updates by whisker priscilla alvarez at the white house, and this is cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with major damage control underway inside the u. s intelligence community right now , the pentagon is trying to assess the fallout of leaked classified documents. 21 year old jack tachira and air national guardsman is in custody and charged under the espionage act. the documents he is accused of leaking are considered highly classified and include eavesdropping on adversaries and allies alike. cnn s jeremy diamond joins us now over at the white house, jeremy, what more? are we learning about this damage assessment that s underway. well, jim, we re talking about dozens of highly classified documents that were leaked online allegedly by this 21 year old airman jack teixeira . and now the pentagon is working to assess exactly what the damage to u. s national security will be of some of these documents. and if you look at the brea
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country s highest court upheld a controversial new law that raises france s retirement age from 62 to 64. the plan, spearheaded by president emmanuel macron, prompted weeks of angry protests, with protesters filling the streets and police responded with tear gas or not. a bashir has more from paris for us. despite the fierce backlash, this new legislation has received president emmanuel macron. we said no time in signing it into law. this comes after weeks of deliberation by france s constitutional council and weeks of protests by union members and other demonstrators against the proposal by the government to raise the retirement age from 62. to 64. of course, the constitutional council has given the green light to the core of this new legislation. they re striking down. six minor measures included in the proposal. president emmanuel macron has now extended an invitation to union heads to meet with him at the elysee next tuesday, though the head of one of france s largest unions has
already rejected this invitation. and is calling for more protests, particularly on may 1st, which is traditionally labor day here in france, the head of the cgt union calling for historic protests to take place against this new lawn. of course, we have seen mass protests in paris and across france. in fact, over the last 12 weeks on thursday, 380,000 people taking to the streets across the country, some 42,000 here in paris alone. and of course, all these protests have been largely peaceful. there were pockets of violence. some scuffles reported between the police and protesters. police later having to use tear gas to disperse the crowds at the end of thursday s process, and in fact there were small demonstrations on friday in response to the constitutional council s decision. this has been a deeply controversial and deeply unpopular legislation. it has drawn fierce backlash not only from protesters but also from opposition leaders and
, you know, there have been many senators who because of illness , or i can recall a senator who had a stroke who was away from the senate for many, many months . this is not different and two single her out, i think is not reasonable, however, if she concludes with her family and physicians that she is unable to return, that would be a different matter. i don t know the answer to that. but i know she will be evaluating that with her physicians and because her whole life has been committed to our country. i m sure she ll make a decision in the best interests of america. all right, congressman zoloft, and we always appreciate you coming on with us. thanks so much for your time. we appreciate it. thank you. alright still ahead a deadly standoff in sudan. hey don t do it. fighting erupts