alleges tried to hire an assassin to kill former u.s. national security adviser john bo bolton. the deal with the growing threat that iran poses and not try to appease them. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 11, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in palm beach, florida where we re learning about what prompted the fbi to search donald trump s mar-a-lago residence. the wall street journal reporting investigators were given an insider typical lettering them to more classified documents inside former president trump s florida home. evan perez reports now from washington. reporter: someone came forward in recent weeks to tell the fbi that there were likely more classified documents being stored at former president trump s palm beach club according to the wall street journal. the journal says that is what prompted the search this week at mar-a-lago. cnn has not confirmed the journal s report, but we ve previously reporte
someone familiar with the stored papers told investigators there may still be more classified documents at the private club. so all of these new developments signal that there may have been additional material there, even after the former president turned over 15 boxes to the national archives earlier this year. we also have new reporting from cnn this morning that some justice and fbi officials internally have argued that staying silent on this search is harmful to the department, and the public s interest, in part because trump and his allies filled the void with their rhetoric, largely not fact-based on this. let s go to evan perez, he s been following the story. let s begin with the first thread from the wall street journal, which mentions this inside tip that led the feds to do this search. what more can you tell us? reporter: well, that s right, poppy. i m told similarly that the fbi had a witness who told them that there may have been additional classified docume
the american economy and the prices you re paying for everything. tonight, the new and encouraging signs. the slight improvement on inflation. combine that with falling gas prices and what economists tonight are now cautiously saying. we have new reporting here after the fiery crash landing on a california freeway. the plane making that emergency landing, hitting a truck, bursting into flames. how the pilot survived this, trying to save lives as he came down. the alleged murder for hire plot. tonight, an iranian national charged in an alleged plot to assassinate former trump nsa adviser john bolton. that suspect still at large. the u.s. tonight sending a blistering warning to iran. the war in ukraine tonight. and g7 leaders now demanding russia turn the largest nuclear power plant in europe back over to the ukrainians. and tonight, ukraine claiming it destroyed nine russian war planes in that crimea blast. back here at home tonight, authorities releasing new surveilla
the alleged $300,000 murder-for- hire plan iranian targeting two top trump officials. cbs catherine herridge speaks to one of them. that it was potentially an effort either to kidnap me or assassinate me. brennan: how will the biden administration respond? and nationwide teacher shortage. cbs elise preston on what s behind the crisis in america s classrooms. teachers are burnt out. but at the same time, they want to make a difference in the lives of kids. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. we begin tonight with the latest news about former president donald trump s growing legal troubles. he was set to be questioned under oath today for a civil investigation by the state of new york into alleged fraud by themp president waved to the crowd on the way to his deposition. he invoked his constitutional r
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