united states and all around the world. the dam breach in ukraine right now. fears it could lead to major construction and thousands of lives. how the pool guy at mar lago is factoring into the investigation of donald trump and his handling of classified documents. we re just hours away from prince harry taking the witness stand in a historic legal case against britain s tabloid media. we begin in ukraine where a major dam has been destroyed. president zelensky will have an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. you can see water pouring out. ukrainian officials are planning evacuations and advising residents to do everything you can to save your life. ukraine and russia are blaming each other for what both describe as a terrorist attack. let s get you more on these developments that are unfolding right now. claire, do we know what caused the breach? can you situate that for us? where is the dam with respect to the front lines? it s on the front lines. on the edg
possibility. right? somehow, by hook or by crook. good talker. thanks, chris. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news, the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel s jack smith ongoing investigations into trump s mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin, who served on the january 6th committee. but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you probably have seen a picture of trump s florida resort, once the winter getaway of areas mar-a-lago it is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land, it has more than 50 bedrooms, and it has all the hallmarks of luxury. all the fancy stuff. italian stone, spanish tiles, a lot of marble, gold plated fixtures, exp
for joining us this hour. so they can t find the document. we are learning more about this week s blockbuster reporting that special counsel jack smith has an audio recording of former president trump in 2021 seemingly admitting again, on tape that he took a classified document with him when he left the white house, a classified document allegedly detailing plans of how the u.s. could attack. iran that document. well tonight, we have new reporting that trump s lawyers do not know where the document is. they are unable to find the war plans trump may have been casually waving around at his new jersey golf club two years ago. everybody check your golf carts, ask your caddies! anyone see stray plans for war in iran? no. we are going to talk about that a little bit later tonight. but we also had some big news in one of the other big trump investigations. it came out of fulton county, georgia where district attorney fani willis is investigating trump s effort to overturn the 2020
ahead on cnn newsroom passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. as president biden touts bipartisanship, we ll look at whether the debt deal could be a boost to democrats in 2024. many republicans running for the white house will be in iowa this weekend for one of those uniquely american campaign events. one notable name isn t expected to show. plus, we ll bring you the details of this horrific train crash in india as the staggering death toll keeps rising. so u.s. president joe biden is expected to sign the debt limit bill today marking the end of a high-stakes political drama that has hung over washington for weeks now. just 48 hours ago, there were doubts, in fact, that the highly contentious bill would even survive in congress. but it did. last night the president spoke from the oval office for the first time ever to explain what it took to make this happen. listen. i want to commend speaker mccarthy. you know, he and
did you say am i hope? in my humble opinion. do you pronounce it lol or lol? i say in my humble opinion, or i laugh out loud, but i appreciate the text shorthand. in my honest opinion. i will be sure to take it up with senator tim kaine. he watches this vote on the house floor, thank you, buddy. and that is it your home for joining us this evening. right now, we are, as i just said, to chris hayes, watching the house of, where any moment, the bill to avoid catastrophic default is about to face the vote on the house floor. the dynamic here, what you will see unfold tonight, the dynamic, that dynamic, was set earlier today, when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that vote, politico reported, when asked if the gop would need democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip, tom emmer, said, republicans are the ones who are running this place and republicans will