the administration is under intense scrutiny as it tries to put out firestorm of criticism over a lack of transparency, but president biden says he is fully cooperating with investigators while arguing, quote, there s no there there. all this coming as two senate democrats are calling for a full investigation. former federal prosecutor alex little is standing by with the big picture, but first, let s go to lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the very latest. hello, lucas. reporter: good afternoon, arthel. many republicans asking more questions about the timeline and why the decision was made not to reveal these classified documents before the midterm elections. nobody should be above the law, but what it comes down to here is the deliberate misleading of the american people. again, when did they know, how many people knew, and did they choose to keep it secret from the american people. reporter: now two democratic senators, tim kaine and joe manchin, say they
encounters just in the first three months of fiscal year 2023. but the biden administration continues to maintain that the border is secure. we re looking live at eagle pass, texas. that s where griff jenkins joins us with the late from there. hey, griff. reporter: hey, good afternoon, eric. and if you weren t just watching that drone, we can take you back up to it. the border patrol air boats just passing underneath the bridge here in eagle pass. it is ground zero here in the del rio sector for this crisis is. these agents in texas dps troopers and national guard here are absolutely exhausted from what has been happening, and that is why these december numbers were so startling. take a look at these numbers. let s go into them. 251,000 migrant encounters in december of which 49,405 were title 42. that means that 200,000, eric, were released into the u.s. that is quite a stunning number there in and of itself. but the the second number is what i wanted to show you. the 717,
tank standoff. who will blink first over sending crucial fire power to ukraine. former ambassador nikki haley says it s time for a new generation to lead. guess who she has in mind for 2024? good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. president biden saying he has no regrets over the way the white house handled the discovery of classified documents at his private think tank office and delaware home. as we found we found a handful of documents were failed were filed in the wrong place. we immediately turned them over to the archives and the justice department. we re fully cooperating, looking forward to getting this resolved quickly. the president s first remarks in a week on the classified document discovery. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington this friday morning for us. jasmine, mr. biden spent about 30 seconds addressing the documents, the very end of the comments on storm re
good morning, everybody. i m bianna golodryga. and i m john berman. this morning a critical moment in the war in ukraine and a standoff at this moment over sending tanks to the battlefield. a short time ago president zelenskyy of ukraine said he is grateful for the support so far, but, quote, hundreds of thank you s are not hundreds of tanks. there are new developments in the last few minutes about whether ukraine will get those tanks it says it needs for its survival. also back here at home, president biden in his first public remarks since classified documents were found at his home and office says that he has no regrets. the president will appear this afternoon at the white house with u.s. mayors, so will he answer more questions about the documents? we re following it all for you. we are going to begin, though, with this controversy over getting tanks into ukraine. cnn s natasha bertrand is at the white house and chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in
we begin in the u.s. state of california where a pair of new shootings have claimed the lives of at least seven people. that comes just days after 11 people died in a mass shooting further south in monterey park. monday s rampage took place in the coastal city of half moon bay, where authorities say the shooter opened fire into different locations. flea two miles apart. another victim was critically injured in the attacks. police took 67-year-old generally sow into custody, and they say they found a handgun in his vehicle close by. well, now they are trying to figure out a motive. here was the san mateo county sheriff speaking on monday. at 4:40 pm, sow was located in his vehicle in the parking lot of the sheriffs substation here in half moon bay. by a sheriff s deputy. cao was taken into custody without incident. and a semiautomatic handgun was located in his vehicle. cao is believed to have acted alone. and there is no further threat to this community. cnn s camila bern