very busy tuesday morning. right now president biden is facing questions over how he handled classified documents when he was vice president. his attorneys found those documents from his time as vp in a private office and we should note turned them over immediately to the national archives. attorney general merrick garland calling on a u.s. attorney to now investigate any potential damage. we will discuss the impact and also how this case differs from former president trump s handling of classified documents. all this as the president wakes up this morning in mexico. immigration of course a top priority as cnn learns new details about the president s plan now to curb the surge at the southern border. plus evacuations under way in several parts of california as deadly storms slam the state. intense flooding leading to mudslides, power outages. check out this scene. this is in santa clarita. first responders you see there rescuing people from submerged cars. as this have mo
reset. good morning. parts of america s largest state under water as millions face a flooding disaster in california. dramatic rescues under way now as roads buckle, cars submerge and downtown l.a. at risk. we ll take you there live. more classified documents and another investigation, this time it is a different president. the current one. what president biden s team has discovered in his private office, but also why his case is different than the one playing out at mar-a-lago. rudy giuliani subpoenaed as the special counsel follows the money. chilling discoveries in the search for a missing mother. what her husband searched online and what he bought after her disappearance. deborah norville will join us live. and new twist in russia s war, why the united states is making a significant change involving the weapons it is sending to ukraine. we have new reporting just moments away. cnn this morning starts right now. and thank you for joining us, everyone. we re goi
dixon, all signs point to primary wins. that could be a good sign for democrats who believe far right candidates actually help them in the general election. plus we ll be watching trump s strength being tested in michigan and washington where he s trying to sink three of the house republicans who voted to impeach him after the capitol riot. for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, voters will be heard on that issue and we ll get our first real clue as to whether abortion rights will be the rallying cry democrats hope it is. the focus is kansas, where voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would clear the way for the state legislature to ban abortion outright. so far early in-person voting is up more than 200% from four years ago, but polling shows the vote itself. michael steele is with me. he s former chair of the republican national committee. at the big board, national split political correspondent steve kornacki. good to see everyb
harold ford jr., pete hegseth and fajimmy failla. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. hunter biden is playing victim in a brand new interview as we learn bombshell new details about his second indictment. he is facing nine new criminal charges for not paying $1.4 million dollars in taxings and blowing that cash on his lavish lifestyle. the defendant spent money on drugs, escorts, girlfriends, exotic cars, clothing and other items of personal nature. in short, everything but his taxes. if convicted, hunter could spend 17 years in prison. hunter biden telling moby that republicans are only concerned about him as way to destroy his father s presidency. in the most illegitimate, but rationale way, they are trying to destroy a presidency. it s not about me. their most base way, what they are trying to do is trying to kill me knowing it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle. hunter s attorney is blaming republicans and thank yous politi
what? someone planted only male plain trees. and this is why pollen is horrific at this time. is that true? i ve wondered for years because i used to. working in westminster you used to get absolutely clobbered and like crying on the news, not because of the stories, but because of the pollen. maybe a little bit of that. but, yes, that s what it is. and it s all down. apparently the australians got rid of it. i looked at this a lot because anyway, if i sneeze that is why. tree cast coming soon. so, well let s start with today s news then because it s been a really busy, busy, busy election morning, not with one big gigantic story, but lots of different things coming out. the tories were talking about more changes to the benefit system that they want to do, extra cash for some mental health talking therapies. labour are talking about more prison places, and the difference between them and the conservatives on that is that they would give a justice secretary the power just to b