While online, some extremists made direct threats. including the suspect who posted multiple times. one message said he wanted to kill fbi agents meanwhile in ohio, relief that a dangerous confrontation is over. state police say no law enforcement were injured. stephanie gosk, nbc news, cincinnati new guidelines tonight on covid from the cdc. easing recommendations on quarantines, testing, and screening in schools one official saying covid is here to stay. here s miguel almaguer reporter: the new guidelines could impact how millions of americans quarantine when they should get tested for covid and what students nationwide should expect when they return to the classroom. just days before nearly 50 million children head back to school, tonight the cdc is easing and streamlining the guidance in a major shift, the centers for disease control now no longer recommending quarantine even after exposure and no ongoing screening in k-12 schools though exposed
A nail gun more on that in a moment let s start tonight in washington with our kelly o donnell. reporter: in an extraordinary appearance, the attorney general made a careful exception to the usual secrecy of investigations under pressure to explain the monday search of former president trump s mar-a-lago home and office first, i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter second, the department does not take such decision lightly reporter: merrick garland moved to make more about the unprecedented search public the justice department filed this motion asking a federal court in florida to unseal the trump warrant which would include the inventory of items seized by the fbi. the public s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing. garland argues that mr. trump in effect waved the confidentiality that is typically provided.
Federal agents were looking for in that search but not why they ordered the search if this warrant is unsealed, right that s right, kate. the attorney general did not take any questions today. and the department is not seeking to make public the affidavit which lays out the probable cause that a crime was committed. that was the basis for a judge approving the fbi search that would tell us much more about what investigators believe is going on. beyond government property and classified documents kate and, kelly, do we think the former president s legal team will challenge the doj motion that s interesting. the former president could have made the search-related documents public himself. any time this week he has them. he can do so like the inventory of what was seized. the new york times reports that trump allies have contacted outside lawyers about challenging the motion to unseal the documents. we should learn more kate kelly o donnell following all of it at the white house. thank you. just breaking tonight, amid those
Concerns over the safety of fbi agents, the end of a violent confrontation involving the fbi and an armed suspect stephanie gosk is in cincinnati with late details there. what are you learning about the suspect involved kate, just moments ago we learned that the suspect is dead after that standoff in a corn field two officials familiar with the matter tell nbc news his name was ricky walter schiffer and he was at the capitol on january 6th. state police tell us they tried to negotiate with him and use nonlethal methods. but when he pulled his gun, they fired. reporter: tonight in ohio, a violent hour s long standoff is over after authorities cornered a man who tried to break into the fbi building in cincinnati. he succumbed to his injuries at the scene. reporter: at 9:15, this morning the man entered the visitor s screening area in the fbi field office wielding an ar-15 style rifle and nail gun which he fired at people according to two law enforcement sources. the suspect then fled in his car speeding off on to the interstate
At 9:37, state police tried to stop the car but couldn t leading to a chase through country roads. subject is wearing body armor fired several shots at officers reporter: the standoff in a corn field lasted for hours, with more reports of gunfire once the vehicle came to a stop, gunfire was exchanged between officers on scene and the suspect. reporter: residents were told to stay inside and the highway was shut down in both directions the suspect s motive is unknown but the incident took place two days after federal agents searched donald trump s mar-a-lago estate fbi director christopher wray was asked yesterday if he was worried the search could trigger retaliation against the fbi. any threats made against law enforcement including the men, women of the fbi as with any law enforcement agency are deplorable and dangerous. reporter: some republicans responded to the search warrant with calls to take down the agency, including one congressman who tweeted we must destroy the fbi.