classified documents case. evidence that paints a potentially damning portrait of efforts by the expresident in the expresident s push to retrieve important and sensitive security documents from that washington post report, quote, two of donald trump s employees moved boxes of papers the day before fbi agents and a prosecutor visited the former president s florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious, and an indication of possible obstruction. according to people familiar with the matter. trump and his aides allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers, even before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. that is according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation. the washington post has new details on a question that has loomed over the entire investigation. what did donald trump do with his trove of
viewers watching from all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom, u.s. lawmakers insist default is not an option, but there s no deal yet to raise the debt limit. ahead, what this could mean for the global economy. plus new reporting from the washington post. employees of former president trump allegedly moved boxes of papers at mar-a-lago a day before the justice department showed up to collect classified documents. memorial day weekend is just the start of what s going to be a very busy summer travel season that we re expecting. yes, it is the unofficial start of summer and people are packing up and heading out of town for the long weekend. just ahead, we have your travel and weather forecast. we do begin in washington where marathon talks to avoid the first-ever u.s. government debt default appear to be making progress. sources tell cnn the white house and congressional republicans are getting closer to a deal to raise the debt limit and cap
it s the harshest sentence handed down for involvement in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the leader of the oath keepers just told he ll serve 18 years in prison, and the judge didn t mince words. there is one week to go until the nation potentially defaults on its debt, and still no deal. lawmakers are huddling in the capitol, trying to hammer out a last-minute agreement. no, that s not what is happening. most of them are headed home for a long holiday weekend. and not before adding some last-minute demands that could complicate the entire process. we ll break down what they are. and this story, more than a decade after being paralyzed, he can now stand, walk, even climb stairs. we ll tell you about the implant that has now reconnected his brain to his spine. could this technology become accessible to anyone? we are following these major developing stories, all coming in to cnn news central. longest sentence yet for a january 6th defendant. the leader and foun
i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press
[ laughing ] democrats are taking rude, crude, and shouty congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s calls for decorum in the house as seriously as the republicans seem to be taking the threat to our economy with their manufactured debt ceiling crisis. but i m guessing our veterans and social security recipients are not laughing. plus, the longest january 6th sentence so far as oath keepers leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy. and later, ron desantis disastrous campaign rollout leads to speculation that pudding may have been clogging up the twitter tubes. yuck. but we begin with the republican lie that could plunge our nation off of an economic cliff. with just seven days until the united states could default on our debt, talks between republicans and white house representatives have yet to resolve the issue. but today, president biden made a very important point. it s time for congress to act now. i want to be clear. the negotiations we re havin