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clearly established procedures involving classified documents d. he know the right and wrong way of handling those items when he took them from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn has learned the national archives is ready to hand over records to special counsel jack smith showing that the former president and his top adviser certainly did know. just walk us through your reporting, jamie. >> anderson, cnn has obtained this letter that was sent by the national archives, as you said, info...

beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like "i dream of jeannie." but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows its not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the las...

his property. "the lead" starts right now. >> i have no classified documents. by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. >> it does not quite work that way, though. sources say trump was aware of the declassification process before he left office. the new evidence that could soon be in the hands of the special counsel. paparazzi following prince harry and meghan markle in new york in a scene described as near catastrophic. plus, tonight a vote on taking ac...

separate locations but with only one suspect. >> question is did one motivate the other? >> governor ron desantis defending his decision to reject an a.p african-american studies course. >> teaching queer theory thats pushing an agenda. >> ongoing chapter in the m&m war. >> m&m taking indefinite pause from its spokes candies after controversy over their rebranded appearances. ♪ the moon comes up ♪ and the sun comes down ♪ we find a little on the edged of town ♪ dancing the turn...

from an mess nbc rolled headquarters, welcome in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the big story of survival and recovery, mostly in florida that state hit hardest by hurricane ian. the total death toll from that storm is estimated 78 people. power outage numbers are down from reporting last hour, now its -- over 21,000 in north carolina and just over 7000 in virginia without power. 1200 in south carolina. search and rescue operations are still underway, w...

ian. state and federal agencies are still in search and rescue mode now five days after the storm made land fall. well have the very latest on the hardest hit areas. also ahead, ukrainian forces respond to putins illegitimate annexation of four territories in a significant way. as the army continues to build on weeks of momentum. plus, new developments connected to the fbi search of mar-a-lago. it appears there are more missing documents that the department of justice needs to track do...

with police. plus, florida still reeling from hurricane ians devastation as rescue efforts continue and the death toll keeps climb joog and ukraine recaptures a crucial city in the east, just one day after moscow tried to claim the territory for itself.crucial ci one day after moscow tried to claim the territory for itself. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. we are following a developing story out of indonesia. police say at least 129 pe...

the crowd. we will have details in a live report. washington, d.c. is one of the cities around the world where people are showing their support for anti-government protests in iran. on the heels of hurricane ian another massive storm is gaining strength and moving closer to mexicos pacific coast with several tourist destinations in its path. we have the latest from the cnn weather center just ahead. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. ...

the department of justice reveals it has already complete its review of documents seized. in other words, theyre now finished with what a special master would be designed to accomplish in the first place. they say that a privileged review team, quote, identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client information and is following the procedure set forth in paragraph affidavit for disputes if any. that filing, and it started a classification review of all of ...

the winner of the democratic primary is very, very likely the next member of congress throughout this week. we have a new youngest member of the house representatives in january. he was on this program last night, we are going to try to find him somewhere in the celebration at the end of the hour. see if we can get a couple of minutes with him on the phone at the end of this hour tonight. >> it is a good news story. i love it, jen see in the house. it is time, this is what changes demo...