against donald trump. cnn has now obtained an audio recording of the former president. in which he is heard discussing classified documents in the presence of others and apparently holding and referencing a secret pentagon document that contains plans to attack iran. it is the tape that could be at the center of special counsel jack smith s case against trump for allegedly mishandling classified information. and the recording was made almost exactly two years ago in july 2021. during a meeting at trump s golf resort in bedminster, new jersey. where he was taking part in an interview for people who are working on that even more of his former chief of staff, mark meadows. now listen to what he said exactly on that tape. these are bad people. that was your key, you know, against you. well it started when really is talking about, oh, we are gonna try and know, they were trying to do that before you even sworn in. that s, right trying to overtone your let me see,
and don t go too far. we will see you in just a breaking news, exclusive and what is likely a key piece of evidence in the federal case against donald trump. cnn has now obtained an audio recording of the former president, in which she is heard discussing classified documents in the presence of, others had apparently holding and referencing a secret pentagon document that obtains plans to attack iran. it is the tape that could be at the center of special counsel jack smith s case against donald trump allegedly mishandling classified information. the recording was made almost exactly two years ago in july 2021, during a meeting at trump s golf resort in bedminster new jersey where he was taking part in an interview for people working on that memoir of his. former chief of staff mark meadows. now listen into what he said exactly on that tape. he s a bad sick people. that was your coup, you know? against you. it started right when really is talking about, oh, we are
trump on tape acknowledging he kept a classified document after leaving the white house. what it could mean for the ongoing doj investigation. one of the most powerful bank ceos in the world deposed for hours in a lawsuit over jeffrey epstein s sex trafficking crimes. what lawyers want to know about jpmorgan s long time relationship with epstein. amazon will shell out more than $30 million after being accused of violating user privacy for years. this is cnn news central. we begin with a story you saw first on cnn. federal prosecutors now have a tape of former president trump acknowledging that he held on to a classified pentagon document and suggesting that he wanted to share it but had a limited ability to declassify records after leaving office. the tape is from a meeting at his new jersey golf club in the summer of 2021 with the team working on mark meadows autobiography. while cnn has not obtained the recording, multiple sources have described it saying the tape
here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing this hour, president biden today will sign the debt ceiling bill into law. averting a disastrous default two days before that deadline. the president is using his first oval office address to praise the bipartisan agreement, and stressed its importance. it was critical to reach the agreement. and it s very good news for american people. no one got everything they wanted. the american people got what they needed. we averted an economic crisis, an economic collapse. in this debate, i refused to put what was responsible for all of this progress on the chopping block. i ve never been more optimistic about america s future. brand new details today, reports the special counsel has a recording of donald trump talking about a classified document regarding the new york times says the justice department issued a subpoena for that document, trump lawyer say they can t find. it last night msnbc s are allanburg
top the hour here on your monday. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. nice to be with erica. right now president biden is in mexico as he prepares to meet face-to-face with the mexico president obrador later today in what is a big week for u.s./mexico ties. biden made his first visit to the u.s. southern border on sunday. enormous political implications here. we met with border officials in el paso, texas. while highlighting the disturbing rise not just in migrants but in u.s. fentanyl deaths. also we are following what is happening in brazil. shades of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol after false claims of a stolen election. sounds familiar. supporters of brazil s jair bolsonaro smashing windows and clashing with police and breaking into congress and the presidential palace and the supreme court. hundreds have been arrested. meantime, in washington this morning with kevin mccarthy fin finally locking up the house speakership, gop members meeting to select thei