expel george santos from congress. republicans cheat to a room of accountability. and three democratic state attorneys general from colorado, california, and michigan join me to discuss reproductive rights, gun reform and combatting hate crimes. i m charles blow infirmity has some. let s get started. as we start the second hour, we want to flip the script on how president biden s reelection campaign is perceived. the common within much of the news media says that biden is struggling in parts of the electorate in 2024 because of how voters view his age. in a recent piece of the new york times, i argue that there is a chicken and egg expect to this coverage. let me say up front, candidates age and competency are always fair game in politics. even biden conceded earlier this month that he took a hard look at his age as he contemplated whether to seek reelection. one of the things people are going to find out, they re going to see a race and going to judge whether or not i ha
we fail to pay our bills. we re going to come together because there s no alternative. we have to do the right thing for the country. we have to move on. those were president biden s comments on the debt ceiling negotiations just before he took off for the g7 summit in japan. we ll have the very latest on the budget talks and the president s trip overseas. he has arrived. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. because right now these are indeed live pictures from hiroshima, japan, where president biden is meeting with japanese prime minister kishida ahead of their bilateral meeting. g7 leaders are gathering there where they will likely focus on the war in ukraine and tensions in asia. the president, of course, had announced he was cutting short his planned trip to the pacific, no longer visiting papau new guinea or australia in order to get back on sunday to continue those debt ceiling negotiate asians. we ll bring you
the league and political battles over abortion. one of the nation s pose conservative courts weighing it as state legislatures in north and south carolina take new action to ban the procedure. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive reporting on new evidence in the trump classified documents investigation. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel broke the story for us, jamie, tell us what you re learning. reporter: wolf, cnn has obtained this letter from the national archives to president trump informing him that the archives is getting ready to hand over 16 new presidential records to special council. thises is far as we know we have not seen the records yet but the evidence . it suggests that trump had first-hand knowledge that you just do not declassify material with a wave of a hand. there is a rigorous process. as we have heard multiple times, trump an
i m bianca nobilo. max foster is on assignment today. just ahead we pay our bills. the nation has never defaulted on its debt and it never will. greatest threat is american default. and i took what i took and it gets declassified. g the president is being investigated not only willful retext of classified documents but also obstructing an investigation. and jack teixeria was taking notes on classified intelligence information and seen putting the notes in his pocket. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, may 18, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 p.m. in japan where u.s. president biden is set to meet with the prime minister ahead of the g7 summit. but back home in washington, the u.s. is inching closer to defaulting on its debt which could plunge the global economy into chaos. mr. biden arrived a short time ago where he was greeted by u.s. service members. g7 leaders have a packed agenda for the summit including th
bravery to nine public safety officers including two who died in the line of duty. the ceremony is underway, let s listen in. we re incredibly proud of all of you, skpi mean that, incredibly proud of all of you, and we re going to have your back as long as we need to, as long as you re engaged. in just the past two weeks, our nation has observed a national fallen firefighters memorial weekend, national police weekend, national peace memorial officers day. and i ve also hosted this event several times as president and vice president and cosponsored a bill that created the medal of freedom when i was a u.s. senator, the medal of valor when i was a u.s. senator. these are the same these are some of the most meaningful things that i do as president because knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country. this is not hyperbole, you represent the very best of us, you represent the best of who we are as american