tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
a special counsel. the new k post asked anybody vet this guy. yep.t th lookiss like things are pretty secure in there. the fbi is said to be grillingfl biden aides about how top secret files ended up next to his corvette. his and republican jim jordan says his first order of business will be getting to thee bottom of it. we re also learninsameg the sam. that s right, th house was hunter s hang out, pat . that s right. the drug loving firsfirst son ld the property for years and even had his credit card statement sent therepro. d even had we all know hunter would neveran be careless with sensitive informatiot n. it s no wonder the democrats don t want to talk about it. classified informa president biden had classified documents in his wilmington garageo yo is just breaking. do you think that s is no irresponsible and reckless of him? het to a responsible is to not disclose when you have documents. he has certainly done that. biden people are bringing forth the documents,
the doj to appoint a special counsel. anybody vet this guy? yep. the fbi grilling biden aides about how top-secret files ended up next to his corvette. we re also learning the same house was hunter s hangout pad. that s right, the drug-loving first son lived at the property propertyfor years and even had s credit card statement sent there. he d never be careless about classified information, right? do you think it s irresponsible and reckless of him? irresponsible is not to disclose when you have documents. he s certainly done that. biden people are bringing forth the documents. they re not obstructing access to them or knowledge about them. why did he not inform the american public two months ago? do you think that was a mistake? i don t know what you re saying right now. seem much more measured with this than the trump documents. you called for transparency with the trump documents. bottom line i said that night it s premature to comment on what should be done
that s why the world works with servicenow. former president trump was interviewed by sean hannity on fox news and when hannity brought up trump s claim he declassified the documents at mar-a-lago, he gave an interesting explanation. is there a process? what was your process to there doesn t have to be a process, as i understand it. different people say different things, but if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified, even by thinking about it. [ laughter ] hannity was like, i get it, you re going to plead insanity. now it s making sense. welcome back to morning joe. it is 6:00 in the morning tong west coast as you look at los angeles, 9:00 in the east on this friday, september 23rd. a busy hour ahead, including the new pressure on donald trump s legal team to prove in a court of law the allegation trump has been making in public that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. there is also new reporting showing
Around the world. Im bianca nobilo. Im max foster joining you live from london. Just ahead on cnn newsroom. Americans deserve a competitive federal government that can pass a budget. Were pro keeping the government open. Translator ive decided to replace the Minister Of Defense of ukraine. The Ministry Needs New approaches and other formats of interaction in both the military and society as a whole. Its just really thick, dense mud. We dont expect this kind of rain. And the effect, nobodys ever seen this kind of effect in there ever. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. Its monday, september 4th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington where u. S. Senators are set to come back from their august recess to try to broker a deal to avoid a government shut down on october 1. House of representatives dont come back in next week, but the clock is already ticking to get on the same page about the National Budget and keep vital federal agencies f