i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. good tuesday morning, everyone. we are so glad you re with us. i m so thrilled to have my buddy all the way from atlanta, victor blackwell, good morning. good to be with you. back in the day we used to get to sit next to each other. we were young. i was wrinkle free. i m glad you re here. there s a lot of news to get to. five things to know this tuesday, june 20th. a rescue operation for tourist submersible carrying five people who paid to see wreckage of the titanic. the u.s. coast guard one of multiple teams scouring the atlantic ocean trying to locate the vessel thousands of feet below the surface. donald trump offers up a new defense of why he didn t turn over those classified documents. he said he was too busy. a tropical storm brewing over the atlantic is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by tomorrow. we are tracking where that s headed. the texas senate is expected to set the ground rules in t
hello and welcome to the programme broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the news that the search for the oceangate submersible in the north atlantic is over. the us coast guard has confirmed that the vessel suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure and there are no sui’vivoi’s. the five people on board were on a mission to view the wreck of the titanic. rescue experts say that the tail cone of the vessel has been spotted on the sea bed, not far from the wreck. much of the rescue effort was coordinated in boston, where we can join our correspondent carl nasman. carl, correspondent carl nasman. thank you so much foi joining carl, thank you so much for joining us on the show. we are starting to hear some other developments coming out of the navy. whatever they had to say? we are, monica, we are learning some information that may give us some clues into the timing of this catastrophe involving the titan vessel. this is according to cbs news,
republicans take grievance pollacks to the house floor censuring democrat adam schiff for his role in donald trump s first impeachment. and that comes as there s drama within the house gop with two of its more outspoken members at odds over how and when to impeach president biden. and also ahead the latest on the search for the missing submersible deep in the atlantic ocean as experts suspect the five people inside may have just a few hours of oxygen left. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the classified documents case against the former president donald trump is moving forward with yet another key development. a court filing issued yesterday reveals that special counsel jack smith has turned over his office s first set of discovery to trump s defense team. this includes materials supporting the prosecution s case against trump for allegedly mishandling the documents after le
is end. this morning in court filings, we learned the trump appointed attorney reached a plea agreement where he ll plead golt to two counts of failing to pay his taxes on time. he also faces a gun possession charge which is expected to be dismissed. his lawyer joins me for his first tv interview. this investigation was in the works for five years across two administrations. first brought by the doj under president trump in 2019 then continued with the same trump appointed prosecutor, david weiss, under president biden. according to reporting from nbc news, it was thorough across multiple federal agencies and field offices. it began broadly looking at money laundering and fair violations. neither of which were charged. the lengthy time period is part of what the gop is seizing on today. claiming the investigation was slow walked or compromised. and arguing this quote slap on to wrist as they call it shows that former president trump is being politically persecuted. you thin
cnn news central. breaking news, the u.s. coast guard says a debris field has been discovered on the sea floor near the titanic wreckage which was the destination for that missing tourist submersible. it was spotted by an rov. a remote-operated vessel. we ll get an update two hours from now at 3:00 p.m. eastern. and we have jason carroll standing by in boston for that. cnn has a team in all the key places in this mission. miguel marquez is in st. john s port in canada. we don t know if it is the titan vessel but we know they have exhausted their oxygen supply. there are doctors, aheimer barrack recompression chamber, all at the site right now. meantime, veronica is there and she just spoke to a former employee. you ll hear his explosive comments about the ti titan s experimental design. also more details about the five people trapped inside the tightan. we begin with jason carroll in boston. so jason, what are you hearing from the u.s. coast guard right now? we are w