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>> as we first reported last night, an extraordinary escalation of the investigation into former president trump's handling of certain documents from his presidency. tonight, we're following the major political and legal implications of this truly fast moving story. cnn's senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz is here with us in "the situation room." she's got the latest on the search of the resort in florida. >> wolf, republicans are attacking the justice department and fbi today. but this is a serious federal criminal investigation. everything we know about it so far rea...

Probable cause that a crime was actually committed in order to get that search warrant? >> yes and that there is evidence of that crime in the location that they're searching. and let's be very clear about this. this is a last resort for the department of justice. especially when this is an overt investigation, which means they're in regular communication with trump's attorneys. they visited in june. clearly, they are in a working relationship. so what this means is they must have received, in my view, this is my expert opinion, that they must have received information likely from a witness th...

>> yeah, most definitely. and of course in this particular situation, police didn't keep the media and the public updated. they didn't reveal what they knew because, of course, they were being cautious. but in the meantime, social media steps in, doesn't it, fills that vacuum with all sorts of speculation. is it time for police press conferences to be held earlier, to cancel out that possibility of misinformation? >> yes. these are words that i have been saying as well. the old model of "we're going to make sure we know everything, cross ts, dot is, and then come out and tell you what we belie...

Nonsense what rudy giuliani is asking for what would mueller's next strategic move be? >> well, he has two options. one is to go forward without it. there's nothing mandating he sit down with trump. any good prosecutor's going to want to to determine whether there are any inconsistent statements. and also just to, you know, dot is and cross ts, to make sure everything is consistent with what they've understood. alternatively, they could subpoena him. we saw this with president clinton during the whitewater investigation. in that instance, president clinton agreed to sit down in exchange for th...

Rhetoric like john bolton with the libya model which wouldn't be a phased approach. i'm not saying you can't have differences of opinion but things need to be calibrated and planned and needs to be preparation. i'm in support of this decision. i think it was off the cuff. it was like the decision with the administration on -- where the russia sanctions were announced and nikki haley -- >> neil: everybody was caught off guard. what do you think, amber? those on the left are criticizing. presidents in the past have never gotten this far with the north koreans is. there frustrations that this mig...