We begin this hour with the other major breaking news today. The Trump Justice Department making what appears to be a major escalation today in its targeting of Donald Trump's critics. Early this morning, the FBI conducted a search the Maryland home of John Bolton. He is Trump's former national security adviser turned Trump critic. Agents also later appeared at Bolton's office building in Washington DC. A source close to Bolton tells NBC News it was quote retribution pure and simple. According to the FBI, t ...

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where we are following multiple breaking news stories. Beginning with the FBI searching the home of former top Trump national security adviser turned vocal Trump critic John Bolton. The FBI entered Ambassador Bolton's Maryland home early this morning as part of what a source familiar with the matter calls a national security investigation related to the handling of classified materials and the use of classified documents and leaks to the news m ...

Chris, this is where I want to bring you in because Ryan begins to talk about the norms here that we have seen bent, if not broken, during the Trump administration, even just in these last seven or so months. What's standing out to you about what we've seen both at Bolton's home in Bethesda, but then also now his office. What questions would you be asking.I mean, where should we be putting our attention. >> Well, I think there's the concern, right, that's kind of hovering above everybody's head. Is this par ...