An satis details of the plan to hire an satsassins to take out the fr trump adviser. Inside the price numbers whats down and whats up . Is inflation cooling new data on the Teacher Shortage in the american schools. Veterans and College Students lending help and why teachers say it is not enough we dont see this Getting Better miracle escape from a burning plane crash. New Health Care Benefits for warriors exposed to burn pits. And preparing for confrontation with russia and china in space live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. Good evening the former president completing the fifth and stone sdlwalling h faces pressure mr. Trump pumps his fist in the air as he heads to the Attorney Generals Office the ag investigating if his company, the Trump Organization, manipulated the value of properties to dodge taxes and fraudulently obtained bank loans. He pleaded the fifth and refused to answer questions for six hours. In the past, mr. Trump has famously attacked people for taking the fifth and suggesting you are sgguilty. If you are innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment horrible horrible former President Trump claims the fbi search of the home in florida on monday and the slew of investigations have changed his mind about taking the fifth. In a statement, mr. Trump writes, i asked why are you taking the fifth i know when your family and company and all of the people in your orbit are targets of unfounded, politically motivated witch hunt, you have no choice in the wake of the fbi search of maralago, many republicans have pounced the new york sometimes reports t was the National Security division that suggested the search warrant we dont know what the feds were looking. We know the swrearch warrant wa related to classified documents that the president kept and brought to maralago. The times reported that the records were sensitive they cannot be described in public. The Top Republican in the senate, Mitch Mcconnell is demanding more transparency on why the feds needed to search his home. We need more information on what is going on notably, former President Trump and his lawyers could release the swauearch warrant. They decline to do so. Some republicans had dinner at his golf club. They said the former president was fired up and energetic and made his decision on whether he will run again in 2024 the lawmakers did not reveal lets bring in al bberto gonzalz sir, thanks so much. Any reason why the former president would take the fifth in this new york case . There is very live ttle that former president does that surprises me he is within his constitutional right to do so this makes him look like a hypocrite based upon previous comments it is his right to do so on the fbi search of his home, should we read anything into the fact it was the National Security division that requested the warrant . No, listen, this was historic act by the fbi and department of justice. It will create a great deal of speculation why this was necessary at this particular time who knows . I think one persons guess is as good as the other. The National SecurityDivision Gets involved in these kinds of investigations particularly when we are talking about classified information. It may relate to that. That is pure speculation on my part the Justice Department is under, as you know, to provide some explanation you served as attorney general is remaining silent on this particular one the right call . I think there is a long standing history and practice of the department to keep investigations and detailed investigations confidential. We do so to keep those from being totally innocent and we dont want to release information on the investigation. When you talk about the details of the investigation, you compromise the investigation you want to be careful about that this is an unprecedented case. You know, it could be possible, i suspect, Congress Wants more information and attorney general might go up to the hill and meet with congressional leaders in private conversations at least to make himself available. Kind of kiss the ring. Again, the attorney general has to be very careful and the information conveyed to the le leaders of congress. Sometimes we know those conversations become public. You dont want to compromise the investigation. That is the first priority, frankly. The attorney general has to navigate through this to ensure at the end of the day that the repreutation of the Department Remains in tact. Alberto gonzalez, thank you. 300,000 thats how much an iranian operative was ready to pay somebody to kill the former National Security adviser John Bolton John bolton, a longtime harsh critic of iran this man, hahram poursafi was the man to kill him. He is facing murder for hire charges. As of now, he is overseas and not in u. S. Custody with little chance he will be caught he an allegedly reached out to someone he met over social media. He asked that person to take photos of john bolton for a book he was writing that person put him in touch to take the photos that person turned out to be the informant. He offered the informant 300,000 to eliminate john bolton 50 k for the informant and 250 k for whom they hired. Poursafi said the money was for the next job he had lined up for him. Cnbc senior washington correspondent eamon javers we just heard from john bolton thats right. John bolton on cnn in the last hour he joked he is embarrassed how low the price was for his head he is concerned that the iranians are targeting additional u. S. Officials. I think there are substantial number of people who are vulnerable to these iranian efforts and unfortunately, we may learn more according to the affidavit, the iranians were willing to pay more money, 1 million, to kill another former trump official. The target former secretary of state mike pompeo the u. S. Government says this plot was revenge for the u. S. Air strike that targeted Iranian Military official solimani in 2020 the person they hired was an informant and it didnt have much chance of success and did not make the attempt less concerning the department of justice said the threat of the attack inside the United States is rising. We face a rising threat from authoritarian regimes to commit acts of aggression inside the United States. This is especially appalling exa example. Secret Service Agents have been in bethesda, maryland for months and on the scene there again today. According to the fbi affidavit, poursafi told the u. S. Source he did not care what method was used to kill bolton. In november, the source traveled to washington, d. C. And reported in to poursafi who was in tehran sharing photos of boltons office poursafi said the parking garage would be a good place to kill bolton the assassination never took police, shep eamon javers, thank you. Inflation is still very high for the first time in a long time, there may be reason for cautious optimism that things could be easing. Labor Department Reports today Consumer Prices jumped 8. 5 in july compared to a year ago. That is a hair lower than 9. 1 year over year reported in june. Lower energy costs helped drive the overall costing down the labor Department Reports that the price of gas and air fare down 8 from a month ago. Used cars down. 50 . Other necessityies on the rise. More for electricity and food and rent compared to a year ago. Still, it is a promising sign in the fight of inflation we are seeing a strong labor market where jobs are working and booming in america we are seeing signs that inflation may begin to moderate. The nation could face economic headwinds in the next few months citing the war in ukraine and shoutdowns in asia we have steve liesman. Steve, how do we see this . The headline and core energy numbers. Food and energy were better than pictured they heare still high with the headwinds and tailwinds. Gas prices are falling at the pump because oil and gas are down in kmcommodities. Thats easy. Some consumers have sticker shock with the air fare. Fallen for two straight months, but that is after being up 38 year over year some americans could be thinking twice about taking that trip because of the high fares. More sticker shock is affording essentials gas prices are down, but high. Medicare is inflating as well as medical care this will take some doing, shep, to get out of it the question remains if it ends up as recession or hard landing. Today is a little more hope we squeak out with a soft landing steve liesman, thanks f the crash that killed kobe bryant at the center of the lawsuit in los angeles not over what happened this is what l. A. County First Responders allegedly did after they arrived on scene. And uvalde, texas officials looking to go back to school what the governor is saying about the district. And the military drills ending in taiwan could todays comments from Speaker Pelosi change things do you have a Life Insurance policy you no longer need . Now you can sell your policy even a term policy for an immediate cash payment. We thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. But we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. If you have 100,000 or more of Life Insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. Dont cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what its worth. Visit coventrydirect. Com to find out if your policy qualifies. Or call the number on your screen. Coventry direct, redefining insurance. Did First Responders did First Responders share gruesome photos of kobe bryant along with his daughter . That is the issue of the la lawsuit. His widow filing a lawsuit for negligence Vanessa Bryant said they never should have had the photos in the first place. She says they took them for personal use not the investigation. The laws team wrote, ms. Bryant feels ill at the thought that sheriffs deputies, firefighters and members of the public have gawked at gratuitous images of her deceased husband and child she lives in fear that she or her children will one day confront horrific images of their loved ones online. Several First Responders reportedly showed off photos of the carnage just days after the crash. According to a lawsuit a rookie sheriffs deputy flaunted it to people at a bar and firefighter showed it to coworkers at an awards ceremony. But attorneys for l. A. County say First Responders have deleted all those photos, and they insist none of them has ever been made public. Lets turn to David Henderson for legal analysis, former prosecutor, civil rights attorney, cnbc contributor david, Vanessa Bryant is seeking millions in compensation if these photos never actually made it to the media or online what chance does she have of winning this case . Shep, therein lies the difference between legal analysis im going to perform and what juries tend to think about. Juries probably arent going to split fine line distinctions over that issue. If they believe they have the evidence and one of the facts here also was evidence was destroyed, i think theyre going to focus more on the fact shes a grieving widow who lost both her husband and child in that crash. Vanessa bryant claims they took these photos for personal reasons because they knew who was involved here not because they were evidence how hard is that to prove . Shep, in this case i dont think its difficult to prove at all, and thats because csi exists for a reason. You have investigators who show up at these crime scenes, who take photos. Ive worked on cases where at this point, shep, ive probably seen tens of thousands of photos like these i can think of very few examples of one being taken by an officer let alone a first responder. Its normally a detective who might follow up with photos. First responders obviously have other more pressing things to focus on yeah, kobes a legend in los angeles. How challenging is it going to see a jury in this trial i think theyve already seen a jury, shep and the reason its going to be less challenging is because in federal court federal judges pick the juries and they dont mess around. They typically do it in a few hours as opposed to a few weeks in these high profile cases which is what were used to. Thanks so much. Appreciate your time tonight more than two dozen texas Public Safety officers set to be on School Campuses in uvalde this coming school year. The Texas Governor greg abbott announcing the request today he says itll help ensure parents and school staff feel safe after returning to school after the Robb Elementary School shooting it comes after a Heated City Council meeting there last night. Community members once again demanding accountability we want to see results. We want to see responsibility taken for the actions that happened on this day theres no more time to wait if any of these had fired, one officer, if one of them fired at all veen the mayor said they suspended one city officer but City Council Members told the outside community an investigation into what happened could take another 60 to 90 days to complete. President biden signing legislation to protect war veterans exposed to toxic burn pits we have many obligations but only one truly sacred obligation, to equip those we send into harms way and care for them and their families when they come home the obstacles from the legislation removed from people who need help the most this strategic positioning by a russian satellite that u. S. Well, most significant expansion of veterans Health Care Benefits in more than three decades. Thats how the white house describes the socalled pact act. President biden signed it into law today as weve reported the bipartisan bill expands benefits for millions of Service Members who were exposed to toxic burn pits in war zones. Open air burn pits like these were common at u. S. Military bases during the iraq and afghanistan wars, though illegal in the United StatesPresident Biden says hes traveled to iraq more than 20 times and that he saw smoke billowing from massive pits as troops burned tires, poisonous chemicals, and human waste we owe you. Youre the backbone. Youre the very fiber that makes this country what it is. This law is long overdo, but we finally got it done together the issue is personal for the president. His sewn beau died of brain cancer years after serving in iraq the president has said he believes that that disease was linked to exposure from burn pits cnbcstia shomari stone talkedo some of the vets who will benefit from this new law. Reporter tom porter is the executive Vice President of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, one of many groups that push to expand the Health Care Benefits for Service Members exposed to toxic burn pits a little mad it took so long, but overwhelmingly positive feeling that we actually got this done. Its been years in the making. Reporter when porter returned home from fighting in afghanistan in 2011 he says he was having difficulty breathing from toxic smoke my lungs started having these reactions where id had healthy lungs before so i was diagnosed at that time with as mu reporter he chose a private doctor over a va hospital. He said many claims related to burn pit exposure are denied at the va due to lack of evidence i heard they were turning people down who apply for these things reporter the bill increases access to medical care and veterans dont have to prove they got sick because of the burn pits in order to receive compensation for their illnesses. Iraq war veteran Matthew Steiner is thankful so many people will finally get the help they need theres a lot of veterans out there my age or younger who are suffering from those conditions, ov overdue but really glad the president signed it today. It helps 3. 5 million Service Members and veterans shomari stone live in washington homes, towns and cars under water. The historic flooding that some people had no chance to escape in south korea as russia ramps up the attacks on ukraine, the kremlin forced to walk back some of its claims and veterans and College Students getting a new job title, teacher the measures some states are taking to fill hundreds of thousands of open positions before kids head back to the classroom. The details when we hit the bottom of the hour and the top of the news on cnbc. Some of the heaviest rain in decades triggering deadly flash flooding and land slides this is the damage seen in seoul, south korea many buildings, roadways and subway stations under water. South korean Officials Say at least ten people have died that includes a family of three who got trapped in their partially underground home crews say theyve rescued more than 140 people as of late today. But local Officials Say at least seven others are still missing the powerful storm lashed seoul. Meteorologists say the delug