classified documents about ukraine, iran and united kingdom. how did the documents end up in that audience and why? a russian soldier talking about the ukraine. what did the el paso mayor show present biden? mayor is my guest. show his pictures first here out front. let s go out front. good evening, i am erin burnett. president speaking out here he is moments ago at a summit with other world leaders in mexico. people know i take classified documents and classified information seriously. when my lawyers were clearing out my office at university of pennsylvania set up a secure office. i was a professor at penn. they found documents in a box you know, locked cabinet. at least a closet. as soon as they did, they realized several classified documents in that box. they did what they should have done, immediately called archives, turned them over to the archives and i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn there were any government records taken there to that offi
Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. Nice to have you all. John dean, let me begin with you. You heard the president out there try to defend himself today. Did he do himself any favors . Every time he opens his mouth he seems to conflict with a prior statement so i dont think he did himself any favors. They have not developed a Clear Strategy or approach or answer or response to any of this. And it is reminiscent of others in high places that got themselves in trouble. Some of them kept a better message than trump has. David, to you, the defense from the president again and again is, you know, the payments didnt come out of the campaign. He said and i quote, they being the payments, came from me. If what he said on fox is true, that statement, then at the very least he admitted to a payment that was not disclosed on the Financial Disclosure forms, which very well may be illegal, but how does the court of Public Opinion see it ton
their names. as the fighting in soledar wages on, all eyes on when and if it may fall. cnn spoke to a soldier in soledar, no one knows where the frontlines are such a big gray area. ukraine has lost a lot of troops. being replaced so quickly can t learn their call signs and still he figures ukrainians will be forced to withdrawal to move out of soledar. he wont wonders why retreat hasn t come to save lives. thanks, so much. i want to talk about a couple of points scott made. that ukrainian soldier fighting in soledar. not a single person can say how dead they are. they inanticipate ukraine may he
vladimir putin would not go. the latvian president now saying that u.s. troops should be on nato s eastern front to bulk up their presence there. ukrainian president also saying that, look, if you don t close the skies in this country, pretty soon, the conflict may well be in your backyard. obviously, john, if the bombing does start to come to cities like lviv, the worry is you may have a whole new wave of refugees flooded for the exits of ukraine. scott mclean, live for us in l lviv, appreciate the important context and reporting. there is important new reporting this hour, including the points scott was discuss k. the white house discussing whether president biden will travel to europe and have a potential stop in poland. that, of course, would put the president of the united states just miles away from the russian assault on ukraine. also this morning, a meeting between top american and chinese national security officials. that huddle follows new details about russia s battle pl
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