one. airlines facing a stress test this memorial day weekend. aaa expects air travel to be busier than it s been in nearly 20 years. also, the washington post with quite an exclusive report this morning. workers at mar-a-lago moved boxes a day before the fbi came to pick up classified documents last year. how that etcvidence could determine obstruction. and one of the most powerful republicans in texas is facing possible impeachment by fellow republicans. the gop led committee of state lawmakers wants the attorney general removed. big basketball headline this morning. the boston celtics staying alive with a dominant game five win against the heat in the eastern conference finals, and the lsu women s basketball champs heading to the white house today. this hour of cpr thi cnn this m starts right now. but we begin with your, hopefully, long holiday weekend. memorial day travel. airports are going to be very busy, the busiest in two decades as america bounces back from
professional repudiation. even charges of racism from the supposed experts so now what? white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the department of energy overseas national labs and now reportedly concludes a lab leak in china most likely caused the pandemic albeit that conclusion with low confidence. but, this theory became a political lightning rod after former president donald trump embraced it and top scientists shot it down. now, team biden is holding back of talk about lessons learned and also, responding to china s denials. china has repeatedly blocked the world health organization s covid origins probe and now is swiftly rebuking the reported findings from the u.s. department of energy. china s foreign minister saying in part a laboratory origin of the pandemic was considered to be extremely unlikely is a science-based authoritative conclusion reached certain parties should s
heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel s office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. come on, guys. reporters didn t hear from the president s lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. good afternoon, everybody. and the press secretary. i have been forthcoming from this podium. and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel s office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president s personal attorney. we have within trying to answer questions thor
criticism over how evacuations were carried out. details ahead and the latest on another massive storm. voters in brazil learned the results of the presidential election there and whether they will go back to the polls for another round. and cnn takes you back to the city recaptured by ukraine just a day after the kremlin declared it a part of russia. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. authorities in florida have confirmed 76 deaths from hurricane ian as they continue to search for more survivors. over the weekend, they evacuated hundreds of people from lee county where more than half of the state s deaths have occurred. the situation is so bad in arcadia, people can only move by sailing on boats instead of driving in cars. back in lee county, officials have been criticized for waiting too long to order evacuations. but some are pushing back claiming they did the best they could with the information they had. here is
very good to be with you. i m alex witt in for katy tur. what jack smith s case, that is the question being batted around before judge aileen cannon in court today as major questions about her own role in the trial hang over proceedings. there is still no trial date in sight. instead, to the frustration of many, cannon is hearing out what several legal experts have called another long shot argument to dismiss charges against the former president. yesterday, the new york times reported cannon rejected urges from two federal judges that she not take the case when it was firsthanded to her last june. the question is why, when a huge chunk of her rulings have drawn criticism from the prosecution and legal scholars. is it inexperience, she was only on the bench just over a year. is it potential bias? she has shown unusual favor to trump by intervening in the mar-a-lago investigation before he was indicted or is it simply judge cannon s way of proceeding over such a high stakes h