and thanks to you at home for joining us tonight. really happy to have you here. so, his son was 18. his daughter was 16. and on christmas eve 2020, so that s like a month and a half after the 2020 election was called for joe biden, on christmas eve 2020, this 18 year old son went online to the fbi website, to tips.fbi.gov, and he submitted a tip to the fbi about his dad. he told them that his dad was planning to do something violent, that is, that was not only calling for there to be violence against government officials. the son told the fbi, when he submitted that online tip, that he believed his dad was actually planning to do something violent himself. he told the fbi, his father was planning to, quote, do some serious damage. that was christmas eve 2020, when that young man submitted that tip to the fbi. he didn t hear back, initially, took a couple of weeks. it took until after the january 6th, 2021 attack on the u.s. capitol building. then, the fbi decided that the th
former president? plus, the texas governor it s political ploy to try to punish blue states over immigration policies. the problem is, this isn t politics for the thousands of desperate migrants. the human cost of political gains. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin tonight with the dramatic spike in violent threats against fbi agents. threats so concerning that president biden is now being briefed on the danger. the bureau has been under attack from former president trump himself and his allies ever since that search on his home in mar-a-lago just one week ago. the fbi and the department of homeland security had issued a joint intelligence bulletin rising of threats to for presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, and arm
joint intelligence bulletin risethreats to law enforcement officials. presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on a social media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, an armed man fired a nail gun into a cincinnati fbi office. he was later killed during a standoff with police. at the same time, attorney merrick garland may soon have to decide whether or not to pursue charges against donald trump of his allies over the handling of those classified records that were seized down a mar-a-lago. and tonight, the wall street journal is reporting that it took garland weeks to decide to approve that application for the search warrant. one of the reporters who broke that story described what happened during that time. he met with justice officials and other fbi officials for weeks, in private meetings weighing the ins and outs of such a high profile
but first another alert kicks off america reports on this august afternoon. lawmakers on both sides demanding answers into the raid at mar-a-lago carried out one week ago today. welcome as we kick off two hours of america reports. i m bill hemmer, a big welcome to my colleague. nice to see you, always a new yorker. i m aishah in for sandra smith. fbi documents revealing the agency seized 11 sets of classified records, including some marked as top secret. mike: now the former president demanding the fbi return some documents allegedly covered by attorney/client privilege. the trump team also asked for an independent review of the records but the doj knocked down that request. all of this as republicans call for the release of the affidavit that would justify the search in the first place. team fox coverage this hour. chris swecker. but but mark meredith live i washington, there is also some growing fears now about violence towards government officials, includ
this is on them tonight that we have a lot that we are learning. to top aides to the vice president testified in the doj s criminal investigation on january 6th. and the efforts to overturn our free and fair election. marc short who was chief of staff to then vice president mike pence confirming to cnn that he testified on friday in front of a d.c. grand jury. the new york times in the wall street journal reporting that greg jacobs s general counsel has also testified. and what we are hearing from the january six committee. now maybe an even bigger deal. even more damning. then what they showed us last week. and their final hearing the september. remember they showed us that president of united states, donald trump? the day after supporters attacked the capitol. what does lawmakers in the halls. the police with an inch of their lives. the day after all that. they showed us how he absolutely refused to say the election is over. now the committee showing us more of what donald