced the search in a statement on his website railed against it claiming prosecutorial misconduct and political persecution. he was in manhattan at the time in preparation for an upcoming deposition, part of the civil investigation by the new york state attorney s office into his organization s finances. the former president s lawyer was at the scene in florida and called it an unannounced raid to seize paper. white house officials tell nbc news they had no prior knowledge and justice department officials are refusing to comment. we have the story completely covered throughout this hour, including a deep dive with legal experts and historian michael beschloss, as well as the political fallout. we begin with nbc s kerry sanders, ken dilanian, ryan reilly and josh daucey. we did hear from donald trump during