they seemed like the ultimate power couple. she told me, should be traveling on secret missions. he had all of the medals. the silver star, the purple heart. glamorous military careers, but, was it all camouflage? says the bs alarms are going off in my head like you wouldn t believe. did they have something to hide? we start doing surveillance. maybe a crime here? yes. something that made me say, this campeche. we were in disbelief. what happened to her last husband? whoever did this was evil. the hurt, the anger. it makes you question everybody. it seems alive, somehow, here in the foothills of tennessee s appalachians. the creeping tendrils of mountain mist that snake and swirl. like lies. there is gold in there, somewhere, so they say. the sort of place where you could strike it rich, or maybe get away with murder. very scary. shocking. and devastating. so, after that mysterious death here, who can anyone trust? dearest friends? the word bet
happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
attorney to oversee the review of the evidence confisicated from his home. so walk us through this heavily redacted affidavit. ned reeka, good afternoon to you. it was heavily redacted, but you know what? there was a lot of stuff we got to see, which is great because this is such an important investigation. transparency is critical. so this was what the fbi was telling the judge why they needed to do a historic search of the former president s home down in florida. they were making the case that basically classified documents had been found before and there might be more to come. take a look at these numbers. this is what they said were recovered from mar-a-lago earlier this year. 67 confidential documents, 92 secret. and going in order from the least classified to most, 25 top secret. and all the experts have said that it s those 25 top secret documents that really made their skin crawl because of what else was in that affidavit. that affidavit explained specifically some
reportedly discussing among themselves about using their own constitutional power to stop the president. what those who talked already have said to the committee and what others might say, we just don t know, but what they could say given the positions they held and what they were privy to is formidable. they include secretary of state mike pompeo, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house select committee, perhaps as soon as this week. also former treasury secretary steven mnuchin, who we learned today has already been interviewed by the committee. negotiations are underway with the former director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, for a sitdown with him. and finally there s former acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, who we spoke with earlier this week on the program. he was spotted on his way out, after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the attack happene
they were privy to, is potentially formidable. it includes former secretary of state, mike, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house committee, perhaps soon as this week. also former treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, we have learned today that he has already been interviewed by the committee. sources also tell us that because uses are underway for the former national intelligence director, john ratcliffe, for a sit down with him. then there is former acting boss chief of staff, mick mulvaney, we spoke with earlier on the program. he was spotted on the way out after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the capitol was attacked and quit in the aftermath. steve mnuchin at the time was reported to have been involved about discussions to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. there is reporting from jonathan carl, who you will hear from shortly, is that one o