federal prosecutors. the lead starts right now. breaking on cnn this minute. a meeting recorded. sources tell cnn donald trump not only knew he kept classified documents, but talked about them in a meeting captured on tape. what sources say they discussed and the significance of what was said. we have the breaking reporting right now. this hour the debt limit deal put together a growing list of house republicans and democrats coming out saying they plan to vote no. i ll speak with one of them coming up. bullet through a prayer book, a survivor who hid in a closs set. the stark new details in the trial of the tree of life mass shooting suspect. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. a new piece of evidence that undercuts donald trump s defense in the classified documents investigation. federal prosecutors obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting where the former president acknowledges he held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack ag
the race is on to avoid a default disaster. minutes from now the first key vote on the debt ceiling bill is set to take place on the house floor. already it s facing pushback from both sides of the aisle. we ll be speaking to one of those lawmakers ahead. officials in iowa trying to decide whether they can keep searching for five people who remain unaccounted for at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building there. rescuers are entering a no-win situation as we learn that what remains in the building is unstable and could come crashing down at any moment. plus the gloves are off. during his first official campaign event, ron desantis taking on donald trump. ahead, see why he thinks the former president s attacks are going to backfire. we are following these developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now the house is in session ahead of a key vote to avoid default on the nation s debts. president biden and house speaker kevin mccart
site. jason carroll has been talking to east palestine residents who no longer know whom to trust. we re strongly recommending those who have not yet had their water source checked to use bottled water. bottled water is being made available. reporter: more than a week after a toxic train derailment that led to the evacuation of much of this small ohio town, state health officials are urning some east palestine residents to drink bottled water until water tests are complete. this is going to be particularly important if you are pregnant, if you are breast-feeding, or if you are preparing formula for an infant. reporter: officials say the toxic spill was largely contained the day after the derailment and that tests have shown the air quality is safe. but they have found low levels of contaminants in four nearby walterways spanning 7 1/2 miles, including leslie run, a creek which runs through east palestine and neighboring towns, right through the back of cathy reese s p
fetterman pounced responding via twitter in pennsylvania it s called a veggie tray. a minor story on a slow august day, you wonder? hardly. $500,000 from the flap. enough to buy him plenty more television ads showcasing his gym shorts and at thes and hoodies. the projects of a persona that republicans equate to that of a professional wrestler. coverage of crude tate gate to dwell on whether oz is really living in pennsylvania. fetterman as included snooki of jersey shore fame and little steven from the e street band tying dr. oz to the garden state of new jersey. this week, the social media mud slinging escalated after a daily beast report that oz owns ten houses, not the two he had previously claimed. fetterman tweeted this, i have never spoke on the a p.a. resident who doesn t know how many house that is a have, let alone be off by eight. now, oz struck back saying he bought them with his own money. a diss of fetterman long relied on financial assistance from his family. yo
to the other people, the shady characters who actually bought some of that artwork and what influence it got. all right, john , we re going to pick it up. i have a great show where you how are you left off? good to see you. i m laura ingram . this is ingram angle. thanks for being with us tonight. redefining failure. that s the focus of tonight s angle. today was one of the worst days the bush administration has had since its inauguration. now two things have now become undeniable for everybody, but slavish biden apologists no. one , americans are getting poorer. no to america is getting weaker . yes, the white house, of course, is trying to spin gold out of goose after they been all week trying to redefine the term recession. the gdp number came out and naturally it s worse than expected. additionally, two successive quarters of negative economic growth has been deemed a recession and confirmation of that ugly reality came today. looking back on this, we probably may say tha