,. won. president addressed americans black mayors and all mayors really in washington this. week touting policy wins on infrastructure, and the economy, at the midway mark of his presidents return. moving ahead in the next two years, and already challenges. republicans in the house are clamoring to use their new majority to investigate the president s handling of classified documents. and to put his department of justice under the microscope. just two days ago, the nation hit its debt limit setting up a high stakes confrontation over government spending. it is a battle president biden will have to face without his veteran chief of staff, don klain. nbc has learned, klain will leave his post in the coming weeks according to two sources. all of this, as we mark the 50th anniversary of roe v. wade, this weekend. seven months after the landmark ruling protecting abortion rights at the federal level was overturned by conservative dominated supreme court. it is another hot butto
washington. we re in the situation room. we want to welcome our sures near the united states and around the world. we re standing by to hear from president biden as he faces reporters to hear about the classified documents found in his former private office here in washington. any moment now, president biden will face reporters as he attends this key summit in mexico city. right now let s bring in our chief white house correspondent phil mattingly. phil, the revelation of classified documents found at the president s former office here in washington has clearly overshadowed his trip to mexico right now. he is about to face questions from reporters there. we ll have live coverage of that coming up. but set the scene for us. what you re looking at right now is where the president s focus has been and where white house officials have wanted it to be over the course of these last two turbulent days, given the revelations tied to those ten classified documents that were discov
breaking news tops the hour. turns out the former president is not the only one of the classified documents problem. the president has one as well, stemming from his time as vice president. they were discovered last fall in a private office in washington, and used as part of his relationship with university of pennsylvania, where he was an honorary professor for 2017 to 2019. attorney general garland has asked the u.s. attorney to investigate. republicans are reacting. so far the former president and the democratic former chairman of the house intelligence committee has called this, quote, a problem, and a deep concern, and quote. cnn s evan perez shares the timing of the story. he joins us now. so, what more do you know about the documents that were found? well, anderson, we know that at least some of the documents or classified at a level as ts/sci, which is sensitive compartmented information. and this is sensitive information that comes from intelligence sources, and
speaker mccarthy made to get his new gig? fellow republicans calling on house speaker kevin mccarthy to make his secret deals public as the party makes its first legislative move since taking control of the house. also this hour, president biden at the podium in mexico city only to be overshadowed by questions about multiple classified documents found in his private office. from lively discussions to bipartisan friendships to physical confrontations, the new push to turn on the c-span cameras the full time onto the house and let the whole world see what really happens in the people s house, just like we did last week. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. the main issue today, what exactly are the extents of the details, the promises that kevin mccarthy made to those republican hard-liners to get their votes to become house speaker and why is he hiding any lists of those promises from not only the public, but from his own rank-and-file.
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