George santos is defiant amid growing calls for him to resign over the many lies he told voters. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy standing by santos even as he acknowledges a lack of trust. Were tracking Severe Weather right now in the southeast including significant damage from a large and extremely dangerous tornado in alabama. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with this Special Counsel investigation thats about to get under way. Amid new revelations about classified documents found at President Bidens home and office. Lets go right to our chief White House Correspondent phil mattingly. The white house is attempting to defend its response as a new timeline is raising a lot of questions. Thats right, wolf. The white House Counsel saying they will fully cooperate with the new Special Counsel investigation and say they believe by the time the investigation is over it will be clear this was an inadver
dozen tornadoes hit the south. the keng s daughter gone. lisa marie presley has died suddenly. what might be the biggest political crisis to the biden administration, a special counsel appointed in the document crisis scandal. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good morning, everyone. i m christine romans. we begin with dangerous and deadly storms tearing across the south. 35 tornadoes reported in alabama, kentucky and georgia. at least seven people have been killed. six of the deaths in alabama. the in georgia, a 5-year-old child died when a tree fell on top of a car. selma, alabama, one of the hardest hit areas, a confirmed ef-1 leaving a trail of destruction causing widespread damages to homes and businesses in the historic city. we at the tax office. lord, look at our vehicles. lord, we ain t worried about them. y all, we just thank god for this structure and the lord for blessing us. lord, we could have been gone, y all. we had
george santos is defiant amid growing calls for him to resign over the many lies he told voters. house speaker kevin mccarthy standing by santos even as he acknowledges a lack of trust. we re tracking severe weather right now in the southeast including significant damage from a large and extremely dangerous tornado in alabama. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with this special counsel investigation that s about to get under way. amid new revelations about classified documents found at president biden s home and office. let s go right to our chief white house correspondent phil mattingly. the white house is attempting to defend its response as a new timeline is raising a lot of questions. that s right, wolf. the white house counsel saying they will fully cooperate with the new special counsel investigation and say they believe by the time the investigation is over it will b
emerging as republican congressional leaders cry foul about the target and the timing. i know doing this 90 days before an election reeks of politics. reporter: kevin mccarthy tweeting the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization, warning about investigations if republicans take the house in november, writing attorney general garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar. merrick garland, chris wray, come to the house judiciary committee this friday and answer our questions about this action today which has never happened in american history. what was on the warrant? what were you really doing? what were you looking for? why not talk to president trump and have him give the information you re after? reporter: trump was in new york at trump tower when the search began monday morning. his son eric said he alerted trump about what was unfolding in florida. the purpose of the raid from what they said is because the n
a.m. hello, again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. and we re getting a clearer picture, court documents are giving new details about what dodge removed from mar-a-lago and what potential crimes they re investigating. agents say they recovered 11 sets of classified documents. at least one was marked as top secret, sci, which is one of the highest levels of classification. so far the dodge has not filed any charges. and new today, the department of homeland security and the fbi say their investigating violent threats made against federal law enforcement, courts, government personnel and facilities in the wake of the fbi search warrant. the fbi said that the number of threats against the bureau are unprecedented. cnn s kaitlan pollance is here with details on all of this. what more are you learning about exactly what the fbi may have seized? well, fred, when we were going into this week, as we learned about the search and seizure at mar-a-lago, t