6th insurrection. wolf blitzer is off today, i m p pamela brown and you re in the situation room. and let s begin our coverage this hour with tonight s top story. the justice department looking to file a response to donald trump s request for a third-party attorney to review materials seized from his florida home. cnn s sara murray has this report. reporter: the justice department set to weigh in today on former president donald trump s push for an independent special master to review the documents seized from mar-a-lago. there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this, checking their assertions of privilege, and also giving us fair timely access, letting us build a case for why this search warrant was not only essentially morally wrong, but legally wrong. doj asking to file a brief in response to trump s request. the fbi has begun digging through documents and a filler team uncovered some material that may include attorney client privileged i
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Tropical storm cindy is bringing heavy rains, strong winds, and the risk of flooding to the gulf coast. Its expected the make landfall overnight along the texaslouisiana border and head north. As much as nine inches of rain is expected. Some places could get more than a foot. The storm is already blamed for at least one death. Today louisiana followed mississippi in declaring a state of emergency. David begnaud is in gulfport. David . Reporter anthony, where we are tonight, the biloxi river has overtopped its bank. You can probably hear, but the water is flowing enter areas where it should not be going. People have been told, dont drive through this. This is how you die. Also near the beach, folks have been warned, stay out of the are you aware. Surf because a tenyearold boy died today near the waters edge. As Tropical Storm cindy nears landfall along the Southeast Texas coastline, heavy rains and high surf are causing flash flooding along the gulf coast. People have been warned stay a
Tonight, gangnam style. Yep, this is how one man sees the fiscal cliff and its a pretty important man. This is alan simpson. Yep. That maybe the most action the fiscal cliff saw today. Heres the scene on capitol hill at noon. Yep, people leaving. Members of congress leaving washington, heading home on wednesday afternoon. One man left standing was the House Speaker and he says im not going anywhere. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. But of course, it takes two to tango, so where does president obama stand . We can probably solve this in about a week. Its not that tough. Its not that tough. Hes absolutely right about that. But we heard early this evening that the president and Speaker Boehner did speak late today on the phone, so thats good news, but in this case, they need face time. They need to spend real time face to face. Even democrats think the president needs to do more in person work on this.
Survival and tonight, shes outfront to talk about it. Lets go outfront. Tonight, gangnam style. Yep, this is how one man sees the fiscal cliff and its a pretty important man. This is alan simpson. Yep. That maybe the most action the fiscal cliff saw today. Heres the scene on capitol hill at noon. Yep, people leaving. Members of congress leaving washington, heading home on wednesday afternoon. One man left standing was the House Speaker and he says im not going anywhere. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. But of course, it takes two to tango, so where does president obama stand . We can probably solve this in about a week. Its not that tough. Its not that tough. Hes absolutely right about that. But we heard early this evening that the president and Speaker Boehner did speak late today on the phone, so thats good news, but in this case, they need face time. They need to spend real time face to face. Eve