the 100 or so classified documents and not even going after this part of the case. this is strictly going at this issue that exceeded the jurisdiction. you can look at this one way the first sentence of his argument goes at the issue that he says this is an investigation by his political rival and success sore joe biden. thank you, evidan perez. what jumps out at you from trump s emergency legal request? two things. first of all, jake, the narrowness of the request by trump, all he s asking for is that the special master review the documents presumably so that his team can receive them, he can get early discovery in the case and also, i just have to say it s sort of move that on its face is a head scratcher to me. frankly, the request by the doj was very narrow. it was very well tailored and the court of appeals decision was well reasoned. so i don t know why this would ordinarily be a wise choice of resources by the trump team. kerry, in a separate case the justices ha
could be cut off from electricity, get this, for another month. also tonight, ukrainian forces are making stunning gains on the battlefield, reclaiming territory illegally annexed by vladimir putin just days ago. we will get an update on the war from white house national security official john kirby. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with new developments in the mar-a-lago investigation. an emergency appeal from former president trump to the u.s. supreme court. trump s attorneys are pleading with the justices to intervene in a dispute over more than 100 documents marked as classified. our senior crime and justice reporter has more on this filing. kaitlyn, what exactly does the former president want from the high court here? reporter: well, pamela, what he is asking for is essentially he wants to turn back time. he wants to go