i'm jim sciutto. right now the focus in the criminal probe over the handling of classified records is sharpening on the former president, donald trump. a newly unsealed document released on thursday offered more specifics about the crimes the doj is investigating. those include the phrase willful retention of national defense information, which suggests officials believe trump knew he had classified documents and released allegedly intentionally did not return them. justice department prosecutors made the case for secrecy warning, quote, evidence might be destroyed. even saying the affidavit would provide a road map as well to the investigation. that does not appear to be resonating with the judge, who set in motion the possibility at least of releasing a redacted version of that affidavit, something that could happen as early as next week. and in a cnn exclusive report, some former trump allies are calling the president's claims that he had a standing order to declassify documents, quote, i'll paraph

it will begin tonight with new details on how it all came together, cnn correspondent jim sciutto, one more have you learned about this mission? >> anderson, remarkable details coming up from a senior administration official tonight that speaks to a months long intelligence operation proceeding the strike from a drone on saturday. we're told that the president was first alerted to al-zawahiri presidents in kabul, start of april this year but that had followed months of u. s. intelligence agencies have been tracking ham, he moved to kabul extensively it seems to stay with friends there, downtown villa. and then over the course of the months, cia and other intel agencies developed patterns of his and his family's behavior with the intention of finding an opportunity to kill al-zawahiri in that home, without injuring are threatening the lives of his family members or any civilians. that took a tremendous amount of work, time, they said the women who were living with him here follow their own trade craft, they take roots home to this house, they thought would prevent them from being follow

zone we haven't seen any evidence of that yet. >> jim sciutto, you broke the news this morning, we'veeen following it all day. i appreciate you joining us tonight. next, back to politics new polling in the impact that the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. joe biden and democrats in congress just passed a law that lowers costs for healthcare, medicine, and energy bills by making corporations pay the taxes they owe without raising taxes on any of us making under $400,000 a year. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. it's one pill, once a day, that's effective without topical steroids. many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin while some saw up to 100% clear skin. plus, they felt fast itch relief some as early as 2 days. that's rinvoq relief. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal, cancers including lymphoma and skin cancer

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. new details about the documents taken from donald trump's mar-a-lago home. the fbi has been combing through the documents that were turned over back in january. the first batch. and working to determine any risk to high-level sources of methods and other sensitive u.s. intelligence. >> also, the justice department says it's identified through a limited set of materials that could fall around attorney/client privilege. this is in connection of the document seize at mar-a-lago a few weeks ago. the justice department is up for a lengthy bid for a third party that would oversee the review of the documents. the justice department is committed to file up to 40 pages after a 20-page limit was not enough. let's begin with what we learned. they clearly think they need double the pages. what will they tell us? >> this will be the justice department's first response of the legal merits whether a special master or a third-party individual should be appointed in this case. they previously said, gi

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tonight with new details how it all came together and with chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. >> anderson, remarkable details coming out from a senior administration official tonight which speaks to a months long intelligence operation preceding this strike from a drone on saturday. we're told the president was first alerted to his presence in kabul in april, the start of april this year. but that had followed months where u.s. intelligence agencies had been tracking him, that he had moved to kabul ostensibly it seems to stay with family there, a downtown villa. in the course of those months cia and other intelligence agencies developed patterns of his and his family's behavior with intention of filing an opportunity to kill him in that home without injuring or threatening the lives of his family members or any civilians. and that took a tremendous amount of work and time. they say the women who were living with him there followed their own trade craft. they would take routes home to this house they thought would prevent them from being followed. in other words, they knew the

i'm jim sciutto. >> our top story this morning, more fallout from the fbi search of president trump's mar-a-lago home. sources telling cnn at least one of the former president's attorney signed a written statement back in june claiming there were no more classified materials at mar-a-lago. something we now know to be false. that letter raising new questions about the number of people who may have exposure in the ongoing investigation into trump's handling of classified documents. >> now after last week's fbi seizure of 11 sets of classified documents, some of which were marked as top secret sci, the highest level of classification, top democrats are asking for a congressional briefing as well as damage assessment. since last monday's search, the former president's response to the search has shifted. his latest claim any documents taken from fall under attorney/client privilege and should be returned immediately. let's begin with the latest this morning surrounding the investigation. katelyn polantz has been covering this since the beginning. new details this morning about what exactly

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. we're glad you're with us this monday.morning, at least for today. this morning's scheduled launch for the moon now scrubbed after a myriad of issues including a bleed in one of the rocket's four engines. the next opportunity for "artemis 1" will be on friday. it's unclear, though, if the rocket's issues will even be resolved by then. >> lot of smart engineers working on that issue now.

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i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. two significant stories developing this morning. >>> right now, an investigation is under way in arkansas after the violent arrest of a 27-year-old man. this video that was posted to social media yesterday. before we play it for you, we want to warn you it is very disturbing. it shows two officers apping to punch and knee a something who is under arrest. we have a full report on this ahead. >>> russia claiming new details this morning about an apparent car bomb outside of moscow. law enforcement in russia say the blast which killed russian television commentator was definite stated remotely. we will have the latest from moscow in a moment. we begin this hour with the latest on the violent arrest in arkansas caught on camera. cnn correspondent omar jimenez is following all of this. as poppy said, the images contained are disturbing. >> reporter: three arkansas law enforcement officers have been removed from duty after this video showing them hitting a man outside a store in mulberry, a

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow.>>> right now, an investigation is under way in arkansas after the violent arrest of a 27-year-old man. this video that was posted to social media yesterday. before we play it for you, we want to warn you it is very disturbing. it shows two officers apping to punch and knee a something who is under arrest. we have a full report on this ahead. >>> russia claiming new details this morning about an apparent car bomb outside of moscow. law enforcement in russia say the blast which killed russian

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto.e. the fbi has been combing through the documents that were turned over back in january. the first batch. and working to determine any risk to high-level sources of methods and other sensitive u.s. intelligence. >> also, the justice department says it's identified through a limited set of materials that could fall around attorney/client privilege. this is in connection of the document seize at mar-a-lago a few weeks ago. the justice department is up for a lengthy bid for a third party that would oversee the review of the documents. the justice department is

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm bianna golodryga. right now the biden administration intensifying its efforts to slow the spread of monkeypox. starting monday, hhs will make an additional 1.8 million vaccine doses available. the administration also taking steps to offer protection for the most vulnerable populations, making more vaccine available for places hosting large lgbtqi events. this comes as the cdc reports more than 13,500 monkeypox cases across the country. we're following a critical day in court in south florida. federal judge will consider requests to unseal investigators' probable cause affidavit for the fbi search of former president trump's mar-a-lago home. the doj opposing its release saying that keeping the information secret is vital to this investigation. >>> let's begin today in south florida, cnn's senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz is there, covering this for some time. we spoke to a lot of lawyers leading up to this and they say the chances of the judge ruling the release this are are low, but we

>>> good tuesday morning to you i'm jim sciutto. the world's most wanted terrorist, one of the key masterminds behind 9/11 is now dead. president biden delivered the news from the white house that a u.s. precision drone strike killed the al qaeda leader, ayman al zawahiri, as he sheltered in a safe house in downtown kabul. al zawahiri was osama bin laden's most trusted lieutenant, and successor. his physician for a time. his death comes 11 years after the u.s. killed bin laden, and 21 years after the 9/11 terror attacks. president biden emphasized that his death sends a clear message. >> this mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimize the risk of harm to other civilians. and one week ago after being advised the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. >> the white house has just released this photo from july, president biden meeting with his national security tea

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm bianna golodryga.s of the aisle are demanding to see the evidence that led to the search of former president trump's mar-a-lago home. but the justice department is fighting the release of the affidavit that lays out the case for the search, pointing to highly sensitive information about witnesses interviewed by the government. >> we are also learning new details about the attorney general's thinking before the fbi came knocking on trump's door. according to "the wall street journal," attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks before approving that warrant application. a big question now, will he pursue criminal charges against the former president? >>> plus, another trump ally is under legal pressure. rudy giuliani speaking out after learning prosecutors have named him as a target in their special grand jury investigation in georgia. details on that development in just a moment. there are lots of them. let's begin with katelyn polantz in washington. so, first, walk us through the doj's posi

i'm jim sciutto. poppy is off this week. we are three months away from the midterms, and this morning we are getting primary results from five key states, arizona, michigan, missouri, washington, and kansas. we saw resounding victories for candidates who continue to deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election and in one red state a major rebuke of the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. in michigan republican voters chose former trump administration official over republican congressman peter meijer. you'll remember he was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach the former president after january 6th. gibbs has been known to pedal false election claims like the former president. arizona voters have picked david farnsworth over rusty bowers in the gop primary for senate. bowers, you may remember, delivered emotional testimony to the january 6th committee in june. farnsworth had said of the 2020 election this is a real conspiracy headed up by the devil himself. that's a quote from the gop candidate there now. but

this comes as new reporting from chief national security correspondent jim sciutto says according to two u.s. officials, ukrainian officials in the south are preparing for a significant counteroffensive. an inspection team from the watchdog is on its way to the zaporizhzhia power plant amid shelling and fears. handing out iodine pills to residents. the delegation is expected to arrive in kyiv today. joining me now with the latest and his reporting, cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. jim, thanks so much for being here. what more have you learned? >> it looks like, john, we're seeing the first steps of it, the first ground steps of this counteroffensive in the last 24 hours. over the weekend, we were seeing, as we reported, the shaping exercises. it affects striking targets to prepare the battlefield for the ground offensive. throughout today, we saw ukrainian forces take four villages, this around the area of kherson. and now these attacks you just mentioned there. you start with the shaping operation, soften up the target in effect, and then you go and move those

i'm bianna. >> i'm jim sciutto.tlanta courthouse facing questions from a grand jury there. prosecutors in georgia informed giuliani he's a target of an investigation in examining attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. we'll have more on that in just a moment. >> of course, our other big story this morning

. >> i'm alex marquardt in for jim sciutto. we're following several major stories this morning and beginning with breaking news. just moments ago, a positive sign for the u.s. economy. inflation finally starting to cool off and it was flat for the month of july. consumer prices increasing by 8.5% year over year. that's slightly lower than the 9.1% increase back in june. and we'll be talking about what that means in just a moment. >> it is really good news for every consumer out there. plus, former president trump set to be deposed today by the new york attorney general's office. this is in connection to a civil investigation into the trump organization's finances. we have details on that. we are also learning this morning much more about that fbi search of president trump's mar-a-lago home. the justice department was concerned that trump had not returned sensitive documents, which could have national security implications. new details this morning about how trump may frame his defense in all of it. let's get straight to the goo

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm alex marquardt in for jim sciutto.arch of former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home in florida. overnight, new reporting in "the wall street journal" laying out how the investigation into the classified documents at trump's florida home, how that escalated. they're reporting,

i'm jim sciutto. justice department facing a noon deadline, two hours from now, to give a judge and we should be clear a redacted version, perhaps highly redacted of the affidavit behind the search warrant for the mar-a-lago home of the former president. the judge will then decide whether to release that redacted version to the public or continue to keep it under wraps. plus, new details about the national archives multiyear effort to get former president trump to hand over classified documents from his time in office. a top white house lawyer at the time told trump he should hand those documents over. so why didn't it happen? >> key question. also overnight, the department of justice releasing an unredacted full memo from 2019 that unveils why former attorney general bill barr decided then president trump could not be charged with obstructing the russia probe. we'll break down what is ahead in all of that. >> all right, let's begin this morning with senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz,

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. we're glad you're with us this monday. the "artemis 1" mission not a go this morning, at least for today. this morning's scheduled launch for the moon now scrubbed after a myriad of issues including a bleed in one of the rocket's four engines. the next opportunity for "artemis 1" will be on friday. it's unclear, though, if the rocket's issues will even be resolved by then. >> lot of smart engineers working on that issue now. the mission's ambitious agenda remains landing the first woman and first person of color on the moon. this by 2025. also going further afield, ultimately getting humans to land on the surface of mars. but before we get there, "artemis 1" will need to fly around the moon using the most powerful rocket to launch since "saturn 5" took astronauts to the moon for the last time back in 1972. space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is live from kennedy space center. you are ready to see it take off like we all were, so tell us what -- what the final issue really was here that led to this scrub. >> repo

i'm jim sciutto. poppy is off this week. primary results in five key states as voters hit the polls tuesday with fewer than 100 days until the mid terms. there were big victories for candidates that deny the 2020 election and what could be a major precursor to november voters. and republican congressman peter meyer, one of the ten republicans who voted to impeac lost to former trump administration official john gibbs. gibbs has been known to peddle 2020 election lies. in the arizona, house speaker rusty bowers who delivered emotional testimony to the january 6th committee, he is projected to lose his bid for a senate seat. the winner of that race claims, "the devil himself" meddled in the 2020 election. the devil. and in one of the largest rebukes to the supreme court decision on abortion ban in that state. nick valencia is in topeka, kansas, following the story this morning. nick, the voter turnout here really highlighted the importance of this issue that seems to have driven voters to the polls. and they voted no. >> that'

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. glad you're with us. so, as jim said, a very busy morning because at any moment now, the justice department could release a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the fbi's search of mar-a-lago. doj has until noon today to unseal that document. it is a significant step, pretty unprecedented, it could tell us why investigators believe that a crime or crimes may have been committed. >> we are also getting new insight into former president trump's strategy in this ongoing back and forth over the documents kept at mar-a-lago. and the legal advice and from whom he's getting from conservative activist tom fitton. one person close to the former president said once trump took fitton's advice, quote, it was all downhill from there. this was sources tell cnn trump and his allies have become increasingly concerned about the potential legal implications from all this. plus, president biden fresh off what democrats believe are a winning streak, kicking off the midterm campaign season with a fiery speech in m

i'm jim sciutto. a trip back on.y pelosi is expected to visit taiwan, despite china's warnings. it was previously unknown if she would visit while leading a congressional delegation to asia. we're learning that joe biden stopped short of asking the house speaker not to visit after saying publicly the u.s. military did not believe it was a good time. china, again, warned this morning against the visit, repeating that its military won't sit idly by. not clear what they mean by that. plus, the death toll rising in kentucky. the governor announced this morning at least 30 have died. hundreds are still unaccounted for. this follows devastating flooding the eastern part of that state. more storms are potentially on the way. we'll have the latest updates in a moment. first, our top story this hour, nancy pelosi expte

my colleague, jim sciutto, says that his sources are describing this early stages as what they call theng operations, going after command and control systems, air defenses and so on. we're also hearing on the ground from soldiers that a number of small villages may have been captured as the ukrainians try to get on the front foot in this war. all of this coming at a time when the nuclear power station remains itself on the front line. the united nations saying it is hoping to get inspectors into that location with the agreement of the russians and the ukrainians in the next few days. sam kiley, cnn. >>> joining me to discuss cnn political and national security analyst david sanger and cnn contributor jill dougherty. good to see you both this morning. david, i was struck by this team, this picture, rather, that was posted of the iaea team. clearly to send a message -- i think we have that picture we can show the folks at home. but when we talk about what's going to happen here, realistically what power does this team have? what can they do on the ground, david? >> well, their first power

let's bring in cnn's jim sciutto, he broke the news of this offensive.n talking to senior u.s. and ukrainian officials, including former ukrainian president, so tell us about this counter offensive, why now? >> so first, why now i suppose is that the ukrainians believe in the simplest terms that they have the capability here, they have the forces and they have the opportunity when they believe that russian forces are not as well manned, well armed as they had been in the past. u.s. intelligence assessments have shown that a lot of those russian front line units are going to the front lines, first of all, in fewer numbers than have been expected, but also without the same manpower, the same weaponry. there's also a bit of a seasonal aspect here that the fighting window was assessed to be now and the middle of october. it will get colder then, this is the opportunity, the end of the fighting season, some might say or the peak fighting season. really it's a judgment where ukraine believes it can do this now, and they have been citing, as part of their asses

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto.ngton post," a twitter executive turned whistle-blower is now calling attention to security vulnerabilities he says pose a threat to national security, even democracy. >> that's right. this is someone who is very high up, formerwi

i'm jim sciutto. we begin with breaking news.ted to sentence wnba star brittney griner, the two-time olympic gold medalist pleaded guilty last month to drug charges. the prosecutor seeking nine and a half years of time in jail. in the last hour, griner addressed the court ahead of her sentencing. >> i want to apologize to my teammates, my club, the fans and the city for my mistake that i made and the embarrassment that i brought. i want to also apologize to my parents, my siblings, my organization back at home, the

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. the final sprint to the

. >> i'm jim sciutto. overnight, damning evidence the justice department released its most comprehensive filing to date, as it responds to former president trump's request for a special master to review all those documents. officials say that top secret government documents were, quote, likely concealed and removed as part of an effort to obstruct the fbi's investigation, this is in addition to them being held at mar-a-lago. in their 36-page filing, the justice department officials laid out how trump failed to return dozens of highly classified documents, this despite several requests over several months. >> the justice department also released its most visual piece of evidence and you're looking at it, that is a photo showing documents with the highest classification markings laid out there by the fbi, officials say those documents were recovered from a container that trump kept at his mar-a-lago home. since january, the u.s. government has recovered more than 320 classified documents from mar-a-lago. the

i'm alex marquardt in today for jim sciutto. >> good to have you. what a day. i'm -- justice department one that could have wide-ranging implications. for former president trump. fbi agents executed an unprecedented search of trump's mar-a-lago residents. at least three sources tell cnn this is related to the investigation of the handling of white house documents including classified information. that may have been brought from the white house from trump's florida property -- -- in part these are -- was not necessarily for appropriate. >> it's important to note that the search would be required for top -- as well as the fbi director chris wray. according to a person who's familiar with the matter, the search focus on trump's mar-a-lago -- -- cnn has learned that officials were examining where documents were stored and that some boxes were removed from that resort in mar-a-lago cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is in washington senior correspondent -- outside of president trump's mar-a-lago estate. caitlin, let's start with you. there are two n

here to explain, chief national security correspondent and co-anchor of "cnn newsroom," jim sciutto.e talking about four levels of classification here. they were relate both to the substance of the information contained in there and can also relate to how that information was obtained. let's begin with the lowest level. that's known as classified. this is defined as something that could damage or disdisclose an element of national security. examples in this category might be particulars of a weapons system, the range of a missile, say, or the number of soldiers deployed on the battlefield. next level up, that is secret. damage for classified. this is categorized as something that could cause, quote, serious damage to national security if it were to be revealed. this includes things like contingency planning, also battlefield intelligence. next step up from that familiar to people, top secret. this is defined as something that could reasonably cause exceptionally grave damage. a step up from where we were talking about at secret. things in this category might be something related, say

. >>> a very good friday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. this morning there are new details about what exactly the justice department is investigating in the wake of the fbi search at mar-a-lago. a newly unsealed document shows the agency is looking into several crimes which include the, quote, willful retention of national defense information. that revelation does a couple of things, one, it intensifies the focus on former president trump as the possible or a possible subject of the investigation. trump has claimed a standing order to declassify documents he took from the white house, but in a cnn exclusive, 18 former top trump administration officials tell us they never heard of any such order issued while trump was in office. it also may be key that that law, willful retention of national defense information, it may not matter if the information was classified. we will dig into that more deeply. >>> as the spotlight brightens on trump the doj continues its fight for some secrecy. the department expressed serious concerns that releasing t

. >> i'm jim sciutto. we begin this hour with a cnn exclusive in conjunction with "the washington post," a twitter executive turned whistle-blower is now calling attention to security vulnerabilities he says pose a threat to national security, even democracy. >> that's right. this is someone who is very high up, former twitter head of security peiter zatko, alleging the social media giant's leadership misled its own board, and government regulators about security vulnerabilities that could potentially open the door for foreign spying, hacking and disinformation campaigns. those are stunning, serious claims sent to congress and several federal agencies last month. our very own cnn correspondent donie o'sullivan sat down with him to talk about this. here's the story. >> reporter: ready? >> yes. >> reporter: why are you coming forward? >> all my life i've been about finding places where i can go, and make a difference. >> reporter: this is peiter zatko, until january of this year he was head of security at tw

. >> and i'm jim sciutto. very busy friday morning as the clock ticks down to a deadline for the justice department, doj officials have two hours from just a few seconds ago to release a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the fbi's search of mar-a-lago. >> so this comes after a judge agreed with the doj's red redactions, noting portions of the affidavit should remain sealed in order to protect witnesses, law enforcement agents and uncharged parties. we are standing by to review that affidavit as soon as it comes out, which could be this hour. let's begin this hour with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. jess, this affidavit could be released any moment, sometime between now and noon. walk us through this whole process, what we will see, what we probably won't see. >> yeah, in i minute now, guys. what's interesting about this is it's all been a relatively rapid process. you know, it was less than four hours after the doj submitted their proposed redactions that the judge ruled, yes, in

i'm jim sciutto in again for anderson tonight. that's how much a texas jury awarded punitive damages to the parents of a child killed during one of america's deadliest mass shootings. it comes a day after the same jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages. shortly after, one of the parents, spoke to reporters about her son and spoke about the need for those lessons at this moment in time. >> care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. >> that's good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. now we should point out that the judge in this trial could reduce today's figure due to a texas law that will not, though, mark the end of alex jones' legal troubl

i am alex marquardt in for jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow.c round-the-clock marathon of votes, the senate hand president biden a major legislative victory, passing a sweeping health care and climate bill. it is a $750 billion package. it includes the largest climate investment ever in u.s. history. it also notably grants medicare the power to negotiate some key prescription drug prices.

i'm jim sciutto. poppy is off today. new jobs numbers for the month of july show 528,000 jobs added last month. that number double expectations. it lowers the unemployment rate to just 3.5%. cnn's matt egan is here to help us break down the numbers. frankly the headline number, matt, is a big one here. also it shows healthy growth in several sectors of the economy. >> yeah, jim. this is blockbuster growth. and it is pretty remarkable. this number is going to go a long way towards shutting down this idea that the u.s. economy is already in recession. to be adding more than half a million jobs, in a month, at this stage of the recovery, is pretty impressive. let me give you some context around this 528,000 job figure. this is twice as much as the consensus from economists. not only that, but it is 200,000 more than even the most optimistic forecaster had pencilled in. two big milestones that came out of this report, the labor market has now fully recovered all of the jobs lost during covid. total nonfarm payroll is back to

i'll be back later with the rest of the show, but first let me bring in jim sciutto, who is here to tacklehe latest news. jim. >> thanks so much. hello to all our viewers. today on the show, ukraine is fighting back and hard. how far could ukrainian counteroffensive go? >>> also, china's leadership is faced with crisis after crisis from a troubled economy to a devastating heatwave, don't forget about taiwan. is president xi in trouble?fare with a country that some think is what america needs to do, that is write a new constitution. and he will speak to one of the top scientists responsible for the webb telescope and those awesome images it has captured. these videos show explosions that have happened in the last two weeks at russian military facilities in crimea, which has been occupied by russian forces since 2014. one attack at an air base destroyed at least seven russian warplanes. ukraine has claimed responsibility for that attack and two others according to an internal document obtained by cnn. is this evidence that kyiv is launching a counteroffensive against russia and could it gain

but first, let me bring in jim sciutto, who is here to tackle the latest news. jim?teroffensive go? also, china's leadership is faced with crisis after crisis, from a troubled economy to a devastating heatwave. and don't forget about taiwan. is president xi in trouble? >>> then, fareed will be back late we are the story of a country that is trying to do

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go right to cnn jim sciutto who broke the story. what's the latest from the plan from ukraine and how do we expect it to play out? >> reporter: the latest, the much anticipated counteroffensive, ukrainian officials hinted at some time. saying they have confidence they can carry it out, has now begun. u.s. officials began to see signs of shaping, as you mentioned, shaping means basically preparing the battlefield for a wider offensive. in this case, it means artillery, rocket, air strikes on things like weapons depots, air defense systems, ammunition dumps, et cetera. to then allow a combination of ground and air forces to move in and attempt, at least, to regain territory that had been occupied taken by russia since the start of this invasion. after we did our reporting, we spoke, we heard, in fact, from ukrainian officials on the ground to say, yes, indeed. the counteroffensive has begun. i had the opportunity this morning as well to speak to the former ukrainian president petro poroshenko who told us the follows. have a listen. >>

. >> i'm jim sciutto. our colleague, erica hill, starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. at this hour, a major crisis in mississippi's capital. no water safe to drink, barely enough to fight fires. >>> ukraine stepping up strikes in the south, in the effort to take a key region. >>> and tributes to an icon. serena williams advances at the u.s. open. will this be her final run at a major? this is what we're watching at this hour. i'm erica hill, in for kate baldwin. we begin with a dire situation in mississippi. the state's capital, jackson, without reliable drinking water after the pump at the treatment facility failed. some residents have little or no water in their homes. mississippi's governor declaring a water emergency. >> until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale. it means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets and to meet other critical needs. >> the city of jackson has battled water issues for years. let's begin with isabel gonzales with our top story. good morning. >> good morning to you, er

joining us now is cnn anchor and chief national security correspondent jim sciutto who broke this story. jim, tell us about this. what would this counteroffensive look like? >> okay. so shaping operations are standard first step before starting major offensive -- offenses in effect you strike command and control, weapons positions, air defenses, et cetera, to prepare the battlefield for operations. i'm told that the u.s. believes this will be a significant counteroffensive, at least that's the ukraine yan plan, it will involve air and ground operations coordinated. it has been long anticipated, you and i have discussed this many times, when might ukrainians attempt to strike back and gain back territory already lost to the russians? but the u.s. belief is now it has begun. the shaping operations have begun. the u.s. -- our team in ukraine reached out to a spokesperson for ukrainian -- the ukrainian military this morning who acknowledged that, yes, these operations are under way, as far as locations are concerned for operational security understandably ukrainians are not sharing exactly

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i'm jim sciutto this morning. we're learning new details about the u.s. operation to kill the world's most wanted terrorism al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahri. a drone killed one of the masterminds of 9/11 as shehe sheltered on the balcony of a safe house. the president stressed his death sends a message. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. >> administration is now warning that the taliban could face consequences for harboring al say -- al-zawahri. president biden meeting "the situation room" discussing the operation to kill al-zawahri. let's bring in john harwood at the white house. this was in the works for months and months, remarkable intelligence gathering operation given it had to be taking place largely from outside the country since the u.s. doesn't have boots on the ground there. tell us what you're learning. >> reporter: meticulous plan very tightly held. it began when they began to point tort ayman al c-zawahri being in kawabul. he was known

. >> i'm jim sciutto. this morning detail it is about the leadup to the fbi search of former president trump's estate. sources tell cnn a member of trump's legal team had signed a statement back in june claiming there were no more classified materials at the mar-a-lago. we've since learned that's not the case. >> the doj subpoenaed surveillance footage including viewing from outside the storage room where documents were held. a source saying after one instance in which justice department officials were in contact with mr. trump's team, boxes were moved in and out of the room. we're also monitoring the former president's evolving response to this search. he now says the documents taken fall under attorney client privilege and that he wants them back immediately. >> let's begin with cnn senior crime and justice reporter kaitlin. a lot of developments and things that moved quickly since last monday. tell us what the latest is in this investigation. >> jim and bianna, one of the most important things we've lea

. >> jim sciutto, let's continue this conversation. the affidavit, the heavily redacted document says that documents were kept at mar-a-lago. can you explain what these documents are and how serious this is? >> we already knew there was top-secret information, but what we now know is that we now know, in that top-secret information, some of the most sensitive classifications of information. let's begin with orconn. this means originator control. this means it was intelligence gathered by a particular agency, for example, the cia, which that agency only could give permission for it to be released or seen by a user of that intelligence because of the sensitivity. hcs, and this is drawing perhaps the most intelligence. this involves human intelligence control systems. that means we're talking about clandestine foreign intelligence sources. they are people at tremendous risk, often in denied areas, countries that are very dangerous, as you heard steve hall talking about in jessica's piece. the most sensitive intelligence. it's hard to get