first time that anyone has suggested that electronic copies were made of classified records and trump s possession. from the abc report, quote, trump attorney, james trust, turned over the classification markings to federal investigators, who also informed agents that it had been electronically copy to a laptop of a current trump aide. abc news learned, after the information was recovered, federal agents retrieved the laptop from the aid. the laptop was not retrieved on mar-a-lago grounds, the sources say. cnn tonight says, in addition to the folder, which was entitled, classified evening briefing, trump s team also handed over an unknown number of classified documents. it also reports, the aid, and owner of the laptop works for the save america pack. they copied the documents onto a thumb drive, and laptop, not realizing that they were classified. the phone drive, also, reportedly, given to investigators. i should say, nbc news has not re-confirmed this reporting. it is cust
the week started with republicans literally trying to shout the president down for his passion in defense of social security and medicare at the state of the union. but by the end, it was prominent members of the gop who are feeling the heat. former vice president mike pence has been formerly subpoenaed by jack smith. the justice department appointed special counsel, investigating the efforts of the presidents, pence s former boss, former president donald trump, to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. including, of course, his impact on the january 6th insurrection at the core of that investigation. and his scheme to submit fake electors to falsely declare trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. a scheme that hinged on pence not declaring biden the winner when he wanted to certify the results on january 6th, which pence ultimately rejected, even as his life was being threatened by insurrectionists en masse on the capitol that day. on
hours ago. just days after the downing of the chinese spy balloon. another classified document is found in the possession of former vice president mike pence. the fbi removing the material from pence s indepeiana home. the hunt for survivors in the earthquake soon zone with a rescuer on the ground. we are getting accounts of people found alive. the death poll toll rises higher and higher. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. the us military shooting down a high altitude object a little while ago after tracking it over alaska for 24 hours. we have a team of correspondents and experts stand big as we break down what we know and what we don t know about this object and how it compares to the chinese spy balloon shot down nearly a week ago. first, jim sciutto. what are your sources telling you about this object that was shot down over alaska? the details
came from. authorities say the object appearing to be unmanned but that it could have posed a threat to civilianra. martha raddatz is live in washington. here in turkey and syria, the second wave of horror, the we arrive on the scene moments,r silence. and tonight, the 10-day-old baby rescued from under the rubble, the mother saved too. hear the urgent call for humanitarian help. the homeless here, the crush of patients in the hospital, now more than 23,000 dead. ian panel right here with me tonight. there is also breaking news tonight involving both former president trump and former vice president pence. sources telling abc news former president trump s legal team turned over another item marked classified found at mar-a-lago and a laptop belonging to a trump aide also retrieved by federal authorities. tonight the fbi searching the home of mike pence and what they found there. pierre thomas reporting from washington. tonight the white house confirming president biden w
that raises new questions whether the president was so right to wait so long before taking out the previous balloon. we have got fox team coverage for you tonight. lucas tomlinson in the bureau. additional details from today s pentagon briefing. we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, john. only hours ago the biggest news out of the white house today would have been the announcement that the president will visit poland later this month to reaffirm nato s strength ahead of the one year anniversary in war in ukraine. then the news of the object shot down over alaska broke. success. a single word from president biden on his decision to shoot down an unidentified up manned object over alaska. u.s. officials can t say right now whether it was another spy craft or whether it came from. but the president s biggest concern was its altitude and unpredictable path. and pose a reasonable threat to the sa