His son passed away. Cnns evan perez, he read that transcript. Hes joining us now. Evan talked to us more about what you saw on this transcript and what it shows you know, that that episode that interaction between rob hur and the president is the one one that really made all the headlines from that 388 page report. There was released a few weeks ago and what we got to see from looking at this transcript is a bit of the context of how this came to be. And so what we know is that there was a discussion between the president and the interview youre worried about where he kept papers that he was working on when he left the Vice Presidency. And as he was trying to melt and he was mulling his future, including any political future sure and he is the one that brings up. He says a timeframe is 2,017. 20, 18. And then ill read you just a part of what he says. He says, remember, in this timeframe, my son is either deployed or die. Again, hes the one that brings up beau biden, and then he says,
Heard around the world. You got david weiss as Special Counsel in the probe of special bidens son, hunter. Upon considering his request, i have concluded that it is in the publics interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. This confirms my commitment to provide mr. Weiss awesome the resources he requests. It reaffirms that mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently. Based only on the facts and the law. Lets break it down. David weiss is the same prosecutor who cooked up the original Sweetheart Deal that hunter kind of blew up, a judge kind of blew it up as we take a closer look. They realized it is ridiculous and it does not involve of his bus business dealings. So, as for the Big Guys Involvement in the new hunters Special Counsel. The doj is declining to comment on whether President Biden is under investigation. For now, well have to take joe as his words that he never talked shop with hu
Federal investigation. The doj is pointing a special council. Republicans say this is not aimed at seeking justice. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in d. C. With the breaking details on this. Good evening, david weiss is the man. The very same same david weiss who says Congressional Republicans attempted to paint a Sweetheart Deal for hunter biden, despite possible or some would say obvious violations. That david weiss is leading an escalation into hunter biden. His title became special council today. His powers were the same yesterday. Whats different . It does not make any difference to us given what we understood to be the case. Critics argued weiss should not have been named Special Counsel citing this as section 6. 3 in the doj regulations. A Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States government. This is a political decision, not a legal decision. Theyre trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Nobody in their right
Americans were moved from tehrans Notorious Eivin Prison to a hotel guarded by iranian officials earlier today. Cnns Christiane Amanpour was first to break the story. She also spoke with one of the Iranian American detainees in an unprecedented interview from the prison back in march. She joins us now. Christiane, Siamak Namazi took a huge risk talking to you, but it does seem his message has been heard. Reporter well, lets hope so because he was desperate. And youre absolutely right. He told me desperate times, you know, mean you have to take desperate measures. And it was an extraordinary thing for somebody to be able to take a phone call out of eivin. He had been in nearly eight years, so he had some privileges like the ability to use a phone. But never had this been allowed to the press, and he didnt get permission. He just did it. But it just goes to show how desperate they were and how they absolutely wanted to get their message in front and center of the Biden Administration to
Happening now, breaking news. A new Protective Order just issued 8020 20 election interference case against donald trump. The judge, barring the former president and his lawyers from publicly disclosing Sensitive Information. Also tonight, as the flames ease and the death toll is expected to keep rising, we are getting uptotheminute accounts of the damage from the Wildfire Disaster in hawaii. Cnn is of course on the scene. And the Hawaii Governor will join us live with all the latest developments. And the top prosecutor in the Hunter Biden Probe is elevated to Special Counsel as the president son now appears headed to trial. We are breaking down the legal implications and the political fallout. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I am wolf blitzer and you are in the Situation Room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to it. Coming out of the first hearing before the judge in the trump election interference case. Cnn justice correspondent is on t