kelly o'donnell starts us off from bedminster, new jersey, where the former president is meeting behind closed doors tonight. >> reporter: today, spectacle outside mar-a-lago after the unprecedented inside, the home of the former president, searched. fbi agents spent the majority of the day monday executing a warrant approved by a federal judge. the fbi's access to the trump residence and private office was coordinated with the secret service according to an official who says the former president's protective detail validated the warrant and was present during the search at least one trump attorney was there too. today that warrant is sealed, so details about what was taken from the trump famil quarters inside the private club remains secret for now >> what we don't have right now is the affidavit to the search warrant we don't know what they asked for and we don't know why they asked for it >> reporter: multiple sources say the investigation is connected to classified documents son, eric trump. >> the purpose of the raid from what they said was because the national archives want to cor

trump bedminster is no different. the membership here is full. it's a commercial entity.s an operation where he can make revenue out of it. so when we first started, obviously as a start up, needed venues. we were in discussions with him and we negotiated a venue theme with him and he loved it. he's been in the background but in the foreground. he's been fantastic this week. he is not putting himself out in front of liv. he has embraced it. he walks to the first tee, he will allow liv to breathe which i think it's fantastic. i have been with him every day. it's an opportunity for us because they're great venues. players love it. great opportunity for us to showcase. i just went up there and i just walked through with 600 members through the member section of the clubhouse. you cannot believe the thank yous and the energy and appreciate what you've done here for the organization. i've never seen our boss so happy. you've done this for bedminster. we really, really do thank you for it. it's just incredible. from a commissioner standpoint, it's exhausting sometimes to go aro

he will be at bedminster. that's an aerial shot of the golf club. we'll keep a eye on the comings and goings and see if we hear anything from donald trump on all of this over the course of the afternoon. we saw a little reaction from him on truth social last night. we may get a public statement from him as we keep a close eye on who comes and goes from bedminster this afternoon. so the fbi, when you think about it, has been investigating donald trump for seven years. from the russia collusion days all the way until now. and this raid is likely just the beginning of the next stage in this story as it fires up the deepest entrenched forces for and against this most fiercely debated american president. he appears to have his eyes on the white house once again. we have a lot to talk about in this hour. andy mccarthy will be joining us and lara trump also here with reaction to the latest developments an insight in the family and family to what has happened as this sinks in. we begin with david spunt who joins us live from the center of the action here wh

that trump bedminster is no different. right. the membership here is fuller. it's a commercial entity for him. it's an operation where hen o cn make some revenue out of it. so when we first started, p, obviously as a startup, we needed benyus heard about it. we were in discussions with him and we just negotiated a venue fee with him here and he loves it. and he's now this week he's just been in the background. but in the photograph, youin know, so he's been fantastic this week. he doesn't he's not putting himself out in front of live. he's embraced it. he's walked to the first team.o heth allows live to breathe, b which i think is fantastic. reand i've been with him every day. and it's an opportunity for us because great venues, the players love this place. it's a great opportunity for us to showcase. i just went up there and i would just walk throughem with six hundred members in the mid section s of the clubhouse and you can fully the the thank you's and the energy and appreciate what you've done here for this organization. i've never seen a boss so happy an

we decided to go down to trump bedminster, trump national golf club in bedminster, new jersey, to learnout it. we showed you part of our visit last night in a conversation with the commissioner of liv golf greg norman, we wanted to know what the players participating think of it. bryson dechambeau is one of the best golfers in the world, one of the longest drivers in the history of the sport is now playing for liv. interesting personal story, we sat down with him and ask a lot of golf related questions. here's part of what he said. six years in the pga tour. >> yeah. >> tucker: you are one of the best young players in college, how did you wind up here? is a controversial choice according to a lot of people. >> a lot of opportunity, that was the first and foremost thing. it was an opportunity to do something different in the game of golf, i've been a bit of a trendsetter when i was growing up, i thought i would do something cool in the game of golf. i didn't know what it would be and now that i see this i know it was a big part of it. the reason i say that is because i've always thought

we saw congressman jim banks lead about a dozen lawmakers from the republican study committee to bedminster to meet with the former president and banks said everybody in the room encouraged the former president to run again because, as he puts it, the sooner that trump gets out on the campaign trail, the better the chances the gop has to take back the house and it's only then, he says, that they can really investigate and dig into this situation properly. >> i really believe if he gets out and hits the campaign trail, he will fire up republicans and non-traditional republicans to come out to the polls in november to fight back against the corruption of this administration. what they have done to tear america apart. to weaponize the department of justice in such an unamerican way. >> they want investigations and resignations and want to defund the f.b.i. meanwhile senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who has long been at odds with the former president. he waited more than 24 hours to finally comment on the raid. he doesn't mention trump's name or the word raid in the statement but in is wh

he's currently staying at his golf club at bedminster, new jersey, some reporters only with messagesock and load and reference to a civil war. joining me nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez outside of trump tower. and ben collins. gabe, at trump tower yesterday, i know we tried to toss a question off to him but didn't get any response. what's going on today? >> reporter: hey there katy, yes, as you mentioned former president trump ignoring shouted questions from reporters yesterday as he left trump power behind me. he spent the night, we understand, at his golf club add bedminster, and has not commented so far today. but he did post, or someone posted on his true social media app endorsement for several congressional races for wisconsin and minnesota. and yesterday, after the news broke, katy, and after they had gotten written statements he did make brief comments at a telerally, for former alaska governor sarah palin who, of course, is running for congress. take a listen to some of what he said calling in. >> another day in paradise. this was a strange day. you probably all read a

he is now at the golf course in bedminster.amiliar with the search of mar-a-lago it was related to class if ied information the president allegedly took with him after leaving the white house. the secret service said that it was notified by fbi agents early monday morning and secret service did not participate in the search but facilitated access to the property. in terms of what the former president trump said in a written statement last night calling it prosecutorial misconduct, weaponization of the justice department and attack by the radical left democrats who don't want me to run for president in 2024. so far no comment from the president yet today. we did get off the phone with his attorney who called this search uncalled for. said that the former president trump cooperating with investigators and surprised to hear about the search. the account did post the endorsements of candidates in wisconsin and minnesota. late last night he did call in to a tele-rally for former governor sarah palin running for congress calling it a

trump left new york and was heading to his home in bedminster, new jersey. reporting source tells fox news, the rate at mar-a-lago happened early this morning. fbi agents even brought a safe cracker and opened a relatively new safe at mar-a-lago. coworkers say the safe was new and "nothing in it." fbi agents went through every single office, safe, and grab documents without going through them on the mar-a-lago property, instead taking the documents and boxes to go through later. report sources familiar with monday's raid say it's related to mr. trump taking potentially classified information from the white house when he left on january 20th 2021. fox is told that at this point, monday's raid is related to that information, not the january 6 investigation. the department of justice has declined to comment. both "the new york times" and associated press also report the search that "the new york times" reporting president trump previously delayed returning 15 boxes of materials, but the national archives demanded they be given back. mr. trump reportedly complie

he's been huddling with his legal team at his bedminster government club.g to bring on a high profile florida attorney for trump. next, the former watergate prosecutor who was asked to join trump's legal team. gentlemen, good to see you. john, some, broadly the takeaway from the affidavit. we've learned the fbi found 184 classified documents, appearing to include information about national security and human intelligence sources. it also says there's probable cause for evidence of obstruction. a lot of people talking about the problem this means for trump. do you see any benefit for the trump legal team to have this document public and in their hands as well? >> well, having the document public is be careful what you ask for. it is a one-sided document, which is very, very harmful to the president. i think the most important part of the affidavit, and i read it carefully. i don't know if the camera picks it up. >> all the black. >> it's the obstruction. the alleged obstruction. but we have to remember that the department of justice has said, this is the ear

tonight about a dozen house republicans are planning on having dinner with trump in bedminster, new jersey, the site of one of his golf clubs. this hour, the significance of that meeting, why some sitting republican lawmakers are calling for the fbi to be defended and what this says about trump's on going legal jeopardy. >>> we'll begin with nbc kerry sanders in florida for us today, justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian in washington. kerry, i'll start with you outside mar-a-lago. tell us what you're seeing and what happened there yesterday? >> i'm just across the water from mar-a-lago. it's very quiet today. yesterday was a very different situation. the secret service was notified by the fbi they would be coming by to serve a search warrant. the former president, donald trump, was not here at mar-a-lago when they came in. they did spend a tremendous amount of the day executing this search warrant. there was a lawyer who represents donald trump who was here. she says there was a cooperative experience with the fbi, that they were able to work with the fbi and the department

and three o'clock on saturday in bedminster. okay, so president united states watching to come you go. so i show up we're sitting in the conference room at on the first floor of the clubhouse in bedminster and in walks the president from his round of golf. and he sits down and i'm sitting in the chair across from him. he sits down. he looks at me goes what the hell are you doing here? and i said debate prep and he goes are you kidding me? he said debate prep in july for the end of september. how stupid do you think i am? of looking now at jared and at meadows, we're both in the room are like thanks. i just knew that this was a setup. i knew they hadn't spoken to him because they didn't have the guts to talk to him and they just figured, you know, i charm him. so i had prepared for his mary pat said and i went back and since the modern era presidential debates restarted in 1976 she had debate beach debates between and nixon in 1960. and then there were no debates in 64 68 or 72. and then at 76 gerald ford was way behind jimmy car

donald trump has welcomed hungary's president viktor orbÁn to his golf club in bedminster, new jerseyad of the conservative political action conference, or cpac, which opens today in dallas, texas. trump is scheduled to deliver closing remarks on saturday, while orbÁn is set to speak today. cpac's warm welcome of orbÁn comes just days after he delivered a speech in romania that drew comparisons to nazi rhetoric. >> there is a world with european peoples are mixed together with those arriving from outside europe. that is a mixed race world. and then there is our world, where people from within europe mixed with one another. amy: so far, none of the prominent conservatives scheduled to share the stage with orbÁn at cpac have condemned his racist remarks. that includes far-right tv rsonalities sean hannity and glenn beck, senator ted cruz, and congressmembers lauren boebert, matt gaetz, and jim jordan. we'll have more on this story lar in the broadcast. a top justice department official said wednesday his agency has investigated more than 1000 threats to election workers over the past ye

talk of this, and again, he will need and want his allies speaking out on his behalf, for sure. >> bedminster in new jersey where trump is now outside of new york city. thank you very, very much. >>> up next, police have now detained a primary suspect who may be responsible for the brutal murders of four muslim men in albuquerque, new mexico. we have new information, new details. that's next. (driver 1) it's all you. (driver 2) no, i insist. (driver 1) it's your turn. (burke) get farmers and you could save money with the safe driver discount just by having a clean driving record for three years. get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. (driver 3) come on! ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ we're carvana the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100 percent online now we've created a brand new way for you to sell your car whether it's a year old, or a few years old we want to buy your car so go to carvana enter your license plate answer a few questions and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds when

trump as a whole all of other properties, trump tower, bedminster bedminster, the place up in westchester we think those other residences of trump's are gonna get searched anytime soon? is there any reason to think you can only keep all this jazz down there? >> there's no indication of that so far but i want to point out one part in the timeline that i think is important here. one thing we have learned in addition to this filing is just so many classified documents were turned over voluntarily quote unquote in response to the subpoena that was issued in may, and was acted upon in early june. remember, this is this initial 15 boxes that were turned over to national archives, a whole bunch of classified documents that were supposed to be there, he wasn't supposed of any of those documents to begin with. fast forward, he wants five months down the line to may when they issued a grand jury subpoena. in response to that subpoena, the presidents counsel hands over bunch more documents. guess what? lo and behold, as a whole bunch of low classified documents near that he's not supposed to have. f

and so president trump has been meeting with his attorneys at his club in bedminster i am told and so a question there also has been centered around the legal team on whether or not he's going to add anyone to the legal team. there had been this search ongoing for someone who is experienced with florida law, barred in florida, no one has been added yet to this point from what we've seen that's been entered into court on monday and in the days since, i'm told no one from florida has been added to his legal team. whether or not they ultimately do remains to be seen. it has been a struggle to find someone that they think is willing to take the job but also would fit on the team with this case, which is obviously of such vital importance to trump because there is a concern of the threat that it could pose to him as it ramped up with this search, which caught them offguard. so i will talk about the deadlines today. when it comes to this affidavit, this is not something that trump's legal team has even seen. they are not required to be able to see this. they are given the search warrant whi

last night he met with republican lawmakers at his home in bedminster, new jersey. one lawmaker said trump has made up his mind about 2024 and, quote, we'll all be happy with his decision. trinity chavez is in new york with more on all of this. trinity, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the search is related to allegations former president trump improperly removed documents when he left the white house and were brought to mar-a-lago including possible classified material. republican leaders rallied around former president donald trump and demanded investigations after the fbi executed a search warrant at his florida estate. >> i think every republican believes that the fbi when it comes to trump and other organizations have lost their minds. >> you've never done this to a former president. so if this was going to be the case, shouldn't the attorney general lay out to the american people today, shouldn't that have been the very first thing explaining why. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news the search was connected to a justice department investigat

we have word trump will meet with top republicans in his bedminster resort this evening. back to you. >> let's take a live look outside our camera over downtown san jose. just a little haze there. >> we typically see that once we see the sky clearing out throughout late morning, and then the rest of the day is nice and sunny. we're seeing that sunshine over san francisco right now. we've enjoyed some cooler than normal weather, thanks to a strong breeze that's been keeping some of the ocean temperatures transporting that to the inland areas. so let's head down to palo alto, where right now it is 72 degrees. we're seeing a mostly sunny sky and we'll see those temperatures really start to cool off again tonight. we'll be talking more about what is ahead in our forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> kari, thank you. >>> developing now, the search is widening for that teenage girl authorities say may have been abducted from a camp ground. right now, chp is continuing to do aerial searches for her. at the same time, friends and family have been posting flyers, organiz

mar-a-lago normally shuts down for summer and he's normally this time of year in bedminster nbc news has confirmed he's not there. but it is important to remember it was february of this year the national archives and records administration asked the justice department to examine whether former president trump's handling of white house records violated federal law that was a story first reported by "the washington post" and then confirmed by nbc news so there's another area. >> that's right. and i would just say that it's certainly -- it is certainly possible that this is related to the handling of white house records, classified materials. usually a criminal prosecution wouldn't begin on that basis ironically, of course, the former president was calling on his opponent to be investigated for that crime or charged for that crime i will say that, you know, this could be a number of different matters. we can't be sure exactly what the -- what the potential offense is we'll know more once we see the search warrant, and i expect we'll see that in the upcoming days >> the former president

later tonight at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey trump will huddle over dinner with more thanive house republicans. je jericka? >> major garrett for us in west palm beach tonight. thank you. for more on the possible criminal and political implications of this fbi search let's bring in cbs's robert costa. robert, good evening to you. what sort of implications does this have for a potential run for the former president, which is looking at a possible bid in 2024? >> it could speed up his decision on 2024. cbs news has learned tonight that many top republicans on the trump side of the party are calling him saying get in now, consolidate the base around you, block out rivals from running and complicate life for the justice department. become a federal candidate even while you might be under federal investigation. others are saying hold off, wait, see how this develops. >> and donald trump has endorsed nearly 200 candidates already since he left office. what are republicans saying in reference to him being the sort of de facto leader by some? some would say that that's what he is i

president trump, who has previously called for it to be released, conferred with his attorneys in bedminsters comes as new reporting from "the washington post" shows that national archives officials were urging trump's lawyers as far back as may of 2021, 15 months before the mar-a-lago search, to return boxes of documents they said were missing including letters from northern leader kim jong-un and former president obama, and that former white house counsel pat cipollone knew trump had stored documents in his residence and agreed they needed to be returned. this all comes as the investigation of trump in georgia ramps up. prosecutors said today they want to hear more from members of trump's inner circle including former white house chief of staff mark meadows. norah. >> so many new details. robert costa, thank you so much. >>> well, tonight the gulf coast is bracing for more rain after a day of flooding. millions of americans are under watches and warning tonight and the situation is dire. the mayor of jackson, mississippi, is telling residents to be prepared to evacuate. let's bring in mete

the former president huddled with republican allies at his residence in bedminster, new jersey last nightto the 2024 presidential race soon. and one attendee from last night's dinner tells cbs news tonight that top republicans are preparing for a possible earlier than expected announcement by trump, jumping in to the 2024 presidential race, fueled by grievance inside the gop about what has unfolded in recent days. margaret? >> robert costa with the news in manhattan tonight. >>> well, back here in washington, an iranian national was charged with plotting to assassinate former national security adviser john bolton, one of iran's fiercest critics. cbs' catherine herridge reports tonight on the destroyed extraordinary details. >> reporter: the alleged murder-for-hire plot took shape after this drone strike in iraq assassinated top iranian general qassem soleimani two years ago. former national security adviser john bolton quickly tweeted "congratulations to all involved." iran promised to retaliate. today the department of justice charged shahram poursafi, a member of iran's revolutionary gu

rated and "occupied," fox news told by a source familiar that the former president went to his bedminsterperty tonight. >> laura: thank you so much. for a look at the media's role and sort of setting up this framing of the trump raid, we turn to fox news contributor raymond arroyo. we've been watching this play out this evening, and you notice kind of a choreography surrounding the story. what is it? >> it happened over the weekend. on cnn both sunday and this morning "new york times" reporter maggie haberman was out flogging a story that she's covered before, the allegation that president trump flushed documents down the toilet. she came armed with pictures this time supposedly from a source just in time to promote book. she may well be that john the baptist on this story. watch this. >> i think the other two important words here because people are going to make all sorts of jokes about toilets and so forth, it would still be a story if it was a fireplace in the point is about the destruction of records which are supposed to be preserved under the presidential records act, which is a wat

the former president huddled with republican allies at his residence in bedminster, new jersey, last night. they urged him to get into the 2024 presidential race soon. and one attendee from last night's dinner tells cbs news tonight that top republicans are preparing for a possible, earlier-than-expected announcement by trump jumping into the 2024 presidential race, fueled by grievance inside the g.o.p. about what has unfolded in recent days. margaret. >> brennan: robert costa with the news in manhattan tonight. well, back here in washington, an iranian national was charged with plotting to assassinate former national security adviser john bolton, one of iran's fiercest critics. cbs' catherine herridge reports tonight on the extraordinary details. >> reporter: the alleged murder-for-hire plot took shape after this drone strike in iraq assass napted top iranian general qasem soleimani two years ago. former national security adviser john bolton quickly tweeted, "congratulations to all involved." iran promised to retaliate. today, the department of justice charged shahram poursafi, a me

it took place at trump's estate in the city of bedminster, new york, according to the head of the hungariangovernment they are the 45th president of the usa, they both believe that the only way to end the russian war in ukraine is by peaceful means. well, the strong united states of america can help to do this. but they will only be strong with donald trump. well, next is a quote from mr. orban. we know him well. he respects and at the expense of the hungarians, our cooperation was good in the past, so we can hope that it will be the same in the future, that is, mr. orbán will see donald trump again in the white house in the future, well, at least he wants to see him, and that was this kind of open campaign precisely for the 45th 45th, which can again become the president of donald trump well , we will see, obviously, after joining nato, sweden will participate in the r of this institution, but will not place nuclear weapons on its territory, the minister of foreign affairs said today in this way, she probably tried to calm the leadership in the kremlin, which began to shout that after the

later tonight at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, trump will huddle over dinner with more than a dozen conservative house republicans. jericka. >> duncan: major garrett for us in west palm beach tonight, thank you. for more on the possible criminal and political implications of this f.b.i. search, let's bring in cbs's robert costa. robert, good evening to you. what sort of implications does this have for a potential run for the former president, which is looking at a possibleed bid in 2024? >> reporter: it could speed up his decision on 2024. cbs news has learned tonight that many top republicans on the trump side of the party are calling him, saying, "get in now, consolidate the base around you, block out rivals from running, and complicate life for the justice department-- become a federal candidate, even while you might be under federal investigation." others are saying, "hold off, wait, see how this develops." >> duncan: and donald trump has endorsed nearly 200 candidates already since he left office. what are republicans saying in reference to him being the sort of de fact

we have just learned that kash patel is visiting the former president at bedminster today presumablyuss the defense that he's put forward over the course of the weekend which these items were declared, which is not how it work, but some experts are saying that that defense could potentially provide some sort of temporary boost to the former president if this does continue to escalate the way it has and he claims that a lot of these documents he was trying to declassify. >> john brennan, i come to you, and i want to get you now just because we have you for the whole hour, but i've not heard you speak on this matter and maybe you have somewhere, but the whole thing, i think you may have been off last week, damn you. let's put up the time line of the investigation just to remind people of the probe into trump's mishandling of classified documents. we started in january of this years, the national archives retreated the documents from mar-a-lago and they don't think that everything's there. in the spring of 2022, this year, the doj subpoenas trump on june 3rd the fbi senior doj officials

golf every day at mar-a-lago or bedminster, both great courses so if hedoesn't run, i think igdesantisis nomination to lose . [applause] >> what do you think the percentage, the likelihood of a trump desantis ticket? >> what do we think of trump waters? [applause] >> a powerful ticket. the pdesantis ticket. >> i would say the waters. >> i told you. if he drops it i will run. >> save your country. >> send the checks. >> we are starting a watters super pack right now. >> he was just on rodeo drive so send checks. i landed at lax and there was for 79. >> you asked earlier at our dinner out much it was to have one of those, it's $70. it's unbelievable. 99. so there's things we like about california, we have a recall election going on . [applause] i think larry elder is in that race. so i ask who you jesse waters, youhave saved christmas . you have saved primetime ratings and save the world. how in the world do we save california? and if you want us to move, we can. >> i don't know. is california beyond saving? >> look at this room. >> well, not being an expert s in california, what they've

jim banks will head to bedminster.biden presidency and his biggest hint of 2024 as of yet. >> bill: bring in james freeman from the "wall street journal" to get analysis. i'm sure you have been watching cable 24/7 for the past 14 hours. go ahead and tell us. very good, james. go ahead and spill it. what is your analysis at the moment? >> i think it would be very foolish to assume, given rindt history that the f.b.i. has acted appropriately here. it is not just the little facts that we know. if this is an archives dispute, this is obviously not normal. if it was turned up when the former president returned some boxes recently, that would suggest he was cooperating. you get into the basic article 2 constitutional power, the president of the united states as commander-in-chief decides what is classified and what is not. now, unless they are going to tell us that president biden was allowing mr. trump to come back to the white house after he left and rummage around and remove things, it is hard to see how this could be a c

trump was not at home during the time of the raid as he spends time in bedminster golf club in new jersey in the summer the search is an unprecedented federal law enforcement focus on president trump after months of questions of attorney general merrick garland was pursuing investigation into the the former president a huge developing story overnight. >>> president biden will sign hr-4346 known as the chips act and science act into law today the $52 billion bill is aimed at boosting semiconductor manufacturing and research here in the united states it is part of the $280 billion package aimed at nfunding privat sector research. the bill comes ahead of the likely house passage of the $433 billion inflation reduction act to tackle climate change and prescription drug costs and corporate tax reform despite the two billing claiming to help lower inflation pressures, they account for $500 trillion in spending joining me now is jimmy pethokoukis. policy analyst at the american institute and cnbc contributor jimmy, there is a debate, you can call it that they did debate it in congress if it is a

first wife of president trump has been in , near the first hole at president trump's golf club in bedminster, new jersey. the reason is unclear, but according to "insider," operating a cemetery on the golf course will allow president trump to avoid paying taxes on the land. >> trevor: wow. wow, wow, wow, wow! a lot of people say "i'll pay tax overs my dead body." trump means it. ( laughter ) someone else's body. and even for him, this feels like a step too far. i don't care what anyone says. i wouldn't even laugh at that as a joke. is someone said, "donald trump's ex-wife died. he'll probably bury her on his golf course to save taxes." i would say, "that's not cool. that's not cool." trump was like, "say more, say more. i'm going to send this to my accountant. keep going." what this really shows you is how strange the tax system can be. like, all this tax break does is incentivize you to be a weirdo. who came up with this? it feels like the law was written by a serial killer. "there should be a law if you bury a body in your law you don't have to pay taxes anywhere." "the senator whose inter

. >> jesse: sink or swim is next unless the fbi raids bedminster in the next five minutes. ♪ ♪ get readylasts-longer energizer max. >> jesse: it's friday, so a little competition we call sink or swim. let's take a look at the leader board. last time we had some politico co-anchors. barely. he hasn't stopped talking about it dr. nicole saphier and brian brenberg. do you have a ph.d. >> i do not. thank you for mentioning that know. that helps me a lot getting started. >> jesse: don't go easy on him. first category is horsing around. the question: this is celebrity has done a lot of drugs in his day but he recently revealed he will never take acid again after he got high. wandered into a field and talked to a horse for more than an hour. was it mike tyson or ozzy osbourne. >> i got to say mike tyson. >> obvious one. i'm kind of concerned that's right. >> jesse: going with ozy. and the answer is? >> oh. >> look at that you knew it the whole time. you wake up in the morning to ozy osborne, don't you in the sound track. >> who doesn't? >> jesse: wakes up to "fox & friends." what was this snarl

they will continue to take orders from mar-a-lago and bedminster until the end. >> some house republicanstters today to the attorney general, the fbi director, white house chief of staff wanting them to preserve all documents and communications relating to that search. now we have some of them also writing to chris wray and complaining that he needs to explain the government aircraft, that he was rather on a private trip. i would just caution in director wray's regard that if he's under 24/7 security, as many of our top officials are, that he may well supposed to be using government aircraft. as you know, that is the rule for some of these people in intelligence and the fbi. we'll have to see what the response is from them. >> yes. this is an oman of what is going to happen if republicans win control of either house of congress. they have pretty good prospect of winning the house of representatives. they're going to be able to demand testimony, demand documents, to hold hearings and do inquiries on this issue, on afghanistan, on hunter biden. and that is something that will, i think, real

to invite that to cpac and to bedminster -- >> what is that? >> they're not dog whistling that's what they want anymore. matt schlapp who runs cpac says this is about free speech. we invite people you might not agree with, except they never disagree with them. they do agree. they had a cpac hungary for no reason other than to shine a spotlight on victor orbanne and really wrap their arms around these autocrats. jair bolsonaro in brazil. they're not hiding where they want to take the country. >> always great to see you? >> is it? i'm always bringing bad news. >>> the justice department's investigation is continuing and getting closer to the white house and looking into trump's efforts to overthrow biden's 2020 election win. there's new reaction to a story first on cnn, key trump pentagon officials had their phones wiped of text messages related to the january 6th insurrection. so what the january 6th committee is going to do about that, next. ♪ my relationship with my credit cards wasn't good. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i

and just recently trump hosted orban at his bedminster new jersey golf club.become popular manage a lot of conservatives for that hard line immigration policy that he has pushed forward and some of the culture war rhetoric. but if you can believe it, orban might be even more controversial speaking here than donald trump. in fact just late last month, orban gave a speech in romania in which he engaged in what a lot of people considered racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. he even seemed to make a joke about the holocaust. that caused one of his top aides to resign and she said that she was reading from the nazi playbook. so we will be watching here in dallas to see if orban continues to court controversy when he speaks later today. >> michael, thank you. >>> and the cdc we're learning is expecting to ease covid-19 recommendations including for schools. it could include shortenings quarantine time lines, relaxing that 6 foot social distancing rule. and plus regular screening tests for schools may no longer be recommended. the changes reflect shifting public senti

last night house republicans had dinner with former president trump at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. they said that he had made his decision on whether he will run again in 2024, but lawmakers said that he didn't reveal what that decision is. let's bring in albert gonzales. he led the doj under former president george w. bush. sir, is there any surprise that the president would plead the fifth in this case? >> there is very little that former president trump does that surprises me. it is within his constitutional right to do this in this legal proceeding. >> on the fbi's search of his home, should we read anything into the fact that it was the national security division of the doj that requested the warrant? >> no, listen. obviously this was a historic act by the fbi and the department of justice, and it's going to create a great deal of speculation about why this was necessary at this point in time. but who knows? i think they often get involved in these kinds of investigations when it relates to high-class information. it is just pure speculation on my part. >> the justice

president hosted the far-right authoritarian leader of hungary, viktor orban, and his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. it looks like a fake white house to serve as the photo op. trump and orban sat down with this meeting, on the opposite sides of a long table, filled with aids, as if they are both still world leaders at the international summit. all arriving after a widely condemned speech when he berates europeans for a, quote, mixed race society. he claims that country soon, have welcome migrants from outside of europe are, quote, no longer nations. they are nothing more than a conglomeration of peoples, adding, quote, we do not want to become peoples of mixed race. this is not new rhetoric from viktor orban. for years, liberals have been warning about the danger of this. yes, i would argue, fascist, leader. as the american far-right has embraced him. last year, fox host, tucker carlson, took his tv show to hungary for one week of shows, fawning over orban, and his policies, which are anti-immigrant, anti-lgbtq, and anti-freedom of the press. now, it is not just liberals who are condemn

you could call it a meeting of like minds, video from his official -- donald trump tuesday at his bedminster this week's conservative political action conference in texas. the hard right anti-immigrant prime minister recently set off alarm bells with his speech laced with sinister undertones. we europeans, orban said, are willing to mix with one another but we do not want to become people's of mixed race. he has since come out insisting he isn't racist or anti-semitic. the damage, however, is done. victor orban's talk about racial mixing, about racial purity stir up dark, still fresh memories. these metal shoes commemorate the spot where in the final months of world war ii hungarian nazis murdered thousands of jews. it's time for evening prayer in budapest's historic siynagogue. this rabbi said orban's words hit too close to home. >> we saw this small congregation here, who come here every evening, every morning to pray, they are older people. most of them are holocaust surv survivors. and they are worried. they heard this before. and it didn't end well. >> reporter: often described as an au

collins now reporting that in recent days, trump huddled with his legal team at his golf club in bedminsterjersey, because he faces a deadline to refine his request for a third party attorney to oversee materials in the mar-a-lago case, but also revealed today in the affidavit itself a letter reflecting trump's strategy regarding his handling of classified documents and his team's private discussions with the department of justice. the letter was sent from a trump lawyer to the doj on may 25th. now, in that letter, the trump attorney claims, quote, a president has absolute authority to declassify documents. and he argues, quote, presidential actions involving classified documents are not subject to criminal sanction. now, after the mar-a-lago search, trump and his allies claim that trump had a, quote, standing order that documents removed from the oval office and taken to the resident were deemed to be classified the moment he removed them. but what's consistent from that letter in may until now is that neither trump nor his aides or allies have ever produced any evidence of any standing or

trump at his bedminster golf facility in new jersey. now, this meeting was reportedly scheduled -- had been scheduled for several weeks. but, because of the timing in such close proximity to what unfolded at mar-a-lago yesterday, the fbi investigation is likely to play front and center in their conversations. bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie outside of mar-a-lago, jonathan, thank you. the white house meantime saying president biden was unaware of the federal search ahead of time as the biden administration reveals little about why the raid took place. white house correspondent peter doocy has reaction from several lawmakers who are calling now for an explanation live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. around here at the white house officials talk about donald trump often about january 6th. about covid, about what they call an ultra maga agenda. when it comes to this search warrant, they are hardly saying anything. ♪ing. >> peter: president biden leaving talk about trump up to the communications team. >

so i guess he'll be staying in bedminster for a while.r-a-lago probably doesn't feel comfortable to him. >> that may be so. but this is interesting. not surprising that a group of republicans who tied themselves to trump to have the show of support. what we heard from mccarthy and others last night claiming that this search of mar-a-lago politically motivated and down play the rule of law suggesting that maybe president trump is above the rule of law. the january 6 committee work is far from done. no hearings but we'll hear from them again in the fall maybe more and still talking to key members of the trump administration. pompeo not in the white house on january 6 but still part of the administration and raised eyebrows that he is going along with this today and in part because pompeo like desantis we discussed also has 2024 ambitions and he has sent signals to others to run even if trump does, too. >> yes. mara gay, between the attorney general and january 6 committee there's a lot swirling around trump but i think things got real for h

. >> jim banks led a dozen lawmakers to bedminster tuesday evening for a pre-planned meeting with trump. banks said everyone in the room encouraged the former president to run again because, as he put it, the sooner trump hits the campaign trail the better chances the g.o.p. has to take back the house. it's only then, banks says, they can investigate properly. >> when kevin mccarthy is speaker of the house, jim jordan will be the right man at the right time and the right place as chairman of the house judiciary committee to hold the department of justice accountable for these actions. >> even senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who has long been at odds with trump finally called for answers more than 24 hours after the raid. the country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation of what led to the events of monday, he said. attorney general garland and the department of justice should already have provided answers to the american people and must do so immediately. others are calling 40 resignations of garland and fbi director christopher wray. democratic leadership on the other ha

jim banks of indiana led a dozen lawmakers from the republican senate committee to bedminster to meetaid. banks says that everybody in the room encouraged him to run again because as he put it, the sooner that trump gets out on the campaign trail, the better chances the gop has to take back the house and it's only then, banks says, that they can investigate this properly. >> when kevin mccarthy is speaker of the house, jim jordan will be the right man at the right time, the right place as chairman of the house judiciary committee to hold the department of justice accountable for these actions. house republicans are unified more than ever before to fight alongside president trump. >> and mitch mcconnell who as you know has long been at odds with the former president, waited more than 24 hours to finally comment on the raid. he didn't mention trump's name or the word "raid" in his statement. he says the country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation of what led to the events of monday. attorney general garland and the department of justice should have already provided answers to

i showed at the beginning of the show the class photo from bedminster where trump met with house republicanst night and i want to play what jim banks said afterwards about the search at mar-a-lago. >> it unifies us in our outrage to fight back. if anything, it paves a way for donald trump to unify the party once again and run for president. i really believe if he gets out and hits the campaign trail, he's going to fire up republicans and nontraditional republicans to come out to the polls in november to fight back against the corruption. >> and i want to read what a republican strategist who was organizing a pac to support ron desantis said. we can hang it up, if trump wants it at this point, i don't see how it's not his. it will be a coronation at this point, not a primary. before this week there were a lot of republicans who thought trump would be a drag on the ticket for the midterms. they weren't sure that he would run in 2024, that it would be bad news for the republicans overall. has this changed the equation for donald trump? >> that was so last week. the truth of the matter is, there