thanks for hanging out with me, let's do this again tomorrow, but first lower xhosa sitting in for don lemon tonight. that begins right now. hey laura. >> hey sarah, they see. particularly this evening. this is don lemon tonight, everyone. i am laura coats sitting in for the great don lemon. and we begin with major, i mean, really big news. a few hours ago we learned from former president trump directly, no less, of an fbi eggs executing a search warrant at the mar-a-lago estate. his resort, of course, and florida. all the sources saying the search is related to the handling of classified documents and where documents were kept. sources were also saying that boxes of items were taken during the search and that documents were seized. trump is calling this a rate. but he described as a large

group of agents saying it was, quote, unannounced. which is what normally happens with search warrants, by the way. and that they broke into a safe. now he wasn't there and they carried out the search. but i want to turn right away to cnn correspondent, randi kaye, who is actually in palm beach county. i'll stay with us tonight cnn's chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. caitlin i want to begin with you here. because, look, a search on the former president's home is absolutely extraordinary. and now we know it is about the handling of classified documents. what is happening right now? what is it all about? >> it certainly is remarkable. if these events are unfolding in the way that the former president is saying that they are and the statement it does seem to be a pretty huge escalation of what we already know. that there was an investigation underway and to whether or not he mishandled potentially classified information when he left the white house. now, when it comes to this search warrant that was executed today. it was confirmed by trump himself and a large number of

fbi statements were there. at mar-a-lago. we are told that was about 8:00 this morning. and that was a search that lasted for several hours. and trump said in the statement that they, quote, even broke into my safe. i am told that is a safe that was in the presidents office at mar-a-lago. it is obviously a large resort, but there is a section that was reserved just for the former president and his family. he has officers there. he has this president. there it is's primary residence since leaving the white house. and so, when it comes to what exactly they are looking for here, these investigators and the fbi agents. they're actually executing the search warrant. we were told it is tied to that investigation and into how that information was handled. it will take about 50 boxes with him when he left the white house. to mar-a-lago. there were concerns about what kind of information was in there. but potentially classified information was in there. clearly, those are still big questions that investigators have even today as they carried out this. we should note, trump, is of course criticizing it. saying, quote, such insult can

only take place and broken third world countries. he said sadly america is now become one of those countries, corrupt at a level not seen before, quote, they even broke into my safe. >> you also have some reporting, this is not the first time trump has seen or even grieving investigators. i mean, he was greene the back in early june back and mar-a-lago. is that right? >> this is where there is a back story here. because part of what trump said in his statement he talked about the cooperation he says between the government, between investigators, and between his attorneys. but what had happened to this material. and we are told that investigators had actually gone to set up the mar-a-lago property in june, in early june, and they met with trump's attorneys to talk about this material. now, my colleague gary or it and i are told that trump did stop by that meeting and simply greet the investigators. we are told that he did not say he did not answer questions from those investigators. but then the attorneys showed them where the remaining documents are being stored at mar-a-lago.

i'm told it was in a basement room that they felt investigators, there they looked around, and then a few days later trump's attorneys got a letter from those investigators. telling them to further secure the room. they put a padlock on the door and response to that letter. now, where things transpired from when that happened in early june to where we are now in early august. that is still a really big question into this investigation. but it is a very dramatic escalation that the fbi has conducted on the former presidents residence. >> it's unbelievable to think about this actually happening. but you are near mar-a-lago. what did the search include? and of course we caitlin is talking about, the fact that there were still documents that were on site and mar-a-lago that could've been related to what the national archives had already requested is mind-boggling enough itself. what are you hearing and seeing? >> yeah, exactly, it certainly is laura. we now know that the fbi did remove boxes of items from mar-a-lago today. that is coming to us from our colleagues, how members and

gabby or. according to a person familiar with the investigation they were told that the fbi search included examining where those documents were kept. so they were very curious about where they were. a separate source also telling gabby or that documents were seized. that really is the headline here. tonight, the national archives as you mentioned previously had alleged that classified information in documents had been removed from the white house and brought here to florida to mar-a-lago, which the president calls home. the fbi also to verify that nothing was left behind. according to a person familiar with this investigation. so of course, the key finding here tonight, is that boxes of items were removed. and documents were seized. according to a source and a person familiar with the investigation, laura. >> of course, as a former president he would have secret service onsite or in his nearby presence. i mean, the fbi is there, secret service would've been there at some point in time, or at least on the premise and some form or fashion. they coordinate in some way?

>> yes. they had to have from what we understand from our kevin liptak. he spoke of a person familiar with the investigation and was able to learn that the secret service and the fbi did coordinate. the fbi had been in contact with the secret service to make sure that they had access for the search warrant was executed. this, our kevin liptak was told, would allow for access without complications. laura, there is apparently just a small footprint of secret service at mar-a-lago. when the former president isn't there. he was not there today. so that is what our kevin liptak has learned. >> caitlin, speaking about the former president, this is really -- i hope america really sees how stunning this moment really is. we've got an fbi executing a search warrant on the home of a former president in the very recent past. i mean, the immediate president of the incumbent president -- did you hear from the white house in any way caitlin?

did the white house know about the search? >> we are told that the white house was unaware. that basically they found out when everyone else found out. which was at about 7 pm eastern tonight, when trump confirmed in a statement that this search warrant had been executed on his primary residence. we are told that it includes president biden himself, he was unaware of this. that is what dana bacchus is being told by a senior administration official. so not just other officials inside the white house but even including president by himself, and aware of this so that is remarkable. doj we should note is not commenting right now on this. we have reached out to them, we are still trying to learn more information about what was behind the search warrant. they are not commenting and randy's right, trump was not there at mar-a-lago. he's not often there in the summer. usually spends his time in new jersey or new york. he was actually a trump tower. we should note, since word broke that this search warrant had been executed and the search was conducted, trump has since left trump tower. it is notable to see that he was not their president when this happened. we are told some of his

attorneys were at the property when the search was carried out. >> thank you ladies. really important reporting. welcome back to you as well. i want to bring in cnn contributor, don dean, the former nixon white house counsel along with stewart kapan. a former fbi special agent. gentlemen, let's talk about this. john, a search on a former presidents home. this is really a first. i've got to know. what went through your mind, in particular, when you heard about this? >> my first reaction was that there had to be something that caused them to not give some sort of -- you don't just russian like this. without a subpoena. they had to have had some difficult negotiations. they had to have probably ended. we know that trump has a tendency to huff and puff something broke down and the government decided we have to take action.

there are missing documents, or destroy documents, or whatever. and they made a case to a judge who would then within we issue the search warrant. and that, as you know laura, they just don't do that by representing them. they want to hear the case, what potential crime has been violated why they believe the evidence is there? and what they believe the search warrant is going to produce. this wasn't a spur of the moment thing. clearly, as you discussed earlier, the secret service was alerted to the fact that they were coming to clear the road. and they proceeded to be there just a few hours. but >> stewart, this is astonishing. the idea they broke into a safe, he says. i want to be clear, when you hear that phrase, he broke into the safe. it makes me think the american public might misconstrue this for something that wasn't lawfully executed. this was a lawfully executed search warrant as far as we know. the idea that entering the safe

would fall along with whatever point they're actually seek to get from the judge. but from your impression, working with the afghan particular, can you imagine a judge having a bare bones cursory knowledge of whatever they wanted and saying just go ahead and do which is like there? they would have the dot every i, crossed every t, because it would've been a perception that this was a fishing expedition. what is your thought? >> there is no doubt, i mean, this went to the highest level to make sure as you said the eyes were dotted and t's were crossed. i think the biggest concern that the fbi had was really the marshaling or policing of these classified documents. the fact that donald trump, the former president, had a safe at mar-a-lago is of no consequence with respect to the protocols and procedures. that would be required under normal circumstances for a person to be in possession of classified documents. i think, the fact that they came with a safe cracker, that

is of no consequence. i went on hundreds of search warrants were we would bring a locksmith or safe cracker for the obvious reason. we want to bear out those fruits that may be on site. so that should not be overlooked, i think the biggest take away from my perspective is the information that was utilized in support of this search warrant. it had to have been more recent. i think this is a perfect example of attorneys just not having proper client control. not being able to convince donald trump that in his best interest it should have been fully cooperative with respect to, if in fact, he was in possession of classified material. there should've been an effort to just turned it over sooner rather than later. unfortunately, this may end up being a devastating blow for the former president. >> on that point, i want to be clear, the idea bringing ice safe cracker and opening it up. if you have a warrant that offers the judge and explains the probable cause you need that you will find some

specific information related to a crime that you believe has taken place. and that this is where you are going to find it. it wouldn't be unheard of, right, to include the faith among that? it wouldn't be a separate wanted to say, hey, i want to go in the house. but i also want to quote the safe as well. that might be the area where documents are kept. correct? >> that is a perfect statement. because, what's the takeaway is, that there were people within his inner circle that we're aware of the safe. and potentially housed classified information. and let's be clear, this safe certainly would not have been the appropriate safe that would've been risen to the level of safeguarding classified information. so the fact that they went and cracked open the safe was something that was necessary. >> -- or one that was housed by the actual federal government. right? the former president doesn't just get to have everything or the presidential records act. we also know that hey that

mar-a-lago are actually interviewed by the fbi over the handling of presidential records. what concerns do you have in curbs of what else could be implicated in all of this? >> >> well of course wants to go in and execute the subpoena they have the right to may have found documents they weren't anticipating or infinite information they weren't anticipating. laura, i've got to put this into context. my reaction was, this is very typical of the national archives. and their treatment, one of presidential records, but in particular of classified records. i know a former nixon staffer who cooperated in a book project where he had a small trove of classified document. when that book was published, just recently, the next thing he knew the fbi was at his door wanting those documents. now those weren't even under the presidential records act

which was adopted after he had acquired the documents. but he willingly turned them over. they were not messing around. they were going after the records they wanted, particularly the classified records. >> i don't get the sense from just that story you just told. the idea that you are not going in and getting snow globes, right? the idea of having momentous that might be around the presidents thing. this to me feels larger than the idea of trying to reclaim someone's, you know, if you're sort of a hotel or you're a packer at. this seems like an issue related to either classified documents, i mean of the oath that the fbi would get a warrant with the judge. and stuart, when a search like this happens. we know it was a large group of fbi agents. walk me through how this happens? they know exactly what they're looking for, they know the documents of materials. our or are they saying the general thing i might find. i want papers, i want presidential seals, i want whatever it might look like

that is data during the term of his presidency. what are they looking for and at? >> there is no doubt that the affidavit that was utilized and prepared and support of the search for it has what is called, and a fight. that is a person that has specific knowledge of fruits of criminal -- potential criminal activity that has been sworn to and attested to. that i have seen or i have been shown certain documents or i am aware of a certain location within mar-a-lago that is the content or the container or the safe that contained these classified documents. what was born out here is that, obviously, beyond the presidents reach. there are other individuals that certainly would not have had these topsecret clearance to include, as you said, other employees on premises. or even to suggest other secret service would not necessarily be in a position to have that topsecret clearance to be in

possession of classified information. that is a breach of someone who doesn't have the need to know. and so, the fact of this person, donald trump, is no longer the sitting president. he no longer has a need to know. therefore, it is no longer within his lawful rights to possess those documents. and most importantly, the retention aspect of those documents is of paramount concern to the fbi. so if we look at this affidavit, and by the way, your viewers should know if in fact this does not turn out to rise to the level of criminal charges being set forth. this affidavit may remain under seal. we may never even know what was alleged within this affidavit. >> either way, you might have that same result, right? gentlemen, there's so much more to find out. we don't know everything yet, but we do know one thing. if you have a lawfully executed search warrant. whatever you find in the course of that discovery, can be used against you. i will show that in any

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happening tonight. fbi agents are searching the former presidents monologuist aide to resort. sources are saying this is related to handling of classified documents that boxes were actual for the property and documents were actually seized. join me now to discuss cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. and cnn legal analyst, elliott williams. a former federal prosecutor. i keep having to take a step back with this, dana. and say to myself, and fbi more than one multiple agents executed a search warrant on the former presidents home. the most immediate predecessor of our current president. in fact, and trump had a pretty broad statement, that, trying to get ahead of this. minus reaction is, first of all, how is that that delay? this have been 8:00 this morning. how would there have been this like about people even knowing. >> maybe that is a question i can put back to both you and

elliott since you have been in a position that i haven't, which is you've been on the prosecution side. where you are building a case. and you sent out -- or you apply for a warrant from a judge. it is possible of, aside from the fact that it is mar-a-lago i hear what you are saying it is a lot of people, it is possible that the former president they did put out that statement. which i will talk about in one second. that maybe we wouldn't have known. because it is not a doj or fbi, they don't do this unless they want to make a statement. and this case, it was donald trump who wanted to make a statement. you mentioned this lengthy press release that he put out. it is not to say he put it out. it is the words that he used. things like raid and occupy and weaponize. i'm not sure if he actually said deep state, i don't have been in front of me, but he might as well have. he knew exactly what he was

doing. as you said, trying to get ahead of it, but also to make this as potent a political issue for him in the short term as possible. and i cannot tell you how many republicans i am hearing from. saying, you know, that legal jeopardy aside which is a big thing if in fact this doesn't develop into an indictment and even a conviction his political future with regards to the republican primary, if he does run. he is just ramped up so many notches. that the person who's probably most worried politically right now is ron desantis. who was rising in the republican polls. >> because your question is this would be used as a talking point to say, ha, you yet another example of why they are coming after me. i'm the mean teflon don. at least, on that point, but

this could be very much used as a political talking point and saying how there after me again. but i don't get the but -- you know what i feel like doing today on a monday. after cpac, no less, where he's talking about other issues. let's just go ahead and write mar-a-lago. i mean, all as well that dress and well. right? >> there's a couple of reasons why laura. as you know, better than anybody else, in order to get a search warrant you have to establish, number one probable cause of a crime that was committed in the first place. and number two that u.s. law enforcement believe that there is evidence of that crime there. now, it doesn't have to be a crime committed on those promises. it may not even be -- it could be somebody else. we believe that there is a crime there. number one, then you gotta convince a judge of that through affidavits and testimony, it is not something that happens overnight. so this was a long process weeks if not months of

preparation have gone into the search warrant like this. number two, more importantly, i saw this in a lot of first and deputy assistant attorney general. the justice department does not perceive with investigative action unless -- i guess elected official, without it making it way to at least the deputy attorney general if not the attorney general himself. and the head of the fbi. they would've been briefed on this extensively going on. it is not rogue agents who decided, like you said, to wake up one morning and start knocking down doors at mar-a-lago. it has to go up with much planning. >> i mean, dana, there's no way that merrick garland has not been briefed along with the mayor here. that is just not happening. we make a great point when you talk about the language being used. these aren't dog whistles. calling it a right. it was a search the idea of the execution of a warrant. the idea he was cooperating. this was unnecessary. talking about this akin to a

third world country. these statements have sort of been in the works for many many months if not years. in terms of the talking points. right? >> yes, and our reporting is that the former president, his lawyers, and federal investigators, have been going back and forth for months and months. even to the point where they went to mar-a-lago and they met with lawyers and donald trump stopped by that meeting. so, this is something that has been dragging out. he has -- but he has been resistant to giving over whatever the content of these apparent 15 boxes of presidential records that he took from the white house brought to mar-a-lago, that the national archives has said this is not yours. this is ours. the federal governments. because of the presidential records act. he is dragged it out. and we don't know the reason for that, but we do know is that right now, tonight which

he is doing is using this as a huge -- he believes, as a huge political weapon in his short term political strategy. what is that? when you look ahead to 2024. a short term political strategy is getting his mojo up. with the republican base, some of them have been going -- really, do we want to do this again? and maybe look at the people like ron desantis, the governor of florida, or other potential republican candidates in 2024. those are the conversations that are happening. and on other right-wing media right now and on another cable network. there is a child of the former president who was on, who is beating the drum, that i just described. and taking the statement that we just talked about. but donald trump statement.

and amplifying the idea like how can you do this? so whether or not this ultimately ends up in a tight-knit and a conviction in the short term the former president thinks that this is a -- it is hard to wrap your mind around and some ways and shapes and forms. but as a political wind within the realm of the gop. >> a late, then, thank you very much. my big question is not how can you do this, because of course we know how it can be done. i want to know, why did you do it? what does that after david say? what did you tell that judge? why did the judge say, yes, go in? that is what i'm hearing to more about. you can spin and what you want i just want sort of the dragnet just the facts meant. turns out, everyone, thank you for being here. i'll talk to later, both of you, thank you so much. >> and look, it turns out that trump's top general thought trump was doing irreparable harm to the country. and my next guess got the

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today, the fbi executed a search search warrant of former president trump's mar-a-lago resort. he confirmed himself, that's how we know about it. he is claiming that this is a witch hunt, but in order to get a search warrant like this, a prosecutor has to its tablet probable cause that a crime was committed. i suspect an even higher standard considering is the former president of the united states of america. joining me, now global affairs

analyst who is the coauthor of the upcoming book, the divider. susan i'm so glad you are here tonight. what a night. this big story is happening right now as we speak. what is your reaction to the fbi executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago? >> it certainly is a breathtaking development. as you pointed out donald trump will find a way, and already has found a way, not only to put a statement out about, it but to weaponize it. he sees this as his own political behalf. there is no action by prosecutor against donald trump that is not a witch hunt. whether it was the russia, which hunt, or somehow the january 6th attacks being blamed on him, that's a witch hunt. and now this is a witch hunt to. the rhetoric is consistent with what we have seen from donald trump before, but this is a level of seriousness that indicates something closing in on him, i guess.

>> what is inconsistent is that we have not seen this before from the doj. we have not seen the doj pursue this of a former president, of any president at this point in time. it is a really huge development. but if the material in question, susan were mementos of his time in office. i'm not sure what they would, be maybe snow globes and pence. do you think that we would see this type of reaction? it's got to be more than that, right? >> there was that really tantalizing line in trump's statement about they even went into my safe which suggested that he had something of value in the safe. i actually went twice to mar-a-lago, to interviewed trump for this book, along with peter baker, my coauthor and husband. the second time that we went to trump's private office in mar-a-lago, it was -- there were a lot of tchotchkes, and mementos, and things from his time in office. who knows what was stuffed in

there. i was really struck by the fact that he chose to hang a portrait of himself, a picture of himself and can john soon looking very chubby with each other on the wall. those are the things that you take away from your tenure in the white house. and there were lots of other things that looked like it came straight from washington. >> speaking of things that were written or done during his time in washington. i want to turn from your report in the new york times today from the report you just mentioned. stunning new details. the chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley, he hates trump in this unreleased resignation letter. june 8th, 2020. that's a week after he was seen with trump through lafayette square by the white house after protesters were cleared out. and just before that photo op, the one you're seeing right now. i want to read part of, it it's astounding. he writes, quote, the events of

the last couple of weeks has caused me to dig deep soul searching and i can no longer faithfully support and execute your orders as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it is my belief that you were doing great, and irreparable harm to my country. i believe that you have made a concerted effort overtime to politicize the united states military. he never handed that in, we would've heard about it if he did. he thought it was better to stay and fight from within. is it clear, susan, just how much milley saw trump as a national security threat? >> absolutely. the language of that letter, when we first obtained it in the course of reporting for this book. it was really stunning even though you had a sense already of milley and other very senior pentagon officials throughout trump's tenure had been

concerned about him. this brings it to a much more visceral way, when you have the nation's top uniformed officers saying that the president of the united states is a threat to the international borders. the president of the united states is doing great and irreparable harm. the president of the united states does not believe in some of the fundamental pillars of our system. he said essentially, you believe in many of the things that we fought against in world war ii, and i was thinking of that. there is another part of the book from years earlier, in a counter that trump had with john kelly the former white house chief of staff. in which he lamented to kelly the jury at -- how come you generals, meeting americas generals, cannot be like the german generals in world war ii? he believed that they operate perfect loyalty to hitler, which is what trump wanted. again, a striking comment. there is a through line, trump

sought to weaponize institutions, just as he sought to weaponize the justice department system to protect him. he seemed so outraged now, by the actions of the fbi. he sought to weaponize the u.s. military to be part of his political campaign, part of his political persona as the president. >> susan, this is stunning to hear, and you are but details all of this, it's also in the new yorker. is there room to criticize these members of the military as well, for being there and not resigning? it would've been public, the reasons why. had the joint chief of staff actually said, and had the lever published in some way, that would've been quite informative in june of 2020. would it not have been? the idea that we think about the adult in the room conversation, we always heard about, it fighting from within. i understand that philosophy in part, but wouldn't publicizing this, that you felt that strongly been perhaps been a more prudent course for the direction of the country?

>> i think that this -- you put your finger on the dilemma, and obviously there is no one right answer. what is interesting is that i've done a lot of reporting, and so it is not just the dilemma of the chairman himself, but i spoke with a number of sources that i was able to interview for the book, people like bob gates, the former defense secretary and's head of the cia. people like experts on civil military relations, and they had a very different take on us as civilians. we don't have a tradition of resignation and protest by the uniformed military. bob gates said very clearly, make them fire, you don't resign. that way, at least, everyone will know that you are trying to stand up and do the right thing. he also counseled milley to keep basically all of the joint chiefs on board with, him so that trump would understand that he crossed their red lines, that he would be forced to have all of the joint chiefs quit on

him, and not just one person. don't make it about one person. and of course, you remember that the uniformed military, they are not political appointees, they are required to follow lawful orders to the commander in chief. in a way, you might risk politicizing the military. if you were to resign just because you disagreed with things. it is a very complicated issue, and i don't pretend to know what is right or wrong. with a terrible dilemma, where the president of the united states is this kind of rogue actor in a system. you see the hormel dilemmas and choices that are forced upon the others in the system as a result of someone like trump. so what's that, i think that perspective as to why from the perspective of those in the military. people often talk about potus but it really is the commander-in-chief as well. thank you susan. >> thank you laura. >> we will keep bring you more information on the feds search of mar-a-lago as we get it. we will keep you bring it back up to. new information about --

it keeps coming out of the cnn throughout the night. we'll be right back.

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vote yes on 27. a mandate is underway in new mexico after three muslim and were killed within three weeks of one another. there's also a fourth muslim man who was killed back in 2021. the fbi is currently investigating whether all of these killings are somehow connected. cnn correspondent, lucy kavanaugh, as the very latest for us. >> tonight, and albuquerque, a manhunt is underway. after a brutal killing of another muslim men. the latest victim in a string of what's officials described as targeted killings that the police suspect may be like. >> we are very concerned that these are obviously tied together. they're obviously targeting muslim meant. >> police identifying a vehicle of interest. >> if you see a dark colored

four door sedan, a volkswagen, or jeddah, we encourage you to call the police. >> the latest victim, identified to cnn by his brother not as 25-year-old naeem hussein, was gunned down on friday. hours earlier, he attended a funeral for two other murder victims. mohammed hussein and aftab hussein, and have expressed fear about the shootings. but >> times are crazy. just be very careful, don't leave your house at the dark if you don't have to, and who knew he would be dead the same day. >> 27-year-old muhammed afzaal hussain, was killed last monday. >> mohammed was an amazing, gentle, kind, caring, loving, excited, passionate person. >> they shot multiple times. >> his brother cnn showing where his brother was gunned down and shot several times.

[inaudible] >> i am scared to sit on my balcony. i'm scared to go pick some to get my car. my kids do not allow me, even to step out of my apartment. they said that it's scary. 41-year-old aftab hussein, was shot and killed on july 26th. all three men were from pakistan and all, awkward to police, for ambushed and killed with no warning. authorities are also investigating the unsolved 2021 killing of 62 year old, mohammad ahmadi, a muscleman from afghanistan. the fbi now assisting albuquerque police to see if they are all connected. the violence rocking the tight-knit muslim community. shaken by grief and fear. >> it is incredibly terrifying. we are panicked. some people want to move from the state. they told us this thing is over. some people have moved from the state. the businesses are closing, they're closing businesses early. students will leave their homes. >> lucy kafanov, cnn, denver.

>> but thank you lucy. life in prison, that's with the man who killed ahmaud arbery are facing. as they are sent it again. but this time for federal hate crimes. we are live outside of mar-a-lago at the very top of the hour. the fbi is searching donald trump's home. today. bubbles so many bubbles! as a an expedia member you earn points on your travels, and that's on top of your airline miles. so you can go and see... or taste or do absolutely nothing with all those bubbles. without ever wondering if you're getting the most out of your trip. because you are. to a child, this is what conflict looks like. children in ukrain are caught in the crossfire of war,

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so often we cover the stories of murder. stories that capture natural headlines, and captivate an entire nation. it serves as a catalyst, and also a painful reminder. those that sparked outrage but also change. stories like the death of ahmaud arbery, a young man chased and murdered while jogging by gregory and travis mcmichael, a father and son acting like vigilantes in a small georgia town. they were helped by their neighbor, william roddie bryan.

they were sentenced for the federal hate crime convictions in arbery's killing. the mcmichaels sentenced to life in prison. brian, for 35 years. now they are all facing life sentences for their convictions in state court. people wonder if the story is really over. it might well never be over for a family that lost their son forever. and imagine for ahmaud's family, wet must feel lakes -- on people who took that life, rather than the person whose name is now on the wrong side of a hashtag. there is obviously demand for remorse, maybe not an expectation that there would be. and the wonder of whether they will ever be an apology. what do you do with that, it one should ever come? today, offered a glimpse into what entomology might feel like -- at sentencing, gregory mcmichael apologized to ahmaud

arbery's mother. here's how she responded. >> the apology was -- i can say that i expect accepted the apology. the person that i am, i think that now he realized he made some horrible decisions back in february. unfortunately, it doesn't bring back my son, but i do accept the apology. >> the cameras will one day turn off of this, and the headlines will necessarily shift. it will be painful in its own right. we have a chance in how to follow this story. the bigger choice will always be where we we go? next, our big story tonight includes donald trump's home in florida searched by the fbi. authorities seizing boxes, accessing a safe in his office, and spending hours inside.

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we are back with a major development tonight. the upper executing a search warrant at donald trump's monologue. all former president broke the news himself just hours ago. multiple sources tell cnn the search is related to the handling of classified documents and his where documents were kept. cnn's randi kaye and sarah marriott are covering the very latest. this is such a huge night to think about what is going on right now. sarah, it's been an extraordinary development and they continue to come out what are you learning about this fbi search a mar-a-lago? >> absolutely. these are very wild circumstances, of course. we are talking about a former president as you say he broke the news and he released along statement saying that the fbi have even search a safe that he