reset. good morning. parts of america s largest state under water as millions face a flooding disaster in california. dramatic rescues under way now as roads buckle, cars submerge and downtown l.a. at risk. we ll take you there live. more classified documents and another investigation, this time it is a different president. the current one. what president biden s team has discovered in his private office, but also why his case is different than the one playing out at mar-a-lago. rudy giuliani subpoenaed as the special counsel follows the money. chilling discoveries in the search for a missing mother. what her husband searched online and what he bought after her disappearance. deborah norville will join us live. and new twist in russia s war, why the united states is making a significant change involving the weapons it is sending to ukraine. we have new reporting just moments away. cnn this morning starts right now. and thank you for joining us, everyone. we re goi
leaders of canada and mexico. the record-breaking surge of migrants along with how to better secure the u.s. southern border is a major focus. also on the agenda, trade, economic issue, climate change and the renewed efforts to combat the flow of illegal drugs into the u.s. from mexico. cnn s priscilla alvarez in is mexico city. what are the big takeaways so far? reporter: well, so far all the leaders have been reaffirming their strong relationship but it s a rubber hits the road moment when talking about what the commitments are going to be moving forward on this range of issues and first and foremost migration. this is an issue that all three countries have to wrestle with as there is unprecedented mass movement in the western hemisphere and the white house has been quite clear for months now that they expect that regional partners have to work together to stem the flow of migration, an issue that has become a political vulnerability for president biden on the u.s./mexi
speaker mccarthy made to get his new gig? fellow republicans calling on house speaker kevin mccarthy to make his secret deals public as the party makes its first legislative move since taking control of the house. also this hour, president biden at the podium in mexico city only to be overshadowed by questions about multiple classified documents found in his private office. from lively discussions to bipartisan friendships to physical confrontations, the new push to turn on the c-span cameras the full time onto the house and let the whole world see what really happens in the people s house, just like we did last week. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. the main issue today, what exactly are the extents of the details, the promises that kevin mccarthy made to those republican hard-liners to get their votes to become house speaker and why is he hiding any lists of those promises from not only the public, but from his own rank-and-file.
Wow, this mega millions jackpot has crossed a billion dollars for the fourth time in a little over four years. our senior data reporter harry enten joins us now with more on this morning s number. these giant jackpots, hello, sir, it keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. this morning s number is the tuesday estimated jackpot, $1.10 billion, with a b. you could take the lump sum, the nice tidy $568.7 million. as you pointed out, don, these seem to be getting more and more frequent. all within essentially the last few years we have over a billion dollars. $1.5, 1.3, 1.1, 1.1, the
$1.1 billion. 568.7 million, if you take the lump sum. that s a ripoff. why is it so little? why do you have to pay that much in taxes? a winning ticket would be the third largest jackpot in mega millions history. all right. you convinced me. actor tom hanks debuted his new cocktail on the late show. it has two ingredients, diet coke and champagne. we were debating what the name of it it should. and i came up with it because it is coke and champagne. it s obviously diet cocaine. i like it. i like it. i don t like the the sound of it. i like the name of it. i think it s funny. not a fan. but he likes it. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. are we going to know all the details of the side deals that