anderson, cnn has obtained this letter that was gotten by the national archives, as you said, informing former president trump that it is set to hand over these 16 presidential records from his administration, which show that trump and his top advisers were aware of the proper declassification process when he was president. our understanding is that the special counsel wants these records for the grand jury, because they may provide critical evidence that despite trump s claims, that he automatically declassified all documents, he was in fact, aware that there was a correct process to safeguard classified material. it didn t just happen with a wave of a hand. in the letter, archivist wall writes to trump, the 16 records in question are in close presidential advisers, some of them directed to you personally, concerning weather why, and how you should declassify certain classified records. anderson, what we don t know exactly what s in these 16 records yet, it certainly sug
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soon land in japan for the g7 summit, where the war in ukraine is expected to be a top issue. we re live in hiroshima in just a few minutes. plus, prince harry and meghan say they were chased by paparazzi for nearly two hours to the streets of new york city. we hear from their taxi driver, just ahead. plus, a cnn exclusive new evidence may undercut donald trump s claims about classified documents found in mar-a-lago. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. u.s. president joe biden is set to arrive in japan in the next hour, ahead of a summit of the world s leading democracies. and the war in ukraine is expected to top the g7 agenda. ukraine has stepped up its campaign for f-16 fighter jets, although president biden has been reluctant to agree. there is also word that the u.s. does not want to talk about diplomatic solution until it sees how ukraine s plan spring offensive turns out. live now to hiroshima, and cnn s white
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. president biden is leeing for japan, but he will return early because of the debt limit deadline. both the white house and republicans are more upbeat after the president tapped three trusted aids to negotiate directly with the house speaker s taem. but giant policy divides remain, despite big progress with the process. i m confident we ll get the agreement on the budget and america will not default. plus the carolinas now taking center stage in the abortion debate. north carolina republicans override the governor s veto to enact a 12-week ban inspect in south carolina, a 6-week ban is the subject of a marathon debate abortion also a flash point between 2024 rivals donald trump and ron desantis. and big primaries shaped the 2023 election. daniel cameron is now the republican choice to challenge kentucky s governor. pennsylvania and florida voters deliver some
clearly established procedures involving classified documents d. he know the right and wrong way of handling those items when he took them from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn has learned the national archives is ready to hand over records to special counsel jack smith showing that the former president and his top adviser certainly did know. just walk us through your reporting, jamie. anderson, cnn has obtained this letter that was sent by the national archives, as you said, informer former president trump that it is set to hand over the 16 presidential records. they re from his administration which show that trump and his top advisers were aware of the proper declassification process when he was president. our understanding is that the special counsel wants these records for the grand jury because they may provide critical evidence that, despite trump s claims that he automatically declassified all documents that he took, he was, in fact, aware that there was a correc