So how can we undo the damage . We could all unsubscribe and switch to xfinity. Their connection is unreal. And we could all unexperience this whole session. Okay, thats uncalled for. Experienced the difference the moon pod. Co, the white house Correspondents Dinner by saturday, april 27th, at seven eastern on cnn you are in, the cnn newsroom. Im jim sciutto in washington, breaking news in the middle east. We are learning new details about the unprecedented attack on is israel overnight by iran, Us Central Command now says us forces destroyed more than 80 iranian attack drones, at least six Ballistic Missiles launched from both iran and yemen. The Israeli Military says iran and its proxy forces across the region launched some 350 groans missiles, and rockets in total into its territory or edits territory. This iran says was in response to a deadly attack on its consulate in damascus earlier this month, which it blamed on israel, though israel has not taken responsibility with me now cn
and the trump administration issuing a statement about that situation, and obviously very pleased that the north koreans are not holding on to this man. kim jong-un, barbara, has been complaining about a lot of things, including u.s. military exercises. does the u.s. take that seriously? reporter: well, you know, the big exercises had already been cancelled to try and stir movement towards diplomatic action to keep kim happy, if you will. there s some small-scale exercises going on. he s complaining about those too. the theory goes that he is trying to get as many concessions out of the u.s. as he can in order to keep those elites, those security forces and his military forces back home happy and keep himself in power. all right, barbara, good reporting. thank you to you as well. before we go, a very, very important programming note for our viewers. please be sure to watch my special report, ted turner: the maverick man, a profile of the founder of cnn as he celebrates
high-tech weapon. is he trying to put pressure on president trump? we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn braeaking news. cnn has learned about a meeting between president trump and his lawyers to try to wrap up the process of answering robert mueller s questions about possible collusion with russia. the president claim he s been writing those responses by himself and that been easy, even though he s been holed up with his legal team now for days and days. the president down play iing th gravity of the moment and denying hi obvious anger as mueller and his team move deeper and deeper into their end game. this hour, i ll talk to senator richard blumenthal. he s a top democrat and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, to jeff.
judge said cnn would likely prevail in the case. the judge criticized the way the white house went about taking away jim s hard pass, saying that it was quote, shrouded in mystery. especially since the justice department lawyers who argued this case on wednesday, they couldn t even conclusively tell the judge who ordered it. whether the it was the president or the press team and the judge also questioned why the white house gave some of those shifting explanations and even noted that sarah sanders initial claim that acosta inappropriately touched a white house intern, the judge said that was likely untrue and partly base d on evidence of questionable accuracy. the judge referencing the video clip sanders tweeted out last week. this was a narrow ruling and that he said he was not deciding that broader first amendment. you know, there are they put it this way.
rules and regular lationregulatd up back in court and we ll in. but more importantly, we ll just leave and then you ll be really happy because we get good ratings. so the president promising to set maybe new rules at those press conferences, but what about in the courtroom? what happens after this initial victory for cnn and jim acosta? well, the lead lawyer in this case for cnn, he said the network is open to a settlement that would avoid further legal proceedings, but at the same time, wolf, the legal team is ready to go forward and litigate to protect first amendment rights for all journalists. jessica, thank you very much. and joining us now, ted, the attorney representing cnn. congratulations on this initial victory. thanks so much for joining us. explain, ted, what the judge specifically ruled out today? what the judge ruled today was based on our request for a temporary restraining order.