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the vehicle police need your help finding. and hollywood legend jane fonda, the health battle she s just revealed. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m peter alexander in for lester tonight, for the first time, we re getting a detailed list of exactly what fbi agents found when they searched former president trump s florida home last month. a new court filing reveals those agents recovered nearly 50 empty folders, all marked as containing classified information, but all of them with nothing inside that disclosure ordered by a federal judge is raising new questions whether the government fully recovered the secret documents or any remain missing and it comes as president biden is defending his attacks on mr. trump and his supporters, warning the future of american democracy is under assault. while republicans accuse the president of trying to distract from his own record on inflation and crime. kelly o donnell starts us off tonigh ....
cbs elise preston is in jakson, mississippi, pressing the mayor for answers as the water crisis there moves in to day five. how does a city with a black mayor and black leadership fail its black residents? cordes: and cbs steve hartman is on the road as a community of strangers steps up. it makes me so happy. it mak this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. cordes: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy friday night. i m nancy cordes. norah o donnell is on assignment. tonight, the labor day travel rush is in full swing as americans take to the road and the skies for one final getaway of the summer. a.a.a. expects it to be the busiest labor day travel weekend in three years, bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.81. that s down $1.21 cents from the peak in june. airports are also crowded with passengers after a frustratin ....
maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga republicans, but there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans, and that is a threat to this country. history tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy. i will not the will of the american people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless evidence claims of fraud. i will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election, either they win or they were cheated. and that s where the maga repub ....
we begin our coverage this hour with a detailed new look at materials seized from mar-a-lago. the unsealed inventory reveals more than 48 empty folders with classification banners. it also finds personal items like clippings and clothing mixed in with sensitive documents. sara murray is joining us with more on this. sara, we re learning a lot of new information in this filing. that s right. the justice department acknowledges normally we would not get a glimpse into these kind of materials, but this is no ordinary case. these are extraordinary circumstances involving the former president. reporter: a newly unsealed inventory revealing the trove of materials seized from mar-a-lago, including thousands of government documents and 103 papers marked classified intermingled with magazines, newspapers, press clippings, photos, and articles of clothing. mostly the boxes are pictures and newspapers and shirts and gear and, you know, golf balls. just it s a lot of stuff. ....
former president trump again calling for a special master to intervene after a judge unseals documents regarding the search of his mar-a-lago home. the latest in this legal battle and what we re learning about those classified government secrets. plus, friday free fall, stocks plummeting after fed chair jerome powell promises, quote, forceful and rapid action to try and tame inflation. he says to expect more quick pain ahead. also, cnn rides along with the so-called water police in california. their creative ways to keep homeowners from wasting water amid the devastating drought. and we re going to introduce you to a very special 17-year-old, soaring into the record books after flying solo around the world. he ll join us live. new day starts right now. hello, everyone. good morning. and a warm welcome to your new day. it is saturday, august 27th. hello there boris. good morning, amara. great to be with you as always. up first, we start with donald trump rene ....