through the south into the northeast at this hour. a tornado watch now in effect across several states. a confirmed ef-2 tornado already, winds up to 130 miles per hour. what to expect tonight in atlanta up through washington, philadelphia, new york to boston. rob marciano timing it all out. the remarkable images coming in from parts of california tonight families lined up for food. the community writing in the snow, help us. the state of emergency and how long it could take to get to them. the white house doctor tonight revealing a small skin lesion removed from president biden s chest was skin cancer. mary bruce standing by at the white house. the heated confrontation at a town hall in east palestine, ohio. president biden with the german chancellor at the white house tonight. united on ukraine. while overseas tonight, the laughter in fact room after what vladimir putin s top diplomat claimed. and you ll hear it. back in the u.s. tonight, the family outside salt lak
declared brain dead. she led a life of public highs and lows, but through it all she thrived on screen and strived to stay hopeful. he s currently breathing with the help of a ventilator. the question is looming over investigators right now as to what drove this 24-year-old suspect that s been identified as matar from new jersey to charge that stage. i m alex marquardt in washington in for pamela brown this evening. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with the nation s top intelligence official, the director of national intelligence being asked for a damage assessment on classified documents that were removed from former president donald trump s palm beach resort, mar-a-lago. the democratic chairs of the house intelligence and oversight committees wrote together in a letter that quote, the former president s conduct has potentially put our national security at grave risk, and they want an appropriate classified briefing on the conduct of the damage ass
celebrations are under full swing. we ll look at their 75 years of independence. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with more fallout from the fbi search of donald trump s florida estate. sources tell us one of former president trump s lawyers signed a letter back in june saying there was no more classified information stored at mar-a-lago. we learned earlier this week federal agents uncovered 11 sets of documents including 2 with top secret. they want damage assessments of the seized documents. the chair s writing that, quote, former president trump s conduct has potentially put our national security at great risk. all of this comes as the fbi is facing backlash over the search like this group that gathered outside an arizona field office. the protests ended peacefully but the bureau is still urging employees to be vigilant saying it s received an unprecedented wave of threats. cnn s caitlyn polance is in washington on th
where it was shipped. this is cnn. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden has arrived in japan after a three-day visit to south korea. air force one landed at the air base near tokyo, an hour ago to visit biden s first trip to asia as commander in chief. before leaving seoul, biden met the leader of hyundai. where he s tried to put focus on bolstering s america s security ties. the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. on saturday, the u.s. announced plans to expand military drills in response to north korea s nuclear threat. and how it can help to counter china s influence in the region. for more on that let s bring in blake essig and kevin liptak live in tokyo. kevin, a lot to get through with biden s first trip to asia. walk us through the second leg. reporter: yeah, trere really three components to this second leg of president biden s first trip to asia. the first is the u.s./japan relations. that s reall