good morning, everyone. we re going to take a minute to announce some good news. yesterday, clant collins is the new host of the 9:00 p.m. hour, opposite side of the day. i am. just when i got into this whole, you know, waking up at 3:30, everything. i had it down pat. i almost brought you a trash can and larmalarm clock. will you ll never have to set an alarm clock. it will be very exciting. f fun to i don t views and i will miss you. of course i m going to miss you. you ve been everything to me. i m not far away. what is also great is the reporting you do every day on everything washington can really be highlighted and featured at 9:00. i m excited for that. and i ll see you a lot. so we have a week left with kaitlan, thank goodness. let s get started with five things it know. the suspect behind that big leak of military secrets was repeatedly warned about his mishandling of classified documents but still was never removed from his post. this is according to new
of military secrets was repeatedly warned about his mishandling of classified documents but still was never removed from his post. this is according to new court records. also, president biden has just landed in japan ahead of a summit with g-7 world leaders. he may ab broad. but he unfortunately can t escape the pressure of the big domestic issue that is facing him and republicans in washington. moments ago, he ignored a shouted question on the debt ceiling. and the cab driver that drove harry and meghan during a paparazzi chase says the couple was nervous and scared. harry and meghan describe the ordeal as a near catastrophic chase. and montana is the first state to ban tiktok altogether. the law, however, does not go into effect until january. legal challenges, of course, expected. and a who done it has now been solved. the fbi has charged a minnesota man for stealing dorothy s ruby red slippers from the wizard of oz over 20 years ago. cnn this morning starts right
australia underscores how difficult things are. you would know this well. bruce reid, the deputy chief of staff doesn t often go on foreign trips. he s on this trip because of his central role in the debt ceiling negotiations. but the focus, very clearly, will be on those central issues with ukraine. with china, and with g-7 leaders which have remained remarkably united throughout the course of russia s invasion of ukraine, in terms of economic sanctions and in terms of assistance to ukraine and most particularly, in terms of defensive assistance you ve crane. there is still very serious issues to deal with on that front as well. but also, the president, since he s been in office, has been trying to pull particularly european leaders into an alliance in terms of posture as it relates to china. that will be a focal point as well. certainly issues back home. the issues here are critical and what the president wants to focus on. at his first g-7 in 202 1shgs