updates by whisker priscilla alvarez at the white house, and this is cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with major damage control underway inside the u. s intelligence community right now , the pentagon is trying to assess the fallout of leaked classified documents. 21 year old jack tachira and air national guardsman is in custody and charged under the espionage act. the documents he is accused of leaking are considered highly classified and include eavesdropping on adversaries and allies alike. cnn s jeremy diamond joins us now over at the white house, jeremy, what more? are we learning about this damage assessment that s underway. well, jim, we re talking about dozens of highly classified documents that were leaked online allegedly by this 21 year old airman jack teixeira . and now the pentagon is working to assess exactly what the damage to u. s national security will be of some of these documents. and if you look at the brea
code. don t wait code now and get the permanent solution protected by the bosley guarantee. herman in eastern ukraine. this is cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with new details in the case against 21 year old jack to share a the air national guardsman is accused of leaking top secret pentagon information is now charged under the espionage act. he worked in i t and had to have top secret clearances for access to the materials at the center of this controversy, prosecutors say. first began posting some of the classified intelligence online. back in december. since the arrest, president biden has directed national security agency officials to take more steps to secure this very sensitive information, and we start now with cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now over at the white house, jeremy one more we re learning tonight. well, jim, this investigation is continuing and the pentagon is working to assess now
should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
just faced a judge standing in court in shackles, his family also in the courtroom. what we re learning this hour about when he got his top secret clearance are a stage now set for some big name republicans trump desantis haley pence, all heading to the gun convention of america s gun violence crisis right now, parisian authorities are tightening security as protesters prepare to learn the fate of the pension reform changes they ve been fighting against four weeks. these major stories and more right here on cnn news, central. this just in to cnn court documents show that dak jack to share a had top secret clearance . 20 run your 21 year old massachusetts air national guardsman appeared in a boston federal courtroom this morning. he has now been charged with allegedly being behind that massive leak of classified military documents, according to new detail from uh, new deal t of detail from court this morning to share allegedly began posting the documents around december of las
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a very, very busy news day with us today, a suspected leaker who shook up the world by posting top secret us intelligence documents online. sees the inside of a federal courtroom plus new cnn reporting on an intriguing avenue of investigation for the special counsel jack smith wants to know if donald trump is using an army of lawyers to intimidate potential witnesses telling his version of events and ron desantis just make himself unelectable. florida governor s science, one of the nation s most restrictive abortion laws, barring the procedure after just six weeks of pregnancy. it s a priority for the republican base. but it is very much at odds which with where most americans stand up first for us, though. hiking boots and handcuffs. this morning, the 21 year old allegedly behind a global intelligence disaster, appearing for the first time in front of a federal judge today, prosecutors l