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its 4:00 in washington d.c. a hail mary move by the disgraced ex-president that serves as an indication that special counsel jack smith may well be close to making a decision on whether or not to indict donald trump. were at donald trumps dear attorney general, the special counsel is being mean to me phase. make no mistake we have been here before. late yesterday lawyers for the ex-president asked for a meeting with merrick garland. the letter itself was brief, filled with the usual tr...

seemingly damning information in the trump classified documents case. well bring it to you right now. "the lead" starts right now. a stunning new chapter in the classified documents saga, sensitive material moved at mar-a-lago just one day before those fbi agents showed up looking for it. and apparently, people in mar-a-lago were staging dress rehearsals for just such a moment. ill speak with one of the reporters. plus, the biggest sentence handed down yet in the attempt to steal the...

i will stay with it until we can get it done. >> the negotiations were having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like, not about default. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy and president joe biden remain on the same page about not letting the u.s. default on its debt, but time is really running out to get a deal in place before the deadline. well have much more on the negotiations and that time line in just a moment. plus, a federal judge sends a me...

quickly heating up this week as republican candidates begin firing shots at one another over who is the right person to lead the party against president biden in the 2024 election. but is the gop primary already shaping up to be a two-person race before former president trump and florida governor ron desantis? >> or is there a dark horse candidate voters should pay closer attention to? were going to discuss that coming up. >> speaker mccarthy and i have had several productive conversat...

>> its coming down to one thing. this has been about spending. the democrats have never wanted to stop the amount of spending that they do. they want to keep adding and adding and adding. i do not think its right that you borrow money from china to pay people to stay home that are able-bodied with no dependents on the couch. this hour, a new "washington post" reporting ties donald trump to the movement of classified documents the day before a scheduled visit to mar-a-lago by the fbi....

one. airlines facing a stress test this memorial day weekend. aaa expects air travel to be busier than its been in nearly 20 years. also, "the washington post" with quite an exclusive report this morning. workers at mar-a-lago moved boxes a day before the fbi came to pick up classified documents last year. how that etcvidence could determine obstruction. and one of the most powerful republicans in texas is facing possible impeachment by fellow republicans. the gop led committee o...

"cnn tonight" with alisyn camerota is starting right now. hi. >> such a horrible story. were going to be talking about the developments in that case as well. >>erary sad. >> that should never happy obviously, so were going to try to figure out what went wrong. good evening. everyone. welcome to "cnn tonight." why was donald trumps staff moving boxes of documents around mar-a-lago when they knew that the fbi was coming the following day to look for classified documents? "the washingto...

conclusion. its going to be remarkable. have a great memorial day weekend. that does it for us this morning. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ hey, everybody, its 10:00 a.m. in the east, im yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera this morning. urgency in washington with less than a week to avoid a catastrophic default. theres optimism that a deal is close, but can they get it done and before too much damage is done? >> we have a lot of hangups. >> do you think ...

group after the groups founder was given the steepest penalty yet among those charged in the insurrection. and stunning revelations from newly unearthed fbi documents revealing a plot to kill queen elizabeth back in the 80s while she was here in the u.s. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central." two more sentences are being handed down today for members of the oath keepers, a far right extremist group for their role ...

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...