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country now. president zelenskyy warning moscow may do something vicious in the coming hours as ukrainians mark independence day as well as six months of war. >> and were tracking the final hours of voting in high stakes primaries in both florida and new york, including an ugly battle between two prominent democrats that will oust one of them from congress. >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. im alex marquardt and you...

we begin with new details we are learning about the fbis search of mar-a-lago in florida. multiple people tell "the new york times" the government has recovered more than 300 documents with classified markings from trump since he left office. the people add that federal officials became alarmed at the national archives recovered over 150 classified documents from trump in january. the times reports trump was personally involved with the documents, going through the boxes himself in lat...

and ultimately leading to the mar-a-lago search warrant. nbc news has reached out to the doj, fbi, white house and former president trump spokesperson. we have not received responses yet. here is how jared kushner, the former presidents son-in-law and white house advisor reacted. >> im not familiar with what exactly the contents were. i think you have to be very careful with what you read and wait for the facts to develop. >> late yesterday in a move seemingly as political as legal, do...

forthcoming with investigators, or both. sources telling the "times," investigators still are seeking more surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, a sign officials are looking into how the classified material was handle while improperly stored at the former presidents estate. according to the "times," the fbi declined to comment. president trumps spokesman did not immediately respond. joining us now, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and senio...

explain why the justice department moved so urgently to hunt down any further classified materials me might have. multiple people told the times the former president personally went through 15 boxes beforehanding them over in january. and the highly sensitive nature of some of the material on the boxes prompted archives officials to refer the matter to the justice department, which within months had convened a grand jury investigation. the revelation coming just after trumps lawyers ca...

involved in the death of rayshard brooks in atlanta in 2020. a live report coming up. we have a lot going on here this afternoon. im hallie jackson in washington. i want to start with our nbc news news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and former prosecutor and legal analyst tally winestein. the new letter that nbc news has gotten their hands on, the national archives had it, posted it, to mr. trumps attorneys where they found more than 100 documents marked as class...

going to feel when president biden signs it next week. and author salman rushdie, attacked on stage and air lifted to the hospital. well tell you what we know about his condition this morning. and inflation is cooling, gas prices are dropping, but the cost of other items remains painfully high. what the new numbers say about the current state of the economy. ♪ welcome to your weekend. its saturday, august 13th. we are grateful to be with you. good morning, amara. >> good mornin...

off that accomplishment in his very first game and more than 70 years. congratulations, well continue to watch his career. hello again, everyone, thank you for joining me, im fredricka whitfield and we turn first to the unprecedented fbi search of a former presidents home. court documents unsealed on friday are giving new details about what the department of justice removed from former president trumps mar-a-lago, florida home. and what potential crimes they are investigating. agents...

of government records. as of now, we should note no one has been charged with a crime. trumps first line of defense was to baselessly suggest the fbi may have planted evidence while in his home. plan b, trump had declassified documents before the fbi seized them. so theyre both declassified and planted. does that make any sense? the espionage act does not hinge on whether documents are classified. the trump teams latest move is to blame a government agency for moving boxes of classifie...

what nuclear materials may or may not have been there. i do not believe there were any in their. >> tonight new details on the 11 sets of classified records taken from donald trumps home. plus a new line of defence from trumps defenders. >> obamas got boxes of stuff in chicago -- >> and new movement on the other charges potentially facing the ex president. >> obstruction of justice is a crime. and its a crime we take seriously. >> tonight, my interview with congressman jamie raskin on ...