materials were likely concealed and removed from mar-a-lago as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation. correspondent david spunt starts us out tonight. is he in palm beach, florida. good evening, david. john, good evening to you. on the eve of a federal court hearing, where president donald trump, former president donald trump s legal team will appear before a judge to ask for a special master to go over documents seized from mar-a-lago earlier this month, the justice department is laying out a new timeline with brand new details. federal investigators focusing on potential obstruction of justice over the handling of classified material taken during a day long search of former president trump s florida estate. in this court filing, the justice department says, quote: government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. this after the trump team was served a
to release a portion to the public potentially providing the documents underlying that search warrant. let s go to mark meredith now live on the scene in palm beach, florida. hey, mark. gillian, good afternoon to you. we re kind of in a holding pattern right now. as you mentioned the justice department still has a few days before they have to submit their proposed redactions to the affidavit and separately we re watching as lawyers for the former president say they re going to file a separate motion, claiming the search here at mar-a-lago a little more and a week ago would be a vie lags of the violation of the fourth amendment rates, that would be filed monday at the latest and see what it may actually say. it s pro viewed at this point. we ve been listening as the former president continues to criticize the fbi and saying the search went too far even though it was a federal judge who signed off earlier this month. and we heard from one of trump s lawyers late last night.
Bret im sorry. I couldnt help it. I will tune. In thank you. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, former President Donald Trump says the quarter billion dollars civil Fraud Lawsuit against him is a scam. The former president making the comment as he arrived at the Manhattan Courthouse where the trial began. He is accused of deceiving banks and insurers. No one is above the law. During opening statements, the state argued trump and his family routinely filed inflated financial statements. But trumps team disputes that. Arguing value is subjective. And determined by what someone is willing to pay. Trump argues his brand brings additional value. While Attorney General james claims the former president routinely lies about his net worth. This is disgraceful trial. Put forward by Attorney General who is corrupt. Were going to be here for months with a judge already made up his mind. Its ridiculous ruled trump and others including his adult sons eric and don
Remembrances we will be watching them. But also this morning, south korean media is reporting that kim jongun appears to be on his way to russia. They believe hes traveling by train. Last week u. S. Intelligence said that kim jongun and Vladimir Putin might meet to discuss advances arms negotiations between their two countries. Its a race against time in morocco, nearly 2,500 people now confirmed dead after that powerful earthquake. Next few hours critical for Emergency Workers trying to rescue survivors. And the escaped murderer on the loose in pennsylvania slips through the police perimeter. He was spotted 20 miles away after stealing a van. He also looks quite different. This is a new photo showing him clean and shaven wearing a green hoodie. Hurricane lee strengthened back to a category 3 storm. Its too soon to tell what impact lee could have on the u. S. s east coast. Right now one of the most active value cay knows on earth is erupting in hawaii. Theres no threat to surrounding c