from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. press secretary is the only person around here talking about any of this even though she says she was not involved in any of the decisions about waiting two months after finding this classified material to go public with it. the officials who had those conversations are keeping quiet tonight. mr. president, what s your reaction to the special counsel? peter: president biden wanted to talk today about the u.s. and japan. he did not want to answer any questions about a growing classified materials scandal. they like you. white house officials are calling a special counsel interview of president biden a hypothetical; however, the president will sit for any special counsel interviews requested if officials stick to this. what i can say is his team is going to fully cooperate with the department of justice. peter: and they re already claiming the doj won t find anything wrong with the white house s
joining us. i m ana cabrera in new york. fighting for every last vote. more than two weeks from now americans will hit the polls and minutes from now president biden will hit his wins in office but is it enough to keep democrats in power? the president is about to speak to the democratic national committee headquarters. the plan, rev up staffers and talk about the economic agenda. gas prices dropping. here is what he s contending with, inflation still crushing americans out pacing wage growth and mortgage rates have more than doubled. today s speech comes as the latest polling shows voters trust republicans more on the economy right now. cnn phil mattingly is at the white house. why does the president need to rev up democrats at the dnc? reporter: ana, this is as hu much a tradition that should tell you we re close to election day as anything else. when the principle whether the president or the senator, wherever the candidate visiting staffers to rally them to get them goi
i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. lots of news this morning happening right now. the newly appointed special counsel robert hur is beginning his investigation into classified documents found by his lawyers and staff at president biden s home as well as a former private office. now we are seeing both the current and former president under investigation. ahead, the legal and political ramifications as the w.h.o. could be on the ballot against each other once again in 2024. plus, we are closely monitoring the devastation across the south, seven people confirmed dead as tornadoes ripped across alabama and georgia. officials say one of those tornadoes may have been on the ground for at least 50 miles. we are live in selma, alabama. those pictures from the air, always tell such a powerful story. also this morning, the world is mourning the loss of lisa marie presley, elvis presley s only child. she died overnight at the age of 54. a look back at her life in the spotlight
carving a path eof destruction n the south. and president biden is facing a special counsel investigation. why did it take the white house two p two months to disclose classified records were found in his home. and the tributes for elvis s only child. i m kate bolduan. we start in the south as we re tracking what is left behind really from a deadly tornado outbreak. dozens have been reported in alabama, georgia and kentucky. seven people were killed, six of them in a single alabama county. one of the hardest hit areas was a city of selma, where a tornado caused widespread damage, structures just torn apart and lives shattered. this morning authorities are getting a clearer picture of the extend of the damage and what they need to pick up and clean up and still searching for more survivors. let s go to selma, alabama. ryan young is standing by for us. ryan, look at that. reporter: it is just devastating behind us. and i couldel tell you, in the close county, they have
whether former president trump has fully complied with a subpoena issued back in may to hand over all classified documents he took with him when he left office. sources telling cnn federal investigators want to talk to two people hired to search trump s properties back in november for any additional records that have not been turned over. and now president biden faces his own special counsel investigation after his lawyers discovered obama era documents in his garage and a personal office in his wilmington home and also in a washington, d.c. office. mr. biden used it during the trump presidency. there are important distinctions between the two investigations. the trump reviews involve way more classified records and questions of obstruction. once the government demanded their return. team biden says it immediately notified the appropriate agencies when the first documents were found and that it worked with the justice department on the search that turned up additional classif