there is new information tonight about the statement to mar-a-lago. the former president asked one of his lawyers back in february to tell the national archives everything they wanted had been returned. but the lawyer refused because he wasn t sure it was true. the washington post also says that it was trump himself who packed up the boxes that will return to the national archives in january. we re going to bring in britney while, also former deputy assistant harry lippman and former assistants prosecutor nick akerman. good evening, one and all. nick, let s start with you. what does this new reporting mean for donald trump and the classified documents. it is all bad news. it shows that he is that guy who packed the documents, for starters. he knew it was there, he knew what he was taking. he knew he had classified documents. he can t blame it on anyone else. and then he tries to get a lawyer to life for him and he refuses. there are going to be at least two or three of dona
there is new information had about those documents to mar-a-lago. sources confirming to cnn that the former president asked one of his lawyers back in february, to tell the national archives everything they wanted had been returned, but the lawyer refused because he wasn t sure it was true. the washington post also said that it was trump himself who packed up the boxes that were returned to the national archives in january, we are bringing out cnn law enforcement correspondent renewal. and former assistant special watergate prosecutor, nick akerman. good evening, one and all, nick let s start with you, what does this new reporting mean for donald trump and the classified documents? it is all bad news. it shows that he is the guy who packed the documents, for starters, so he knew it was there, he knew what he was taking, he can t blame it on anybody else. and then he tries to get a lawyer, basically it alive for, him and he refuses. there are going to be at least two or
and i don t think everyone was prepared for anything. my heart is broken for them. how do you recoup? we couldn t cross our fingers and hope for the best. we have listened and have listened. this is a huge defeat for moscow. this is not going well. he s facing an unprecedented amount of criticism from within. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. hello on this tuesday, october 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. it s been six days since hurricane ian made landfall. the number of people killed has climbed past 100. authorities are holding out hope they will find survivors. so far the governor says they ve made close to 2,000 rescues including this one here. incredible video shows the u.s. coast guard saving a man and his neighbors from flood waters on sanibel island. that s in heavily damaged lee county where recovery efforts have been very difficult. that region accounts for about half of the state s 450,000 powe
still without power. the extent of the death and destruction may just be coming to light. governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where more than half the storm related deaths have been announced. they re facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than neighboring counties. here s what governor ron desantis told cnn. is that what you ll be reviewing, looking at the evacuation orders even lee county if they had followed their own evaluation orders from what we reviewed they should have had the evacuation order sooner. the issue is they informed people and most people did not want to do it. that s just the reality. you re in a situation, are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to. i don t think that s the appropriate use of government. i think that takes it a little too far. reporter: boris sanchez joins us live from fort myers this morning to tell us what they re dealing with there. boris, what s the latest?
counting down. the art miss rocket is finally on the launch pad ready to fly for the first time on monday. it s no longer the apollo generation. it s the artemis generation and that brings new discoveries. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. well, it s nasa s long overdue return to the moon, and t-minus just a few hours until hopefully launchtime of the u.s. space agency s most powerful rocket. the program is called artemis, the first phase blasting off in the morning, unmanned and setting the stage for a manned landing on the lunar surface once again. just a short time ago vice president kamala harris touched down in central florida. she and the second gentleman planning to watch the liftoff in person. as the head of the space council i can tell you i m so proud of what is happening in terms of our space program and the leadership that the united states is providing to the world. the arte myos program is the beginning of the next er