but now to florida were seen and projects help demings will win the democratic senate primary. and challenge incumbent, marco rubio. then things is a former police chief of orlando and has served in the house since 2014. and singer landa they protect that charlie crist will, be the democratic governor in nevada. he will face incumbent around the sides in november. and now to st. petersburg florida. quite a bit of celebrations tonight from charlie crist, camp here in st. petersburg. declaring the victory and the democratic primary for the governor s race to the general election in november. now, i gotta tell, you i ve got an interesting exchange with one of the staffers. who said i don t plan to get any rest tonight. because, now, the real work begins. as they go head to head with governor ron desantis. so a rising star for the republican party that has widely seen at the potential gop presidential nominee. so, it did not take long for chris to go after desantis when he hit
first line. politics cannot be allowed to impact the administration of justice. so we ll focus on the filing ahead and the chances that a judge will agree with any or all of it given how late in the process it is. we ll also examine how the various assertions of fact in the filing actually stand up to the facts themselves. also tonight, a cnn exclusive. late word that the justice department has issued a new subpoena for more january 6th-related documents. cnn s kaitlan collins starts us off. what is the former president and his legal team seeking in this filing? reporter: a few things. one is this third party attorney, which is known better as a special master, that can really go through these documents if they re appointed, see what has legal privilege, what doesn t. it takes up time though, so it s a little unusual they waited two weeks to file for this because there s a chance the justice department has already gone through this, the investigators looking at it, becaus
historic flooding in texas. not seen in decades. the u.s. markets finishing sharply lower for the second day in a row on more concerns about the health of the u.s. economy. can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession, and my answer to that question is i don t know. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. this tuesday, august 23, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we begin with exclusive cnn reporting tied to the january 6 investigation. we ve learned the u.s. justice department has issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its probe of the capitol riots. it is a possible sign the department is ramping up its investigation into the role former u.s. president donald trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol insurrection. here is evan perez with more. reporter: we were told there was a second grand jury subpoena served to the natigs archives t prod
and they want any work paused before the potential third party review is done. so we want to bring in dave aronberg, state attorney for palm beach county, florida. good early morning to you. i want to start here, is there any legitimacy to this request for a special master from the trump team or is this just another one of his delay tactics that we ve seen play out in cases throughout his long legal history? good morning, omar. it is a delay tactic because he is too late to ask for this. the whole thing is moot. this is what happens when you have trouble finding experienced criminal defense lawyers to represent you, you end up litigating the case in right wing media instead of a courtroom and then the clock runs out. because it is difficult to justify the extraordinary request for a special master two weeks after your home has been searched. you waited too long. and, you know, these documents have almost certainly been reviewed already by the department of justice. and that
and can the federal government do anything to fix it? the transportation secretary is our guest. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are several developing stories we re tracking at this hour. first and foremost, 1 in 100 year flood bringing dallas to a stand fill with more than 9 inches of rain falling in 24 hours. at least one person was killed when her car was swept away by some of the floodwaters. and the threat is not over yet. and in a cnn and washington post exclusive, a whistle-blower complaint from a former top twitter employee claims the social media giant has major security problems that poses a threat to users, company shareholders and national security. and former president donald trump is suing the u.s. government over the fbi search of his home two weeks ago now. his legal team wants an independent third party appointed to review the materials seized by the feds. let s begin with this major wea