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reportedly involved federal agents spending most of the day at mar-a-lago was related to classified information that trump took with him when he departed the white house in january of 2021. an attorney for the former guy told nbc news that trump and his team had been, quote, cooperative with fbi and doj officials every step of the way, unquote, but then added that the bureau, quote, did conduct an unannounced raid and seized paper. "the new york times" reports that it wasnt the first t...

a gas station in l.a. paul, how are people reacting to these very high gas prices in california? >> reporter: theyre reacting with shock and theyre in agony. if you look behind me, this gas station is considered a discount at $6.09 a gallon. as you articulated, here in california the average now, $6.42. what drives all of this, california has an extremely high gas tax at 51 cents per gallon. these taxes used to improve roads and infrastructure and whatnot. for these vendors were talkin...

Calling for war. there was a state rep in florida, sabitini saying fbi agents should be arrested, calling for nullification. the rhetoric has been notched up to 11 on this by even the more mainstream republicans without even knowing what was in the court-issued warrant. we dont even have the details yet, and these guys are all stoking civil war-esque rhetoric. its not surprising that these cowardly republicans who have submitted themselves to trump at every step along the way did it again. i hav...

Kats in general that no judge wants to give a warrant if theres some other way for it to be worked out through a cooperative negotiation with the parties. this seems like the judge here, especially in the case of the former president would have needed to be convinced that the time for talk was over, no? >> yes and no. first, the judge would not get involved in that decision, the one about whether this could get worked out or not. the judges sole role is for him or her to decide whether theres pr...

Things we were talking about the last hour about merrick garland and what this might portend about the future, youre right to pause on this. its obviously a very serious crime, potentially, if theres a crime involved, and even though it was not the main crime that a lot of us have been thinking about for the last set of weeks, but you know, you do kind of ask, like, you know, one of the things weve been talking about is, you know, the judge -- theres a judge who had to approve this warrant. we n...

Spill investigation? >> i wouldnt be able to speculate about whether this fits into one or the other categories, but theres no question that its not necessarily a binary, and even if the justice department, one would certainly assume and hope is trying to figure out the extent to which potentially mishandled classified information could have been inadvertently or deliberately shared with people who shouldnt have been able to see it, that wouldnt preclude doj from simultaneously looking at the po...

Mar-a-lago last night always seemed like a possibility, but dont let that detract from the truly historic nature of what were now seeing play out right in front of us, something we might very well end up telling our descendents about. never before in american history has the fbi searched the home of a former commander in chief. for that reason, the department of justice has a very high bar to clear. the burden will be on the government, not only to explain what it was looking for with this searc...

His advisors committed crimes so thats no longer a debating point. what matters now is whether garland has the resolve to place all that damning evidence before a jury and whether that jury could be convinced that trump broke the law. those are strategic issues garland must consider, just as he must weigh the political consequences of taking trump to court. in the end, though, garlands primary responsibilities arent gauging what kind of jury pool hell encounter or how it will ripple across magal...

Their information had been provided and returned when it wasnt. >> right. >> so i do find that is going to be a potentially aggravating factor if and when the department gets to the decision of whether there should be charges here. >> right. so andrea actually tweeted last night in a clear, concise way, said whats next, presumably trump told the doj he returned everything classified and the search revealed he did not. he would be subject to false statement, criminal charge and theft of governmen...

Saying really smart things all the time, which is why i wanted to have you on the show. nicole and i were talking about the garland perplex, what to make of him and theres been a lot of confusion, tea leaf reading and a lot of speculation about his mindset up until yesterday, and im curious about the two-part question, one, do you agree with the consensus that he would have signed off on the decision to do this search? number one. and number two, given all of your background at the fbi, and as a...