nathalie tocci, former eu foreign policy advisor. the longtime capitol hill correspondent, and now washington post live anchor, leigh ann caldwell, and christopher steele, formerly head of the russia desk at mi6. hello, welcome to the progamme. the photographs speak for themselves. red tabs, yellow tabs, top secret documents, some of them marked hcs human confidential sources which the us government believe the former president donald trump was attempting to conceal. the fbi seized 33 boxes from mar a lago earlier this month, more than 100 classified documents, three of which were found mixed with other papers in his desk and not in locked storage as where they were supposed to be. in a 36 page filing to a federal judge, prosecutors said that at a june meeting the trump team had certified in writing that all remaining documents were contained in a single sealed envelope that was handed over. but in august and in a matter of hours the fbi had recovered twice as many docum
pottinger resigned in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capitol. he will appear alongside former trump white house aide sarah matthews. also today, opening statements are expected in the federal trial of former trump adviser steve bannon for his refusal to cooperate with the january 6 committee. he s charged with two counts of contempt of congress for flouting subpoenas from the committee. the trial is expected to move quickly. and the government s case might even take one day. let s go to cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. thank you for joining us. let s start with matthew pottinger and these details. obviously he was a pretty big figure in the west wing. he is considered to be have influence in the west wing. that s right, potting was the deputy national security adviser. that s a high-ranking position, he s alongside another person the former white house press secretary sarah matthews. they re both going to be live witnesses
we will look at taiwan in the moment and the implications of nancy pelosi s trip there. we start with oil and the impact high prices is having on the global economy. nearly every country is struggling with the climbing cost of oil and gas as it fuels inflation and households struggle to pay bills so much so that president biden visited saudi arabia last month to persuade the major oil producer to increase supply and cool soaring prices. saudi arabia meets today with the other members of opec plus to decide on their next move. our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi has more. another opec plus meeting but this one is a crucial one that comes with them if as of august producing the same amount you are back most members of opec plus in the uae only to members which have limited spare capacity. that boils down to them whether they will be able to boost production substantially to balance the market and bring down oil prices. it s very unlikely they are going to mak
No clear evidence of that. President biden yesterday on 60 minutes doubling down on a warning to others in the middle east. It comes as the u. S. Military is increasing its presence in the region amid a threat from iran and hezbollah. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken back in israel this morning to continue diplomatic talks after a weekend of meetings with leaders in the middle east. Meanwhile, in gaza, Palestinian Civilians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israelgaza border for the very latest on all of that in just a moment. Also ahead, an update on the speakers race here at home. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears the nominee once again does not have the support needed to win. There is so much news on this monday morning. There really is. Probably the most important election in europe. Oh, my gosh. Over the past decade. Poland. I dont think thats an overstatement in poland. Right now, it looks like the pro west, pro european, the
president of taiwan when they re in the united states? these are called transits. not uncommon. the president has done it six times. every taiwan president in recent memory has done this. it s unofficial and personal in nature in terms of travel. so we would let them speak to their agenda to who they want to meet with and on what timeline. it is not uncommon for in previous transits for there to be discussions with u.s. officialings and with members of congress. i m not going to get ahead, this is really for taiwan to speak to. so maybe. this is for taiwan to speak to. thank you. on the idea of russia seeking weapons and munitions, can you give us an assessment to where things stands in terms of russia s stockpile and what sort of help are they getting from