dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. happy friday. happy friday. thanks, nicole. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. i m joining you on this friday, june 28th, a day that marks a major shift in this presidential race. it s something you can basically feel and that many felt in their core. the emotion hitting probably before the logic or any intellectual observations, even as president biden first walked out to the stage. at this debate which his campaign pushed for. earlier than ever. and then delivered a performance that has, for now, up ended this race and done so so swiftly the discriminations had begun long before he and trump walked off that very stage. this is a debate that is certainly memorable but not in a very happy way. it seems to be another in a series of shared american experiences and memories that feel more infamous than famous, more traumatic than cathart
signal they want to close the criminal investigation. they believe trump s lawyers have complied with the subpoena and prosecutor do not have that same confidence. they have a lot more suspicion. and then the third most important moment, jose, comes in a major showdown in the end of july or the first day of august at which fbi agents and prosecutors in the national security division of the justice department really have a knockdown dragout argument over a raid. the prosecutors believe strongly that there is evidence of obstruction, that there is an indication that donald trump is concealing information from investigators and is not in compliance with the subpoena and is intentionally trying to hold back records. fbi agents do not want to do what prosecutors are pushing, which is a surprise, unannounced search warrant raid. they say that s too combative, they want to ask for donald trump s permission to go on the property. prosecutors feel that s too