the private christian school 28 year old shooter killed six people, including 39 year old this is one angry mother interrupts live television demanding answers and that mother is outfront tonight, plus another witness appears before the trump grand jury. david pecker. and publisher of the national enquirer on the hush money payments to stormy daniels is michael cohen is on standby to return to the witness stand. going to attorney is outfront and how tiktok is keeping much needed ammunition from ukraine. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett outfront. tonight we begin with breaking news chilling details emerging tonight about a possible motive after a mass shooting at a private christian elementary school, the nashville police chief, saying the killer who identified as transgender resented having gone to that school. there is some belief that there was some resentment for having to go to that school. don t have all the details to that just yet, and that s why this
day s worth of speculation and partisan conspiracy theories and warnings of violence. let s go to our reporter, cnn s pamela brown and kaitlan collins. kaitlan, what more are you learning about the type of documents that were recovered in the search and what they may have related to? sorry, couldn t get kaitlan yet. pamela, you ve been reporting on what triggered this search, namely concerns about what the former president and had not already turned over to the federal government, the questions about the truthfulness of his representatives. what else do you know? reporter: remember, this investigation had been going on for more than a year, and in june the fbi met with some of donald trump s representatives at mar-a-lago, saw the room where some of these additional documents were being held, sent a letter after saying it should be padlocked. the bottom line is i m told through a source familiar is that the fbi believed that donald trump and his representatives hadn t turned
from vice chair liz cheney. we ll talk about how the justice department can handle that information now that it has been passed along. but with steve bannon now on to judge to do as of today, had incentive his contempt trial. president biden making his first trip to the middle east is present, on the ground in israel as we speak, that country prepares for yet another national election. what he is not saying about iran, and that key meeting with the saudi s, new this afternoon. plus, and abc news exclusive you only see here. one on one with an american freed from a russian prison. her advice to wnba star brittney griner, and what she is telling us about her own ties behind bars. i am hallie jackson in washington, with minnows nbc news sr. national political reporter, silas kapoor. justin corresponded key reporter for the washington post in front of the show, josh softy. good afternoon to all of you. let me start with you with the landscape on capitol hill. we have now hear
colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we re delivering so much. i regret not to have been successful in those arguments. and there s big breaking news from moscow. appearing at her trial today wnba star center brittney griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges but said it was accidental, just one day after president biden spoke with her wife cherelle by phone. her plea to perhaps accelerate the end of the trial, perhaps lead to negotiations to her release. we ll have more coming up this afternoon at the white house. the president awarded the medal of freedom to 17 americans for their dedication to the nation. denzel washington, gold medal ayes simone biles, gabby giffords, simone campbell and steve jobs and john mccain post posthumously. we begin with keir simmons, doug has worked with johnson in the past and welcome to you all. sir peter is also author of they call it diplomacy. and now a big welcome to all including keir, first of all, boris johnso
reporter: appearing in court for the first time since the july fourth massacre, prosecutors say shooting suspect robert crimo, iii admitted to opening fire on parade goers celebrating independence day in highland park, illinois. authorities say three 30-round magazines and 83 spent shell casings were recovered and crimo was considering another shooting in madison, a 2.5 hour drive away. he did see a celebration occurring in madison and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. reporter: a judge ruled he will be held without bond. [ gunshots ]. reporter: the state s attorney is charging the 21-year-old with seven counts of first-degree murder. the fbi is also considering federal charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens of more charges centering around each of the victims. reporter: n