good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. it is an extraordinary day and we begin with that dramatic escalation in donald trump s legal problems and the fbi searches his estate in south florida yesterday unannounced. the former president posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was quote currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, they even broke into my safe. a source familiar with the search tells nbc news that the investigation is related to the transfer of class fy classified government documents from the white house to mar-a-lago when trump left office, in february it was reported that 15 boxes were taken improperly to the president s estate. and at the time, the department of justice was asked to investigate. a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc news that boxes of documents were seized during yesterday s fbi search. the for
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Israeli hostages were released by hamas receiving medical attention in egypt. The comes as abided Administration Reportedly pressures israel to delay x Ground Invasion into gaza. Lets get to mike tobin he standing by with the latest in southern israel as this broke before he came to error. Hi mike. The red cross confirmed to have visual confirmation with a video be released by The Elk Opera News Agency showing these 2 israeli hostages being loaded into ambulances on the egyptian side of the rough up crossing. Israel war confirmed the release until her back in israelk hands. And you have a are out of the gaza strip out of hamas captivity. No one said there released on humanitarian grounds. As a reporting or information to the effect that they are in bad health. There was reports from the day suggesting there were deals cooking that would involve the release of 50 of the hostages held in the Gazathe Hoaz Strip Talking with Art Aisha Hosni said smiling 7294 nationals prpe the prospect of
Raul castro, the president of cuba will also give a News Conference in his country that will happen at noon eastern time. Of course cnn will continue to follow this breaking news throughout the day. Thank you for joining me today, im carol kos toll low. this hour with berman and michaela starts now. Hello, everyone. Im john berman. And. And im michaela pereira. History is being made at this hour after more than a half century of tension and diplomat diplomatic silence between the u. S. Its releasing alan gross from prison after five years. A series of genuinely breathtaking developments. Cuba is also releasing a u. S. Intelligence asset, a spy, whos been locked up in cuba for more than 20 years. In Return Washington is freeing three cuban spies convicted in 2001 of espionage. That is big in and of itself. It all seems part now of something much, much bigger. President obama will announce major changes in u. S. Policy toward cuba. Officials calling them the most sweeping changes since t
starling marte rolled over the cincinnati reds 5-1. and the amazings retain tied with the cross-town texas for the second best record in baseball. aaron judge slugging his major-leading 44th homerun. the yankees snapped a five-game losing streak with a 9-4 victory over the seattle mariners last night on west coast. but it not all good news for the yanks. they suffered a bad break in the first inning after matt carpenter fractured his left foot while he fouled off a pitch off his left foot. you can see it there. carpenter who has revived his career in pinstripes began with .307 with 15 homers and rbis in 27 at-bats and says he is out and there is no time frame yet for a possible return and would need to see a foot specialist, odds are he is going to be out a couple of weeks, the yankees have been so healthy for