Is cnn Breaking News good morning. You are live in the cnN Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington this morning at the white House House President Biden And Vice president Kamala Harris will hold a critical meeting with the us hostage negotiating team. And hopes of crafting a Ceasefire Deal to free the people. Hamas took captive during October 7 Terror Attack on israel, 97 hostages are still being held including seven americans of those americans four are believed to its still be alive this Weekends Discovery of six hostages killed in a Hamas Tunnel underscores the sense of Urgency Israel calls it quote Cold Blooded murder. Minutes ago, a funeral began for the young man on your far left is israeli american hersh goldberg, polin Israels President , apologized to the family in his eulogy the Human Being as a father and as a president of the state of israel, i want to say how sorry, i am sorry, i am that we didnt protect her on that dark day how sorry, i am that we failed to bring him home.
For us. What do we know about the documents in this second batch . Reporter we dont know much other than bidens attorneys uncovered a second batch. The first batch was found in early november in an office that his attorneys were clearing out. That included ten classified documents, including information about iran, the uk and ukraine and even included topsecret information. Were told it was that discovery that spurred the searches in additional locations looking for other documents. We dont know where the second batch was found, what it includes. One of the biggest questions, is this it . The white house has been very careful not to say that the first batch or second batch is all they know is out there. Thats a really big question to have hanging over the white house. How is the gop responding to this on capitol hill . Im sure theyre pouncing. Reporter of course theyre pouncing. House oversight wants briefings. You showed the clip of Kevin Mccarthy asking why it wasnt disclosed. The sp
offices. that according to a source familiar with the story. the documents were discovered last fall and turned over to the national archives which referred the matter to the u.s. justice department for further investigation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. and we begin our coverage tonight with the breaking news that we re following. classified government documents found inside one of president biden s private offices. the records dating from biden s time as vice president during obama administration. cnn s senior justice correspondent has been working the story for us. he s got the new information. update our viewers on exactly what is going on. this is reporting from our colleague and our team. we re told the president s legal team discovered the classified documents that were discovered in a office that the president had when he was setting up an office with the university of penn
whether former president trump has fully complied with a subpoena issued back in may to hand over all classified documents he took with him when he left office. sources telling cnn federal investigators want to talk to two people hired to search trump s properties back in november for any additional records that have not been turned over. and now president biden faces his own special counsel investigation after his lawyers discovered obama era documents in his garage and a personal office in his wilmington home and also in a washington, d.c. office. mr. biden used it during the trump presidency. there are important distinctions between the two investigations. the trump reviews involve way more classified records and questions of obstruction. once the government demanded their return. team biden says it immediately notified the appropriate agencies when the first documents were found and that it worked with the justice department on the search that turned up additional classif
for us. what do we know about the documents in this second batch? reporter: we don t know much other than biden s attorneys uncovered a second batch. the first batch was found in early november in an office that his attorneys were clearing out. that included ten classified documents, including information about iran, the uk and ukraine and even included top-secret information. we re told it was that discovery that spurred the searches in additional locations looking for other documents. we don t know where the second batch was found, what it includes. one of the biggest questions, is this it? the white house has been very careful not to say that the first batch or second batch is all they know is out there. that s a really big question to have hanging over the white house. how is the gop responding to this on capitol hill? i m sure they re pouncing. reporter: of course they re pouncing. house oversight wants briefings. you showed the clip of kevin mccarthy asking why it