do you still have any classified documents in your possession? no, i don t. i don t have anything. i have no classified documents. and by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. a source close to trump s legal team says the former president may go to court to prevent the presidential records from being handed over, . he whether only have about a week before the national archives says they re giving if records to the special counsel. paula reed joins us right now. what does this letter mean, this letter from the national archives mean for the criminal investigation into trump s handling of classified documents? we know the special counsel is looking at several potential crimes, including the pos mishandling of classified records. this will answer the question whether the former president knowingly removed classified documents without authorization. because according to this letter obtained by our colleague, the archives says that these 16 reco
hearts know that the president knows he can t just deem things declassified ipso facto after the fact. you were on the january 6th special committee, obviously. did you learn anything during your participation in that committee that speaks to trump s attitude when it comes to classified documents? well, not really specifically on that. but you know, what you see, is and you saw this from the january 6th investigation, for instance when the former president said to the department of justice, say the election was corrupt and let me do the rest. the former president had this idea, and it s not far-fetched because it s worked for him, where he can declare things to be the case. for instance, i can just take classified material home and it becomes i deem it declassified at that point. as long as he has a significant amount of the media that supports him, a significant amount of vote thaers believe t voters that believe that, he s in good shape. the thing that we would see from
including those with us today in dallas to knock on every door and give a reason to participate in the next election and keep the focus on the big things and not the democratic party talking points. but on jobs and jobs that pay. on schools that deliver the best possible education to our kids. and on making sure that in the least insured state in america you can see a doctor and be well enough to pursue the potential. from listening to the people of this state i know those are the reasons to vote and that s what they expect from a governor who had the interest of the state in mind. that s what we miss in texas today. thaers why we re running the campaign and will deliver. we have done coverage of texas schools. parents are fighting in board of ed rooms talking about the education system and what is actually being taught on the
really quickly, you know, those of us who live in thaers get hurricanes or blizzards, you know, you re constantly getting these updates. i don t know iffen paic ensued in the offices, you know, realizing they made the mistake, they watched cnn and they are waiting. but it is unacceptable at this stage. and so those of us in public safety understand mistakes happen when you re testing systems, that is actually why you test them, but acknowledging the mistake and coming out is just really important at this stage. i think and i just want to say one last time, this was scary to a lot of people, but let s just be careful about what didn t or just be clear about what didn t happen. nothing has changed on the threat. so we just have to be just be clear about that. because we just have to have our heads back on and sort of recognize thankfully that this
checked himself into rehab earlier this year and friends thought he was conquering his old demons. they re mourning the 31-year-old who was always surprised by his good fortune and said he wanted to use his own struggles to help other kids overcome theirs. why you look so sad thaers are tears are in your eyes reporter: neal karlinksy, abc news, vancouver. always sad to see someone go that young. coming up, dave matthews is showing his earthy side. we ll tell you who is the newest host of the view is coming up next. you re watching world news now. announcer: world news now continues after this from our abc station.