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law. but what caused this search now? what triggered the apparent approval of attorney general merrick garland and fbi correct director christopher ray, what can we read into this? >> searching the home of a former president for possible crime would require approval by the justice department and a federal judge would have to agree probable cause has been committed. we have not heard from the doj, that's not unusual, of course, the news is drawing a surge of criticism from republican backers with house minority leader kevin mccarthy even vowing revenge against attorney general merrick...

Staging. cnn's alex field is live with more on this. alex, tell us what these changes were and why they objected. >> so we know of hamilton as the broadway smash hit about one of the founding fathers. the rendition that was performed at the church in some texas not at all with the shows founders had in mind. there's plenty of social media video that shows references throughout the show to jesus, to christiane 80, there is also social media video that shows a sermon seemingly comparing homosexuality to drug addiction. we know the creator of hamilton, lin-manuel miranda, is of course a staunch s...

>> right. well, i think president putin's statement was really reckless, reprehensible. and also ironic, because just last month, he signed along with the leaders of the united states, china, france, and great britain, the so-called p-5, he signed a statement reaffirming that nuclear war cannot be won, and should not be fought. so this step of going to high alert when one already has situations of really inadequate times to make decisions with regard to nuclear weapons use is very, very dangerous. we're talking here about miscalculation, blunder, fog of war, fighter jet strays over the poland/...

Mueller and his team? we don't know. >> i like how you describe that exhale on twitter. i think it's a perfect description for what the president does. ken, you cover the justice department. what's the reaction been like at the doj especially since sessions is out and a donald trump loyalist is in? >> reporter: the justice department has not commented on this story which in and of itself is fairly extraordinary. the attorney general was at a public appearance this morning and didn't say a word about this. i know some people in the justice department would hope to hear a statement reaffirming t...

At a news conference the president put a different spin on his comments about the russian leader but still stopped short of a full throated endorsement of u.s. intelligence assessments. >> i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not i'm with our agencies erk especially as currently constituted with their leadership. i believe in our intel agencies, our intelligence agencies, i've worked with them very strongly. >> that followed earlier remark the the president made on air force one when he referred to the obama era intelligence c...