actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume
have given me my marker so inspiring to see someone who spent more than half a century doing what they loved. and also giving you hope to overcome fears he this he said that he wants was always so nervous when a movie began shooting that he actually threw up the night before and yet to think of what he accomplished incredible thanks for joining us. the situation room starts now happening now with just one week to go before the historic biden trump debate right here on cnn we ll take you inside the radically different ways the two candidates are getting ready and they re strategies when they step on stage also tonight, new reporting that the judge in the trump classified documents case rejected advice to step aside. when she was first assigned ignoring the urgings of two more experienced federal judges, and the biden administration appears to be expanding an agreement with you ukraine, allowing counter-strikes inside of russia using us weapons. how far will ukraine go and hi
to prove fear ending up as a mean and a bizarre and alarming clash between china and the philippines on the high seas, the chinese coast guard launching a quote, brutal assault, a filipino general while slamming beijing s over the attack saying, quote, only pirates do this and artificial intelligence may be coming for all our jobs. and faster than thought possible. a new survey has a stark warning for americans were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. the cnn news central just one week from today, president biden and former trump will go head to head right here on cnn, the debate in atlanta will be the first of this year s presidential race. and we just learned that former president trump will get the final word after a coin flip to determine the order of closing statements and podium placements. but before they we take the debate stage next week, both candidates are preparing in very different ways today, president biden headi
test you can put on the list as well. sanjay. appreciate it. thanks. the newest continues to source the kaitlan collins starts. now, see tomorrow straight to the source tonight at this hour, a potential shift in the presidential race as both campaigns they re preparing for the historic cnn debate and maybe a defining moment and also the constitutional holy war that just erupted in louisiana s public schools. the in commandments must now be posted in a big, readable font, will have a former louisiana teacher way in tonight, plus two nuclear-armed dictators take hey, thanks to a whole new level tonight. beyond the flag waving, waving pomp and circumstance, we re learning new details about the biggest international shakeup since the end of the cold war for i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source tonight, plans of attack are being hashed strategies are being set. maybe even a few traps are being laid. it is all happening behind closed doors as president biden and former
tonight on 316 new reporting on how the former president has been preparing for next week cnn debate. now just eight days away. and word of a new name, it could be considering as a running mate also tight, let vladimir putin and kim jong un have agreed to a new military partnership. how concerned should the west b and ukraine plus louisiana becomes the only state in america? mandate displaying the ten commandments and every public classroom what happens now? good evening. thanks for joining us with just eight days to go until the former president faces off against the current one in cnn s first the campaign presidential debate. there are new details about how donald trump is preparing. they suggest is new york times maggie haberman will explain in a moment the hi and closed doors. the former president is taking it seriously at the same time, very publicly. he s also laying the groundwork in case he doesn t do so well in the debate stage by making completely wild claims that a