THEIR SOULS. HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID ANOTHER MAJOR MELTDOWN. BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE FBI CONDUCTING A PLANNED SEARCH OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S REHOBOTH BEACH HOUSE. THE THREE AND A HALF HOUR SEARCH FOUND NO ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, BUT AGENTS DID TAKE SOME OF HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTES FOR FURTHER REVIEW. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS JOINS ME LIVE NOW, ALONG WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER FBI AGENT BRAD GARRETT FOR MORE . MARYALICE, I'LL START WITH YOU. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS SEARCH AND HOW IS THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDING? YEAH, WE KNOW THE SEARCH LASTED ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS, SO QUITE A LOT SHORTER THAN THE SEARCH OF THE PRESIDENT'S WILMINGTON RESIDENCE. THAT SEARCH LASTED OVER 12 HOURS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS ALL OF THIS IS A PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. THEY'RE COOPERATING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION AND BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THESE SEARCHES TAKING PLACE, OF COURSE, NOT TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEM TAKING PLACE AHEAD OF TIME. WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS SEARCH YESTERDAY WHILE IT WAS ONGOING ,AND IT WAS, ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL LAWYERS, THAT NO ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND IN THE REHOBOTH BEACH HOUSE. WE HAVEN'T HEARD YET FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CORROBORATING THAT. BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT THEY DID, LIKE YOU SAY, TAKE SOME HANDWRITTEN NOTES OF THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER SAID THAT THOSE NOTES WERE LIKELY FROM HIS TIME AS VICE PRESIDENT . I SUSPECT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS GOING TO LOOK INTO WHETHER ANY OF THOSE NOTES COULD CONTAIN CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OR INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER DOCUMENTS. BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW YET IS WHAT EXACTLY IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS FOUND AT THE OTHER LOCATIONS, ALEXIS AND HOW DOES THE FBI GO ABOUT PLANNING AND THEN EXECUTING A SEARCH LIKE THIS? AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S COOPERATION HERE? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE SEARCH IS A FAIRLY ROUTINE PROCEDURE. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A DOCUMENT SEARCH. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO EVERY LOGICAL PLACE IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE AT THE PRESIDENT'S BEACH HOUSE AT REHOBOTH BEACH, ROOM, THE ROOM WHERE PLACES THAT THINGS MAYBE ARE STORED IN ATTICS, GARAGES, EVERY FILING CABINET, EVERY DESK, ANY PLACE LOGICALLY THAT YOU COULD KEEP DOCUMENTS OR PAPERWORK THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT. SO THE IDEA THAT THE PRESIDENT APPEARS TO BE COMPLETELY OPEN ABOUT THIS AND PROBABLY EVEN GAVE THEM SOME DIRECTIONS, LOOK, THERE MAY BE THINGS STORED IN NOT OBVIOUS PLACES. AND HERE HERE ARE SOME POSSIBILITIES AND MAYBE ALSO HAD HIS STAFF TALK TO THEM SINCE THEY PROBABLY WERE THE ONES WHO PLACED THESE DOCUMENTS AT THE BEACH HOUSE AND OTHER PLACES. >> AND WHY WOULD AGENTS TAKE SOME OF BIDEN'S HANDWRITTEN NOTES? >> WHAT WOULD THEY BE REVIEWING OR LOOKING FOR THEIR SO PRESIDENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN POSITIONS LIKE THAT TAKE NOTES WHEN THEY READ THINGS OR CONVERSATIONS? LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, A CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH ONE OF HIS CABINET MEMBERS ABOUT A A SECRET OPERATION OR A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT THOSE NOTES ALSO HAVE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. NOW, MY GUESS IS IT'S PROBABLY AN OVERSIGHT JUST BECAUSE IF YOU IF YOU SORT OF KNOW THE FRENZIED NATURE OF WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THE PRESIDENCY OF THE VICE PRESIDENCY, HOW QUICKLY THEY HAVE TO MOVE AND STUFF GETS TOSSED IN BOXES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE. >> BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE REALITY. >> ALL RIGHT. OUTSIDE THESE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. MARYALICE, WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MET WITH SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY STANDOFF OVER RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. >> ANY INDICATION THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE? >> WELL, PROGRESS AND THAT BOTH SIDES ARE SOUNDING OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL. KEVIN MCCARTHY, SPEAKER MCCARTHY CAME OUT HERE YESTERDAY AFTER THE MEETING AND SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THE MEETING WENT BETTER THAN HE EXPECTED. HE FELT GOOD ABOUT THE CONVERSATION, FELT GOOD ABOUT THE IDEA OF REACHING SOME DEAL. OF COURSE, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY DEAL . THEY DON'T THINK THAT THE DEBT CEILING RAISING THE DEBT CEILING SHOULD BE UP FOR NEGOTIATION AT ALL. BUT BOTH SIDES AT LEAST TALKING AT THIS POINT, SOUNDING PRETTY FRIENDLY, SOUNDING LIKE THEY ARE WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EITHER SIDE THAT THERE WERE PLANS SHARED OR DETAILS SHARED THAT WOULD LEAD TO SPECIFICS AROUND A DEAL.