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Development here. lawyers showing up in a surprise raid, walking out with documents, some related to manafort's tax documents. this could be a sign that the investigation is getting serious. a surprise wake-up call from the president's campaign chairman from the fbi. on july 26, a source tells cnn that without warning, agents raided paul manafort's alexandria, virginia home. according to the "washington post," they arrived before sunrise with a so-called no-knock warrant, seizing materials in response to the russia investigation. >> special agents working for counsel mueller believe he is hidi...

"outfront" now, a former assistant fbi director for the criminal investigative division and john dean former nixon white house counsel. you know mueller and you know what the fbi would be looking for here. when you put it in context of spoke to senate investigators he had given them 400 pages of documents. then you have a surprise raid to seize documents and other materials at his home. what does this indicate to you? >> well, first and foremost it indicates the director, former directsor mueller and his investigative team are very serious about their business. and unlike the political theater...

They're sending a strong message to caterpillar. we know this is a surprise raid. >> neil: by the way, they were cooperating. >> they were. >> neil: with the authorities. the authorities coordinated and raided their offices so they might have felt -- >> this is a sign. a clear signal, they're trying to -- they're a formidable opponent. the united states attorney's office is not backing down and this is a clear signal that this is not going away. my instinct is this is the tip of the iceberg. the swiss subsidiaries. they're going through every document. they have the resources and the time and ...

And now there is a surprise raid that began this morning outside of ramadi. they are fighting isis forces, but they are having trouble, because isis is using the civilians in that city as human shields. iraqis took that city, and now afghan forces are holding out against a taliban assault in southern afghanistan in helmand p province. the forces are running out of weapons an supplies despite the plea for more help from the afghan government, and all of this after six americans were killed yesterday in a suicide bomb attack. with me now, pentagon correspondent barbara starr and military analyst...

Bodies in there are, to get the dna because it's difficult to sift through there. i was there till very late last night and even in the night hours they were still conducting controlled explosions at that site because they were finding unexploded ordnance. that's how fierce that firefight was. >> thousands of rounds fired. thousands of rounds fired between the law enforcement forces and the people inside, who apparently did have enough time to stage an offense. the door itself had to be blasted through. >> the door itself had to be blasted open. and one the things that sort of supplies surpris...