good morning, welcome to way too early on this monday, january 16th, martin luther king jr. day. thank you for starting your week with us. one week after we first learned that a small number of classified documents had been found in president biden s personal collection that number of files continues to grow. in the same box where a single other document was found the previous day. the president s personal attorney discovered the documents, they stopped searching because they lacked the security clearance needed to handle classified material. and they return the next day with department of justice officials, he says he discovered the additional five documents in the same box. those files are separate from two other batches we report on last week. one found inside president biden s garage and another found inside an office he used at the penn biden senter in washington, d.c. sources tell nbc news that one of the documents was marked with the highest security classificatio
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. four weeks before the election and cnn has a new poll for what americans think of their government right now. views of joe biden has improved over the summer. it s up to 44%, up from 38% in july. but the national outlook on the economy is still bleak. only 22% of americans rate economic conditions as good. most americans have no confidence that biden, congress, really the federal government as a whole, are doing enough to address the economy or the other major issues facing the country. cnn political director david tallian is here to break down the new numbers. let s start with the approval rating. 44%, better than july. still not where he wants to be, under water right now. how could this impact the midterms? take us through the numbers. here s the 44%. you d rather be on the uptick than the decline. biden will take this. but it s not necessarily where a president would like to be this close to the midterm election. h
big day, unexpected and significant? absolutely. cassidy hutchinson has long been considered one of the most consequential witnesses for the january 6th committee due to her approximatety to trump many chief of staff mark meadows and therefore to critical events and conversations surrounding january 6. now, the committee has not released the topic of today s hearing, but the rush to get the hearing happening today shows just how important they believe this testimony could be. her testimony has rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any reporter: once a top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson is now a key witness in the house january 6 investigation. giving hours of testimony in multiple sessions. mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, and a handful of members that weren t at the december 21st meeting asked for preemptive pardons. mr. gaetz did. reporter: at times surfing a. hutchinson s accuracy proving critical. you hear those at the w
he s standing by life live. also growing concern the u.s. about the potential spread of another deadly virus. the cdc is now discussing whether to offer vaccinations for people at high risk of what s called monkey pox. a rare case has just been confirmed in this country. and as the buffalo shooting suspect appears in court, there s a new report just outside tout that some 15 peopl signed into an online chat room where he invited people to watch the racist attack where it happened. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m westolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden hitting vladimir putin with a one-two punch. the united states now poise d t send billions of additional dollars in new aid to ukraine as the president is promoting new efforts to expand nato right now. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us live from seoul, south korea. the president is heading to asia, whe
hello, welcome to our viewers in the skpus around the world. it is friday, october 27th. 9:00 a.m. here in london. police are in their second night of hunting for the suspect in two back to back mass shootings that kill ed 18 people and wounded 13. law enforcement descended on the suspect s last known address yesterday and will be scouring the area in the hours ahead. police are looking for 40-year-old robert card. he s considered armed and dangerous and charmed with m multiple counts of murder. officials are telling residents in the areas around lewiston, maine, to stay vigilant, remain inside and lock their doors as they search for card. tensions rose last evening when for a time it appeared the manhunt may have been ending, but it didn t. brian todd was on the scene as police surrounded the suspect s home. reporter: start ing at 7:00 p.m. eastern time when law enforcement assets just flooded the zone here and surrounded robert card s home behind me about 250 yards behind