But the lead with jake tapper starts right now some activists in michigan wants to show President Biden, they can cost him the election if they want. The lead starts right now. The power of the vote in battleground michigan, how a small but determined group of democrats wants to seize this moment . To send a message to President Biden. They are demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in gaza and Military Aid Cut Off to israel. They want democrats tomorrow to Vote Uncommitted instead for biden, im going to talk about it with congressman dean phillips. Bidens top democratic challenger in the primary race, plus was Alexey Navalny, about to be released in a a Prisoner Swap with two americans, former marine paul whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter evan gershkovich, aides of the anticorruption activist, revealing negotiations that were apparently in the final stages for a russian hitman in german prison right before navalny died under suspicious circumstances. And that Arctic Pena
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And Briefing Materials on topics including ukraine, iran and the u. K. All of this at the center of a Special Counsel investigation. Lets get right to cnn senior justice correspondent, evan perez, who is following all of this. Evan, what more can you tell us about these classified documents that were found . Not always a good thing whenela saturday. Not always when you fix a statement that was provided a day earlier. What the white house is now confronting, they have had to explain multiple times in the past week about the finding of these classified documents. And a lot of it, frankly, theyve known about the documents since at least december, that there were additional documents they chose not to disclose it. What we know is there was an additional five pages of classified documents, that they were found in the president s home in williamington. Thats in addition to one document they had disclosed just yesterday. And the issue for the white house is that now were talking about around
George santos is defiant amid growing calls for him to resign over the many lies he told voters. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy standing by santos even as he acknowledges a lack of trust. Were tracking Severe Weather right now in the southeast including significant damage from a large and extremely dangerous tornado in alabama. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with this Special Counsel investigation thats about to get under way. Amid new revelations about classified documents found at President Bidens home and office. Lets go right to our chief White House Correspondent phil mattingly. The white house is attempting to defend its response as a new timeline is raising a lot of questions. Thats right, wolf. The white House Counsel saying they will fully cooperate with the new Special Counsel investigation and say they believe by the time the investigation is over it will be clear this was an inadver
Today on the program, the first lady of ukraine. I talk to Olena Zelenska about that frequently forgotten side of war, the human toll. How are ukrainians dealing with the destruction of their cities and towns . How are they fighting winters cold as the country struggles to pump out heat . And can they ever return to life as normal . Also, brazils january 8th and its stunning similarities to americas january 6th. We dig into the attack on the capital in brasilia with reporter mac margolis. And california was pummelled by rivers of rain. Well destroy the astronomical cost of Climate Change and wild weather that is already upon us. But first, heres my take. This week, at a summit, joe biden said that the western was experiencing unprecedented levels of migration, greater than at any time in history. This is not hyperbole. There were 2. 4 million apprehensions at americas southwestern border last fiscal year, which is about 600,000 higher than the prior year, the previous high. These numbe