whether to become part of russia. ahead a warning president biden has for moscow. and later, why all los angeles schools will be stocked with the drug naloxone. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin in the north atlantic where a deadly storm that caused massive destruction across several caribbean islands is now battering the canadian east coast. hurricane warnings are in place as damaging winds and heavy rain pound the region. in a tweet sent late friday night, justin trudeau urged those in the path of the storm to listen to authorities, reassuring him that his team is ready to provide support if needed. residents from across eastern canada did do what they could before the sun went down to prepare, including in nova scotia, where people waited in long lines to stock up supplies like food and water. and now that the storm has arrived in earnest, hundreds of thousands are without power across eastern canada. nova scotia power says it activated an emergenc
investigators. for their part, they say trump s team will push the argument that he did not have classified information because he declassified it while still president. more now from jessica schneider in washington. reporter: new details about the fbi search of mar-a-lago are emerging as republican congressional leaders cry foul about the target and the timing. i know doing this 90 days before aen election reeks of politics. reporter: kevin mccarthy tweeting the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization, warning about investigations if republicans take the house in november wri wri wri writing ag garland come and answer our questions about this action today which has never happened in american history. what was on the warrant, what were you really doing, what were you looking for, why not talk to president trump and have him give the information you are after? reporter: trump was in new york at trump tower when the search
also ahead for you, tent city, sleeping on the streets, where leaders are making homelessness a crime, but are their tactics only complicating the problem? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start in our politics lead. and strong reaction to the justice department s historic move. a search warrant executed on the home of a former president. taking boxes of items from donald trump s mar-a-lago home, a source tells cnn. the warrant escalates the justice department s investigation into his handling of presidential documents, including some classified material. with many republicans today questioning why the fbi executed this warrant now. at the time, trump himself was in new york, where a single photo outside trump tower today captures the mixed reaction. look at this. one group with a large sign that reads, arrest trump. while another group carried a flag reading trump 24, save america. on paper, trump blasted the search saying in a statement, ag
stabbing. the latest on his condition and what we know about the suspect. and new details about the deadly shooting that took place on the movie set of rust last year. what we re now learning about the weapon that killed a cinematographer. it is sunday, august 14th. thank you for joining us this morning. boris, i still can t believe someone can weigh 307 pounds. i can t get over the fact. my goodness. yeah, takes a bit of work, i think. we are focused this morning on the growing fallout after the fbi s search of mar-a-lago. u.s. lawmakers are calling on the justice department now to release more details on the unprecedented search of former president trump s florida home. adam schiff, the democratic chair of the house intel committee, is now asking the nation s top intelligence officer oavril haines for a damage assessment on all the documents seized. he wants to know the fallouts from the classified documents being kept essentially at a private residence. he says, qu
nationwide by nbc s count, cases are up 58% over the last two weeks and it s adding urgency to a covid summit happening virtually right now. president biden s message this morning, don t grow numb to this unimaginable loss. our heart goes out to all of those who are struggling, asking themselves, how do i go on without him? how do i go on without her? today we are at a new stage in fighting this pandemic, facing an evolving set of challenges. we have to double down on our efforts to get shots in peoples arms, country by country, community by community. we are focusing on eastern europe. president zelenskyy said joining nato would have saved his country. part of putin s justification for invading was to prevent nato expansion, and now finland s leader says they want to join nato without delay, and how russia is reacting this morning. plus, the spotlight is on the supreme court. where the justices are meeting today in private for the first time since the draft opinion leak