this week that their recommendation to president biden was not to shoot this down because of risk to people and property below. so this balloon made its way across a good chunk to have united states, from montana on tuesday and wednesday to where it is now over essentially north carolina where it s reaching the coast and open water beyond that where you no longer have the risk to people and property below. therefore, the question then becomes, does the military change its recommendation and recommend to president joe biden if you go ahead and follow the we ll take care of it, that will be the time and the place to shoot this down. it is worth noting, i ve been watching flight tracking websites pretty much all morning. there we ve seen some note worthy flight activity. a couple refuelling tankers right off the coast of myrtle beach essentially flying in a holding pattern. why is that note worthy? because fighters that could be used to shoot this down might need to refuel as th
arthel neville but the president is spending the weekend at his delaware home. but it won t be easy to get away from the firestorm of criticism in the nation s capitol. the announcement comes just days after turning general merrick garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the handling of those files. meantime house republicans say they will launch their own search for answers. there is a reason we have skiffs secure compartmentalized information facility. there is a reason for it in those documents are supposed to be in a skiff. they are never supposed to leave secure custody. your garage shall commence under lock and key as the president indicated you are never supposed to have classified information like that. eric: how about this situation? lucas thomason live at the white house with the very latest and they are. hey eric, let s go back to what president biden told our own peter doocy on thursday. he said some classified material had been discovered in that g
miles per hour, gusting up around 60 miles per hour. with this storm, you have tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica and hurricane watches for cayman islands. that s because looking at the frarsz we anticipate that this storm will become a category 1 storm maybe even as high as a category 2 storm as it s crossing over the cayman islands. it is then expected to intensify further as it makes its way up towards cuba and crosses into the eastern portion of the gulf of mexico. at that point, perhaps, it could get into that major hurricane strength. here s the thing, though. a lot of that has to do with sea surface temperatures that are in the mid and upper 80s for the area in which it s expected to travel through. that sea surface temperature is a big fuel for these storms. it s not just at the surface but going down tens of feet, talking about the ocean heat content, even down there that water is warm, and that s what these storms need to strengthen and intensify as they c
next up is the house, and they plan to take up the bill on friday. it s expected to pass, again, along party lines just as it did in the senate. once that happens, the white house plans to seize the momentum. while the president will be talking about this and explaining it absolutely to the american people and what it will look like is trying to explain in very practical terms why this matters for people s lives. the president will, our entire team will be out making the case. obviously right now we re focused on the last steps in this process, getting the bill through the house and to the president s desk for signature. let s go live to the capital and cnn s jessica dean. jes jessica, there are some wide-reaching provisions in this bill. lay it out for us. yeah, there s a lot in this bill. you mentioned that it s headed to the house. that s what comes next after senate democrats notched a big victory on something that frankly many of them didn t think they would see. t
intelligence committee, congressman mike turner, ahead. and across the finish line. democrats pass their climate and tax bill on a party line vote. this is historic and it is cause for celebration. as it heads to president biden s desk, will americans struggling with inflation feel any relief? i ll speak to cabinet secretary jennifer granholm next. plus, making the case. the spotlight again on former president trump, as his party looks ahead to the midterms and democrats make inroads on their agenda. how will voters respond? arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson is coming up. hello, i m brianna keilar in new york where the state of our union is wondering just how secure the storage rooms at mar-a-lago really are. house leaders are requesting a briefing and a damage assessment from top intelligence leadership after unsealed court papers revealed the fbi found highly classified documents in an unprecedented search of former president trump s florida resort on mo