negativity behind. with the gop roster set to expand this week, how many candidates will make the debates and will their strategies to topple the front-runner work? and caught on tape. cnn learns the justice department has audio of the former president talking about a classified document he kept after his term. are charges coming? i ll speak to ranking democrat of house oversight committee jamie raskin, next. plus, making the case. president biden celebrates an unexpected political win. i was told the days of bipartisanship are over. did democrats get the better deal? people are furious. key negotiator omb t shallond young and ken buck coming up. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is on the trail, riding hot. it s campaign season and republican white house hopefuls hit the trail saturday in iowa for senator joni ernst annual roast and ride. in some cases wearing leather motorcycle vests, as they try to position themselves ahead of a
look it up. the lead starts right now. from canada all the way down to the cloipiasarolinas, wildfie been burning for more than a month, why did it get so bad for today, and how long will this last, and former president donald trump swears he s being attacked up fairly again and desperately wants you to hear his side of the story, and he s just released a new tv ad starring some wild animals to make sure you get the message. all this while former vice president mike pence jumps in the race against trump and chris christie believes he can both them both. i ll ask governor christie how ahead when he joins me live on the lead. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin today with our health lead. as much of the eastern united states is being choked right now by a dangerous haze of smoke caused by more than 400 raging wildfires in canada. air quality alert are out for more than 55 million people across the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic. the air is so unhealth
operation from rescue to recovery. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. you re in the situation room. cnn reporting on the special counsel s investigation into donald trump. the former president s attorneys subpoenaed for a classified document that trump discussed on an audiotape but are unable to find. our correspondent paula reed is joining with us the details. tell us what you are learning. reporter: we have learned back in march, trump s lawyers received this subpoena from the special counsel. this was the first time the legal team learned about that meeting in 2021 was trump referenced that classified document in that tape. lawyers were not able to find the document trump describes in that reporting. it s unclear at this point if the government has it at all. mr. president, why did you take classified documents concerning general milley? reporter: cnn reporting that donald trump served with a subp
good friday morning, everybody. i am erica hill with rahel solomon. poppy harlow is off today. nice to be friday. isn t it? we are here for that. five things to know for this friday. june 2nd, the debt ceiling bill on its way to president biden s desk and once signed the threat of a u.s. default is off the table until after the 2024 election. also, new questions this morning about that partial building collapse in davenport, iowa. just days before the wall came crashing down an engineering firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. you can see the gap in the new pictures. three people are still missing. the former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. the denver nuggets one step closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. an eighth grader crowned the new national spelling bee champ. we will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morni
we didn t to it by taking the easy way. right now on early start, can the senate now fast track the debt limit bill just days before the default deadline. plus the former president on tape talking about a document he kept. and the republican race for president heating up with mike pence and chris christie about to jump in. who is next. welcome to our viewers in the united states and arntround the. i m christine romans pl the bill is in the hands of the senate. yeas are 314, nays are 117. the bill is passed. last night the house overwhelming passed a bipartisan agreement cutting spending and suspending the debt ceiling through next year. speaker kevin mccarthy took a victory lap after the house passed the deal. i wanted to do something no other congress has done. that we would literally turn the ship. for the first time in quite some time, we d spend less than we spent the year before. tonight we all made history. because this is the biggest cut and savings this