familiar face calling the investigation a witch hunt and kept up the attacks on the fbi and serve of mar-a-lago. we re gting new details and a clearer picture of the timeline around what happened there. sources tell nbc news the fbi agents arrived at mar-a-lago on monday at 9:00 in the morning. the secret service was given a heads up 45 minutes to an hour before the search and agents left around 6:30 p.m. the former president s legal team said they were in discussion with the doj as early as june about records stored there. one trump attorney said the fbi removed a dozen boxes from a basement storage area and say a search warrant indicated the fbi was investigating possible violations of laws related to the handling of classified material. politically, we re seeing the republican party coalesce around the former president. a source close to trump called it a complete circling of the wagons. we ll start with the mounting legal troubles for the former president. ken is back and
i m sorry to report there s a growing concern over a nationwide shortage of santas. nbc is at a mall in glendale, california. emily, say it ain t so. reporter: well, i think there are a number of factors at play here, jose. but chiefly among them, some of the professionals are choosing to sit out because of continued concerns with covid. a lot of these folks are older. that puts them at greater risk for severe disease as a result of the virus. one staffing company reporting a 15 % decrease in available santa entertainers. that decrease is exacerbated by this pent up demand. a skyrocketing demand. the same company hires santa says there s more than 120 % increase in inquiries requesting santa at their events. so many people just eager to return to a sense of normalcy around these holiday traditions. they want to share their holiday wishes with santa. he is expected to arrive here at