handling of classified documents from his time as vice president. house oversight chair republican james comer sent a letter to the white house asking for visitor logs, later came the letter came one day after five more pages were found at biden s hm in addition to the two batches of records that were previously disclosed. so the administration hasn t been transparent about what s going on with president biden s possession of classified documents and we just want equal treatment here with respect to how both former president trump and current president biden are being treated with the document issue. some of the president s fellow democrats concede the administration has made some missteps in its handling of the issue. well, it s certainly embarrassing, right, embarrassing that you would find a small number of documents certainly not on purpose, one of those moments that obviously they wish hadn t happened. with us now to talk about this is ali with the president in
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
i ve been asking for syracuse orange highlights for weeks. this wascustomized for you. they are who we thought they were and we let them off the hook. you almost had them. keep the head up, big man. thank you so much. the next hour of new day starts now. good morning. welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. doubling down, the biden administration says they will fight in court to keep the student debt relief program alive. what does that mean for thousands of applicants and how long could that legal fight last? we ll also have the latest on the brutal attacks in ukraine as russia continues to hammer the country s infrastructure. we ll take you inside a secret workshop where ukrainian soldiers are building weapons against russia. residents in jackson, mississippi, still facing problems with the city s water and the epa is opening up a federal civil rights investigation. we ll tell you exactly what and who is getting investigated.
hatching right now, a deadly shooting at a dallas hospital sparking outrage today. the suspect, on parole and wearing an ankle bracelet. plus, a pledge to keep the student debt relief program moving full speed ahead, just as a court rules to hit the brakes for loan cancellations for now. and which major retailers won t be open on thanksgiving day? you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. in new york, officials say they re working to tackle the rising crime on the subway system. the city has sewn a seen a wavef crimes like this one. police releasing video of someone pushing someone off a subway platform. police are searching for the suspect. the nypd says subway crimes have skyrocketed 41% from the same time last year. the mayor and governor announcing new plans to address the problems. cnn s reporter is joining us live now. gloria, what are officials saying? reporter: that video you just showed there in many ways
cast with 17 days to go until election day. at stake, control of both champ pwers of congress. the democrats have control now, but whether they can hold onto power is still in question. president biden says he s not going anywhere. at least he doesn t intend to. the reason i m not making a judgment about formally running or not running, as soon as i make that announcement, a whole series of regulations kick in and i have to treat myself as a candidate from that point on. i have not made that my formal decision, but it is my intention to run again. and we have time to make that decision. before that, his party needs to weather the midterms while acknowledging many are on shaky political ground. here s what i think. it s been back and forth with them ahead, us ahead, them ahead. pwaorlgt. and the polls have been all over the place. i think that we re going to see one more shift back to our side the closing days. part of his carefully crafted midterm strategy, tactically