good morning, everyone. it is friday! friday! i m so happy to have my long time erica hill with me today. and next week. thank you for getting up super early. great to be with you. a lot going on this friday. let s get started with five things to know for friday, may 26th. the house negotiators are moving closer to avoid a default. it would lift the debt ceiling and cap spending for two years. memorial day weekend kicking off to be a very busy travel summer. aaa expects air travel to be higher than pre-covid levels. airlines face staffing shortages and air traffic control problems. two workers in mar-a-lago moved boxes of papers one day before the fbi visited the former president s home to pick up classified documents last year. the post also reporting that he had classified documents in his office at times and showed them to others. also in texas, lawmakers recommending articles of impeachment against the state s attorney general. they re accusing ken paxon o
significant turn in the investigation involving donald trump s handling of classified documents. the new york times reporting tonight that federal prosecutors have secured the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked at mar-a-lago, an insider whose identity is not known. the doj is looking at whether trump ordered boxes of sensitive materials out of a storage room, and this insider, according to the times, has provided a picture. now, keep in mind, this is coming after cnn s exclusive reporting yesterday that prosecutors are asking witnesses about the handling of surveillance footage at trump s resort. so let s begin with cnn s sara sidner, former bush counsel jameel jaffer, and former obama and biden adviser ashly alison. first, let s get straight to cnn s legal analyst elie honig. this is a significant development it seems. what does it mean when we say cooperation? and how significant is it that this person is on the inside? so abby, this is a big deal becau
but they are racing against that clock. we re now six days away from june 1st. and also, what is clear here that you heard from the lawmakers, it is going to be incredibly difficult, potentially, to corral the members together, trying to get enough support to get something over the finish line. all eyes are on this weekend to see if negotiators can hone in on final deal. thank you. appreciate it. also this news developing, washington post exclusive reporting yesterday. we have more on it this morning. two people working for former president donald trump moved boxes of papers at his mar-a-lago estate the day before fbi agents came to collect classified documents. the washington post cites people familiar with the matter. it also adds it investigators viewed the time as suspicious and possible destruction. dates of the movement of the boxes on june 2nd when people came to mar-a-lago to look through after the subpoena on june 3rd. that is just critical here.
significant turn in the investigation involving donald trump s handling of classified documents. the new york times reporting tonight that federal prosecutors have secured the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked at mar-a-lago, an insider whose identity is not known. the doj is looking at whether trump ordered boxes of sensitive materials out of a storage room, and this insider, according to the times, has provided a picture. now, keep in mind, this is coming after cnn s exclusive reporting yesterday that prosecutors are asking witnesses about the handling of surveillance footage at trump s resort. so let s begin with cnn s sara sidner, former bush counsel jameel jaffer, and former obama and biden adviser ashly alison. first, let s get straight to cnn s legal analyst elie honig. this is a significant development it seems. what does it mean when we say cooperation? and how significant is it that this person is on the inside?
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