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good evening, everyone, i am laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. we begin with our set, breaking news. lisa marie pressley, elvis s daughter, dead at the age of 54. she was hospitalized after suffering and apparent cardiac arrest just today, after appearing at the golden globes on tuesday night, with the bass luhrmann film about her own father, won best actor for austin butler. lisa marie s mother, priscilla, putting out a statement tonight saying that it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter, lisa marie, has left us. she was the most passionate, strong and loving woman i have ever known. we asked for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. thank you for the love and prayers. at this time, there will be no further comment. lisa marie was a celebrity from the moment she was born in 1968. she was the adored daughter of elvis and priscilla pressley, living her entire life in the spotlight. much more now wi ....
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. two presidents accused of mishandling classified documents and two special counsel investigations. there were no answers at today s white house briefing about why the biden team delayed for months to tell you why documents were found. we are learning that the documents from biden s team included briefing memos about foreign leaders. the justice department is still questioning if he has any of his files on his properties. the fbi got more than 300 from trump s possession after he resisted requests to return those. we re joined by phil mattingly and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn pol polantz. phil, did we learn more today? reporter: we learned that if you have any questions, you should refer them to the white house counsel s office and the justice department or the special counsel at this point in time, and i say that somewhat in jest, but i think that s the re ....
on biden s classified documents, the white house has begun to construct its stonewall. the lead starts right now. i m going to refer you to the department of justice. i m not going into any specifics from here. i would refer you to the white house counsel office. the white house refusal to answer questions is not going to stop them from mounting. why did the biden white house wait so long to acknowledge classified documents have been found at biden s private office and home and garage and who has access to those rooms. plus a rising death toll after tornados sweep through alabama and georgia. today the search for even more victims as homeowners sift through piles of debris. and body cam footage caughting the family member of to end up tase and dead. what went so terribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with the politics lead with the white house on defense amid the growing probe into president biden s handling of classified documents ....
Said they re taking steps to ensure incidents like this don t happen again. we re looking at what we can do to prevent this from ever happening again. we are drafting legislation to require more transparency so that we can have information on any officer associated with offensive use of language. in addition to that, we won t be stopping protests. they should be angry. we want them as peacefully as possible. the hearing is set for next wednesday. reverend al sharpton is expected to deliver the eulogy. now to a cnn exclusive. multiple sources say the dozen or so classified documents found at mike pence s home last week included briefing memos for foreign trips. one person said the materials were nothing unusual and ....
Well, now to a cnn exclusive. some of the classified documents found in the indiana home of the former vice president mike pence were briefing memos meant to prepare him for foreign trips. cnn s evan perez has been following the developments. so what more do we know about the documents found at pence s home? reporter: well, victor w, wh we know is these documents are in lower classification than what we ve seen in the biden investigation, the investigation of classified documents that were found at the home and of the private office of president biden and of course, the hundreds of classified documents that were found in mar-a-lago at the home of former president trump. we know that the documents were described as briefing memos before the vice president was meeting foreign officials on foreign trips and so that is a very common thing that would be ....