and can the federal government do anything to fix it? the transportation secretary is our guest. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are several developing stories we re tracking at this hour. first and foremost, 1 in 100 year flood bringing dallas to a stand fill with more than 9 inches of rain falling in 24 hours. at least one person was killed when her car was swept away by some of the floodwaters. and the threat is not over yet. and in a cnn and washington post exclusive, a whistle-blower complaint from a former top twitter employee claims the social media giant has major security problems that poses a threat to users, company shareholders and national security. and former president donald trump is suing the u.s. government over the fbi search of his home two weeks ago now. his legal team wants an independent third party appointed to review the materials seized by the feds. let s begin with this major wea
th e a trump ally, but, you know, it really does clarify a lot of things for us including the timeline of how these discussions were going on behind the scenes earlier this year. but the fact that there were 700 pages contained here in these 15 boxes taken back from mar-a-lago earlier this year, again, 100 classified documents, some of them in this special access programs type of things, which, again, even if you have classified clearance, the top secret clearance in the united states government, you need additional clearance to be able to access this. it is something that, you know, we were trying to figure out why would you post this letter that all right. the angle that appears to be coming from the trump side, bianna, is that these shows that the biden white house really was involved in the early discussions here in making sure that it was an investigation. that s not really what the letter shows. if you read it carefully you will see that the biden white house was givi
team now filing a response to that fbi search for all of those boxes of classified material in his florida home two weeks ago. we ll start with the fbi seizure of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the former president wants a neutral third party called a special master to review the documents taken by the fbi and return anything not within the scope of the search warrant. we re also getting new information about how much sensitive data was at mar-a-lago and the concern at the national archives months ago, which set off this entire investigation. all right, so, let s get to cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, kaitlan. we know in january, the national archives retrieved 15 boxes of material from mar-a-lago, and we are learning, thanks thao the reporting, about exactly how much classified info was in those boxes. one of the things we re learning now is because the national archives is making public a letter back in may that fills out our timeline a little bit more,
they thought releasing it helped their case? also, urgent warning, the u.s. urging americans to leave ukraine immediately. the warnings of a possible russian attack as ukraine prepared to mark its day of independence. plus, explosive whistleblower claims in a cnn exclusive. the man who was head of twitter security says your data on the site is not safe and security problems at twitter are so grave, they re even a risk to national security. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with politics lead and damning new details in the battle over the classified documents trump and his team took to mar-a-lago. we re learning officials from the national archives directly told donald trump s legal team in may that they were so concerned about what the trump team had taken with them and how those documents were being stored at mar-a-lago that top u.s. intelligence agencies had been called in to do a damage assessment, as in damage to national security. now, to be clear, t
addicted to drugs even when she was pregnant. but will it sway the jurors? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. cnn learning exclusively that the department of justice issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its investigation into january 6th. according to sources, the request for additional material pertains to both before and after the insurrection. it s a possible sign that the adoj is ramping up its investigation into the role that trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol riot. and to be clear, this is yet another federal investigation involving the former president, separate from what the fbi what led the fbi to conduct a search of mar-a-lago. and there s also news on that front tonight. the former president is responding in court for the first time since the fbi searched his home. trump is filing this lawsuit agains