cnn s natasha bertrand joins me now. the director of national intelligence is taking this very seriously. she is and rightfully so, right, because of all the sensitive information we believe was in these documents and we re learning that the director of national intelligence, avril haines has written a letter to the oversight and house intelligence committees telling them that she has begun a classification review and a review of the risk to national security that these kind of loose documents could pose. now, clearly this is kind of an escalation here. we weren t sure whether the intelligence community would be able to see the documents that had been retrieved from mar-a-lago because they are part of an active criminal investigation, and the fbi typically holds very closely any evidence in those probes. but obviously the risk here, the potential risk to national security contained in these documents is just too great for the intel community to not be made aware of what s p
got it back. and our nbc news exclusive inside nasa s historic apollo mission control as america prepares to return to the moon this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening we are literally reading between the lines. the heavily redacted copy of the fbi s mar-a-lago search affidavit made public today, describing the whats but not the whos surrounding classified materials that were removed from the white house and taken to former president trump s florida estate, along with details of the fbi s month s long efforts to recover them and even references to information provided by a significant number of civilian witnesses. in its warrant application, the government saying it believed there were contraband, proofs of crime or other items illegally possessed at the trump estate after the fbi said after 15 boxes mr. trump returned to the national archives earlier this year, it discovered 184 classified items, including 25 top secret documents peter alexander has m
Hush money election interference on hold. Theres a ton of legal news to get to, reminding us that the new york case is just one of many surrounding the former president. In florida, newly unsealed documents suggest donald trump did more to obstruct the investigation into classified documents at maralago, that then jack smith included in the 40count indictment. What a d. C. Judge wrote there was evidence of in order for the Special Counsel to pierce Donald Trumps Attorney Client privilege. Thats a big deal, and why Donald Trumps team got those documents unsealed as judge Aileen Cannon holds a hearing on a motion to dismiss the case. In georgia, d. A. Fani willis won her primary last night. What that means for georgias election interference case, and its still yet to be scheduled trial date. And arizona, where eleven of Donald Trumps allies have pleaded not guilty to forgery and conspiracy charges in the states fake elector scheme, including refugee rudy giuliani. That case, already has,
The money. Yeah. Jason carroll. Thank you very much. Theres an incredible story thanks for joining us. The news continues now here on cnn its wednesday, may 22, right now on cnn this morning, the defense rests now, the fate of the former for president will be decided by 12 manhattan jurors deadly turbulence, one passenger killed dozens more injured when a Singapore Airlines Passenger Jet hits some very rough air and theres a devastating tornado tearing a small town in iowa hello, two pieces all right. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, eight live. Look at New York City good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us the defense rests Donald Trumps lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former president yesterday in his criminal hush money trial. And two, almost no ones surprise, trump did not testify as promised. The jury wont return until tuesday for Closing Arguments with a verdict possible by the end of next week. Trumps sounding competent going into Closing Ar
Thats 180712 3,800. I Hanako Montgomery in tokyo. And this is cnn back in court and not backing down Donald Trumps legal team trying to get his classified documents case thrown out after multiple delays. The judge criticized as a recent move by the prosecution boss a path of destruction, deadly tornadoes ripping through iowa, a storm system still threatening people all the way from texas to vermont and as one passenger on that Singapore Airlines flight says hes lucky to be alive, new questions about exam wait what happened will speak to the Miracle On The Hudson hero, Sully Sullenberger about the terrible turbulence that shook tuesdays flight, are following these Major Development hoping stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central were following Major Developments this afternoon in former president Donald Trumps classified documents case. Im boris sanchez, alongside jessica dean and the Nations Capital first at any moment, trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon will