Meeting with japans prime minister. But theres an issue loming over the white house. The Mounting Fallout over bidens handling of classified documents during his post obama years. Thbz has learned one of the classified documents found at the d. C. Office was marked with the highest classification in the u. S. Government. Thats according to a senior u. S. Official and another person familiar. We got that development after attorney general Merrick Garland announced hes appointed a Veteran Prosecutor to serve as Special Counsel to review the documents. Ahead, what were learning about hur and how hes proceeding. Plus the tight rope both the white house and Justice Department are walking considering theres another Special Counsel investigating President Trump. Also this morning, devastation across the southeast. Search and rescue operations are underway after tornadoes in multiple states. By the grace of god, we all survived. We jumped out the car and we all got in the freezer. A lot of pra
also in the programme. how the world cup may have given a much needed boost to the uk s economy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar , a salt mining town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. these are the latest aerial shots of the town. as you can see, it has been completely flattened from the relentless pounding by russian forces. after six months of russian military setbacks it would be the first ukrainan town to be captured sincejuly. but ukraine s military denies that soledar has fallen and says that the fighting is still going on. the defence ministry in moscow said the capture of soledar would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in bakhmut, which they have been attacking for months. russia could also launch an assault on the key city of kramatorsk. here s our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse on the significanc
hello welcome to the programme. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar , a salt mining town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. these are the latest aerial shots of the town. as you can see, it has been completely flattened from the relentless pounding by russian forces. after six months of russian military setbacks it would be the first ukrainan town to be captured sincejuly. but ukraine s military denies that soledar has fallen and says that the fighting is still going on. the defence ministry in moscow said the capture of soledar would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in bakhmut, which they have been attacking for months. russia could also launch an assault on the key city of kramatorsk. here s our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse on the significance of capturing soledar to russia. after three days of contradictions, frankly, it seems russia has finally settled on the claim of having taken the regi
i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. lots of news this morning happening right now. the newly appointed special counsel robert hur is beginning his investigation into classified documents found by his lawyers and staff at president biden s home as well as a former private office. now we are seeing both the current and former president under investigation. ahead, the legal and political ramifications as the w.h.o. could be on the ballot against each other once again in 2024. plus, we are closely monitoring the devastation across the south, seven people confirmed dead as tornadoes ripped across alabama and georgia. officials say one of those tornadoes may have been on the ground for at least 50 miles. we are live in selma, alabama. those pictures from the air, always tell such a powerful story. also this morning, the world is mourning the loss of lisa marie presley, elvis presley s only child. she died overnight at the age of 54. a look back at her life in the spotlight