federal prosecutors. the lead starts right now. breaking on cnn this minute. a meeting recorded. sources tell cnn donald trump not only knew he kept classified documents, but talked about them in a meeting captured on tape. what sources say they discussed and the significance of what was said. we have the breaking reporting right now. this hour the debt limit deal put together a growing list of house republicans and democrats coming out saying they plan to vote no. i ll speak with one of them coming up. bullet through a prayer book, a survivor who hid in a closs set. the stark new details in the trial of the tree of life mass shooting suspect. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. a new piece of evidence that undercuts donald trump s defense in the classified documents investigation. federal prosecutors obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting where the former president acknowledges he held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack ag
there s bipartisan support for permitting reform. that s where something like this should go. what you should do is make the permitting reform process better and make mountain valley go through that, and they can do it. they re a big company with resources. they can do it. but to exempt it completely is just something this project runs through two states. my colleague and friend joe manchin thinks this is good for west virginia. i think forcing virginians who don t want to give up their land to have to give up their land under imminent domain for something that will give them no land whatsoever, congress shouldn t be forcing them to do that. president biden has been known to watch this show. is there anything you want to tell him, given he didn t call you to give him a heads-up. president biden should watch this show, jake, because it s a good show. thank you. look, i m just i am a loyal president biden guy. i endorsed him in the virginia primary, i campaigned hard for him.
i ll get a live update from tripoli. in china, vice president joe biden says the u.s. will never default on its debt. i ll have more on what he s saying about the u.s. economy just ahead. and for many members. u.s. military, returning home is just not complete. well, until they get a hero s welcome from man s best friend. their dog. a very special welcome to all the servicemen and women who are watching us right now on the armed forces network. let s get right to it. we begin with libya where moammar gadhafi s government and rebels are offering very different takes on hats goi s w in that country. opposition leaders say they ve taken they are revolution in tripoli. one of gadhafi sons say they are losing every battle. cnn personnel say it seems like some of the most intense yet. before taking the fight into libya s capital, the rebels pushed government forces out of the key city, the oil refinery city of zawiya, about 30 miles from tripoli. cnn filealed this report and