libby. the next hour of cnn starts right now. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. boris did you forget my name? i put sorry and boris together and said soris. i didn t mean to step on you. it s all good. great to be with you, amara. officials in alabama say they re in recovery mode after severe storms swept through the state killing a dozen people, the latest on the recovery efforts just ahead. the white house is trying to go on with business as usual amid mounting questions over president biden s handling of classified documents. what we re learning about the special counsel investigation and why republicans in congress say they re now looking into the department of justice s response. and new details in the case of a missing massachusetts woman. what police are now looking into their search for clues. plus, new questions about america s aging infrastructure after a massive faa software glitch grounded planes across the country. that s ah
washington, d.c. this comes as u.s. attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation. for the latest, let s bring in cnn s saenz siarlette saenz at e house. tell us about the statement the white house is sharing. reporter: we re starting to get a better picture of exactly how many documents have been found between the president s residence in wilmington, delaware, as well as a former office that he used here when he had left the vice presidency. and based on cnn reporting as well as the disclosures that have come from the white house office, it appears there are approximately 20 documents with classified markings that had been found between those two locations. now, one of those documents was found in an adjacent room to the president s garage in wilmington, delaware. the white house had initially said that included one page. but it is now revealed that there were actually an additional five pages that were found on thursday ni
on biden s classified documents, the white house has begun to construct its stonewall. the lead starts right now. i m going to refer you to the department of justice. i m not going into any specifics from here. i would refer you to the white house counsel office. the white house refusal to answer questions is not going to stop them from mounting. why did the biden white house wait so long to acknowledge classified documents have been found at biden s private office and home and garage and who has access to those rooms. plus a rising death toll after tornados sweep through alabama and georgia. today the search for even more victims as homeowners sift through piles of debris. and body cam footage caughting the family member of to end up tase and dead. what went so terribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with the politics lead with the white house on defense amid the growing probe into president biden s handling of classified documents which
claiming that the west s sanctions are doing nothing to hurt his economy. donald trump fires back at the committee and his former vice president. and china is showing off its most advanced aircraft carrier in what appears to be a direct message to the west. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where russia is reportedly sending more firepower to eastern lines. russian artillery is pounding areas near sievierodonetsk, trying to cut it off from surrounding cities. ukraine says it intercepted two russian missiles near odesa and no one was killed. in kyiv, ukrainian and eu flags flew side by side. the move doesn t guarantee membership, which would be years away, but president zelenskyy says it s still important. here he is. translator: ukraine deserves this positive. ukrainian values are european values. ukrainian institutions remain resilience, even in conditions of war. ukrainian democratic habits have not lost their pow
Droppings. Good evening im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Officials are taking action to get rid of the unwanted guest Eyewitness News reporter cleve bryan is live in trenton what are they doing about this problem cleve. Reporter well, i dont know if you can hear that just moments ago we had flares that go off they shoot up in the air and whistle. Right around 5 30 this was bird central i put on this outer coat and i had my hood up because the splats were happening all around me. But those flares seem to be working, and we found out today as we looked around this area what a severe problem they are having, with what these crows leave behind. It is green it is white. Reporter terrible tap industry is covering sidewalks cars, bus stops and pretty much everything below theresa long south Warren Street in trenton. That is right it is bird poop it is epically awful. When you walk by it is just like ahh walk up courthouse steps it is every where. It is nasty. Then when it rains it gets al