the league and political battles over abortion. one of the nation s pose conservative courts weighing it as state legislatures in north and south carolina take new action to ban the procedure. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive reporting on new evidence in the trump classified documents investigation. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel broke the story for us, jamie, tell us what you re learning. reporter: wolf, cnn has obtained this letter from the national archives to president trump informing him that the archives is getting ready to hand over 16 new presidential records to special council. thises is far as we know we have not seen the records yet but the evidence . it suggests that trump had first-hand knowledge that you just do not declassify material with a wave of a hand. there is a rigorous process. as we have heard multiple times, trump an
i m bianca nobilo. max foster is on assignment today. just ahead we pay our bills. the nation has never defaulted on its debt and it never will. greatest threat is american default. and i took what i took and it gets declassified. g the president is being investigated not only willful retext of classified documents but also obstructing an investigation. and jack teixeria was taking notes on classified intelligence information and seen putting the notes in his pocket. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, may 18, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 p.m. in japan where u.s. president biden is set to meet with the prime minister ahead of the g7 summit. but back home in washington, the u.s. is inching closer to defaulting on its debt which could plunge the global economy into chaos. mr. biden arrived a short time ago where he was greeted by u.s. service members. g7 leaders have a packed agenda for the summit including th
team to get the job done? now, if the answer to those questions is no, and i imagine it is for most of you, then neither man is really capable of serving as a u.s. senator or the u.s. president. at least not without a lot of people making decisions for him and, of course, this is exactly what s happening in both cases. now here we are, four months later, sadly vindicated, wondering how two women closest to sick men in declining health can even live with themselves. both jill biden and gisele fetterman know better than anyone how unfit to serve their hubs are. as bad as both men have looked and sounded at various times to the rest of us, imagine how bad they are behind closed doors. but, of course, these women lie to themselves and then they lie to us. how will this episode affect the campaign and his upcoming schedule? and as soon as he s back he ll be back on the trail. i don t think it s going to affect it. the president s campaign this week released an ad just real
sudan s army has claimed it s in control of the airport and presidential palace in khartoum after a day of fighting with paramilitary forces. at least 3 people are reported to have died in the clashes. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military, since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged a return to talks which are meant to restore civilian rule. the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly said the violence must stop and called on the sudanese leadership to do all they can to restrain their troops. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, has described the situation as fragile. major parties in khartoum some weeks ago reached a very important framework agreement on how to proceed with a transition to civilian government. and there s been real progress in trying to move that forward. i spoke to general burhan just a couple of days ago on that very topic. and there are still some remaining, important remaini
capitol hill. and this is cnn. just in to cnn space, exclaiming it triggered its own explosion of that history making rockets. we re going to tell you why. and another act of senseless gun violence. the look on this six year old girl s face speaks volumes, doctors removing a bullet fragment from her cheek after a basketball rolled into her neighbor s yard, and he allegedly opened fire a manhunt now under away with the girl s mother is saying about the moments before he pulled the trigger. and his violence torment sudan, the u. s military is now deploying additional capabilities nearby. that means u. s service members to be in place to secure the u. s. embassy to prepare for potential evacuation civilians desperately trying to flee as fighting between rival factions is now overwhelming hospitals. we are following these major developing stories and many more. all coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch turned fireworks show space x s historic