a closer look at the shadowy effort that s getting high-profile results getting the war in ukraine on to russian soil. we begin tonight with exclusive new reporting, the prosecutors investigating former president s handling of classified material have in their position a recording from the summer of 2021 in which the former president is telling people around him in a meeting at his golf rissoles or it in bedminster that he has held on to a pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. cnn s reporting this undercuts his argument that he declassified everything, and on the tape, as he spoke, it sounds like he was waving a piece of paper around, raising the question, was he holding the classified documents in question? which goes to what cnn s kaitlan collins asked him at cnn s town hall earlier this month. when it comes to your documents, did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right. two by the way, they were declassified
former president acknowledging he held on to a pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. also the vote that almost did not happen, just hours after it squeaked onto the house floor. and rattling russia. a closer look at the shadowy effort that s getting high-profile results, bringing the war in ukraine onto russian soil. prosecutors investigating the former president s handling of classified material have in their possession a recording from the summer of 2021, in which the former president is telling people around him in a meeting at his resort in bedminster that he has held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. cnn is reporting, this undercuts his argument that he declassified everything. and on the tape, as he spoke, it sounds like he was waving a piece of paper around, raising the question, was he holding the classified document in question. which goes to what kaitlan collins asked him at the town hall earlier this month.
There are obviously things that are going to anger some elements of the democratic party, but the truth is that the core elements of his program are intact. the republican bill that originally passed the house tied to the debt ceiling hike would have decimated some of the things that he had passed last year through the inflation reduction act, including the big climate package. none of that happened. so i think he came out well in this. but i agree with everything that has been said. this is what a good faith compromise looks like in divided government. and this is what you can expect. and what you can expect in this
I think he was smart to wait to see if mccarthy could actually pass something through the house. once mccarthy did, it signalled there needed to be a negotiation. and i think biden came out pretty well in these negotiations. there are obviously things that are going to anger some elements of the democratic party, but the truth is that the core elements of his program are intact. the republican bill that originally passed the house tied to the debt ceiling hike would have decimated some of the things that he had passed last year through the inflation reduction act, including that big climate package. none of that happened. he so, i think he came out well in this. but i agree with everything that s been said. this is what a good faith comp ma compromise looks like in guided government, and this is what you can expect. what you can expect in this vote is there will be a lot of folks to take a free vote to express themselves particularly to their