>> scott perry is all over january 6th as just said.le, lindsey, he texted with mark meadows and suggested to mark meadows, the intelligence agencies should be involved in investigating whether china hacked into dominion owned voting machines. that's one thing we know. the texts would be significant because we know others potentially destroyed evidence having to do with scott perry. cassidy hutchinson testified before the january 6th committee that she saw her then boss mark meadows burn documents in his white house office fireplace right after a meeting with scott perry. we know also that scott perry sought a pardon from president trump reportedly. the text he had with mr. meadows and others in the white house and around the trump campaign could be extraordinarily significant to flushing out his role in advance of and closer to january 6th. >> lisa, congressman perry compared the seizure of his phone to the fbi's search of mar-a-lago but is it dangerous to conflate the two? >> it is in two ways. one is both searches were done pursuant

how does mike perry fit into this larger investigation? >> well, one thing that this underscores, actually, you mentioned this larger investigation, is just how many investigations there are. >> fair enough. >> going on right now of the former president and his allies. that is something that they want to -- so, there is the january 6th committee investigation. there is investigations in georgia, in new york, and there's this particular investigation involving the national archives. it seems like the perry seizing of his cell phone, likely has to do with january 6th. because again, as you mentioned in that very comprehensive intro. the congressman was the first person who introduced the former president to jeffrey clark. he was deeply enmeshed in the plans to try to overturn the results of a free and fair election. and so, again, recognizing that we don't know what we don't know, and this is a rapidly developing an unfolding story, his cell phone records are much more likely, it seems, to be related to all of his involvement in january 6th,

congressman perry is a staunch trump ally, who played a key role in the former president's efforts to, according to the january 6th committee. the committee has also accused him of seeking a pardon from the trump white house after the deadly insurrection. in a statement to nbc news, congressman perry says three fbi agents approached him this morning while he was traveling with his family, handed him a warrant and told him to turn over his phone scott perry says he's outraged, though not surprised that the fbi under the direction of merrick garland's doj would seize the phone of a sitting member of congress donald ayre is back with us again, deputy attorney general in the first bush administration donald, thanks republicans pouncing and deflecting the process the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, just moments ago accused the justice department of targeting members of congress and the former president but the context is first a document search at mar-a-lago last night or yesterday, now a phone seize with someone who attempted to help over turn the election are these dots connectibl

perry also asked for a pardon. >> mr. perry, did he ask you directly?>> yes he did. >> did marjorie taylor greene contact yellow and? >> no, i heard that she asked white house counsel office for a pardon from mr. philbin, but i did not frequently communicate with mrs. greene. >> are you aware of any conversations or communications about the possibility of giving congressman matt gates a pardon? >> i know he had asked for it, but i'm not sure if he ever received one, or what happened with it. >> how do you know that he asked for a pardon? >> he told me. >> tell us about that. >> you told me he asked meadows for a pardon. >> the involved in or did you witness any conversations about the possibility of a blanket pardon for everyone involved in january 6th? >> i heard that mentioned, yes. >> do you know whether the president had any conversations about potentially pardoning any family members? >> i know he had hinted at a blanket pardon for the january 6th and then for anybody, but i think he had for all of the staff and everyone involved. not with january

enter chief darryl perry. like sandra's father, larry, chief perry knew the pain of losing a child. their shared grief, he asked state investigators to take a look at the file. and remarkably, they found new evidence. but in a case full of twists there was another one just around the corner. here again is keith morrison with "the other side of paradise. " >> it took a scientific breakthrough to finally get larry mendonca the breakthrough he was looking for. touch dna, microscopic skin cells on sandra's shirt and bra that was a match to darren. >> when that result came in, tell me what your first thoughts were. >> we got him. >> but larry was wary. >> it isn't over yet. >> because what seemed like great evidence to the cops did not to the newly elected prosecuting attorney shailene neseri. for one simple reason. the dna did not exclusively match darren. >> it could have come from the two children. >> larry, though, refused to be discouraged. >> the driving force is to get this case solved and put my daughter to rest. >> she isn't yet. >> hopefully it will be this year. hopefully it'l

ryan, why would they want scott perry's cell phone?: the important thing here is there's -- the phrase that i think is important to highlight here from a member of congress a few years ago who said no one is above the law. if i check my notes here, that was scott perry back in october of 2016 about the hillary clinton investigation. he's an individual who said no one is above the law, a pillar of american justice, should be making sure there's nobody who is just, because of their position alone, allowed to avoid the eyre of law enforcement. he's sort of at the center of a lot of the questions inside the justice department because he was a key connector for some of the individuals, jeffrey clark specifically, who donald trump was trying to install as acting attorney general in the lead-up to january 6th and he -- the time period between the 2020 election and january 6th when he was essentially trying to make an inside move to get officials in positions that would be able to take over and make sure he had a second term in office. >> isn'

tonight, perry issued a statement. quote, my phone contains info about my legislative and political activities and personal private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. none of this is the government 's business. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight. luke broadwater, pulitzer winning congressional reporter for the new york times, melissa murray, she was a law clerk for sonia sotomayor before her nomination to the supreme court and chuck rosenberg, us attorney for the eastern district of virginia and senior fbi official. luke, you must be tired, it isn't like breaking news after breaking news. i want you to start with a new reporting you have about the surge of trump's property. what can you tell us? >> sure, yes. the first thing we can say that i think is revelatory is that the warrant was signed by federal prosecutors in the national security division of the justice department. they viewed these classified documents at mar-a-lago as a national security concern

we have just learned that agents seized the cell phone of congressman scott perry.a little known republican from pennsylvania. but he was instrumental in trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and literally we're just finding out this now. sara murray is breaking this new reporting. what more do you know? >> we got a statement just a little while ago from scott perry where he says this morning while traveling with mize family, three fbi agents visited me and seized my cell phone. now, we don't know what investigation this would be related to, why they seized the cell phone, but we do know that scott perry had close ties with jeffrey clark, who is that doj official who was essentially open to pushing election fraud claims, open to trying to help donald trump stage a coup at the justice department. perry actually introduced jeffrey clark to donald trump and of course, we know that clark has come under scrutiny from investigators. his home was searched earlier this summer. the other question is what investigators are going to find on scott perry's phone. we also

so what is scott perry saying tonight? well, he put out a lengthy statement describing what happened. he said, this morning while traveling with my family, three fbi agents visited me and seized my cell phone. he goes on to say this cell phone is full of information about political activities, personal and private discussions, legislative activities, things he says that the government has no business looking into. what we don't know is what the fbi is investigating that led them to scott perry's cell phone. we know that perry was, you know, integral in pushing donald trump's claims of election fraud. we know that he actually introduced the former president to jeffrey clark, who was the department of justice official who was little known at the time, who was willing to go along with donald trump's election fraud claims and willing to try to stage a coup essentially at the justice department. so it's not clear if it is perhaps related to that. we reported earlier this summer that jeffrey clark's home was searched, so he's be

perry, if we line up the bullet points here. there is that commonality of the ogi office but also reason that perry was working on some of these things with clark, at least at the end of 2020-2021. he was attending rallies and he was the person who introduced clark to trump. we know that trump mentioned him on a phone call with the justice department when trump was asking to corrupt the election and then, finally, we know that perry was in touch with mark meadows, the chief of staff who was assisting trump at the end of the presidency. as these things go, the justice department is not commenting and we haven't seen any charges on any of these individuals at this point. >> let's now talk about the fbi search of trump's florida home that is tied to the d.o.j. classified documents investigation. fbi giving us more clarity on their reason for this search. what is the agency saying? >> well, the agency, itself, is staying pretty quiet here. the justice department, of course, isn't commenting on these ongoing probes as they are in the

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>> scott perry is a republican congressman from pennsylvania. he said yesterday he was traveling with his family and he was visited by three fbi agents and they seized his phone. in his statement, he didn't say anything about what he believed this investigation was related to but we heard from a source that was familiar with this warrant that came for looking at his phone and they said that this is related to an ongoing investigation by the justice department's inspector general. that investigation has been focused on jeffrey clark, a former doj official who was little known until scott perry introduced jeff clark to then president donald trump. jeff clark was buying into donald trump's election lies and the two kind of worked behind the scenes to essentially try to orchestrate a coup at the justice department. jeff clark has not been charged with any crimes. his homp home was searched earl in the summer. >> sarah murray, thank you for your reporting. elie, presumably to the attorney general signing off for the former president's home and office

so politically it really behooved scott perry to say they are one in the same. t however, we know that e congressman perry is -- could have information that's important to other on going justice department investigations, particularly the plan into the fake elector scheme which was submitting alternate w slates of electors, falsely saying trump had won in key swing states as well as the investigation into jeffrey clark who was working with president trump to try to undo the election and their liaison was congressman scott perry. >> katie, no one better than you to break this down. this is a complicated matter and we're grateful you took time to join us. katie bener, we appreciate it. >>> i want to bring in andrew weissman, previously served as the former fbi general counsel and former senior counsel robert mueller's investigative team. good to see you. thank you for being with us. >> nice tok see you. always good to follow katie benner. >> she lays it out very well and henceut allows me to ask you fo your sort of top line reactions to everything we learned in th

so politicaslly it really behooves scott perry to say that these things are one of the same.er, we know that congressman perry could have information that is important to other ongoing justice department investigations. particularly, the plan to the fake electors, scheme which is submitting alternate slates of electors, saying that trump falsely one swing states, as well as the investigation into jeffrey clark who was working with president trump to try to undo the election. and their liaison was congressman scott perry. >> katie, no one better than you to break this all down, this is a complicated matter, and we're grateful you to come to join us. at the new york times justice department, the reporter katie benner, we appreciate you katie. i wanna bring in andrew weizmann, he previously served as the fbi general counsel, and was former senior member of councillor robert mueller's investigation team. -- >> good evening, it's always good to follow katie benner. >> sheila lays it out very well. and allows me to ask you about your sort of top line reactions to everything we lear

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this is perry barr, four miles from new street station where the stadium is transformed.ears to prepare, events got in the way. you must stay at home. tougher restrictions have come into force in birmingham to try to stop the spread of the virus. in the lockdown, the country set to host the world would have to adapt. this part of perry barr should have been the athletes' village, but with two years of covid setbacks, plans changed. now the participants are spread across the whole region, and this development becomes housing. the very fact that we are acomodating the athletes and the officials at the university of birmingham, the university of warwick and hotels around the national exhibition centre is a model forfuture generations of the commonwealth games and olympic games, because the construction of a village is very, very expensive, pushes up the cost of hosting these events, and the commonwealth games federation are keen to reduce the cost going forward to make these events more affordable for more cities around the commonwealth. the athletes may live elsewhere, but

the committee subpoenaed perry back in may, but he has refused to cooperate.r the guardian, our friend, hugo lowe. the january 6th committee we can still see it is actively interviewing and investigating. what can you glean from the most recent moves as to the focus of their next rnd of hearings? >> look, they spoke to pompeo and spoke to mastriano yesterday trying to get more details in separate lines of inquiry. the deposition with pompeo was aimed at the 25th amendment discussions that happened off of january 6th. mastriano was the days and weeks leading up to the capitol attack as well as the day of january 6th itself. you're seeing the committee fan out and investigate a number of different lines of inquiy through the month of august. this has been the busiest month so far at least for their investigation which is saying something when they have been doing this for 11 months. that's really significant. a lot is teeing up to their interim report they want to release in mid september when the house comes back into session. they hold series of hearings aroun

scott perry was the one who introduced jeffrey clark to donald trump, then jeffrey clark went on with trump to buy into these election fraud claims, come up with this crazy attempt to have a coup at the justice department, so what the doj does is they investigate wrongdoing from former justice department officials. scott perry is not one of those, but, his interaction with jeffrey clark might be why this is of interest. here's a part of what scott perry had to say about this today, he said i'm outraged though not surprised that the fbi would seize the phone of a sitting member of congress. my phone contained info about my legislative and political activities and personal private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. none of this is the government's business. we should note that we are told his phone was imaged and then returned to him and that it was pretty clear that investigators were going to have to go to a court and get a second warrant in order to look at the contents of the phone, which suggests they are taking precautions to make sure that they are only l

perry spoke.ave to go back to a judge if it is anything like what happened when federal agents seized john eastman's phone. and the federal agents are gonna have to ask a court to gain access to the contents of perry's phone. and if we learned anything about what exactly agents are asking for, that will be very telling as to the arc of that investigation. >> all right, nicholas wu, thanks so much for your time. coming up, the right-wing media uses the search of mar-a-lago to go to war with america's top law enforcement agency. to law enforcement agency short of the new color codes being written on these documents and walk behind closed doors, i just really don't understand how a document could warrant this kind of words. >> some of the stuff wasn't even documents, it was like golf balls, and oval office raincoats. >> this is a witch hunt. this is a stalinist hunt. stalinist hunt stalinist hunt it's dr. scholl's time. our insoles are designed with unique massaging gel waves, for all-day comfort and

>> perry county, we've been hit i believe in the northern part of the county the most. but the surrounding counties, it seems to me -- and i haven't been to every place, of course, that some of the surrounding counties, especially the downtown sections, got hit a lot worse than we did. but in perry county we do have a lot of destruction out away from hazard, which is the county seat. >> did your church take on any damage at all in the flood? >> amazingly, no, we did not. we're about 40 foot from the river. but this was small streams that flash flooded and we've got a flood controlled dam that certainly kept that off of us. >> i know that you are offering help. how are you helping, not just your community, but those who are coming in from outside of perry county? >> what we've been doing, this week we had a team in from oklahoma that they're known as the gideon rescue company, and they were here with search and rescue dogs and cadaver dogs, and they're also doing some mud-outs with us. we're in homes and it's just mission critical that we get some of this mud out of thei

the republican congressman, scott perry, was seized by the fbi. is this related to what we are talking about in mar-a-lago or -- >> right now, it appears to be distinct. but the caveat that we don't know how a number of these investigations are or where they wouldn't intersect, that is the caveat what's called harry said in his statement today is that he was traveling with his family and was confronted by three fbi agents who had a warrant and they csis bone. but we have been learning from a source familiar with the content of that warrant is that this appears to be related to the justice department, oig investigation into jeffrey clark. he is a former justice department official, scott perry was the one who introduced jeffrey clark to donald trump. then jeffrey clark went on with trump to sort of buy into all of these election fraud claims, come up with this crazy attempt to try to have a coup at the justice department. so the doj oig does, they investigate wrongdoing from former justice department officials. >> scott perry is obviously not one o

just for the record, previously we've reported at cnn another rick perry text.nied that it was his phone. cnn has confirmed from multiple sources, friends and colleagues of his that that is his phone number these texts were coming from in fact, these texts on the meadows log show that he signed his name and his telephone number at the end of -- of the text >> seth: i think if you're going to pitch ideas for a coup, then lie about it, maybe don't sign your text messages with your name and phone number. [ laughter ] did he also send a follow-up text that said, "there's a lot of rick perry's out there, so here's a pic of me sending this text." [ laughter ] i will say, if you've ever texted with an older person, like a parent or an in-law, you've probably witnessed the same behavior. they all sign their text messages with their names like they're writing civil war letters home [ historical music playing ] "dear clarabelle i hope this missive finds you well i write to relay the most unfortunate news i regret to inform you, i have been searching in vain for well-price

republican congressman scott perry says the fbi seized his cell phone while he was traveling with hisnot immediately clear what investigation prompted the search warrant. but perry has been a figure in the congressional investigation into the capitol insurrection. >>> and the emmys will be posted by kenan thompson. the "snl" actor says it's ridiculously exciting to be part of the show which airs next month. >>> for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm jericka duncan in for norah. tonight there are new details about the unprecedented fbi search of former president donald trump's florida home. what we're learning about the investigation that's focused on his potential mishandling of what could be classified material. sources tell cbs news that the fbi was met by trump's attorneys along with the secret service. it is the first time in american history that a search warrant has been issued on a former president. and give

why was the inspector general involved with taking scott perry's phone?office assisting this inherently political investigation? and isn't the inspector general supposed to be neutral? if he's not, then who is? because we certainly know merrick garland is not. congressman jim jordan joins us now along with harvard law professor the price of principal alan dershowitz. let me begin with you congressman. so we protect hunter biden. >> yeah. >> sean: we give special treatment to hillary clinton. trump gets lies told about him in a dossier, he gets fisa warrants against him and gets his home raided. >> yep. >> sean: is there bias in the fbi? and as i understand it, you have five fbi informants that have come to you that want to be whistle blowers, correct? >> correct. we've had more than that. and you were right, when senator grassley said there's political influence at the fbi and it's all about politics that is certainly the case because all these whistle blowers come to us and talk about the political pressure they're under and now we see it may be in the i

day afterwards they seized congressman perry's telephone.ry 6th events. and the categories of documents that they were authorized by this warrant to seek, there were three to the statutes cited. only one of them has anything to do with, conceivably, with classified documents. the other two don't. the other two are general statutes relating to obstruction and interference with government functions. the categories of documents that were authorized to be seized included two that were so broad as to include basically every piece of paper there. they authorized the seizure of classified -- of documents with classification markings, but anything that was in the same box or in the same location that were stored together, that's essentially anything in the same room. maria: yeah. >> they also authorized the seizure with of any document created during the period of the trump administration. that's everything. so you put that all together and the fact that they've got an active january 6th investigation, that's what i think it relates to. maria: and w

his lawyer says, he's been told he scott perry is not a target. if he's not, what are they looking for? >> yes stephanie, i think everything that we are hearing from lawyers representing people who are under investigation right now is to be taken with a grain of salt. scott perry is after all someone to comply with the january 6th select committee investigating the insurrection when there's been a mountain of evidence showing his direct involvement in some of the efforts to overturn the election. for over two years now and it was first in the senate judiciary report that actually outlined his involvement in efforts specifically at the department of justice to overturn the election results. he was the person that made the introduction between mark meadows, donald trump and jeffrey clark who ultimately did the president's bidding at the department of justice, and he was really the connecting tissue between members of congress and to the white house and the coordination that occurred in order to try to find some ways to support the former president's

congressman scott perry, thanks. watch play this back you'll see i did thank you, i wasn't rude.ocrats are doing everything they can to take out donald trump as their own party crumbles, just today the president was deposed by the new york state attorney general's office, these tactics are not working. trump endorsed candidates continue to win their primaries ahead of their midterms. joe kent is one of the examples he just defeated an establishment encumbered in the state of washington and joins us now. congratulations, what is it you like to win? >> feels great, hasn't really sunk in. and i'm still in campaign mode but i feel grateful for all the support i gotten all the hard work my campaign team put in. >> brian: what did the trump endorsement do? >> with the most powerful endorsement in the history of politics, and helped us coalesce the america first movement behind us. i couldn't be more grateful and honored to have president trump's endorsement. >> brian: the incumbent you succeeded voted to impeach donald trump come to think that made a difference? >> it put her in play a

and he has now used the doj to target president trump and chairman perry under garland's watch. the doj resembles the gestaposs more than a justice seeking agency and he must be impeached . congressman robert , thankanmu u so much for joining us . t now it'so important to remember this raid on mar r a lago was really the culmination of a years long effort to attack president trump. anyone in the orbit going back to even before he ran. and that includes my next guest ,george papadopoulos, who was one of the first people targeted by the deep state. he reacts to this raid for the first time. and moments later to that george , you don't want to be parents and grandparents as we wait to see what's next for president trump. mike huckabee's education company wants to help your kids learn all about president trump's greatest achievements during his first term. that's why we're giving away the kids going to president trump for free . this one will help your kids to understand everything president trump has already accomplished for america. what's more , it's sort of a very special gift.

and scott perry knows jeff clark and was around after the election in 2020. he was, in fact, brianna, the person who introduced clark and trump right around that time. >> all right. katelyn polantz, great reporting. thank you. >>> let's go back to the search at mar-a-lago. joining me now joey jackson and former federal prosecutor jessica roth. joey, reporting this morning that the fbi took 12 boxes of stuff out of mar-a-lago when they searched it monday. does that seem like a lot? >> look, anything, right, would seem like a lot when it furthers a criminal investigation. we don't know how large the boxes are, how many documents are within those boxes. i think, though, to be misled by the notion that it simply dealt with declassified documents i think would be misleading. i think there is a lot more here that we have to connect the dots to. is there any information in there with respect to january 6th that would further the notion of what he was doing, who he was communicating with, any documents centered around that. so, you know, the fact is that we are in un

scott perry of pennsylvania says the fbi agents seized his cell phone and he says it happened today.er the fbi launched the unprecedented search of former president trump's home in florida. he was a staunch ally that laid apart in the efforts to overturn the election. he is also accused of seeking a pardon from the trump white house after the deadly insurrection. in a statement to nbc news congressman perry said three fbi agents approached him this morning while traveling with his family, handed him a warrant and told him to turn over his phone. scott perry says he is outraged but not surprised that the fbi would seize the phone of a sitting member of congress. we have the deputy attorney general back with us. donald, the house minority leader kevin mccarthy accused the justice department of targeting members of congress. but the context is, first a document search at mar-a-lago last night and yesterday and a phone is seized from someone that tried to help overturn the election. can these dots be connected? >> i think they're part of a process that we have known is going on for quite

this is political retribution against president trump and chairman perry. think about it laura. man perry filed articles of impeachment against attorney general garland and then he's the one whose personal cell phone is tracked down and taken by fbi agents? attorney general garland can send 30 fbi bullies if he wants to to raid president trump apparently, but they cannot raid all 80-plus million americans that support president trump and make up this maga movement. >> laura: of course congresswoman, the media, they have to find a way back, as always, to january 6th. watch this. >> it's been like crazy online. the insane vitriol coming from the right wing folks on line literally issuing calls to arms telling people it's going to be a civil war. we saw clearly on january 6th how this, i don't know, insanity on line can move offline and become really dangerous and deadly. and i fear that's exactly what's happening now. >> laura: i feel like saying totally to that, but congresswoman, similar to this freer the violent 2020 riots as well right? they never mention that do they. >> righ

the news about perry is particularly alarming and also on a slightly different category, too. legislative branch. again, an area that the department has traditionally been very reticent to violate. >> bret: jeff, what about this? this does seem obviously like an escalation here and one would think that they would have to know the political impact of it when they made this decision. >> well, i think it's right to say that there are two side -- there are two ways to look at this. a legal aspect and political aspect to it the doj is focusing on the legal aspect. we asked the white house today to weigh in on both that and the political aspect and they didn't want to. but there is a definite political aspect to this as well. i think you have seen in president trump's reaction seeking to fund raise off of what happened yesterday and can turn into expressed outrage and tie it directly to democrats that this could benefit him politically but it certainly doesn't look good for him legally. >> bret: to that point, there were a lot of people pundits saying that this was all an effort to

joining me now from outside of the courthouse in west palm beach is cal perry. also joining me is justice reporter ryan reilly. so, cal, what can you tell us about what's happening down there? >> it's been going on for just about an hour. d.o.j. started the proceedings and that's when we heard the judge actually say that he will release some of the procedural filings that are currently under seal. these are some of the more interesting documents related to the warrant that the department of justice said they did not oppose releasing. then we heard from attorneys on behalf of the media and then again from d.o.j. here's the headlines coming from the department of justice. this is what we were hoping to learn and this is an exercise in what we can learn about the investigation by listening to what they said to the judge. they called the document a, quote, detailed road map of an investigation that they say is in, quote, early stages. a top official argued the documents need to be kept under wrap because it contains substantial grand jury information in what he call

>> right, well, we don't know exactly why they did this, and perry hasn't disclosed that, if he even knows, but i did learn through a source last night that the justice department inspector general's office is mentioned on perry's search warrant as doing some work there involved in the forensics of that phone. so the i.g. is the office at the justice department that looks at wrongdoing by employees in that agency, and we know they're also involved in recent searches of trump's election attorney john eastman and of jeffrey clark. he was the doj employee whom trump wanted to install as attorney general in january 2021. so that's all part of the january 6th criminal probe that the justice department is doing. it's not clear right now if all of these searches came in the same investigation, but victor, scott perry is not a stranger to jeff clark or to trump. in fact, he introduced them around the time of the 2020 election. we also know he was in touch with mark meadows, the white house chief of staff. >> katelyn polantz watching the new developments there and breaking some news. >>> cnn

this is your perry mason moment. i gave them my phone. >> mr. jones, you need to answer the question. >> did you know this happened? >> no, i didn't know this happened. >> answer the question, the judge had to instruct him when caught in what he himself viewed as a perry mason moment. you may recall, perry mason, the tv lawyer, would win his cases in dramatic fashion. mr. jones lies about have, very many things that's been found by the court, but even he seemed to acknowledge, stuck up against that corner, that somebody else was having the perry mason moment against him. now, here's the checkmate part. >> in discovery, you were asked, do you have sandy hook text messages on your phone. you said no, correct? you said that under oath. >> if i was mistaken, i was mistaken, but you got to messages right there. >> you know what perjury is? >> yes, i do. i'm not a tech guy. i told you in my testimony i gave the opponent to the lawyers. so you've got my phone, but we didn't give it to you. >> the back and forth is whether mr. jones may face legal expos

so it's the beginning but not the end. >> so we wait and see what happens next danya perry, our thanks to you tonight. >> president trump has been making the baseless and false claim that former president obama took more than 30 million classified documents when he left the white house today, the national archives completely debunked that argument in a statement, saying all of those records were unclassified mr. obama didn't take them the national archives moved them to a national archives facility in chicago and the documents have always been in the agency's possession, it says. bradley moss now, a lawyer who specializes in that exactly. republicans on capitol hill appear unphased. they are still demanding to know more about the underlying justification for the search the ranking republican on the house intelligence committee, congressman mike turner, spoke earlier this morning >> what was the national security basis that was an apparent immediate threat requiring this action opposed to all of the other actions they could have taken >> that is a question we still don't know the exact

perry said he was outraged the justice department would seize thephone of a sitting member of congress. >>> and breaking overnight, we have primary results from several closely watched races. the following are all cbs news projections. in wisconsin, tim michels wins the gop nomination for wisconsin governor. the trump-backed candidate will face democratic incumbent tony evers in november. evers ran unopposed. also in wisconsin, republican senator ron johnson will defend his seat against democrat mandela barnes. johnson is considered a vulnerable republican seeking re-election. in minnesota, governor tim walz won the democratic primary and will face former state senator and physician scott jensen who questioned the efficacy of vaccines. voters in vermont could send a woman to congress for the first time in that state's history. state senate leader becca balint won the democratic nomination. she's going to face republican liam madden for a seat in the house of representatives. >>> the search for a suspect in the murders of four muslim men in albuquerque, new mexico, appears to be over th

i'm congressman scott perry from the great commonwealth of pennsylvania.you've never heard of the house freedom caucus, members of congress who stand for the countless millions of americans who feel like washington has left them behind and does not speak for them. that is who the freedom caucus is. what we will talk about this afternoon, what we constantly hear is when republicans are in charge, we can't get that done because the democrats are in the presidency. we can't get that done because democrats have the senate. there is always some reason, right? of course we can't get it done when we are in the minority because they are in charge of everything. i am here to tell you that's not true. who will talk about three things. you got to know which team you are on. i will give you an example of each one of these. you got to know what the rules are of the game. it's not really a game, it's real stuff, but you have to know what the world -- the rules are of the operation. you got to know the leverage points. the freedom caucus has engaged in every single one o

they immediately seized perry's cell phone before he could, consulting sei attorney republis in congress was put a stop to this abuse of powers immediatey find some way to do it. they should do whatever they can to stop all order of business in the house and senate to the democrats, call up their dogs at the doj. it can't wait to the midterms. that m might be too late. scott perry, the aforementioned congressman from pennsylvania, joinsenn us right now for his first exclusive interview since the fbi confiscated hisnter pho. congressman, thanks for joining us . can you bring us through what happened? brian , you're absolutely right. it got a knock on the door in the morning. i wentr, to the door. there are three fbi agents of a course, like you said, i'm traveling with my family. we have twog young daughters and with my my elderlyau in-laws and , you know, they they want to take my cell phone and i said, you know, could you contact my attorney? you know why m does this have to happen, you know, out on the street, you know, m and how did you find me, by the way? of course they wouldn't ans

perry k is one of the official i'm always looking for evidence. i work for o'clock in the morning to 230 in the afternoon, but we have people out here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. i'm right. there's that one there's that is of yeah, we've got a violation right here. okay. she's here soon for us. a simple rule. while it's okay to have a sprinkler on your lawn, the water can't hit the sidewalk. waterways investigator, 7158 time is now 750. 5 am 26 of august. i have a broken sprinkler is water spraying off causing runoff and this one is broken, causing the run off over here the same thing. this one is misaligned. this is he misaligned and is hitting the sidewalk causing the run off. misaligned sprinklers, the offenders received 2 warnings before being sanctioned. a 3rd violation means a fine of $80.00 after paid in the ticket. the owner of the house arrived. are you doing sir? waterways investigator? the sprinkler over here is broken and it was running off into the property. you need to adjust to sprinklers to keep the water on the on the sidewalk.

pennsylvania congressman scott perry, who has been in the headlines recently for refusing to appear before the january 6th committee, saying in a statement, while traveling with my family, three fbi agents visited me and seized my cell phone. the fbi has not commented. but perry has been a major figure in the investigation into trump's actions after the 2020 election allegedly playing a key role in trump's attempt to install an acting attorney general who pushed baseless claims of voter fraud, meanwhile, we're learning more about the time line surrounding monday's search at trump's florida home. the fbi gave the secret service members stationed at mar-a-lago 45 minutes' notice. the secret service only alerted resort staff moments before the fbi agents arrived. a staffer then alerted the former president's son eric who told his father. sources say the search was related to allegations that the former president improperly removed documents when he left the white house. documents brought to mar-a-lago that are believed to include classified material. the president issuing a new statement late

>> luke, the head of the house freedom caucus congressman perry said the fbi seized his phone. >> this is a significant development. the phones of three key players in the buildup to january 6 are now on the possession of the fbi, including scott perry. the oths are jeffrey clark that justice department officia who strategized to send false letters to states to install him as attorney general and john eastman, the conservative lawyer who advised donald trump s -- yeah. >> i got to -- i'm sorry. i just want to goo the president speaking right now at th white house. >> actually i just want to say a number. zero. today we received news tha the economy has 0% inflation in the month of july. 0%. here's whathat means. ile the pce of some things wept up last month the price of her things went down. the rult is 0% inflation. but people are still hurting. zero inflation last month. econists look at inflation that ignores food and energy prices and call it core flation. lowe in seral months. when you couple that with the booming jobs report, 3.5% unemployment, it underscores the economy we have