they thought releasing it helped their case? also, urgent warning, the u.s. urging americans to leave ukraine immediately. the warnings of a possible russian attack as ukraine prepared to mark its day of independence. plus, explosive whistleblower claims in a cnn exclusive. the man who was head of twitter security says your data on the site is not safe and security problems at twitter are so grave, they re even a risk to national security. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with politics lead and damning new details in the battle over the classified documents trump and his team took to mar-a-lago. we re learning officials from the national archives directly told donald trump s legal team in may that they were so concerned about what the trump team had taken with them and how those documents were being stored at mar-a-lago that top u.s. intelligence agencies had been called in to do a damage assessment, as in damage to national security. now, to be clear, t
i don t know, if there s no people helping there anymore, maybe not their vote. max foster, thank you. top of a brand new hour on cnn. thanks for staying with us. i m victor blackwell. there are growing fears that there may soon be an escalation in ukraine after a violent attack in moscow this weekend. the kremlin is accusing ukraine s intelligence officers of carrying out an assassination of a daughter of a prominent putin ally. she was killed in a car bombing on saturday night near the russian capitol. russian security agency says a ukrainian woman was behind the attack and the bomb was detonated remotely. ukraine denies any responsibility. cnn s frederik pleitgen is live in moscow for us. fred, what s the latest. reporter: well, the russians have put out a video claiming to show this ukrainian woman enter russia, then move into a housing complex where daria dugina also apparently lived to see the daily routines of daria dugina, carrying out the bombing and escaping to
what are top cops saying about the disturbing scene. and decision time. will president biden fulfill a campaign promise and cancel student loan debt for millions of americans, and if he does that, might that make inflation worse? an announcement could be days away. good afternoon, welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our world lead and the mystery of who murdered russian propagandist darya dugina, the daughter of russian writer alexander dugin. an imperialist who things russia should occupy all of europe, not just ukraine, extending from ireland to serbia. dugin watched from a different car as his 29-year-old daughter was exploded look with her toyota that burst into flames 20 miles west of moscow on saturday. fsb claims a ukrainian did it. ukraine insists that s false. russia says a woman who was a member of ukraine s far right azov regimen plotted the attack. they allege this assassin brought her 12-year-old daughter with her into russia and
the lead slightly. even if they win all 28 toss-up races it is not enough to keep republicans out of the majority in the house. dana: is this a blip or something bigger? democrats are hoping for the latter but republicans aren t buying that. we have had a summer of strength and we re going to buck history by making history. in the last few weeks past historic legislation to lower prescription drug costs, capping seniors out-of-pocket costs, combating climate change. republicans aren t going to win this election because we re laser focused on what the american people actually care about. they want security and safety. democrats are not delivering that. bill: a new nbc poll does not bode well for the party in power. 3/4 of americans say the country is going in the wrong direction. more than half say america s best days are behind it. depressing. election night 11 weeks away from now. dana: reaction from senior correspondent josh. peter doocy is on vacation in delaware.
her father a strong support of russian invasion of ukrainian is thought to have been the target. ukraine denies any involvement. ukraine steps up attacks on russian controlled territory epa president zelenskyy gives a new warning for his people. police in washington state believe they may have foiled a mass shooting arresting a man who allegedly brought multiple guns to a concert. a man loaded two semiautomatic pistols outside a packed concert attended by 25,000 people. the battle for congress of congress. dialing down expectations saying the gop will likely take back the house but a lack of quality kands could stand in the way of control in the senate. new york state confirms the first juvenile case of monkeypox. the tenth pediatric case nationwide. sparking concern. the new white house push to vaccinate at risk communities. the case against actor gary busey. police charge the star with sex crimes. authorities are now appealing to the public asking for witnesses and other