happening now, cnn s exclusive story on the trump classified documents investigation. did a trump employee accidentally or intentionally cause the flood in a room where surveillance video logs were kept? also tonight former vice president mike pence files his 2024 campaign paperwork as the republican presidential field is clearly widening dramatically this week. there s new reaction from donald trump to pence s candidacy as the stage is set for a gop primary showdown. and ukraine s preparations for its long-awaited counteroffensive against russia. that and much more in cnn s exclusive interview with general mark milley. 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 the trump classified documents investigation. cnn getting exclusive new information about an incident at mar-a-lago that raised eyebrows in the special counsel s office. this comes on the same day that donald trump s lawyers me
the u.s. debt ceiling clears its first hurdle in the house, but it still has a way to go to cross that finish line. north korea admits it failed to launch a military spy satellite into orbit, but the attempt has increased tensions and rattled nerves in the south. and unnecessarily aggressive. that s how the u.s. is describing a chinese fighter jet s encounter with an american spy plane over the south china sea. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so a deal to avoid defaulting on tens of trillions of dollars of debt is now moving forward, but the u.s. government is by no means out of the woods. in the coming hours, u.s. house members will vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling as well as other measures tacked on to limit spending. the house speaker will be busy trying to rangle last-minute support from republicans who just don t like this deal. some democrats are also angry about white house concessions. but house leaders, they seem confid
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welcome to inside politics. i m phil mattingly in for dana bash. the friday before christmas is supposed to be slow, but there s no shortage of major news right now, including a new report about pressure the then president put on officials in michigan after the election. but at any moment, the supreme court could announce whether it ses fast tracking a a decision on donald trump s claim he s immune from prosecution if i for trying to you are overturn the election. i they want a quick decision to move forward with the trial. trump wants to delay if as much as possible. we start things off with katelyn polantz in washington. what s so striking here is it may seem procedural, but my goodness, the stakes here could not be higher. reporter: they are. i can t risk getting into the weeds on this. but it is a really big deal. that became so apparent in the way that the justice department wrote about this issue to the supreme court yesterday. they wrote that this issue of presiden