a lake house. so reporters asked the white house if that s why he s not going to wilmington. guess what the now very familiar resounding response sounded like? watch. so as it relates to classified documents, information, which the president takes very seriously and you heard him speak to it when asked by colleagues in california, i d refer you to the white house counsel office for any statement coming from here. martha: yeah. basically just hit rewind and replay on that answer. takes it very seriously. so the president s lawyers found the first batch of these classified documents at the think tank in washington d.c. that was six days. i want to reiterate this. this find came six days before the mid-term elections. after all of the brouhaha, we know there s different situations. however, there s quite a few similarities, right? so why did we not learn about any of this for months? so this from the new york times. this says a lot. 68 days of silence. why the white house
classified information needs to be improved upon. i can t understand any individual senator can take possession of a classified document let alone remove it to another location. it s just unthinkable. there s no documents. yes, there are. there s no more. yes there are. nobody had access to them. they re in a freaking garage. if you have some evidence that either party was trying to use these documents in a way to hurt the united states of america, let s see it. otherwise, let s move on. neil: clearly no signs of moving on at this point as the president huddles with democrats at the white house just as new classified documents are now surfacing, but this time at the home of former republican vice president mike pence. now maybe this is a good time to be a governor if you re thinking about a presidential run and you can disassociate yourself with documents, classified or otherwise. we ll talk to one of those governors. virginia republican glenn youngkin is here. first
that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions
urgent weather emergency out west. mandatory evacuations and emergency rescues are under way in california. as an unrelenting series of storms batters the state, triggering mudslides, flash floods, and opening massive sink holes. 90% of california is under flood watches or warnings right now. it caught people who have been here 50 years, caught them unprepared. how quickly was the water rising? you could watch it. you could see it rising. it was rising quick. in my experience, the fastest i have seen it rise. at least a dozen people have lost their lives to these storms and authorities are frantically searching for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters. adding to the urgency, forecasters say another dangerous storm system is moving in. we re going to get an update in moments. and i m speak with the mayor of santa barbara where mandatory evacuation orders are in effect in some areas. also, the high stakes three amigos summit between the u.s., mexico, a
indiana residence. he had requested a search of his home out of an abundance of caution. it is still not clear what the documents are related to or even their level of classification. we have our legal expert barbara mcquaid ready to break it down and what we know in a moment. and meanwhile, the fbi and justice department s national security divisions have already launched a review of the material and how they ended up in pence s home. and we re also on capitol hill with the latest reaction from republicans who are already ramping up their congressional investigations into jean-pierre s handling of classified documents after leaving his post as vice president. and today s bombshell marks the third time in recent history in which a president or vice president has inappropriately possessed classified material after leaving office. so where does that leave merrick garland? joining me now is monica alba, ali vitali and also barbara mcquaid. what do we know about the search of pen