meeting in june, and this subpoena essentially prompted this meeting where we know that the trump lawyers gave a little tour to some of the prosecutors and investigators doing this investigation, showed them where these documents were being held, and at the end of that meeting they left with classified documents, documents that were national security information. that s the reason why that meeting occurred. what it tells us is that these conversations, these discussions that were on going between trump lawyers and the justice department turned contentious much earlier, much, much earlier than the search that occurred on monday. we re also learning that part of all of this involves a witness, at least one witness. do we know, was that witness saying there s still documents you missed on june 8th? this witness told them there were definitely documents being held at mar-a-lago that the fbi needed to get, obviously wanted to get. this was information that included classified
this. it was essentially because donald trump went out and told the world that the fbi had done this search of his property in palm beach on monday. listen to him address exactly why he did this today. since i became attorney general i have made clear that the department of justice will speak through its court filings and its work. just now the justice department has filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrants and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the fbi conducted earlier this week. that search was of premises located in florida belonging to the former president. the department did not make any public statements on the day of the search. the former president publicly confirmed the search that evening as is his right. copies of both the warrant and the fbi property receipt were provided on the former president s counsel who was on site during the search. the search warrant was authorized by a federal court upon the
the hours long standoff that followed. gun fire was exchanged. brennan: gas prices fall to the lowest in five months. errol barnett talks to drivers still feeling the pain. reporter: so you re encouraged by this but still i m looking for more improvement. brennan: c.d.c. s covid guidelines. more trantwo and a half years after the virus hit, the u.s. loosens restrictions. dr. job jon is here to make sense of it all. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, the department of justice is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant that the f.b.i. used to search the florida home of former president donald trump. agents were looking for classified documents that may have illegally been taken from the white house. we learned today that investigators first subpoenaed those records this spring. 15 boxes of presidential record
and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, ken, what do we know? reporter: chris, this happened at 9 a 15 a.m., two law enforcement officials told nbc news that a man entered an fbi field office in cincinnati, ohio, and fired a nail gun at law enforcement personnel. the man then held up an ar-15 style rifle before fleeing in a vehicle, we re today, and then a pursuit occurred on highway 71. the suspect then got out of the car. and there is a standoff. the fbi, cincinnati field office, confirmed in a statement that an armed subject had attempted to breach their visitor screening facility. they said they activated an alarm. and armed special agents responded and that the subject fled northbound on interstate 71. the clinton county emergency management agency said recently in a facebook post that the suspect has not yet taken into custody but is contained. they say he s wearing a gray shirt and body armor and is armed. chris, obviously, this comes amid a big uptick in threat
search under a warrant signed by a judge. merrick garland says the doj will ask the judge to unseal the warrant and property seized. the department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the public s confirmation of the search, surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest in this matter. washington post now reports the fbi was looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons. the post sources did not say whether those documents related to u.s. nukes or those of another nation, nor whether any such documents were recovered. want to bring in former federal prosecutor and author of a spy in plain sight. so nice to have you on the program. washington post reporting is that the fbi was looking for classified nuclear weapons-related documents. if this is true, does it change the legal risk for president trump, what i might be charged with here? potentially. i mean, we know looking at the affidavit even the applicati