Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. A fresh start to your weekend. We thank you for starting with us. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us. The fight between Special Counsel and donald trump is heating up. Why theyre calling on the judge to take action after a social media post by the former president. This was crazy in new york city. Look at these pictures. There was some violence but a lot of chaos after a social Media Influencer posted about a give away and now that influencer is facing charges. And simone biles gets ready for a comeback after taking a break from the sport. We will have the latest on tonights competition. We begin with this latenight court filing from Special Counsel jack smith. He is now asking a federal judge to quickly set Disclosure Rules in the January 6th Case against former president donald trump. In the filing smith cited this social media post from trump earlier in the day that reads, if you go af
To possible witness intimidation, to questionable defense arguments. 100 questions for and Andrew Weissmann. And later, served as an Impeachment Manager and on the january Six Committee. Congressman jamie raskin joins me live to discuss his reactions to the charges and what she is watching for next. For the third time informants, the former president of the United States has been indicted, arrested, and arraigned. Lets face, that we have become oddly familiar with how this all goes. There is the release of the indictment itself, helicopters falling blackest movies, and of course, the court sketches, all followed by a barrage of deranged posts on so there is a rinse and repeat feeling that starting to sudden. This one did feel different because it is different. Felt bigger because it is bigger. The indictment filed by Special Counsel jack smith this week detailed the ways in which an american president engaged in a criminal conspiracy from the oval office to subvert the will of the peop
Sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. You referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. They submitted that in strict accordance with international law. That comes a matter of hours after Ukrainian Drones have targeted two key vessels. Just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a Ukrainian Drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. There are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. This is a Building Number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. Sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. A dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. It may be a bid to show some element of Military Success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. It certainly must make the kremlin utterly perplexed
classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit
happening now, breaking news, donald trump appears to be on the verge of a major victory at the u.s. supreme court as the justices voice deep skepticism. we ll bring you the latest details on the largest and. also a damning special counsel report finds president biden willfully retained classified information after leaving the vice presidency, but will not, not face charges form the report laying out key differences between biden s cooperation with the instruction and trump s alleged obstruction of his own documents case. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following major legal developments affecting the two men likely heading toward a presidential rematch. paula reid has more on donald trump appearing to win over the supreme court. and a special counsel report of biden s handling of documents. this looks like a pretty good date across the cou