to call him 50 cents, i will call him 50. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. breaking news overseas, president biden is in london, set to meet britain s prime minister moments from now. the president will also meet king charles. todd: jacqui heinrich live in windsor, good morning to you. jackie: good morning. president biden made a point of stopping here to discuss with the king climate finance, ways to get the private sector off the sideline. the president will justify his decision to provide cluster bombs to ukraine. the u.k. announced opposition and the president drew criticism also for this. president biden: the ukrainians are running out of ammunition, this war is relating to munitions. they are running out of ammunition and we re low on it. critics blasted the president for saying we are low on the shells. the white house told fox digital, the military has specific requirements for number of ammunition in our reserve in case of military conflict. eve
cnn this morning starts right now. well, good morning, everyone, i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. a lot to get to. specifically politics. pre-christmas campaign push lands in iowa today. donald trump, ron desantis and nikki haley all holding events there, sharpening their closing messages and attacks against one another this morning. a new signal the trump campaign is concerned about one candcand candidate s growing momentum. abbott signing a controversial bill making illegal immigration a state crime that will allow texas police to make mass arrests. the protests and threats of legal challenges already under way. and bursts of lava and smoke filling the sky in iceland today as a volcano dramatically erupted overnight after weeks of warnings. threatening a geothermal power plant. cnn this morning starts right now. new this morning, it looks like donald trump may be feeling some pressure in new hampshire as nikki haley chipped away at what was a huge
arthel neville but the president is spending the weekend at his delaware home. but it won t be easy to get away from the firestorm of criticism in the nation s capitol. the announcement comes just days after turning general merrick garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the handling of those files. meantime house republicans say they will launch their own search for answers. there is a reason we have skiffs secure compartmentalized information facility. there is a reason for it in those documents are supposed to be in a skiff. they are never supposed to leave secure custody. your garage shall commence under lock and key as the president indicated you are never supposed to have classified information like that. eric: how about this situation? lucas thomason live at the white house with the very latest and they are. hey eric, let s go back to what president biden told our own peter doocy on thursday. he said some classified material had been discovered in that g
behind the scenes. a specific meeting inside the white house is looming large. a meeting the committee says has been described to them as insane. a meeting that s preceded by hours, former president trump s tweet calling on supporters to be at a protest in jog on january 6th and that it would be wild. committee member jamie raskin who will lead today s hearing said when trump wrote this, he became the first president in american history to call for a protest against the peaceful transfer of power. committee says the hearing today will focus on how extremist groups were inspired by that tweet. how they mobilized in response, coming to washington that day. and also, what connections exist between trump s circle and these extremist groups. witnesses include rioter stephen ayres who talked about the civil war. and a former spokesperson for the oath keepers will also testify. we re also learning that the committee will reveal new information by members of congress to pressure fo
the fbi s search of mar-a-lago. the department has until noon today to release it. the affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. in his order judge bruce reinhart said the justice department made a good argument for why portions of this document behind this search should remain shielded saying, quote, disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement officers. the investigation s strategy, scope, methods and grand jury information. the judge agreeing with the justice department s decision to cut as we learn new details about trump s strategy or lack thereof and the legal advice he is getting from a conservative activist. privately the president and some of his allies have become concerned about the legal fallout. joining us now former federal prosecutor ellie honing. bring us up to speed on what documents we have seen and haven t seen and the one today. john, by the time this is all over ever