that proof in the form of 16 different records, which undercuts a major trump defense. trump s former white house lawyer ty cobb will be outfront. plus, putin s crackdown tonight, issuing an arrest warrant for an oscar-nominated film producer who has spoken out against russia s unprovoked invasion. that russian producer is outfront. and elon musk tonight ripping into people who work from home, calling it morally wrong. so what does kevin o leary from the hit television show shark tank think? we ll find out. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump knew. cnn reporting exclusively tonight that the national archives is set to turn over 16 records to the special counsel and that these 16 records show trump and his advisers were well aware of the proper process to declassify documents. and as we know from the results of the raid on trump s mar-a-lago, that process was not followed. the national archives records directly contradict
at the white house with more on this. good afternoon, mark. good afternoon. we expect the meeting to begin any moment now. as you mentioned, top congressional leaders talking about the debt ceiling. we re going to get video from inside the oval office with the president sitting down with the leaders, listening to remarks before the meeting. the president, the vice president, speaker mccarthy and schumer and mcconnell. the biden administration has urged congress to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible warning any delay could hurt the u.s. economy. the white house once again urged congress to act now and negotiate spending later. we are right now having a conversation negotiating on the budget. that s what the president has been very clear about. we want to go back to regular order and talk about appropriations. and we ve been very clear that the debt limit needs to be taken care of. congress needs to do their constitutional duty. republicans who control the house o
congressional leaders back to the white house with the days to get a deal done simply running out. will either side budge before default? that economists say could be a catastrophe. so word is republican governor ron desantis is now just days away from declaring his 2024 run for president, but the new fury he is facing in florida, all this now on cnn news central. we have new there are new details coming out this morning on the terrifying random shootings in farmington, new mexico. this happened yesterday afternoon and now three people are dead and six others are wounded. police are calling the shooting purely random. the gunman has not been identified but police do say he was 18 years old and he was killed by police once they arrived on the scene. cnn s natasha chen is following this for us, she s joining us now. natasha, the randomness of this is what is so scary. what more are you learning? reporter: the police chief posted a video to facebook last night talkin
examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris says russia must be held accountable to actions against ukraine. meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken meets with his chinese counterpart to address the suggested surveillance balloon shot down earlier this month and it comes with king jong-un issuing a direct threat to the u.s. and south korea. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 20th. i m jonathan lemire alongside nbc s ali vitali. we have breaking news this morning. president joe biden is in ukraine. he made the trip ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. he had been scheduled to depart tonight from washington to poland. he would give a speech marking the anniversary of the war and the u.s. s commitment to ukraine s cause, but he made this trip days in advance. we re seeing now brand-new images of president biden
and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more i information has come forward. and that is why i have asked the independent adviser- to look into the matter. we will take you to washington and listen to presidentjoe biden talking about ukraine. listen to president joe biden talkin: about ukraine. , . , . talking about ukraine. democrats and reublicans talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have - talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have stood . republicans in congress have stood together. the us has worked in lockstep with our allies and partners around the world to make sure the ukrainian people are in the strongest possible po