17th. president xi is headed to russia. they tried to portray themselves as a neutral party. the west is skeptical and concerned that china is considering providing russia with weapons. and a cnn exclusive. two dozen mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury. this is connection to the special counsel investigation into the handling of classified documents. also banks rescuing another bank? first republic bank is set to receive a $30 billion life line. the money coming from a group of major banks including j.p. morgan chase and wells fargo. a dramatic last second shot, a tiger s tail turning into a cinderella story in a day of madness ahead. we ll break down the ncaa tournament. also new songs sure to move up the charts quickly and swiftly. we have taylor s new tracks that were released while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. all of the girls you did say swiftly. you did that on purpose. did you get up last
and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasn t reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. there s been no word yet from the labor unions or railway companies involved, but we ll be watching, willie. let s go back to jonathan lemire, host of way too early and author of the best seller the big lie, this was just announced a minute ago, this would have had massive implications for supply chains, could have impacted inflation if it carried on for some time. how did they fix this deal? yeah, first of all, let s start what the possible consequences would have been. american supply chains just now, creeping back to life after
welcome to our viewers. i don t think there will be a recession. if there is, it will be a slight recession. the three largest economies will continue to stall. we believe we are in a stronger position than many other countries when it comes to dealing with global challenges. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. president putin is failing in ukraine. we re going to continue to work to provide air defense capabilities to the ukrainians. the justice department is now urging the supreme court to stay out of this ongoing mar-a-lago classified document saga. i agree with the justice department. these are sensitive materials and you ought to very closely and very carefully manage who has access to them. this is a new hoax, the document hoax. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s wednesday, october 12th. 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. in washington where preside
still more classified documents at the private club, closed quote. that signals there was potentially additional material there of interest to the u.s. government, even after trump turned over those 15 boxes to the national archives earlier this year. and last night, the director of the fbi chris rwray refused o answer questions about this search. he expressed real concern surrounding violent threats against fbi agents. take a listen. any threats made against law enforcement including the men and women of the fbi as with any law enforcement agency are deplorable and dangerous. and this morning, cnn has learned that some within the justice department believed that the department should have provided a public statement on the search. so let s start right there with our cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, we have been talking a lot this week about the real escalation from a meeting that investigators had back in june, with trump lawyers at mar-a-lago, leadin
make clear what laws the fbi thinks he may have violated and he could produce that receipt for what they took from his home. so why hasn t he? that remains a major question. and in the meantime, inside the justice department, there is some frustration that so far the department said nothing about the search, while trump and his allies portrayed it as a siege, even suggesting without any proof that fbi agents may have planted evidence. joining us now is former trump white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. mick, it is great to have you on this momentous morning. i want to first start with your reaction to this search, because you did mention that there are two ways to see this unprecedented move. tell us about those. sure. i can think either it is a legitimate investigation into classified documents, or it is a political hit job. i think it is important that people understand why they re seeing the reaction they re seeing from the right. keep in mind, if you re repub