activity in the kherson region and they note russia is having manpower problems with its military. and we begin our coverage in kyiv with melissa bell. what are ukrainian officials saying about this counteroffensive in the south? reporter: what we re hearing from regional officials is that day two of that counteroffensive is seeing more fighting in a number of towns along the front line. clearly this is a counteroffensive long anticipated and long prepared for. what we re seeing for the time being are warnings from senior ukrainian officials that while it is under way, people need to be patient. we ve been hearing from a senior aid to president zelenskyy saying this morning this is going to be a slow grind. urging patience on the part of ukrainians. we heard also from the ukrainian president himself in his nightly address speaking of his determination saying that russians needed now to go home since they would he said be chased back to their border. clearly this is a turnin
to lure shooting victims out in houston. and on the streets of d.c., an nfl rookie shot in an attempted robbery. with a busy summer travel weekend just days away, customer complaints hit new highs. it s not just airlines taking the calls. welcome to the lead. i m kasie hunt in today for jake tapper. we begin this hour with the national security legal and political shockwaves still reverberating from the fbi s search of mar-a-lago three weeks ago. the director of national intelligence says the u.s. intelligence community is conducting a damage assessment of the documents that were taken from the former president s home. remember, we learned last week that trump still had 148 unique classified documents in his possession after he left office. 25 of those were marked top secret. this review is separate from the doj s criminal investigation and will help intelligence officials determine if any harm has been done to our national security. meanwhile, sources close to the form
we re already looking at this material, and we have got a process in place to protect it. reporter: in a new court filing, doj says it has identified a limit set of materials that could contain attorney/client privilege information. the progress report coming after former president donald trump s team asked a judge for a special master, to oversee the evidence uncovered in the search. we have a lot of problems accepting everything in face value that s coming out of doj these days. it s a very politicized place, i m sad to say, and there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this. reporter: this as the fallout continues over how trump handled classified documents after leaving documents. this guy we now know 184 classified documents, 25 of them top secret. and by the way, countries that want to do us harm want to see these documents. reporter: avril haines tell congress officials are conducting a damage assessment, including an assessment of t
If donald trump is found guilty after closing arguments, he will not only be the first criminally indicted former president. Hell be the first Felony Convict to have held the presidency and who is trying to hold it again. If so, what will it change about the race. We have polls that suggest it will matter, and polls that suggest it will not. We just wont know until we know. Which is why the Biden Campaign is trying to put the onus of beating donald trump firmly on the voters. For one person familiar with bidens plans for a more aggressive posture, Donald Trumps legal troubles are not going to keep him out of the white house. Only one thing will do that. Voting this november for joe biden. President biden and his team have barely mentioned the indictments and the trials, instead, trying to focus voters on trump as a threat to democracy, and a threat to women. But is that enough . In a survey after survey, most voters say their Biggest Issue above democracy, above abortion is the economy
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