across the country. i m fredricka whitfield. thanks so much for being with me today. jim acosta is next. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with new details on president biden s classified documents saga. the president s special counsel confirming that several additional pages with classified material were discovered at biden s wilmington home thursday evening. the documents in addition to ten documents discovered in a biden affiliated think tank. a small closet to the left of biden s desk and storage spaces in the adowning conference room including top-secret material and dealt with matters involving ukraine, iran and the united kingdom. also a memo from biden to then president obama as well as two briefing memos prepared for biden s phone calls with british prime minister and president of the european council. all under investigation. arlette saenz has more. what more can you tell us? reporter: jim, so many twists and turns in th
the united states and around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom. the final stretch. 16 days to go until the u.s. elections, the candidates are pulling out the stops and pulling in high-profile support. xi jinping secures an unprecedented third term, cementing his iron grip over china s future. we re live in beijing and taipei with the latest. and ukraine s power grid under attack with frigid winter just around the corner. russia takes aim at critical infrastructure. a live report from kyiv is just ahead. the u.s. is just over two weeks away from the tightly contested and deeply consequential midterm elections. at stake this november, control of congress. and by extension, the president s political agenda. joe biden s democratic party currently holds 220 seats in the house, and to keep its majority, it must hold on to 218 of them. right now, though, republicans have a slight lead in the polls with 18 seats still up for grabs. in the senate, 35 seats are in play. cnn
and around the world, i m anna coren in hong kong. this hour on cnn newsroom. millions across america have already cast their ballots in the midterms and election day is more than two weeks away. ahead, why so many are voting early this year. xi jinping will lead china for five more years after securing a historic third term. we will tell you what this means for china and the world ahead in a live report from beijing. and later the viral respiratory illness known as rsv the symptoms that parents need to be aware of and what to do if your child has it. in just over two weeks u.s. voters will head to the polls and determine which party will control the house and senate. in 39 states nearly 6 million people have already cast early ballots and to win over those who haven t, politicians have been heating the campaign trail with urgency, among them president joe biden who will visit south florida on tuesday to take part in a rally for the democratic national committee. in t
personnel that are assisting with that recovery effort which is in the early s ages of a multi-year operation, according to the commander for militaries task was on the island there. but it will also serve as the president s ability to get eyes and ears for what maui needs from washington, and how washington needs to mobilize to deliver resources to that recovery effort. the administrator said this morning on cnn that ima is grappling with a funding short all as washington considers a september 30th funding deadline. this will serve as the president s ability to see exactly what hawaii needs, and how to restock those funds. a very windy lake tahoe, california. this is all part of the tropical storm system. thank you so much. in the aftermath of the devastating hawaii wildfires, many are demanding answers and accountability. in fact, multiple lawsuits have been filed against the state power company for the role it may have played in the fire
The attack has hit MPPMC, which oversees the management of electricity in the state through sale and purchase of power as per demand, at a time when summer brings about peak consumption, sources said.