let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." laura? >> anderson, thank you so much.'m laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." look, i've got to get right to it. i know we're supposed to think about politics and other notions today. but i've got to tell you about alex jones because i've been thinking about it all day since i heard and watched that testimony. alex jones spent so many years trying to get people to believe in his conspiracy theories, to pretend that sandy hook, the tragedy never even happened, that the precious lives that were lost, they somehow never even existed. he even said at one point that the parents were actors. obviously that's not only cruel, it's absurd because it did happen. and they obviously existed. well, you know, there might have been a kind of poetic justice that occurred today because something else he claimed never existed, text messages and communications about sandy hook. well, it turns out they also exist. and the attorney for the parents of one victim suing alex jones for damages over his defamatory statements made sure that we al

let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." coates and "cnn tonight." laura? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> oddly, that's exactly how i thought a black hole would sound. i don't know why, if i had to think about it would be like that or the charlie brown parents. >> wawa wawa. >> he was onto something. thanks charles shulz. anderson, thank you so much. i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." >>> look, something -- well, it shifted. not exactly how sure and how much that actually has been the case, but we've ridden the political roller coaster enough to know that no one knows for sure what's going to happen in the november midterms. but remember that big, red republican wave that so many political sooth sayers were predicting? if last night's primary results were any indication, we might have some clues that, look, that may not hit so hard after all. here's the first clue. >> have we been watching a little news coverage on the -- on the edge of our seat? i -- i -- i honestly can't believe it. i cannot believe it. >> well, that's democrat pat ryan

i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight. say, 98 days to go before elections, it's election night in america once again. the polls are now closed in michigan and kansas and parts of arizona. five states had primaries today including key battlegrounds that could shape the race for which party will be the majority. democrats once again? or republicans yet again? no, donald trump is not on the ballot. that's true. but he is casting a pretty big shadow as he continues to endorse some, it's not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, more on that in just a moment. and the timing will be pretty interesting here. it isn't just post january 6th. it's post the first series of january 6th hearings. we'll see whether it impacted voters and which way it did. it hasn't seemed to impact the platforms, though, of candidates in several swing states. some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims and there is a whole slate of them in arizona who are running for top positions like governor and attorney general, secretary of state and

. ♪ this continues, but senate over to laura coates and cnn tonight, laura?anderson, thank you so much, i am laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. as they say, with what, 98 days till the midterm elections. which is like tomorrow, or a long ways away, depending how you view politics. its election night in america once again. the polls are now close in michigan, in kansas, and parts of arizona. five states have primaries today, including key battlegrounds that could shape the race for which party will be the majority. democrats, once again or republicans, yet again. no, donald trump is not on the ballot, that is true, but he is casting a big shadow, as he continues to endorse some, and it's not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, but more of that in just a moment. the timing is going to be interesting here. it is not just post january six, it is post the first series of january six hearings. whether they see it impacted voters and which way it did. it has not seemed to impact the platforms of candidates in several swing states, some continue to ec

i'm laura coates and this is cnn tonight. and here we go. another election night in america as we are inching our way much closer now to the midterm elections, which will of course decide which party either retains or reclaims the majority in the house and the senate. now, polls just closed moments ago in new york, which is one of three states holding the final primaries of this month. frankly, all eyes are on the race that has pit two of the most powerful democrats in this country against one another. now, how powerful? well, one does chair the house judiciary committee, and the other, the house oversight committee. both have been in congress for three decades, and tonight one of them, or maybe even possibly both of them, could actually lose their seat. so why are they even against each other for the very first time? i'll tell you one word -- redistricting. but it's not just the map they're up against, and into this mix you can add the long-shot lawyer, seraj patel. politics, especially in washington, d.c. and beyond, has a funny way of tur

i called you the great laura coates. i'll call you the super great laura coats tonight and "cnn tonight." >> tomorrow maybe the super wonderful great, i don't know, but nice to see you, jim. thank you so much. at 11:00 p.m. right after this, that documentary will show with wolf blitzer. >>> i am laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." now, i know frankly you've already seen the big headline, the affidavit we've all been waiting for, it's here. i mean, yes, the search warrant affidavit to search donald trump's mar-a-lago estate is out and it says that 184 classified documents, including some that were top secret, were recovered from mar-a-lago in january. now, we've seen this headline and we've gone through parts of it. but tonight we're learning more and more of the why. why federal investigators believed that there was more. why they needed to search the place in that way. now, i'm not here to simply rehash a headline. frankly, i heard it nine hours ago. i want to go beyond it, and i want to really understand what's in

i called you the great laura coats, the super great laura coates tonight. >> reporter: and i don't know, but i think of you, jim. thank you so much. and i'm glad everyone knows at 11:00 p.m. tonight right after this that documentary will show with wolf blitzer. i am laura coates and this is cnn tonight. and now i know frankly you have already seen the big headlines. the affidavit we've all been waiting for, it's here. i mean yes, the search warrant affidavit to search donald trump's mar-a-lago estate is out and it says 184 classified documents including some that were top secret will recover from january. now we've seen this headline and we have gone through parts of it, but tonight we're learning more and more of the why. why federal investigators believe that there was more. why they needed to search the place in that way. now i'm not here simply to rehash the headline and frankly i heard it nine hours ago. i want to go beyond it. and i want to really understand what's in that document and what is not in what where she been shown in these 38 pages. and i also want to know who it matte

i'm laura coates. this is "cnn newsroom." look, we've all been waiting to see what lies might cost, eventually. we know what they might cost a family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50 million. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this what's called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a little boy killed in the 2012 attack. but today, they added $45.2 million on top of that, awarded him punitive or the punishment side of damages. why? for spewing lies that have caused unthinkable arm to one family of many families, destroyed by the sandy hook massacre. $50 million. and that's just one case. he has two more defamation trials awaiting him, so this is really far from over for the far-right conspiratorial host of "infowars." this has really been a case that centered on lies, and throughout t

when i handed over to laura coates and cnn tonight. laura? >> thanks anderson, nice to see you. news. the u.s. has now killed the top terror target. more than 20 years after 9/11, the hunt for bin laden's number two is now over. al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in afghanistan's capital, of kabul. president biden addressed the nation wit

let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." coates and "cnn tonight." laura?sound. i don't know why, if i had to think about it would be like that or the charlie brown parents. >> wawa wawa. >> he was onto something. thanks charles shulz. anderson, thank you so much. i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." >>> look, something -- well, it shifted. not exactly how sure and how much that actually has been the case, but we've ridden the political roller coaster enough to know that no one knows for sure what's going to happen in the november midterms. but remember that big, red republican wave that so many

when i handed over to laura coates and cnn tonight. laura? >> thanks anderson, nice to see you. i'm laura coats, and this is cnn tonight on huge breaking news. the u.s. has now killed the top terror target. more than 20 years after 9/11, the hunt for bin laden's number two is now over. al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in afghanistan's capital, of kabul. president biden addressed the nation with details earlier this evening. >> justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of a location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised of the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get him! >> biden described al-zawahiri, as a terrorist to quote, carved a trail unquote. of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding that he was the mastermind at the bombing of the uss coal in 2000 which killed 17 u.s. sailors. the fbi just now updated its most wanted terrorist status for al-zawa

let's hand it over to my good friend laura coats and cnn tonight. laura? >> nice seeing you, jim, 12 hours apart, 9 am, it is wonderful odds to see you. thank you so much, i am laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. no conspiracy theories here, just the hard truth. alex jones has to pay up. these families, of course can never ever be made whole for what they lost, but with compensatory damages, the jury and efforts to try. he now has the pay the parents of the sandy hook school victims more than 4 million dollars for the cruel and widespread and relentless lies that added to their heartache over a tenured period. now, of course, this falls way shorter than the hundred 50 million that they asked for in compensatory damages, saught by little jesse lewis's parents. a number of their attorney said that it came from a number of people that believe the false claims of a hoax, spewed by jones in his absolute basis argument that the newtown parents were actors. the number also factored into the emotional and mental anguish that the parents suffered, there i say con

i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight" on a huge breaking news night. the u.s. has now killed the world's top terror target more than 20 years after 9/11. the hunt for bin laden's number two is now over. al qaeda leader ayeman al zawahiri was killed in kabul. president biden addressed the nation with details earlier this evening. >> justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of his location, i authorized the precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised that the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. >> biden described al zawahiri as a terrorist who, quote, carved a trail, unquote of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding he was the mastermind of the attack of the uss cole. the fbi just updated its terrorist status for al zawahiri with the word "deceased." al zawahiri was killed in a precise strike on the balcony of a safe house with two hell fire missiles according to a u.s. official

i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight" on a huge breaking news night. the u.s. than 20 years after 9/11. the hunt for bin laden's number two is now over. al qaeda leader ayeman al zawahiri was killed in kabul. president biden addressed the nation with details earlier this evening. >> justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of his location, i authorized the precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised that the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get

i'm laura coates. i'm sitting in for don on this very busy news night after this busy news week. now we know what was behind the fbi's execution of a search warrant at mar-a-lago. while we got some answers today, there are frankly even more questions. and we're going to get into some of those tonight. this afternoon a federal judge ordering the unsealing of the warrant that authorized that search. and a list of what the investigators removed, allah, the receipt. now the warrant identifies three federal crimes the doj is looking into as part of a criminal investigation, including possible violations of the espionage act, obstruction of justice, and criminal handling of government records. let's be clear, no one has been charged with any of these crimes at this point, and we don't have any indication it's actually forthcoming. what we do know is that investigators removed 11 sets of classified documents from mar-a-lago, which of course is the home of the former president of the united states, donald trump, in florida. now, those unsealed documents, they show that investigators seiz

this is don lemon tonight, i'm laura coats sitting in front on women. we are beginning with a major development, which may explain partially the fbi's urgency and getting back classified documents with trump's mar-a-lago home. tonight, the washington post is quoting sources who are saying that investigators are searching for classified nuclear documents and other items. that there was some deep concern among officials about material potentially ending up in the wrong hands. sources don't say if such documents were recovered, but this follows an extraordinary move by the attorney general, merrick garland. he asked a federal court to unseal the warned that permitted the search to take place in the first place. -- sitting off a quick chain of events tonight. a source saying that a trump and his team appear to be blindsided by this announcement to say hey, we want to see the receipts. they've contacted attorneys independently for advice and considering asking the judge to even block the request by the doj to make that unsealed. that move would seem a bit od

. >>> the news continues with laura coates, who's in for don lemon tonight. laura? >> thanks, anderson. nice to see you. have a great weekend. this is "don lemon tonight." i'm laura coates. i'm sitting in for don on this very busy news night after this busy news week. now we know what was behind the fbi's execution of a search warrant at mar-a-lago. while we got some answers today, there are frankly even more questions. and we're going to get into some of those tonight. this afternoon a federal judge ordering the unsealing of the warrant that authorized that search. and a list of what the investigators removed, allah, the receipt. now the warrant identifies three federal crimes the doj is looking into as part of a criminal investigation, including possible violations of the espionage act, obstruction of justice, and criminal handling of government records. now let's be clear. no one has been charged with any of these crimes at this point, and we don't have any indication it's actually forthcoming. what we do know is that investigators removed 11 sets of classified d

let's hand it over to my good friend laura coats and cnn tonight. laura? to see you. thank you so much, i am laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. no conspiracy theories here, just the hard truth. alex jones has to pay up. these families, of course can never ever be made whole for what they lost, but with compensatory damages, the jury and efforts to try. he now has the pay the parents of the sandy hook school victims more than 4 million dollars for the cruel and widespread and relentless lies that added to their heartache over a tenured period. now, of course, this falls way shorter than the hundred 50 million that they asked for in compensatory damages, saught by little jesse lewis's parents. a number of their attorney said that it came from a number of peop

. ♪ this continues, but senate over to laura coates and cnn tonight, laura?, with what, 98 days till the midterm elections. which is like tomorrow, or a long ways away, depending how you view politics. its election night in america once again. the polls are now close in michigan, in kansas, and parts of arizona. five states have primaries today, including key battlegrounds that could shape the race for which party will be the majority. democrats, once again or

laura coats is sitting in for don lemon tonight. that trial begins right now. nks so much. great show as always. this is don lemon tonight. i am laura coats, sitting in for don. look, we are learning many more details about the fbi's unprecedented search for documents at former president, donald trump, mar-a-lago home. tonight, a source telling cnn that authorities did not believe that trump and his aides had returned all the documents and other materials to be taken to mar-a-lago when trump left office. now the documents, as you well know, are the property of the united states government. they don't belong to trump. some 15 boxes of material who previously returned to the national archive. apparently investigators had some concerns about whether there were any additional materials. including, perhaps, classified documents with potential national security implic

laura coats is sitting in for don lemon tonight. that trial begins right now. hey laura. >> hey sarah sign. thanks so much. great show as always. this is don lemon tonight. i am laura coats, sitting in for don. look, we are learning many more details about the fbi's unprecedented search for documents at former president, donald trump, mar-a-lago home. tonight, a source telling cnn that authorities did not believe that trump and his aides had returned all the documents and other materials to be taken to mar-a-lago when trump left office. now the documents, as you well know, are the property of the united states government. they don't belong to trump. some 15 boxes of material who previously returned to the national archive. apparently investigators had some concerns about whether there were any additional materials. including, perhaps, classified documents with potential national security implications. they asked the doj to intervene. the sources also saying there was suspicion that trump representatives were not being completely truthful with authorities over th

let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." coates and "cnn tonight." laura?t until noon eastern time tomorrow to release the redacted -- keep that word in mind -- the redacted version of the affidavit that led to that mar-a-lago search. and th c

let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." coates and "cnn tonight." laura? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> thanks anderson. nice to see you. i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." look, i mean, high noon could take a whole new meaning for donald trump tomorrow. not a cowboy western. but tomorrow, justice department has set until noon eastern time tomorrow to release the redacted -- keep that word in mind -- the redacted version of the affidavit that led to that mar-a-lago search. and that could move us that much closer to understanding why the government felt it had to do this as opposed to waiting and going back and forth yet again with the former administration. but let's be clear here. this also could not move in all honesty the needle all that much for you out there in the public because there's a reason these things are often kept under wraps and has a lot to do with protecting the rights of the person whose home or in this case, estate, are being searched, and of course the safety of witnesses and sources. the judge said as much when he c

laura coates sitting in for don lemon tonight. i know you're digging deeper on all the twists and turns happening with the former president, and that show begins right now. hey, laura. >> i want there to be a forever mean, sarah sidner, the actual greatest just referred to me that way. i can die happy now. thank you, sis, nice to see you, as always, a great show. this is don lemon tonight, and i am laura coates sitting in for donovan. there are big developments on the fbi search for documents and former president donald trump's marlowe go home. the wall street journal reporting tonight that an informant tipped off federal investigators that they were more likely to have more classified documents at the property at the national archives. they took away 15 boxes of material earlier this year. an informant amar legault? cnn has not confirmed this part of the story, but we have reported investigators believe down trump has not returned all documents. they also believe that trump representatives are not being entirely honest with them.

i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." no conspiracy theories here, just the hard truth.se, can never ever be made whole for what they've lost. but with compensatory damages, the jury endeavors to

let's continue the discussion with cnn legal analyst, laura coates, and our national i don't jeff zeleny. what does it say that the doj has asked for 40 pages, double the limit, and what can we learn from the filing. >> i have a lot of work to do whi when i have to read through all of this and you do as well, and figure out the nuances they're going to point out. the idea of sheer volume of room that they're going to need to articulate the nature of their position tells you that they have thought it through, that they have anticipated the talking points, they have anticipated the idea that this likely will be in the public eye, might be in the public sphere as well, if it is, of course they need to be very thorough and address every single point. there is a stark contrast, as you know, between the filing that they are asking to do, and just last week, when a judge had to say the trump team, you got to give me more than this. what do you even want. so this maybe bodes very well for the idea of the thoroughness and the comprehensive level of information, but it doesn't tell us exactly stil

great job as usual, i will see you tomorrow, laura coates. by, laura coates. >> by, don! >> [laughs] oh boy, it is monday everyone. how are you doing? this is don lemon tonight. we have a cnn exclusive, sources are telling cnn that the justice department is issuing a new grand jury subpoena to the national archives for more documents as part of the january 6th investigation. now, let us pause there. okay? to give you some perspective, that is also part of what we do. this former president has managed to launch not one but she's two in justice department investigations that involve the national archives. on into january 6th, one with the subpoena today. the latest sign of the doj is broadening its destination into the potential role that then white house staff may have played in the lead up to the attack on the capitol. and another investigation into the removal of classified documents to the former presidents private beach and golf club. yes, there is news on that tonight to. sources are telling the new york times that investigators are seeking additional surveillance pho

i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." no conspiracy theories here, just the hard truth. alex jones has to pay up. now, these families, of course, can never ever be made whole for what they've lost. but with compensatory damages, the jury endeavors to try. jones now has to pay the parents of a sandy hook school shooting victim more than $4 million for the cruel and widespread and relentless lies that added to their heartache over a ten-year period. now, of course, this does fall way short of $150 million they did ask for in compensatory damages sought by little jessie lewis' parents, a number their attorney said came from the number of people who believed the false claims of the hoax spewed by jones and the baseless arguments that the newtown's grieving parents were actors. the number also factored in the emotional and mental anguish those parents suffered and continue to suffer today for years of harassment by jones and his followers. he finally acknowledged what everyone else hopefully knew to be true, that the massacre was, quote, using his words after -- what -- ten y

this is don lemon tonight, i'm laura coats sitting in front on women.r development, which may explain partially the fbi's urgency and getting back classified documents with

laura coates is sitting in for don lemon tonight. g deeper on all of the twists and turns of what's happening with the former president, and that show begins right now. hey, laura. >> i want there to be a forever meme that sara sidner the actual greatest just referred to me that way. >> the love is real. >> i can die happy now. thank you, sis. nice to see you as always. a great show. i loved watching it. this is "don lemon tonight." i'm laura coates sitting in for don lemon. there are big developments on the fbi search for documents at former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home. "the wall street journal" reporting tonight that an informant tipped off federal investigators that they were more likely to have more classified documents at the property after national archives took away 15 boxes of materials earlier this year.

i'm laura coates and this is cnn tonight. and here we go. will of

everyone, i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." i should clarify, i mean the offense inside of a courtroom, not the court of public opinion. now, they filed its first lawsuit since the fbi searched and seized items from the ex-president's home exactly two weeks ago today. and there's a whole lot to unpack. first, let's begin with exactly what trump is now asking for in this filing beca

i'm laura coates. this is "cnn newsroom.

i'm laura coates. i'm sitting in for don on this very busy news night after this busy news week.

let me bring in to talk about this, laura coates. let's start there.tle earlier on the show. and now you've got this call from the michigan a.g. to bring in a special prosecutor. how significant is this in the grand scheme of election security concerns and, if this does prove to be true, these allegations of real sort of insider threats to secure elections? >> poppy, the idea that somebody could be able to obtain machines and try to tinker with the tabulation or try to insist that you do so even without actual substantive evidence or probable cause any law has been broken or the tabulation is incorrect, it does pose a significant risk. which is why you have laws on the books that make something like this a felony. the idea you cannot go around trying to tamper with our elections. the idea that the attorney general in michigan, though, has a prudent course ahead of her. i think the insistence on or the request for a special counsel really turns down the temperature about accusation that she's trying to simply use her advantage and use her platform to pe

i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight.ion night in america once again. the polls are now closed in michigan and kansas and parts of arizona. five states had primaries today including key battlegrounds that could shape the race for which party will be the majority. democrats once again? or republicans yet again? no, donald trump i

everyone, i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." it's been two weeks since the mar-a-lago search, two weeks. and now donald trump's legal team has gone on the offense finally. i should clarify, i mean the offense inside of a courtroom, not the court of public opinion. now, they filed its first lawsuit since the fbi searched and seized items from the ex-president's home exactly two weeks ago today. and there's a whole lot to unpack. first, let's begin with exactly what trump is now asking for in this filing because in this new filing today, there is about four main requests. now, one is for a special master. that's a third party to be appointed by the court, who oversees the review of the evidence, on either side of the parties. another ask they have is to pause the doj from reviewing the evidence until that review by the special master has been completed. they're also seeking a more detailed receipt, shall we say, of the property that was removed from mar-a-lago, and they want doj to give them back whatever not within the scope of t

i am laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." >>> conspiracy theorist alex jones has been ordered to pay even more to the parents of a 6-year-old little boy who was killed in the 2012 massacre at sandy hook elementary school. $45.2 million more in punitive damages on top of the more than $4 million in compensatory damages already award at the civil trial just yesterday for those deeply harmful lies that the shooting was a hoax among many other completely false and outrageous claims. now, under texas law there are limits on punitive damages of $750,000 per plaintiff. so it seems he won't be forced to fork over quite that much yet. he's still facing two more defamation trials, and one of them is in connecticut. but it appears the jury did listen to this plea from the attorney for the sandy hook family. >> we ask that you send a very, very simple message. and that is stop alex jones. stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. >> estimated to the jury that jones may have a net worth as much $270 million but has been trying to hid his wealth with personal loans and shell companies. now

with that, don lemon tonight with laura coates sitting in for don. >> have a great weekend. >>> i'm in for don. transparency. that's a word you are hearing a lot from the former president and his allies in the wake of the ffbi search of mar-a-lago. quote, in the interest of transparency, unquote. team's trump interest in transparency doesn't extend to testifying. lindsey graham is trying to dodge a subpoena to appear before the fulton county special grand jury. a federal judge today refusing to put on hold her own ruling that the senator must appear. he filed an emergency request with the u.s. court of appeals for the 11th circuit asking them to put the subpoena on hold. talk about transparency. a federal appeals court ruling today that the doj has got to make public that internal legal memo that was commissioned by then ag william barr back in 2019. remember the one that he had to analyze whether he should charge then president trump with obstruction of justice related to the russia investigation? the court finding barr never considered charging trump, saying in the ruling the memo ba

. >> by, laura coates. >> bye don lemon. >> see ya later. >>> thank you for joining. do you know, it's hard to believe, it really hard to believe sitting here actually when the war started, when the bombs started. it was six months. it has been six months since vladimir putin launched his murderous and entirely unprovoked war on ukraine, six months of death raining down from the sky, six months of innocent men, women, children slaughtered. six months of people driven away from homes, schools, churches, hospitals and shelters bombed. we remember it. it's still going on. it's unimaginable and going on today. missile strikes across the country. but this is how it began. watch this. here is our breaking news, vladimir putin announcing a special military operation claiming to protect donbas. matthew chance will join us. >> i just heard a big bang right here behind me. i told you we shouldn't have done the live shot here. >> wow. six months. right when it started on this program. just couple minutes from now. cnn reporters risking their lives in the war zone bearing witness

>> it says, bye laura coates. >> hold on. bye felicia. >> i'll see you. i got to get to business. we're going to get into trouble. hey, folks. always waiting for something. aren't you tired of waiting? won't be long now. this is worth waiting for. sometime in the next few hours it looks like we could learn more about the fbi's search of the former president's florida resort, but how much? that is really the big question here. by noon tom we'll get a look the we red we redakted mar-a-lago search warrant saf david. the judge saying the doj showed him good reasons to -- because, quote, disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, agents and uncharged parties. the investigation's strategy? direction, scope, sources and methods and grand jury information. but let us not forget what this is all about. it's about a former president who took boxes and boxes of records to his beach resort when he left washington in disgrace. the fbi found 11 sets of documents in that search. even after the or kais worked through all of 2021 to get them back from a president who once promised this.

i'm laura coats sitting in for the great document. 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 executing a search warrant at the mar-a-lago estate. his resort, of course, in florida. local sources saying the search is related to the handling of classified documents and were documents were kept. sources are also saying that boxes of items were actually taken during the search. and that documents were seized. trump is calling this a raid. and what he described as a large group of agents saying it was, quote, unannounced. which is what normally happens with search warrants, by the way. that they broke into a safe. he wasn't there, as they carried out the search. but i want to turn right away to cnn correspondent, randi kate, who's actually at palm beach county. also here with, us cnn's chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. can anyone being with you here, because look, a search on the former presidents home is absolutely extraordinary. an

let's hand it to laura coates on cnn tonight.ew grandeur subpoena to the national archives for more documents as part of the january six investigation. now, let's pause, they're okay. let's give you some perspective. because that's also part of what we do here. because this former president has managed to launch not one but two justice department investigations. that involves the national archives. won into january six, the one with the subpoena today. the latest time the doj is broadening its investigation to the potential world, but then white house staff may have played in the lead up to the attack on the capital. and, another investigation into the removal of classified documents to the former presidents private beach and golf club. and, yes there is news on that tonight. two sources are telling the new york times that investigators are seeking additional surveillance footage from mar-a-lago as we investigate how classified documents were handled by the former president and his staff. now some footage reportedly showing peopl

i don't have the guaranteed millions of the nfl but when my lipstick is done, so is laura coats. >> so much to talk about. by the way, i saw the top of your show, that alex jones on the stand today when he found out he's like do you know how we got your text messages and he's like what? >> man. >> that was some you know what? >> that was a moment. if you scripted that i would have been like that's not going to happen but look back to the lawyer who sort of like is chewing on a nthumbnail at that moment, i want to know what the conversation was like after not because i'm sympathetic in someway to somebody that would have tortured those families for sandy hook for so long. curiosity is one thing but to catch him in the lie they did, unbelievable. >> amazing to watch. see you tomorrow. have a good one. >> good night. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." we'll have more on the fallout from the scandal over those other text messages they were talking about, missing secret service texts. sources telling cnn the secret service may temporarily disable texting over the firestorm from around january

i'm laura coates. this is cnn tonight.hat lies might cost, eventually. we know what they might cost a