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OMAR JIMENEZ: Hey, everyone.
I'm Omar Jimenez, filling in for Coy Wire today.
We made it to Friday.
It is Friday the 13th but Friday nonetheless.
And you already know, Fridays are amazing.
This is "CNN 10," and I'm so excited to be
right here with you.
Let's finish this week strong.
Now, we're going to start today with the news in Washington.
Classified documents belonging to President Joe Biden
have been found in areas that are not authorized
to store classified files.
The documents, which have classified markings,
were found at two locations inside his home
in Wilmington, Delaware.
Now, the files were found along with
personal and political papers.
The search for these documents started
after similar classified docs were
found at a private office of the president back in November.
Now, the paperwork is from his time as vice president
in the Obama administration.
And Biden said the documents were
in a locked garage, that he was cooperating fully
with the Department of Justice.
Now, some of the classified documents
were top secret, at the highest level.
They were found within boxes that also contain
unclassified papers that fall under the Presidential Records
Act.
But key questions remain unanswered about the nature
of the material, including who brought these documents
and what's contained in them.
Last year, more than 325 documents
were found at former President Donald
Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, 60 of which were top secret.
Republicans in Congress have accused
Biden and the Justice Department of a double standard.
Now, Donald Trump is under investigation for obstruction
of justice for refusing to return the documents,
or at least turn them over.
As of Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland
appointed a special counsel to look into an
official Biden documents probe.
Now we're going to hear from CNN senior legal affairs
correspondent Paula Reid, who has more details.
JOE BIDEN: People know I take classified documents,
classified information seriously.
PAULA REID: President Biden Tuesday
denied any prior knowledge of classified information
uncovered late last year in a space he used while working
for the University of Pennsylvania,
before he became president.
JOE BIDEN: We want this to be a gathering place.
PAULA REID: CNN has learned that among items discovered
were 10 classified documents dated between 2013 and 2016,
including US intelligence memos and briefings materials
that covered topics including Ukraine,
Iran, and the United Kingdom.
CNN has reported that some of the materials
included top-secret files.
JOE BIDEN: I was briefed about this discovery
and surprised to learn that there
are any government records that were
taken there to that office.
PAULA REID: They were found in three or four boxes that also
contained unclassified papers that fall
under the Presidential Records Act, source tells CNN.
- Mr. President, did you mishandle classified documents?
PAULA REID: The vast majority of the boxes held personal Biden
family documents, including materials
about Beau Biden's funeral arrangements
and condolence letters.
The documents were discovered November 2, just six days
before the midterm elections.
Republicans pounced, launching investigations, comparing
the discovery to former President Trump's
retention of hundreds of classified documents,
and slamming Democrats.
KEVIN MCCARTHY: They would have to eat their words.
But the hypocrisy-- think about this.
They've gotten away with so much for so long.
This was discovered before the last election.
- So if then-Vice President Biden took classified documents
with him and held them for years and criticized former President
Trump during that same time that he had those classified
documents and only after it was uncovered
did he turn them back--
PAULA REID: Even Trump's estranged former vice
president weighed in.
MIKE PENCE: The handling of classified material
is a very serious issue for our nation,
and we ought to take it seriously.
But there ought to be equal treatment under the law.
PAULA REID: But Democrats are defending Biden
against any such comparison.
- What President Biden did was disclose this to the archives,
let law enforcement know.
That is exactly the way that you should handle this.
OMAR JIMENEZ: All right, 10-second trivia.
Which of these historic figures was given the name "Michael"
when he was born in 1929, Martin Luther
King, Jr., Michael Jordan, Mark Twain, Thurgood Marshall?
Michael King, Jr. That was the birth
name of the civil rights leader born in Atlanta, Georgia.
This Monday we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King,
Jr. He was a Baptist minister and activist
and one of the most prominent leaders
in the civil rights movement.
King called for civil and economic rights and an end
to racism in the United States.
Monday is a national holiday, and we won't have an episode
of our show that day.
So CNN's Dana Bash filed the following report
on Dr. King's legacy on the 50th anniversary of his death.
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DANA BASH: This is unbelievable.
You look up there.
It says Mason Temple.
This is where Martin Luther King 50 years ago
gave his incredible "Mountaintop" speech.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: I just want to do God's will.
And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain.
And I've look over.
And I've seen the promised land.
I may not get that with you.
But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people,
will get to the promised land.
DANA BASH: That night, April 3, 1968, King checked in here,
the Lorraine Motel.
- He gets dressed around 5:45, and he steps outside
of the balcony of room 306.
And he speaks to other guests out in the courtyard.
At approximately 6:01, a fatal shot rings out.
Dr. King lies mortally wounded on the balcony.
He's taken from the balcony to St. Joseph's Hospital,
and he's pronounced dead at 7:05 PM.
LYNDON JOHNSON: Shocked and saddened by the brutal slaying
tonight of Dr. Martin Luther King.
I ask every citizen to reject the blind violence
that has struck Dr. King, who lives by nonviolence.
- (SINGING) I am tired.
I am weak.
KEITH ELLISON: To me, it's like a returning to something
rudimentary and fundamental.
I mean, this is where Martin Luther
King breathed his last breath.
- The owner of the Lorraine Motel
decided not to recheck this room out
in Dr. King's honor and memory.
- It's exactly how it was left?
- It was left this way, yes.
DANA BASH: Right there, when it all happened,
King's partner and dear friend Reverend Ralph Abernathy,
his wife, Juanita, on this pilgrimage 50 years later.
The night that Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated,
you were with his widow?
JUANITA ABERNATHY: Yeah.
DANA BASH: Tell me about that.
JUANITA ABERNATHY: I told Coretta, well,
I'll meet you at your house.
And I stayed there that night with her--
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DANA BASH: Is it true that-- did you sleep with her
in her bed to comfort her?
JUANITA ABERNATHY: Mm-hmm, that's right.
DANA BASH: The night that her husband was killed?
JUANITA ABERNATHY: The night that he died,
I slept on his side of the bed.
And my little children were there with her children.
- (SINGING) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.
DANA BASH: Tell me how you're feeling.
I was watching you standing here.
JOHN LEWIS: Well, you know, it's very emotional
to come here [INAUDIBLE].
- (SINGING) I was once born.
JOHN LEWIS: He changed my life.
He inspired me to stand up, to speak up, and to never give up.
And when he died, I think something died in all of us.
OMAR JIMENEZ: And lastly, we can't go until we do it.
I want to give a special shout out to Western Middle
School in Auburn, Michigan.
It's been such a pleasure getting to host
"CNN 10" for all of you.
This show meant a lot to me.
When I was in high school, my first ever interaction with CNN
was actually visiting this program.
And so it's a real full circle moment for me to be back
here hosting for all of you.
I hope your week was awesome.
Have a great weekend, and I hope to see you soon.
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