release the affidavit. several news outlets have asked for it to be unsealed. but the doj says unsealing the document would hurt this and other high profile investigations. the wild card here is all the heat that is coming off the search in mar-a-lago. the death threats to the fbi and government officials. just yesterday, a pennsylvania man was charged for threatening to kill fbi agents. and remember last week, when an ohio man tried to break into an fbi field office with a nail gun and an assault rifle. trump oddly has acknowledged that the temperature needs to be brought down. in the same breath, he s continued to attack the doy and federal agents. while the former president faces mounting legal trouble, he s not the only one on the state level, rudy giuliani, donald trump s personal attorney, is now a target of georgia s investigation into the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. he is set to appear before a special grand jury there tomorrow. and here in new york, long t
tonight. a bulletin from the fbi and department of homeland security warns of a surge in threats and calls for violence against federal law enforcement officers and government personnel. according to nbc s kelly o donnell, the bulletin includes the following passages. these threats are occurring across multiple platforms online, including social media sites, web forums the fbi warned that it has seen personal identifying information for possible targets of violence, like home addresses and identification of family members as additional targets. horrific stuff. earlier today, a man died by suicide after driving a car into a barrier outside of the u.s. capitol building. the individual got out of the car, and as officers approached fired shots into the air before ultimately shooting himself. this all comes on the heels of the cincinnati fbi field office attack on thursday, carried out by a former january 6th insurrectionists, who seems to be incited by the maga cult response t
call, i think that could represent a real watershed. the atlantic s tim alberta, thank you very much for your analysis this morning. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up live coverage right now. 7:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. we begin with the ongoing repercussions from the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago club, one week ago today. two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news the fbi and the homeland security department are warning of a spike in threats against federal law enforcement officers and their families in the wake of that search. the fbi responded to the threats by putting ground control barriers and crowd control barriers in front of its washington headquarters. it s also bolstering security at offices across the country. this comes days after a federal judge unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the search of trump s florida residence. they show the items federal agents seized include
and they want any work paused before the potential third party review is done. so we want to bring in dave aronberg, state attorney for palm beach county, florida. good early morning to you. i want to start here, is there any legitimacy to this request for a special master from the trump team or is this just another one of his delay tactics that we ve seen play out in cases throughout his long legal history? good morning, omar. it is a delay tactic because he is too late to ask for this. the whole thing is moot. this is what happens when you have trouble finding experienced criminal defense lawyers to represent you, you end up litigating the case in right wing media instead of a courtroom and then the clock runs out. because it is difficult to justify the extraordinary request for a special master two weeks after your home has been searched. you waited too long. and, you know, these documents have almost certainly been reviewed already by the department of justice. and that
cnn s blake is in taipei. blake, let s start with you. how much of a surprise was this, is this congressional visit? well, alex, look, these kinds of visits happen from time to time. and we don t often hear about them until after the arrival, and in this case, while taiwan s ministry of foreign affairs say the visit was aannounced, it s the timing that s perhaps the biggest surprise, especially after china reacted so strongly against speaker pelosi s visit. that reaction involved nearly a week of live fire drills surrounding taiwan with war planes and military vessels and missiles that flew over the self-governed island for the first time. this is the second time this month a surprise delegation has made this trip to taiwan here. two weeks ago, house speaker nancy pelosi. this time, a delegation led by ed markey during their two day visit, taiwan s foreign ministry says the group of u.s. lawmakers is going to meet with the democratic island s president, foreign minister, an