hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the yuntsz and united states and around the world. just ahead -- >> file the motion to make public the warrant in light of the surrounding circumstances and substantial public interest in this matter. >> an armed man who tried to storm an fbi office in cincinnati, ohio with an ar-15 style rifle and then engaged in a shoot-out with authorities.

>> the committee has been very focused on the discussions about the 25th amendment, both had conversations about the 25th amendment, possibility of removing trump from office in the wake of january 6. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is friday, august 12, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the justice department has its answer from donald trump. the former president says he will not challenge a motion to unseal the warrant used to search his mar-a-lago home. he says he actually wants the warrant and the list of items taken from his property released immediately. attorney general merrick garland announced thursday that he wanted that information made public, he also said he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant. and the "washington post" is citing anonymous sources who say

fbi agents were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons and the "new york times" reports the government officials were concerned that foreigned a v adversaries could try to get access to stuff stored at his home. >> i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated public servants. >> more now from evan perez. >> reporter: the justice department is asking a federal judge to authorize the release of court documents that would shed light on what the fbi took during an hours' long search of donald trump's palm beach home. a decision could come as soon as friday and the attorney general merrick garland says that he

personally approved the warrant and that he is taking the extraordinary step to release the document because trump himself made the fbi search public. >> the department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president's public confirmation of the search, surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest in this matter. >> reporter: the move comes as we've learned new details of the interactions between the justice department investigators and trump lawyers. at the center of this dispute over records that trump took with him to his beach home at the end of his presidency were concerns about possible exposure of some of the nation's most closely guarded national security secrets, some labeled as special access programs. cnn has learned that investigators served a grand jury subpoena before a june meeting at mar-a-lago at the trump property in palm beach and they left with classified documents. there was another subpoena

seeking surveillance tapes from the property. this tells us that despite the claims by trump that he has cooperated all along, the justice department's inte interactions with his legal team had become more contentious well before the monday search. evan perez, cnn, washington. prospect of nuclear weapons documents at trump's home raises serious questions about the country's safety. we asked former director of national intelligence about his level of concern. >> potentially this is quite dangerous. if for example there are deficiencies, maintenance issues, logistics issues, training issues, both with our minuteman ground based intercontinental ballistic missile force or with a submarine launched missile force. and, you know, that is very, very dangerous to national security just to have that kind of material just kind of laying around. now, the mind runs weidlild her.

for me, what on earth was the motivation for wanting this kind of data from the white house into a completely unsecured area like mar-a-lago. and that, you know, again, the imagination can run wild here as to what the motivation might have been. >> an hours' long standoff with a government this ohio has ended with the suspect dead. the man tried unsuccessfully to enter an fbi office in cincinnati on thursday morning. and then fled in his vehicle. he eventually stopped and exchanged gunfire with officers. brynn gingras has the details. >> reporter: multiple sources told me and my colleague josh campbell that the arm's specific is ricky shiver who they tried to negotiate with this person after a standoff in the rural area of ohio and when that didn't work, less than lethal

tactics were used. when that didn't work, we're told that he raised a weapon and that is when he was fired at by authorities ending that hours long standoff. of course it all began at the fbi field office when sources are telling us that shiffer walked in with a weapon and nail gun and took off after the alarm sounded leading authorities on pursuit where shots were exchanged. looking into a social media account with a user of the same name, authorities have not confirmed that is shiffer's account, however we do have one source saying it is the sale pic same picture as government i.d. of shiffer, it has disturbing rhetoric in it, it is a fairly new account but it does talk and encourage violence against the fbi. in fact it even has a post of the incident that happened in cincinnati. and it seems to have even gotten cut off while this pursuit

likely was happening there in ohio. i want to read that to you, this is on the truth social which is the social media platform started by former president donald trump. it says, well, i thought i had a way through bulletproof glass and i didn't. if you don't hear from me, it is true, i tried attacking the fbi and it will mean either i was taken off the internet, fbi got me or they sent the regular cops while -- and it gets cut off there. and the discussions that was happening on truth social, this user talks about being present in d.c. on january 6, talking about how they believe that the election was stolen from donald trump, and also just again encouraged violence against the fbi. and sort of bummped up the rhetoric after what happened on monday with the fbi search of mar-a-lago. even this person posted, quote, people, this is it, i hope a call to arms comes from someone better qualified, but if not,

this is your call to arms from me. this person encouraged people to go get guns, visit pawn shops and again to basically sort of have an all-out war with fbi agents. it is still unclear if shiffer -- what the motivation was for him going to the cincinnati field office, but again, this standoff lasted for several hours and we know there were discussions going on with agents and shiffer. so possible that there is more of an answer to the motivation there. but of course this is an ongoing investigation and it is alarming needless to say after we know that fbi field offices all across this country and agents as well have sort of been on guard after all the rhetoric that has been spreading across this country since that search of mar-a-lago on monday. but of course as to what caused this, we don't know, but that is something we're still asking authorities at this point as the investigation is still ongoing.

back to you. u.s. house committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol has been talking with additional members of former president donald trump's inner circle. the panel recently interviewed his transportation secretary and they are in talks with his educati education secretary. both quit the trump administration after the insurrection. >> reporter: we're learning more about high level former trump officials who are engaging with the january 6 select committee. sources have told me that elaine chao, of course the wife to senator mitch mcconnell, has already been interviewed by the january 6 select committee. we're also learning that betsy devos who was the former education secretary is in you can takes wi -- talks with the committee. and robert o'brien is set to appear for a virtual interview on friday. this is important because the

committee has been honing in especially when it comes to the cabinet officials about the efforts to use the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. we know elaine chao and betsy devos both explored removing him from office. it became clear made mike pence would not go along with it, and so both tendered their resignations on january 7. but this is an indication that the committee is still working quietly behind the scenes to get information from new witnesses. sara murray, cnn, washington. >> those new witnesses do not include members of the secret service and some say that they still may be protecting donald trump. we're learned that the watchdog buried a memo about missing text messages from the day of the capitol attack, texts we later learned had been erased. officials from the inspector general's office say they prepared a memo on how the secret service deliberately

stole it into the agency's, as on january 6. but after the report was sent to the chief of staff, details about that had been removed from the report. president biden's ambitious plan to curb inflation meanwhile and tackle climate change will be taken up by the u.s. house of representatives in the coming hours. the $750 billion piece of legislation passed the senates last sunday on a party line vote, 51-50. if the house approves the bill without changes, it can go directly to the president for his signature. that vote is tentatively expected later today. almost half of that money, $369 billion, is earmarked for combatting climate change, health provisions in the bill call for giving medicare the authority to negotiate lower drug prices, caps medicare out of pocket costs at $2,000, and extends subsidies under the affordable care act for three years. it also proposes a 15% minimum

tax on many of america's largest corporations. two new reports on inflation help put a damper on wall street's short lived rally. those reports found the price increases have eased over the past two months but still remain historically high. the dow ended thursday's trading session almost flat gaining just 27 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 both closed slightly down. let's take a look at where the global markets stand right now. these are the futures for the u.s. wall street looking a bit more positive today, up about half a percent on those main indices. in europe, shares are also up about the same amount across france, uk and germany. asian markets had a positive day if you look at japan's shares up more than 2.5%, half a percent

for hong kong. for the first time since march, average cost of gasoline in the u.s. fell below $4 a gallon. it can still be frightfully to fill up your tank, but not quite as painful as in june when it was $1 more per gallon. and while gas prices have been coming down for several weeks, national average is still about 80 cents more than it was a year ago. while drivers may be getting a bit of relief, uncertainty is the theme for house buyers. average 30 year mortgage rate has climbed above 5% again. rates rose sharply in 2022 and hit a yearly high in mid june. economists say there are signs the housing market is starting to stabilize, but experts also warn home prices will likely continue to climb because supply is so tight and inflation is taking a larger chunk out of

incomes. some signs of easing inflation, lower fuel costs, legislative wins, we asked the communications director is it time for the biden administration to celebrate. >> we're continuing to see things move in the right direction. i don't think that anybody is declaring victory, certainly not president biden. he is relentlessly focused on doing everything he can to bring down costs for families. it is why he is pushing for the passage of the "inflation reduction act" that will allow medicare to negotiate for the lowest prescription drug prices, it will bring down utility bill costs for americans across the country. i mean, these are things that at the end of the day are a big piece of family budgets. so, yes, rents are too high and president biden is focused on working on pushing for a bigger supply of affordable housing. he has taken steps to ensure for example that builders can have easier access to government financing to create greater supply of housing in the market. so of course there is more we can do. but we've seen tremendous

progress, inflation data that we saw this month, gas rice data coming down more than a dollar a gallon, that has a real impact for families and president biden will continue pushing. coming up on cnn, the western u.s. will see some of needed moisture in the coming days. we'll have your forecast just ahead. and the devastation that extreme weather is bringing as europe battles scorching heat and drought.

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could have monsoonal rain. recent rain in new mexico brought some relief, drought levels from dropped from 80% to 30% over the last three months. for more, we're joined by karen hk m m maginniss. >> we've been talking about who needs the wet weather more than others, who needs the heat. a lot of people got a lot of heat. what we've seen is fairly widespread monsoonal moisture. it this will never be a day long rain event and it will never be a drought breaker. but what it does provide is some summertime moisture and that is very valuable to the farmers and growers across the west. it is still very dry in a number of areas, but some of those exceptional drought areas, those

have shrunk just a little bit. but we still have five states with flash flood watches out from wyoming down across las vegas or southern nevada into a portion of southern california, also arizona and utah. utah had some dry thunderstorms that produced quite a bit of lightning and caught some trees on fire. no one was injured. and the forecast for late in the day on friday and then into saturday, we might see some thunderstorms bumbling around sections of the lower great lakes. maybe chicago will pick up a thunderstorm or two. hot across the west, that doesn't change. what has changed are the cooler temperatures into the northeast. take a look at this, we go for the next several days with temperatures in the 80s, philadelphia, washington, new york, boston, temperatures going into the 70s. now, this is august. this is very unusual for this time of year. so enjoy the nice weather while it lasts because so many

portions elsewhere across the united states are hot. that is in the pacific northwest well above average. august 16 through the 20th. and the temperature outlook well below normal across much of the east. very interesting pattern to take a look at. >> unbelievable scenes. karen, thank you very much. scorching temperatures are creating dangerous conditions across europe. heat warnings are in place for various parts of spain, temperatures are expected to get up to 104 degrees farenheit and more of britain's water companies are announcing water restrictions as drought conditions continue. last month england experienced its tri driest july since 1035. we're joined by salma abdelaziz. these are conditions that brits are not used to. >> reporter: absolutely. the country is under amber extreme heat warning the next

four y four days. and they describe the city as essentially a tinderbox die city. they are concerned about fires, they are on high alert for fire. already the london fire brigade has battled unprecedented numbers of fires. and they expect the temperatures in the mid to high 30s. and it is the drought-like conditions that are causing concerns. for weeks now we haven't seen much rain in london. so officials again warning people to be extremely careful, you know, don't have a barbecue in your balcony, make sure that you are putting out your cigarettes properly, all the concerns around the fire severity. and a all across western europe, would we're seeing the extreme temperatures. in france, firefighters there, emergency workers have been battling fires in the southwest of the country for weeks now.

french authorities have triggered a mechanism via the eu to call on other european member states, e ufltu member states, help contain the fires. already firefighters from germany, romania, potentially austria as well going into france to try to support the fire services there in containing those fires. across italy, these drought-like conditions also causing extreme consequences in terms of the harvest, some farmers in italy losing up to 80% of their harvest this year because of this drought. and then of course there is the bigger picture here, but this is a climate crisis, experts will tell you unless the world does something quite serious to try to contain this crisis, we're only looking at this worsening. max. >> salma, thanks very much. impact of that climate crisis is felt especially in the northern poland region. in finland, temperatures in the arctic have been rising four times faster than the rest of the planet, a faster pace than

climate models currently show. it is caused by heat trapping emissions from burning fossil fuels. experts say the rising temperatures are melting away the region's sea ice which in turn further amplifies global warning and raises ocean levels worldwide. now, ten miners trapped underground will have to wait longer to be rescued. mexican authorities say they made four attempts to reach the group thursday but difficult conditions inside the flooded coal mine have hampered those efforts. rafael romo has the latest. >> reporter: mexican officials had said wednesday that they were only hours away from being able to enter the mine and rescue the miners. they said something similar thursday, but it seems like they have run into new challenges that have made it nearly impossible for rescuers to get access to the spot where they believe the miners may still be. the main challenge continues to be the water that flooded multiple mine shafts last week on wednesday. just to give you an idea of how

challenging flooding has been, mexico's national coordinator of civil protection said thursday morning that in the eight days since the collapse happened, they have pumped out nearly 150,000 cubic meters of water. that is enough water to fill up around 60 olympic pools. at one point the water was 34 meters deep when the rescue operation started only hours after the mine flooded and walls collapsed. with 25 pumps running around the clock, they have been able to bring that level to less than nine meters. mexican defense minister said that rescuers made four attempts to enter the mine on wednesday, but they found too much debris blocking the way inside. the coal main not -- mine collapsed and they were able to safely extract five miners, but ten others have been trapped

since. there has been no communication with them and their fate is unknown. nearly 700 members of mexico's military, police and other government agencies, have been deployed to the site of the collapse to aid in the rescue efforts. me mexico's attorney general issued a statement saying that it has requested a judicial hearing for the purpose of filing charges against the owner of the mine accusing him of, quote, illegal exploitation of a mine. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. you're watching "cnn newsroom." just ahead, prospects of nuclear documents at donald trump's sprawling florida resort. we'll have an expert evaluate that risk. plus the former president's porcelain, flushing history down the toilet. that and more straight ahead. when you order the new lemon ricotta blueberry protein pancakes with 37 grams of protein, you u get a smile on your plat. only from ihop. download the app and join the rewards program today.

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"washington post" has new reporting about the fbi search of mar-a-lago. it is citing unnamed sources who say agents were looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons. meanwhile donald trump says that he will not oppose a justice department motion to unseal the search warrant and items taken from mar-a-lago on monday. attorney general merrick gar land says he signed off on the search. >> there are however certain points i want you to know. first, i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such decision lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive

means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. >> procspect of nuclear weapons documents at his home raises serious questions. and we asked a national analyst to evaluate the risk. >> here is the range of possibilities. that donald trump is in possession of information related to an enemy. and i'm not going to get into the why did donald trump retain them because we don't know yet and he's got really, you know, sort of -- you know, he is a careless -- he is a careless person. he never took his job seriously. and so he is -- so if you are that enemy and you are worried about that donald trump has those materials, you are worried what is he going to do with it. so that could incite a national security problem that the biden administration has to deal with.

the second possibility is that nuclear information, not coding, just information about the weapons, about where they are stored, about their capabilities of an ally, that too is a problem because the allies will be untrustworthy of what they share with us and once again it is a problem for the biden administration if this is true. >> meanwhile more details coming to light about the former president's reported habit of discarding documents, sometimes even flushing them down the toilet. tom forehand explains. >> reporter: an order to turn over his tax records, federal agents collecting papers from his home, sitting with legal questioning with every answer documented. >> what is your message to your supporters? >> reporter: it has been a bad week for the former president. >> donald trump has always resisted accountability and the main thing he's done over the

years is refuse and stone wall all requests for documents and all requests for depositions. >> reporter: insiders say trump doesn't use email. he frequently rips up papers, forcing staff to reassemble them with tape, apparently even flushing some pieces down the toilet. some may be public records, but trump has a tendency to keep things private. when he met with russian leader vladimir putin in 2018, they chatted for two hours with only interpreters, no notes taken. and then trump created an uproar by brushing aside u.s. intelligence assessments russia was meddling in u.s. elections. >> president putin, he just said it is not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> reporter: the mueller report on possible russian collusion revealed that trump challenged his own attorneys for creating paper trails. why do you take notes, trump reportedly said. lawyers don't take notes. i never had a lawyer who took

notes. >> the collusion delusion is over. >> reporter: and when the report emerged with no charges, he tore that up too by utterly misrepresenting what it said. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. maybe i'm going to do the tax returns when obama does his birth certificate. >> reporter: and of course there are his tax returns. he has teased voluntarily making them public for years especially during his presidential bids. it has not happened yet. >> they are under audit and when they are not, i'd be proud to show. >> reporter: that logic never held water and an appeals court just this week ruled he had to release them to a congressional committee. but for trump, it all seems in accordance with a simple code. >> first thing donald trump thinks about documents is to not have them. >> reporter: yet for all of that, the president is now caught in a storm of documents. papers that are giving him all sorts of troubles.

yes, it has been a very bad week in the papers for the shredder in chief. tom foreman, cnn, washington. centers for disease control and prevention is recommending the u.s. ease up on some of its covid restrictions. the big focus is now on using vaccines and therapeutics to reduce the risk of severe illness. latest guidelines do not mention social distancing. they are down playing the need to get screened regularly. those exposed not infected no longer need to quarantine but the cdc still says everyone should wear high quality masks when covid levels are high in their community. and of course everyone with symptoms needs to get tested. if the test comes back positive, stay home for at least five days. a senior food and drug administration official says the government's new strategy to

fight monkeypox could vaccinate the entire targeted population. the manufacturer has limited supplies but demand is sky high. the new plan will allow a different injection method and smaller dosages which could stretch out supplies. the official said up to 1.7 million people are eligible meaning some 3 million doses are needed to vaccinate them. only about half that number of doses will be available by this december. u.s. cdc is considering additional polio vaccinations for some americans. this comes after a polio case was identified in new york state last month. the first in nearly a decade in the u.s. polio can cause incurable paralysis and death. but most people are protected by vaccination. the new york case was located in rockland county and they suspect there are hundreds more. vaccination rates are much lower than the national average.

authorities in the state of indiana are retracting what they said about a deadly home explosion earlier this week. the evansville fire chief says the cause of the blast is still undetermined. this after previously saying that the house explosion was an accident. wednesday's blast in southern indiana near the border with kentucky killed three people and injured one more. the mayor called the destruction devastating and a gut punch. more than a dozen agencies responded to the scene. >> atf is assisting, state fire marshal's office, homeland security, center point, all assisting in the investigation. and our fire investigators also. they are doing tests on the in-tig gritty of the gas line. >> it damaged nearly 40 houses in the area. the red cross is helping the displaced families.

new barrage of rocket fire reportedly hit two towers near ukraine's zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. this time ukraine says a town just across the river took a pounding. that is just ahead. and western countries are giving big to give ukraine a fighting chance against russia, how much military aid was pledged, it is in the ten figures.

we're getting word of more shelling near ukraine's zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. ukraine says a town across the river from the plant was hit by russian rockets overnight and 40 more rockets hit another city a little further away injuring three people. this is after the plant itself was hit by artillery fire two times in less than a week.

ukraine says radiation levels in the area are still normal. kyiv and moscow are blaming each other for the attacks. but head of u.n. watchdog says whoever did it is playing with fire. >> even the smallest potential to jeopardize the security at such a nuclear installation smus stop. these actions could lead to serious consequences. >> nina dos santos is joining me with the skre very latest. obviously a huge danger if the plant is hit but we can't get the correct story. >> first of all, let's start out by mentioning that this has been the focus of the iea's attention for six, nine months. it was captured very early on back in march and already then the iea was concerned that it could take a direct hit. this is a large facility here. it also requires hundreds of people to make sure that it is

safe and that its reactors don't overheat. and now what we've seen is the ukrainian army getting increasingly concerned that russia has been building it up as a military base from which it can then launch attacks on to those towns that you were talking about. and we've had a constant barrage on the towns on the other side of the river. so the concern is that as ukraine tries to recapture this plant, it could find itself at the center of the fighting and that it could get a direct hit. this is what the iea was talking about, this is the heart of the meeting that the u.n. security council had yesterday during which each side accused each other of exchanging fire over the plant and we also saw the united nations trying to broker a u.s. backed deal to try to

create demilitarized zone around this facility because it is also not just important for ukraine and russia, this is the largest nuclear plant anywhere in europe. and if there were to are a direct hit to one of its buildings or its nuclear reactors were to have any kind of meltdown, the fallout would be wide even outside of ukraine. it is unlikely that russia would go for a deal to try to create a demilitarized zone. we saw the ambassador to the united nations of russia yesterday again exchange verbal fire if you like with ukraine. each side blaming each other. but again, the concern is that at the moment there is not a risesesesen nuclear activity or radiation leaking from the plant, but there are concerns that at any point if this plant is targeted by either side it could unwittingly get a direct strike. there are also concerns about the ukrainian civilian people who have been kept there by russia to continue to run the

plant and concerns for their welfare too. >> nina, thank you. we'll keep an eye on it. a group of more than two dozen countries have submitted some $1.5 billion in military aid for ukraine. the pledges of cash, weapons and training came from a compdonors conference. >> today 26 countries as well as the european union have met here in copenhagen and sent a clear signal. ukraine's fight is our fight. we stand together and we stand with the ukraine. >> meanwhile britain says it will now train more than 10,000 ukrainian forces, uk defense minister added had nordic countries are also sending extra troops and equipment to support the british effofofofo sweden's finance minister says they want to join nato as quickly as possible. they were invited back in june four months after russia invaded

ukraine. the bid has to be approved by all 30 nato members. richard quest spoke with sweden's finance minister about that decision. >> many people in sweden are perhaps not happy with the decision but they feel it is the right decision. and sometimes reality is nasty. sometimes russians act against ukraine really makes people think we can be next, we have to defend ourselves and we balance it together with other european and american partners. >> ratification usually takes about a year, but nato secretary-general says he expects quick approval for sweden and finland. mcdonald's will soon be open for business again in ukraine. the fast food giant said it plans to reopen some restaurants in kyiv and western ukraine, this is six months after closing their doors because of the russian invasion. the war also prompted mcdonald's to permanently close its russian restaurants. in may it announced plans to

sell all of its remaining locations in russia. . >> an a about face in space. russia as reaffirmed its commitment to the international space station beyond 2024, this is just two weeks after the head of russia's space agency seemingly threatened to sever the ties prematurely. nasa says it continues to have a good working relationship with russia and plans to russian cosmonaut on a spacex rocket next month. hostage taking at a bank in beirut ended peacefully when the bank agreed to give the armed suspects some of his own money from his own account, his own frozen account. a lebanon state owned news agency says the suspect cursed, fired two stray shots and demanded access to his own cash to pay for his father's operation. he threatened to rnlg to the b torch the bank and kill everyone

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