were appointed by trump, said the justice department can resume its review of classified documents taken from mar-a-lago. the judges also called out the claims that the former president may have declassified documents that were seized pointing out there s no proof. this appeals court decision is one of two major legal blows for the former president in a single day. the new york attorney general filed a lawsuit against trump, his family and firm alleging wi wide-ranging fraud involving some of his properties and other assets. evan perez joins us now. evan, you have some new details. the special master, the independent oversear of the evidence, is putting some pressure on the trump team. explain. yeah, just in the past hour we have an order from raymond dearie, the senior judge serve agz the independent third party that is going to look through these 11,000 pages of documents. remember, this is something that donald trump himself and his lawyers had asked for. and now he is s
escalation of the war in ukraine, announcing the mobilization of some 300,000 russian reservists and threatening a nuclear attack in clear and disturbing terms. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. now global leaders are responding to that, calling that announcement from putin a sign of panic and the administration saying an admission of failure. this as the mayor of kyiv says putin has, quote, launched the process that will bury him. the question, though, today, jim, is how will president biden respond when he speaks in just over an hour in front of a global audience? no question, and how seriously does the world take what is a very public threat from the russian president who has often followed through on threats. our team is
rejects its bid to exclude about 100 documents marked as classified from the special master s review. it seems like this is getting really complicated. reporter: yeah, jake. the lawyer for the government saying that, if they lose that appeal, they will likely appeal this even further. so, again, up to the supreme court. they said that could then complicate the timeline around the turning over and the sharing of the classified documents. so certainly something that could become a not knotty issue as they try to expedite this review of documents and ultimately get to the heart of this investigation. jake. kara scannell in new york, thank you. let s discuss with former assistant attorney general tom duprey and john miller from the new york police department, now workings for cnn. john, welcome to cnn. good to have you. you can connections with many in the intelligence community. how are they responding to all of this? this is making them quite nervous. the ruling by judg
governors flying asylum seekers to the northeast. a migrants advocacy group just filed a federal lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. and in ukraine right now cnn is on the ground with rare access to the front lines of a heated battle between ukrainian defenders and russian mercenaries. stay tuned for our report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the trump legal team already at odds with the special master it requested, refusing to provide evidence the former president declassified documents seized from his florida home. cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider has the latest on the mar-a-lago investigation. reporter: tonight the special master bringing together trump s lawyers and attorneys for the juls s department to hammer out how to proceed with the review of the 1 # 1,000 documents taken from mar-a-lago including 100 docum
florida governor ron desantis is ranged to fly 50 people from texas to martha s vineyard off the coast of massachusetts. this is all part of the campaign to protest the biden administration s immigration policies. but the white house says she s governors are using the migrants as political pawns. those taken to martha s vineyard are receiving shelter and help at a u.s. military base. miguel marquez has more on their journey. referee: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha s vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelal migrants were given a warm sendoff, embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and onto the next part of their long journey. their unannounced rival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send them to sanctuary cities by surprise. free to the alien but certainly not mandatory. and that way they re able to go and these sanctuary jurisdiction cans put their money where their mouth is. r