>>> i'm sara sidner, and this is "cnn tonight" on a very big news night. former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home in florida has been searched by the fbi. trump confirmed it himself tonight. three sources tell our sara murray and kristen holmes it was related to the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents. those documents may have been brought to mar-a-lago when donald trump left the white house. in order to get a search warrant like this, prosecutors have establish probable cause that a crime was committed. so, this is a very big deal. make no mistake about it. former president trump has already blasted the move, claiming, as he often does, political persecution and a witch hunt. in a statement released tonight, he says, quote, these are dark times for our nation, as my beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the united states before. after working and cooperating with the governm

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i am sara sidner and this is "cnn tonight." we are going to take you through the twists and turns donald trump and the country are going through. there are so many questions yet to be answered about what led fbi agents to mar-a-lago on monday and also who may have led them there. "the wall street journal" is now reporting there was an informant, someone familiar with documents stored at trump's residence who told investigators there could be more classified documents after the national archives already retrieved 15 boxes. so, the fbi was reportedly tipped off by someone who led them to execute the search warrant. attorney general merrick garland faces increasing pressure to say something publicly about why the fbi conducted the search. the calls are not just coming from outside the justice department. cnn has learned some officials within the doj believe the department should provide a public statement. they argue internally the silence is harmful to the department and the public's interest. that's in part because donald trump

the news continues, so let's hand it over to sara sidner and hand it over to sara sidner and "cnn tonight." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm sara sidner, and this is "cnn tonight" on a very big news night. former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home in florida has been searched by the fbi. trump confirmed it himself tonight. three sources tell our sara murray and kristen holmes it was related to the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents. those documents may have been brought to mar-a-lago when donald trump left the white house. in order to get a search warrant like this, prosecutors have establish probable cause tha

-- www.vitac.com >>> i am sara sidner and this is "cnn tonight." we begin the breaking news. an astonishing new report by "the washington post," the new citing people familiar with the search of the president's mar-a-lago home report that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought when they went to donald trump's property on monday. the post says experts in classified information say the unusual search underscores the deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located there. "post" sources did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, such as whether it involves weapons belonging to the united states or some other nation, nor did it say whether any documents were recovered as part of their search. cnn is reaching out to donald trump and his representatives for comment. but this adds a whole new level to a day that was already extraordinary, as the attorney general of the united states announced the doj has asked

i wanna hand it over to sara sidner. i am sara sidner, this is cnn tonight. we will take you to the moment this, legal twists and turns of donald trump and the country are now experiencing. first, there is new reporting this evening related to the unprecedented search of trump's primary home. there are so many questions yet to be answered about what led fbi agents to marlar go on monday and also who may have led them there. the wall street journal is now reporting that there was an informant, someone familiar with documents stored at the trump residence, who told investigators that there could be more classified documents after the national archives already retrieved 15 boxes. so the fbi was reportedly tipped off by someone who led them to execute a search warrant. attorney general merrick garland faces increasing pressure now to say something publicly about why the fbi conducted a search. calls are not just coming from outside the justice department cnn has learned that some officials within the doj believe the department should provide a public statement. t

i am sara sidner and this is "cnn tonight." take you through the twists and turns donald trump and the country are going through. there are so many questions yet to be answered about what led fbi agents to mar-a-lago on monday and also who may have led them there. "the wall street journal" is now reporting there was an informant, someone familiar with documents stored at trump's residence who told i

-- www.vitac.com >>> i am sara sidner and this is "cnn tonight."tonishing new report by "the washington post," the new citing people familiar with the search of the president's mar-a-lago home report that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought when they went to donald trump's property on monday. the post says experts in classified information say the unusual search underscores the deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could

sara sidner reports. >> outside of kansas sydney, in the states largest county, the chief law enforcementoined ranks with people who refused to let the 2020 election lie die. >> how many of you voted in the 2020 election? put your hands down. now how many of you think your vote counted? see. this is exactly why i'm doing what i'm doing. >> that sheriff calvin hayden of johnson county kansas, and a conference in las vegas, still questioning the validity of the 2020 election results, even though donald trump won his state by 15 points. rip >> repeat after me -- >> the nearly two year old certified vote were joe biden beat donald trump by 74 electoral votes in more than 7 million popular votes. >> there's a lot of stuff going around about what happened in this election. quite frankly i don't know, but i'm looking. and what we are looking at we are looking at a whole lot of reasonable suspicion and we're starting to fill up some probable cause. >> he says he has assigned a sheriff deputies to investigate 2020 fraud. >> it's a long, drawn out investigation. frankly, they've got a lot more to d

cnn's sara sidner discovered some of those officers already acting on their own, conducting their own020 vote. >> outside of kansas city, in the states largest county, the chief law enforcement officer has joined ranks with people who refused to let the 2020 election lie die. how many voted in the 2020 election? put your hands down. how many of you think your vote counted? see, this is exactly why i'm doing what i am doing. >> that is sheriff culminated joe sunny, kansas. last month in a conference in las vegas, still questioning the validity of the 2020 election results. even though donald trump won his state by 15 points. >> repeat after me, -- >> nearly two year old certified vote with joe biden, when you beat donald trump by 74 electoral votes, more than 7 million popular votes. >> a lot of stuff going around about what happened in this election. quite frankly, i don't know. but i am looking. and what we are looking at is a whole lot of reasonable suspicion. we are starting to develop some probable cause. >> this, as he is assigned sheer deficits to investigate the 2020 election f

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. >> 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. an informant at mar-a-lago? well, cnn has not confirmed this part of the story, but we've already reported that investigators believe that trump and his aides had not returned all of the documents, and they also believe that trump's representatives were not being entirely honest with them. trump, meanwhile, seems to be hiding behind the fifth amendment, which, of course, is his right to do. and he did so today during today's session with

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. >>> sara sidner is next. >> anderson, thank you so much. >>> the big question tonight, what exactly was the fbi looking for when it executed a search warrant at former trump's home? why was it so important? there is still a lot we do not know. but we are getting more information. here is what cnn is learning from someone familiar with the matter. the search of mar-a-lago came after federal authorities believed trump or his team had not actually returned all of the documents and materials that belonged to the government. you'll remember that they handed over 15 boxes of material earlier this year, but now a lawyer for trump tells "the washington post" that they took 12 more boxes from a basement storage area of trump's home. two other important points from cnn's sources. one, authorities believe the documents at mar-a-lago had national security implications. and two, there is also suspicion that after months of discussions about this, that trump's team wasn't being completely honest with investigators. meanwhile, the justice department isn't saying a thing more than 24 hours after th

sara sidner has covered the struggles there after most of the national media moved on. here. sara, let me start with you because it is unimaginable that we are here again with a major city, and i'm going to say it again, a major black city in america that is struggling just to get clean drinking water. >> that's right. i think it isn't unimaginable, though. i think it is probable, and if you look at some of the studies, there was one out of texas a&m that said, you know, if there is a significant pofrverty in a ple and if the place happens to be non-white, the likelihood of having water issues goes way up. and so when you think about that and what has happened here, these are just two examples. there are places in alabama, in louisiana, in texas, where this is happening or something similar to this has been happening with the boil water orders that go on and on and on, and people in the black communities, you know, flint was one of those major examples that was just so egregious that the world stood up and listened, and they watched what was happening, ask they are still

cnn's sara sidner reports. >> reporter: outside of kansas city in the state's largest county the chiefment officer has joined ranks with people who refuse to let the 2020 election lie die. >> how many of you voted in the 2020 election? put your hands down. how many of you think your vote counted? yeah, see? this is exactly why i'm doing what i'm doing. >> reporter: that's sheriff calvin hayden of johnson county, kansas. just last month at a conference in las vegas. still questioning the validity of the 2020 election results, even though donald trump won his state by 15 points. >> repeat after me. >> reporter: the nearly two-year-old certified vote where joe biden beat donald trump by 74 electoral votes and more than 7 million popular votes. >> there's a lot of stuff going around about what happened in this election. quite frankly, i don'ten't know. but i'm looking. and what we're looking at is we've got a whole lot of reasonable suspicion. and we're starting to develop some probable cause. >> reporter: he says he's assigned sheriff's deputies to investigate 2020 election fraud. >> it's

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

i am sara sidner, and this is cnn tonight, and we begin with breaking news this thursday. and astonishingly report this evening by the washington post. the newspaper citing people familiar with the search of the president mar-a-lago home, a report that classified documents related to the nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents when they went to donald trump's property on monday. the post says experts and classified information -- underscores the deep uncertain of government officials about the types of officials who thought they could be located there. most sources did not offer additional details but we're type of emission agents were seeking, whether it involved weapons involving the united states or some other nation. nor did they say if any documents were uncovered as part of the search. cnn is reaching out to damage up and representatives for comment, but this adds a whole new level today that was already extraordinary, as the attorney general the united states announced the doj had asked the judge to unseal the mar-a-lago search warrant and property receipt,

. >>> sara sidner is next. >> anderson, thank you so much. >>> the big question tonight, what exactly a search warrant at former trump's home? why was it so important? there is still a

the city alisa katz, cnn presidential historian tim naftali and cnn senior national correspondent sara sidner. so much happened in the last 24 hours, it is -- where to start, right? there is just a bounty of new information. let's start with what we are expecting to learn. maybe. maybe. at 3:00 p.m. which is going to be the search warrant and the receipt, perhaps, about what was taken from mar-a-lago. are you expecting that we will indeed learn that? >> i have my serious doubts. as you will recall donald trump said throughout the muller investigation, oh, i have no problem talking to them, i'm happy to talk to them and it became my lawyers told me i can't. the fact he said release the documents means very little to me at this point. let's see at 3:00 p.m. when their deadline is whether or not they're going to agree. but it is a -- the attorney general has put him in a real pickle here because either he releases the documents, and we learn what statutes they are investigating, and we learn broadly categorically what they took. some of that will be redacted because it is probably classified inf