done before the end of the day. what multiple sources are telling our team on the hill. and i ll get the administration s perspective from nec deputy director in just a couple of minutes. plus, the comments from former president trump caught on tape and now in the hands of the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents. and it s a horrific case involving unspeakable crimes. an ex-cia officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women, the evidence seemingly overwhelming including photos and videotapes, but today a judge is being asked to throw it all out. but we start in the senate where the scramble is on to push the debt limit bill through the senate as soon as tonight, cramming what would typically be maybe a week s worth of debate and drama into hours, with lawmakers now under the threat of a catastrophic default if they don t get this done by monday. here s majority leader schumer just a few hours ago. june 5th is less than four d
federal prosecutors. the lead starts right now. breaking on cnn this minute. a meeting recorded. sources tell cnn donald trump not only knew he kept classified documents, but talked about them in a meeting captured on tape. what sources say they discussed and the significance of what was said. we have the breaking reporting right now. this hour the debt limit deal put together a growing list of house republicans and democrats coming out saying they plan to vote no. i ll speak with one of them coming up. bullet through a prayer book, a survivor who hid in a closs set. the stark new details in the trial of the tree of life mass shooting suspect. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. a new piece of evidence that undercuts donald trump s defense in the classified documents investigation. federal prosecutors obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting where the former president acknowledges he held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack ag
i also take judge kaplan s instruction to them today seriously, which is you guys should not reveal your identity because of what this guy will do to you. jurors, if you can hear us, we re cure wrs but we don t need to know who you are. also a lot happier the people who don t know. hats offeo to you, you new yorkers. all right, buddy, thank you as always. and thank you at home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law not even a former president of the united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, that is how she began her statement after the verdict was read in the case against former president trump. carroll herself said, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump to clear my name and to get my life back. today the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon a jury of six men and three women in manhattan found former president donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the decision was quick and it was
right now. obsessed with nazis, guns and mass shooters. these are the new chilling details about the 33-year-old gunman. there are seven survivors still in the hospital. three of them in critical condition fighting for their lives. for people to realize how tragic this really was, they are forever changed. the nation speeds closer to default and neither side is budging. the solution here may not be black or white. there is no plan b. our plan is for congress to act without conditions. everybody needs to get their big boy pants on and start doing their job. jury deliberations are expected in e. jean carroll civil suit against the former president. trump s lawyer said carroll s lawyers want the jury to hate trump enough to ignore the facts. he is not here before you. he did not come it will be interesting to see how that weighs with the jury. we heard from president vladimir putin, claims the true war is waged against his country. we will defend the
so, in just a few hours a judge will hear arguments over whether or not to unseal the affidavit behind the fbi s search of mar-a-lago, and tonight, cnn is learning that some trump allies are pushing him to publicly release surveillance video of the search. let s discuss now, cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi dictated director andrew mccabe, he s the author of the threat, how the america fbi protects america in the age of terror and trump. kim whaley is here she is visiting professor of law at american university and the author of, how to think like a lawyer. i m so glad both of you are on. good evening, thank you so much. andrew, you know, we re talking about the former president here, threatening to release the surveillance video. wouldn t that put this investigation somehow in danger? especially the agents as well who are executing this search? sure, absolutely. there s a couple things the agents are gonna be really concerned about. first and foremost, focus on