and, or, importantly, the obverse of that is that it could also indicate what we do not know about a foreign nation. which could give them some form of reassurance, particularly if it s an adversary. so, nuclear capabilities, number of weapons, how many are on alert, maintenance status, training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be inferred by exposure of these documents. this is obviously very valuable top secret information. but what is the value of this top secret information to another country? because, you know, only a certain number of countries have nuclear capabilities. well, that s right. it is a fairly small club of nine or ten, depending on if you include north korea or not, i guess. and as i say, this goes to the very core of our nation s existence. and that is why nations pursue and acquire nuclear weapons. i
new charges against steve bannon this morning, welcome to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. long-time trump adviser and ally steve bannon expected to surrender to prosecutors in new york thursday to face state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern border. bannon allegedly defrauded donors who contributed to a we build the wall campaign. the crowd-funded border wall raised more than $25 million. according to prosecutors bannon falsely told donors that all the money contributed would go toward the construction effort. bannon in a statement calls the indictment phoney charges and a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system. federal prosecutors charged bannon with the same alleged crime in 2020 but president trump pardoned bannon as he was leaving office. presidential pardons do not apply to state investigations, of course. cnn s kara scannell is joining us now with the details. what s the la
of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know the details of those special access programs. even more sensitive than we knew to this point, and, of course, kept in an unsecured facility. if confirmed, it means the documents containing another nation s nuclear secrets and some of the u.s. most highly guarded top secret operations were sitting in an unsecured country club for more than 18 months. after repeated requests to return those documents. and another major story we are following this morning, this one out of memphis, tennessee, the man now charged with the death of 34-year-old eliza fletcher is facing multiple murder charges in her kidnapping and death, expected in court, in the next hour. we re going to bring you updates live, more in a moment. first, we want to begin with our top story this hour, the washington post story reporting a document detailing a foreign government s military defenses including its nuc
reporter: you ve already seen the former staffers from former president obama filing in. to some degree, a reunion, not just for the staff but also the president and the former president and obviously the president was the former vice-president as well. eight years together serving in the white house, obviously a close relationship, a very deeply personal relationship, one that s had its ups and downs, but there s no question throughout the roller coaster the two have remained friends and remained in contact since president biden took office last year. this will mark the first trip back to the white house for michelle obama since she left office on january a tradition, one that has been on a pause, at least for the last decade since george w. bush and laura bush had their portraits unveiled by president obama. president trump decided not to. we don t know why. but both the former president and first lady will have their portraits unveiled all for the former president obam
welcome to the fastest internet on the largest gig speed network. are you crying uncle ed? no! a little. only from xfinity. unbeatable internet made to do anything so you can do anything. in cnn newsroom. i m victor plaquewell. and i m alisyn camerota. we re covering several developing stories. a new report reveals new details about the top secret documents found at donald trump s home including nuclear defense information of another country. we ll discuss the danger that this presents. and the obamas make their first joint return to the white house today. details of the official portraits and political messages that were on display today plus americans are getting ready to get new booster shots. the white house covid coordinator will join us to talk about the newest phase in the fight against covid but first former white house chief strategist steve bannon is expected to surrender tomorrow on state charges alleging he defrauded donors who wanted to build a border wall.