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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, informer former president trump that it is set to hand over the 16 presidential records. they're from hi...

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 it's 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 last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on...

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 action against republican congressman george santos after his many lies and a federal indictment and h...

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 that's 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 the radio up. >> steve: around those parks in st. augustine, florida. going for daytime high of 70...

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 it's -- 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, with the coast guard leading most efforts as 100 of thousands struggle with basic necessities like p...