post today. they call him senile. they cite his performance at the debate where he couldn t even remember who he was who he impeached. and an up-and-down week on wall street and fears a recession could be around the corner. and so the question right now is can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession. my answer to that question is i don t know. but up first. new cnn reporting on the fall-out from donald trump keeping reams of classified documents at his beach house in mar-a-lago. cnn confirming the national archives retrieved more than 100 classified documents back in january, some 700 pages worth of material. the confirmation comes from a letter from the archives addressed to trump s own attorneys. we are learning that the archives were so concerned about what they uncovered at trump s home that it asked the intelligence community to assess potential damage, if there was any national security risk posed by how the documents were handled and stored. t
th e a trump ally, but, you know, it really does clarify a lot of things for us including the timeline of how these discussions were going on behind the scenes earlier this year. but the fact that there were 700 pages contained here in these 15 boxes taken back from mar-a-lago earlier this year, again, 100 classified documents, some of them in this special access programs type of things, which, again, even if you have classified clearance, the top secret clearance in the united states government, you need additional clearance to be able to access this. it is something that, you know, we were trying to figure out why would you post this letter that all right. the angle that appears to be coming from the trump side, bianna, is that these shows that the biden white house really was involved in the early discussions here in making sure that it was an investigation. that s not really what the letter shows. if you read it carefully you will see that the biden white house was givi
they thought releasing it helped their case? also, urgent warning, the u.s. urging americans to leave ukraine immediately. the warnings of a possible russian attack as ukraine prepared to mark its day of independence. plus, explosive whistleblower claims in a cnn exclusive. the man who was head of twitter security says your data on the site is not safe and security problems at twitter are so grave, they re even a risk to national security. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with politics lead and damning new details in the battle over the classified documents trump and his team took to mar-a-lago. we re learning officials from the national archives directly told donald trump s legal team in may that they were so concerned about what the trump team had taken with them and how those documents were being stored at mar-a-lago that top u.s. intelligence agencies had been called in to do a damage assessment, as in damage to national security. now, to be clear, t
country now. president zelenskyy warning moscow may do something vicious in the coming hours as ukrainians mark independence day as well as six months of war. and we re tracking the final hours of voting in high stakes primaries in both florida and new york, including an ugly battle between two prominent democrats that will oust one of them from congress. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. this hour, former president donald trump s new lawsuit stemming from the fbi search of mar-a-lago is getting pushback from a federal judge. the judge just set a friday deadline for trump s lawyers to clarify their request for a special master to review evidence that was seized by the fbi. now, this comes as we re learning more about classified documents recovered from trump s florida home earlier this year. cnn justice correspondent jessica schnyder has been follow
appearing to show them punching and kneeling on a suspect in arkansas. what arkansas s governor is now saying tonight. the major turn in the search for that missing teenager in california. afterweeks, authorities tonight now confirming volunteers did find the car under water and human remains inside. tonight, what authorities are now saying about their own search teams who spent time at that lake. matt gutman reporting. breaking news as we come on tonight involving former president trump. he s now seeking the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the justice department at mar-a-lago. so, what could this mean? and what is the likelihood of this? terry moran with late reporting. in russia, the question tonight, who killed the daughter of that well-known putin ally? the images on russian tv of the car in flames, the father, his hands on his head. tonight, russia pointing to ukraine. ukraine s new response tonight. and the u.s. state department now w