i don t use that word lightly. that s exactly what the man is accused of doing. terrorizing. they say the republican candidate was so angry over his defeat and claims the election was rigged against him that he hired four men to shoot at the homes of officials, even pulling the trigger himself during one of the crimes. we have one of the officials who was targeted joining us in a moment. she s going to tell us what the bullets hit and how close they came to her and her grandchildren. it is scary. what makes this our top story today is that it s not just about an alleged one off crazy person. it s not isolated. this terror is part of a growing problem. just ask nancy pelosi or pramila jayapal or the one in five adults who said in a survey they would be willing to condone acts of political violence. what is motivating all of these people and what is law enforcement doing about the threats before they turn violent? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent, ga
6th insurrection. wolf blitzer is off today, i m p pamela brown and you re in the situation room. and let s begin our coverage this hour with tonight s top story. the justice department looking to file a response to donald trump s request for a third-party attorney to review materials seized from his florida home. cnn s sara murray has this report. reporter: the justice department set to weigh in today on former president donald trump s push for an independent special master to review the documents seized from mar-a-lago. there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this, checking their assertions of privilege, and also giving us fair timely access, letting us build a case for why this search warrant was not only essentially morally wrong, but legally wrong. doj asking to file a brief in response to trump s request. the fbi has begun digging through documents and a filler team uncovered some material that may include attorney client privileged i
just hours from now a high-stakes hoe doun in a florida courtroom. i m john berman with brianna keilar and this is a new chapter in the battle over sensitive documents recovered from mar-a-lago. the immediate issue whether a special master will be appointed to oversee the documents that were seized from donald trump s beach house by the fbi. donald trump wants a special master. the government insists there is no need for one. a judge will hear arguments at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. in the blockbuster filing from the department of justice tuesday night the doj argued that the appointment of a special master would impede the government s ongoing criminal investigation and if the special master were tasked with reviewing classified documents, would impede the intelligence community from conducting its ongoing review of the national security risk that improper storage of these highly sensitive materials may have caused. trump s lawyers made several arguments in a court filing las
And victory for Novak Djokovic at the us open as he equals margaret courts all time record of 2a major Singles Titles. And coming up on bbc news we look ahead to wales against latvia in riga. A win is all but essential for rob pages side as they try to automatically qualify for next summers euros. The Retailer Wilko is set disappear from uk high streets, after a rescue deal for the chain collapsed over the weekend. All of its 400 Stores Across the uk will close by early october, the gmb union has said. It was hoped that a bid from the Billionaire Owner of hmv would save 300 shops, but rising costs complicated the deal. It leaves the future of more than 12,000 workers and hundreds of stores uncertain. 0ur Cost Of Living correspondent Colletta Smith has been speaking to shoppers in greater manchester. They always had the stuff in there and it was good stuff. Im just gutted. In and it was good stuff. Im ust cutted. ,. , gutted. In the corner of this showing gutted. In the corner of this S