tonight trump and more than a dozen republican presidential hopefuls, will descend on iowa. a big question, will any of his opponents pounce on the legal trouble? cnn this morning starts right now. so this is where we begin this morning, donald trump is facing serious new charges in the classified documents case, the special counsel is accusing the former president of trying to get security video deleted at mar-a-lago in addition to hoarding boxes of national security secrets, and trump has a new co-defendant allegedly involved in the scheme, mar-a-lago s property manager. security video is a kugs piece of evidence into whether trump moved the boxes around to hide them from federal investigators. here is some of what we have learned from the new superseding indictment. prosecutors say trump s longtime
they start communicating about what the boss wishes are and immediately took steps to delete this footage. all of that is pretty lock, stock and barrel evidence of obstruction of justice. a lot of the other things are more legally complicated. let s just hone in on what was added to the indictment, page 4, attempt to go delete security camera footage at mar-a-lago to conceal information from the fbi grand jury. this indictment details phone calls between trump and the new defendant, de oliveira. the fact there is a persistent, according to prosecutors, effort to get that footage gone and the time that happened, is that more damning than what was in the original indictment? it is because the persistence shows knowledge of intent and, number two, if he s persistent, you have more chances to prove it. look, cases rise and fall on what you can actually prove and get into court. if somebody asks something one
you. reporter: former president donald trump is standing his ground. this is harassment. this is election interfrence. reporter: saying he will plow forward with his presidential campaign and stay in the 2024 race, even if convicted and sentenced for allegedly holding onto classified documents after leaving office. there is nothing in the constitution to say that it could, and not at all, and it wouldn t stop me. reporter: trump today focused on pushing back against three new charges from special counsel jack smith in the classified documents probe, including one alleging trump attempted to coordinate the destruction of surveillance footage at his florida estate after receiving a subpoena to turn it over. the latest indictment from a grand jury in florida also named a third defendant, carlos de oliveira, a mar-a-lago property manager. trump allegedly worked with personal aide walt nauta anstey olivera to pressure another mar-a-lago employee to delete footage, some of which pr
white house. yesterday, the special counsel s office filed three new felony charges in its investigation of the former presidents alleged mishandling of classified documents. the new counts accuse trump of attempting to destroy evidence by pressuring a mar-a-lago employee to delete security video sought by prosecutors. it also includes an additional count for the willful retention of national defense information. for his part, trump just said security tapes were never deleted. cbs s robert costa starts us out tonight with the latest. good evening to you, robert. reporter: good evening, margaret. the gravity of the charge is now facing former president trump came into sharper relief today, even as he insists he did nothing wrong. federal investigators say staff you d him as the so-called boss of the florida estate who allegedly pressured them to destroy evidence sought by the justice department. speak what is going to be with
his indictment for mishandling of classified documents. here are tonight s headlines. the former president pushes back, and we learned more today about the new defendant, mar-a-lago s property manager.% plus, on the campaign trail in iowa, why republican hopefuls continue to avoid criticizing the g.o.p. front and on speaker at the end of the day, voters make that decision. extreme heat reaches triple digits, expected returns of millions of americans. we have two air conditioners running. russian officials say a downed missile murdered people during my getting down city successful he taken back and front line village in the southeast from russian forces. margaret: consumer alert. a major recall of the nation s top selling pickup. what you should go if you drive