very real. late today, we learned that some of the former presidents allies want him to publicly release surveillance camera video of agents searched catching mar-a-lago last week. remember he s already suggested on several occasions that they might ve planted evidence while they are executing the search warrant. there s no evidence of that at all. and just today, on his social network, he linked to an article describing the fbi as the quote fascist bureau of investigation. we talk more in a moment about the debate within the president circle over putting out the surveillance video or not. but according to reporting in the new york times, by cnn political political analyst maggie haberman, investigators already have some surveillance video from earlier, from before the raid, which they ve actually triggered the search. quoting now, officials then used a subpoena to obtain surveillance footage of the hallway outside the storage room at mar-a-lago, and saw something that alarm
we will look at the security response from the taliban. hong kong with china s worst heat wave in more than 60 years. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. so, get ready to have you listen to the next chapter in the story of donald trump versus the fbi. the former president is said to be considering releasing surveillance video of the search of his mar-a-lago home. some want to included in campaign style adds to fire up trump s face. others say it could backfire, when the public sees the sheer volume of materials eased. here is trump s son, eric, on fox news. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? will you are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, sean, at the right time. we get more now, from cnn s gabby, from washington. reporter: we are learning tonight that former president, donald trump, is facing pressure from some of his allies who wants him to release the cctv foota
this water system to survive. this will undoubtedly affect u.s. prices for consumers. translator: i try to stay positive and it helps me to survive. it is thursday, august 18, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where donald trump and his allies are trying to get control of the narrative. and at least one of his many legal challenges. the former president is said to be considering releasing surveillance video of the search at his mar-a-lago residence. some want to include it in campaign style ads to fire up trump s base. others say it could backfire when the public sees the shear volume of material seized. trump has already admitted he did not comply with the fbi s request to turn off the cameras during the search. here is his son eric on fox news. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, at the right time. while we wait for trump to make up his mind, the federal magis
asked to turn those security cameras off when this search occurred and refused to do so. i want to read to you what one person close to former president trump told us when we asked do you think that this is a good idea? should he release these tapes? here is what that person said. quote, it s one thing to read a bunch of numbers on an inventory list, it s another to see law enforcement agents actually carrying a dozen plus boxes out of president trump s home knowing they probably contain sensitive documents. i don t see how that helps him. so, again, this has drawn mixed reactions inside the former president s orbit with some aides saying it s a good idea, release the footage, get it out there. among those steve bannon the former white house chief strategist to president trump. others saying we should hold back. maybe continue to tease this but don t ever actually release the footage, brianna. look, it depends on where you re looking at this from. for the people who think t
involving the doj s investigation of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the trump team has one more hour now to officially weigh in on unsealing the documents before a judge hears the case this afternoon. the doj is opposing their release. various media organizations including cnn are requesting that they be unsealed. also happening this morning, the trump organization s former chief financial officer allen weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. the new york times reports that justice department has subpoenaed white house records in its investigation into january 6th. that s separate from the mar-a-lago search. and in georgia, rudy giuliani appeared before an atlanta-area grand jury for roughly six hours as the target, a target of the probe into efforts to subvert the election there. we want to circle back, though, to the case of the documents obtained at mar-a-lago. short time ago i spoke with donald trump s former impeachment lawyer davi