our viewers here in the united states and around the world. audio of donald trump that undermines what he said about classified documents he kept after leaving office. we ll bring you a cnn exclusive. plus the bill is passed. narrowly averting a default. the house passes the plan. who was a winner in this deal? right now, we are at 95,000 people in our care. thousands of asylum seekers arriving in new york. but the numbers at the border are in fact down. can the biden administration take this as a win weeks after title 42 ends. so, we begin this hour with exclusive cnn reporting. federal prosecutors now have donald trump s own words as an important piece of evidence in a classified documents investigation. that word from multiple sources say the former president can be heard on tape acknowledging he held on to a classified pentagon document. that admission could undercut his defense amid a probe of a trump campaign spokesperson has now called meritless and shame
fundamental question of voters confidence in the vote result. and exclusive cnn reporting of the bravery of one little girl in the middle of the uvalde massacre, begging for help why law enforcement stood outside. thank you so much for being here. we begin with a critical decision from the federal reserve and the major ripple effects it will have on the economy and also potentially the election. the fed is expected to announce another big rate hike this afternoon, another effort to tamp down inflation. this would be the sixth rate hike this your. it comes as new polling shows that voters are most concerned about the economy and inflation, putting republicans in a strong position ahead of the mid terms, the poll also showing enthusiasm among democrats is significantly lower than it was twoiers. two former presidents are hitting the campaign trail hard. barack obama in arizona, former president trump heading to ohio tomorrow, and we learned that joe biden will be speaking to t
president himself played a critical role in getting the deal across the finish line. his message, emphasize the harm that families, businesses and communities would feel if a shutdown went ahead. the final hurdle to come, and that is a full union vote. also this, an immigration battle escalating near the vice president s doorstep. buses of migrants sent from texas dropped off just feet from her residence in washington overnight. this happening a day after officials on martha s vineyard were sent scrambling after dozens of migrants unexpectedly arrived there. the office of florida governor ron desantis says it was he who sent two planes to the massachusetts island with more than 50 migrants on board. you see a picture there. cnn s steve contorno live in washington. i saw a group of migrants dropped off in front of the vice president s residence in d.c. this morning as well. what s happening? reporter: the governor of florida has been promising for months really that he i
good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, august 1st. john berman is off and john avalon is here with us this morning. good morning. great to you have. we begin with major news just n cnn reporting that nancy pelosi will be visiting taiwan after all despite china s stern warnings for her not to go. this comes from u.s. and taiwanese sources. it s not clear which day pelosi will be visiting as her asia trip gets under way here. we previously reported that the biden administration privately tried to convince pelosi not to go to taiwan. more exclusive cnn reporting. sparking an international response, protests erupting in sudan after a cnn investigation revealed russia is plundering sue began s goal to help finance putt putt putin s war in ukraine. tell us more. we have known for some time about russia s project to buttress itself against the u.s. sanctions regime ptbut what we haven t been able to pin down is the mechanisms of the invasio
he took us out one at a time. just incredible. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro is in hazard, kentucky. tell us what you re hearing and seeing from folks there. it s just heartbreaking. reporter: well, jim, this is the staging area in breathet county right near jackson where people are trying to get out there and do those rescues that you re talking about and do those efforts to find out what happened that you ve been talking about. we have some fresh drone footage in, we have the cnn drone out here flying around, and you can see the waters have receded, but leaving behind all that damage. now, what that s meant for this rescue effort is people can now get out on the ground and start looking around, and i have some news, some sad news that i just got from the sheriff here, john holland. he told me three bodies have been found just today from those searches, and he expects that there will be more as the day goes on. it s just a very harrowing situation, and there s a lot more t