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360. The former president stays silent a day after exclusive cnn reporting that he is on tape admitting he kept a classified document about a potential strike on iran. Also tonight, how President Biden is doing after a tumble on stage while visiting the air force academy. New details on what caused it. Later, a conversation with a sherpa guide, who saved a climber barely clinging to life in the socalled death zone on mount everest. Good evening. We beginning with a story about the former preside...

"360." the former president stays silent a day after exclusive cnn reporting that he is on tape admitting he kept a classified document about a potential strike on iran. also tonight, how president biden is doing after a tumble on stage while visiting the air force academy. new details on what caused it. later, a conversation with a sherpa guide, who saved a climber barely clinging to life in the so-called death zone on mount everest. good evening. we beginning with a story about...

later, a conversation with a shirt mckay -- who saved a climber barely clinging to life on a so-called episode on mount everest. good evening, we begin with a -- cnn was first out that the justice department has him admitting he kept classified documents about a potential attack on iran. as you will see any moment, he had nothing to say on camera to, cnn he did however weigh in on his social network quoting from the relevant part of a longer rant, quote, the illegally leaked by the doj...

Throughout his interview with jake, where he said, this happened in the past, he really didnt address the questions. we know from reportings of -- case against mr. trump for the way he did handle it, and to blame it on the national archives that he is an obstruction situation. it is kind of absurd, anderson. >> caitlin, your reporting says that mark meadows autobiography references a document that he said mark milley had typed up. i is that accurate? an attack on iran? >> we are told, because it...

We dont know all the details. in your mind does this rise to the level of witness stampering tampering or not, john? >> pretty close particularly when told by his attorneys not to do it for that reason then he went ahead and did it. that suggests he knows what he was doing and thats why they reported it because they didnt want to get them self in ha obstruction situation. >> which is interesting. juliet, what do ynversation tha president had with key witnesses? again i want to emphasize the cruc...

There was some sort of collusion or some kind of obstruction situation going on in the west wing. >> priebus left the white house back in july. time for an early start on your money. jerome powell started his term on saturday and will be sworn in later this morning. he inherits a healthier economy than janet yellen. powell served a fed governor for five years and helped shaped policies. he has praised the central banks patient approach led by yellen. and before joining the fed, he was an inves...

Cant really micromanage how a judge looks at an application. >> mark, listen to the former white house chief of staff, reince priebus, he weighed in this weekend. lets check this out. >> i never felt of all of the things that we went through in the west wing, i never felt that the president was going to fire the special counsel. i only know what i dealt with, and i can just tell you ive never felt that there was some sort of collusion or some kind of obstruction situation going on in the west wi...

Should i go before -- should i go before robert mueller, what would you tell him? >> im going to let his lawyers deal with that. his lawyers will deal with that. there are certain things that i just dont know. even though i was chief of staff, it doesnt mean that i know every single thing that his lawyers are dealing with. i only know what i dealt with. i can tell you ive never felt that there was some sort of collusion or some kind of obstruction situation going on in the west wing. i never fel...

Should i go before -- should i go before robert mueller, what would you tell him? >> im going to let his lawyers deal with that. >> his allies say its a perjury trap for him. >> his lawyers will deal with that. theres certain things i just dont know. even though i was chief of staff, it doesnt mean that i know every single thing that his lawyers are dealing with. i only know what i dealt with. i can just tell you ive never felt that there was some sort of collusion or some kind of obstruction si...

Out. so there he was last night discrediting the press. >> so john, cnn is reporting the screaming phone call the president had with republican leader mitch mcconnell focused on why mcconnell wasnt protecting trump from the russian investigation. is he putting himself in danger of more obstruction charges? >> he certainly is. there is an obstruction statute that deals with interference with a congressional investigation. while we have a lot of leeway in legislative areas between congress and lob...