fiona pick cnn is on the ground in puerto rico to show you the path of destruction. live, from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. we are following new developments out of moscow. vladimir putin is ordering a partial mobilization in russia to support his invasion of ukraine. the russian president says it begins today, and people in reserves, and those who have previously served in the armed forces, will be subject to conscription. let s bring in cnn s clare sebastian picture joins us live from london. what exactly will this order from putin for a partial mobilization mean for ukraine, and of course, for russia? rosemarie, this is a significant moment for russia, it is a partial mobilization, not full-scale conscription but we know that russian forces have had trouble replenishing their ranks on the battlefield, they have been using prisoners to do that, freeing them and taking them to ukraine. as well as mercenaries. have
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
of the new york times is reporting tonight that former white house counsel warned donald trump last year when he was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal wired billet if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer sought to impress upon mr. trump pull the seriousness of the issue potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not retain the documents. in january, not long after the discussion with mr. herschmann, mr. trump turned over to the national archive 15 boxes of material. this is and so now, we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors were called to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump. eric herschmann. i will obviously comply with a subpoena and that case. i ll tell whatever you told donald trump about those documents. here is eric the thing the duty le pen the day after eastman, i don t member why he called me but he s
weissmann, neil cattle, and bradley moss, right here, right now, who were scheduled to lead off our discussion, and now, we really have twice as much to discuss this we thought. we are all in good hands with that. i will be watching you on the television, and very interesting breaking news. thank you. the name of the case is, appropriately, donald j trump versus united states of america. that, really, is what this is. but, in that case, the united states of america turned the tables by filing a motion, asking, but really, demanding, that the judge in the case reverse her recent ruling. so, for at least the next week or so, or more, this case has become the united states of america versus judge aileen mercedes cannon, who stands, accused, in effect, in the justice department of committing judicious malpractice, in her last ruling in the case, in which he issued an order, requiring a so-called special master, to be named later, to review all evidence in the case, includin