it s the top of hour on cnn newsroom. first on cnn, another development in the growing discoveries involving classified documents. a lawyer for former vice president mike pence discovered about a dozen classified documents at pence s indiana home last week. several sources tell cnn that attorney turned over those classified records to the fbi. the fbi and the justice department s now national security division has launched an investigation. the discovery comes after the former vp into how classified materials were found in the private homes of president biden and former president trump. cnn s evan perez joins us now. this is getting really, really messy, what more can you tell us about these documents now at the former vice president s home? reporter: this is very messy, especially for the vice president and everyone who s been handling these classified documents. the vice president s team was doing these searches out of an abundance of caution because of what they
the mass shooting at robb elementary school earlier this afternoon. this comes as a justice department announces it will conduct an independent review of the law enforcement response to the shooting with the d.o.j. says the mayor of uvalde requested that review after we learned police waited nearly an hour to storm the classroom where the shooter was holed up despite multiple 911 calls from the children still trapped inside. arthel: let s go live to uvalde, texas and our jeff paul is standing by, jeff. arthel what would normally be a day full of excitement that comes along the presidential visit is instead full of sadness as people continue to come here to the city center to pay their respects to the 19 students in two teachers who died. first lady jill biden and president joe biden are now trying to do their best to help this community that continues to grieve. now after landing in san antonio the first family made their way to uvalde their first stop was at robb elementar
the baltimore police department, michael harris, thank you for sharing part of your weekend with us. right off the bat i m curious to get your response of what happened here. when you learned of the news, how did it make you feel? first of all, thank you for having me. i was like most people shocked and horrified by this horrific event. 30 people shot at a block party that had upwards of 100 people. that s likely the most violent and the most deadly and violent mass shooting the city has seen certainly in recent years. i was as horrified as everyone else. of course, i heard the previous speaker, begin to ask myself, although i m transitioning out, the acting commissioner is in the role, the very same questions about police presence and what was known, when it was known and how could police not have known. all of those questions i believe
vice president and current president. separate the former president from this, parallels between the vice presidents, transitioning out, the reporting has been throughout the course of this day, with senate majority leader schumer, with the other lawmakers he sent into this operations it appears at this initial moment that that s the direction things are heading. there s still a special counsel investigation and still new discoveries of documents in the president s home a couple of days ago during a search by the fbi. a moment right now people are grasping at the fact that this is broader issue in washington. when it comes to this transition process and perhaps there needs to be legislative fixes and fixes from the intelligence community here, not necessarily
from new york increased funding for family public-private partnerships to focus on veteran homelessness which is when the challenges from the edges of veteran suicide. griff: ran for cars i was present the board for student when the largest post- 911 service organizations to try to give that sense of belonging, that sense of. support to veterans as they were transitioning out, going to college work at the next phase of their life. wrinkled this is an issue has been a challenge for many years. i think that it veterans will tire their units lost more people after they came home that when they were serving overseas. that is something we should always be focusing on tackling pride even if there is no one solution. we will never stop working to address the scourge. griff: another issue heard there the comedian and actor john stuart bringing his celebrity to washington on this weekend to raise a lot of awareness on the burn pits print your reaction, your thoughts on what needs to