as well. marc thiessen, andy mccarthy, nicole parker and juan william following along as we watch this play out in real time live this afternoon as we wait for the president to finish and to come out. first to mark meredith live there outside the courthouse in miami. hello there. hi, mark. martha, hello to you. the story at this hour is two very different scenes. the former president with his legal team and across the aisle the special counsel and the justice department ready to begin this long and lengthy process following the indictment unsealed last week. shows the former president will face 37 different felony charges as a result of allegedly holding on to classified documents and not turning them back over to the government. that s what is happening inside. outside the federal courthouse in miami a different story. you have a media spectacle where you have trump supporters and trump critics out here ready to make their opinions very well-known. we ve seen a couple hund
york attorney general s office, he invoked his fifth amendment right more than 440 people. he did answer one question, though, his name. in moments, the line of questioning he faced and what it indicates about the civil case the attorney general is building. plus, new reporting about why the fbi search of mar-a-lago may have happened even after more than a dozen boxes were retrieved by the national archives earlier in the year. the wall street journal reports someone familiar with the stored papers told investigators there may still be more classified documents at the private club after the national archives retrieved 15 boxes earlier in the year. people familiar with the matter said. as of now, nbc news has not ind pently verified the reporting. the focus is intensifying on how the justice department should handle this unprecedented moment. pressure is intensifying on attorney general merrick garland to explain the search as trump s allies and defenders lob unverified al
arguing that the doj must explain. the difference between a free republic and a banana republic is not whether the powerful could be held to account but whether the powerful are held to account legitimately. it s not a pretext for ulterior motives. does the department of justice understand this? the jury they stay is still out. that as representative jim banks and other members of congress travel to new jersey to meet with the former president. banks says on the issue of running in 2024, trump is resolved. i ve never seen the president as fired up as what he was tonight. martha: have a big line-up this afternoon. first, to lauren simonetti who is live outside trump tower here in new york city with the very latest in this case. hi, learn. hi, martha. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on attorney general merrick garland to give real reasons for the raid. the fbi and 30 agents spent over nine hours on monday at former president donald trump s primary resid
i believe in the promise of america. i believe in the future of this country. i believe in the very soul of this nation. most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe to my core there s not a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. just have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there s nothing beyond nothing beyond our capacity. that s why so many foreign companies decided to make their chips in america. billions of dollars. we re the best. we have to believe in ourselves again. now i m going to take action that i ve been looking forward to do for 18 months. [applause] there we go. it s now law. [applause] neil: you re watching the president of the united states celebrate something that his goal was upon taking office 18 months ago, his $739 billion inflation reduction act, even though the congressional budget office says it does not dramatically reduce inflation, in fact not at all in the beginning. when it
hostages as israel releases 39 palestinians brighteners. this second round of exchanges almost did not happen. we will go live to israel for the latest on the emotional reunions, how the fragile truce almost fell apart, and what it means for the next group of hostages expected to be released today. presidential power president biden s role in keeping the israel hamas truce on track and his reaction to the fact that so far no americans have been among the hostages released. could that change today? we will have a live report. later, a critical court date. donald trump could find out tomorrow if a gag order will be reinstated in this new york civil fraud trial as he continues to rail against the judge of a law clerk who is now facing a deluge of threats. all of that and more is coming up. they re good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin today s show with the latest breaking news on the israel-hamas war as we enter day three of a negotiated four-day cease-fir