with republicans like hannity finally realizing that the party s toxic, regressive, authoritarian policies have sparked a voter backlash. also tonight, new reporting that donald trump almost certainly knew that a president cannot declassify documents just by stuffing them in a box and hauling them to the old golf resort, as repeatedly has claimed. plus, elon musk s off the rails interview. the man who runs one of the biggest social media sites raises alarms with toxic comments about george sorros and the texas mall shooter among other things. but we begin tonight with the republican s toxic brand. remember the 2022 midterms the red wave felt more like an orange trickle? that keeps happening. last night was another really bad night for the republican party, several key races in florida, colorado underscoring how the right wing grip on our politics is slipping. in florida, democrat donna deegan won the mayor s race in jacksonville. which had been the largest city in the u
disaster. cnn s frederik pleitgen is joining me live from ramstein air base. what do we know about the new aid package? reporter: the secretary of defense made those remarks just a couple minutes ago here and you re right, it certainly comes at a really decisive time as the war is dragging on in ukraine. on the one hand the fighting around the zaporizhzhia power plant, but then also you have the ukrainians making gains in south of the country and also in the northeast of the country as well. the secretary of defense says the u.s. wants to make absolutely clear that they remain strong in their commitments to ukraine and are going to give the ukrainians what they need to succeed. he was saying that the package from the presidential drawdown is $675 million and he listed some of the main items on that new drawdown. here is what he said. the latest package includes more gimmlecs, howitzers, artillery munitions, missiles, humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small a
welcome to the fastest internet on the largest gig speed network. are you crying uncle ed? no! a little. only from xfinity. unbeatable internet made to do anything so you can do anything. in cnn newsroom. i m victor plaquewell. and i m alisyn camerota. we re covering several developing stories. a new report reveals new details about the top secret documents found at donald trump s home including nuclear defense information of another country. we ll discuss the danger that this presents. and the obamas make their first joint return to the white house today. details of the official portraits and political messages that were on display today plus americans are getting ready to get new booster shots. the white house covid coordinator will join us to talk about the newest phase in the fight against covid but first former white house chief strategist steve bannon is expected to surrender tomorrow on state charges alleging he defrauded donors who wanted to build a border wall.
operatives who defected from the kremlin s secret service agency. plus, a veteran las vegas investigative reporter found stabbed to death outside his home. the move today that may put police one step closer to his killer. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead, and striking new details about what exactly donald trump took to mar-a-lago. one of the documents that fbi agents recovered during their search of the florida resort described a foreign government s nuclear capabilities. that s according to the washington post, which goes on to say, quote, some of the seized documents detail top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them, unquote. donald trump s lawyers once again trying to deflect from any serious national security implications here. instead, decrying what they described as leaks about the investigation, which one might observe is a curious time to
want him to show up because he has to testify under oath, but i don t think he ll show up. i don t think he s man enough. we ll see. okay. i guess she said that. nancy pelosi challenges the former president, doubting he will give any testimony to the january 6th committee. i don t know if you heard, but at one point, she didn t think he was man enough to show up. we ll go through the time line in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, alarming details about what the fbi found at trump s country club, documents so sensitive they could endanger the lives of people who are helping u.s. intelligence. also healed, boris johnson. he wants to come back, right. he s a no go. like tom brady s comeback. he s a no go. this is going to end really well for everybody involved. he s no longer in the running to become the british prime minister. what? but a new leader could be named as soon as today. we ll go live to london for that. plus, joe, the part of