as vladimir putin announced a major escalation in the war in ukraine. this all happening overnight calling up reservists and threatening a possible nuclear response as he suffers major setbacks on the battlefield, and in the geopolitical landscape. plus, the latest in the trump documents case as it goes before the special master, the former president s attorneys refuse to back up their claim that trump declassified the documents before taking them to his club in florida. we ll have the reaction from the judge and it is quite telling. also, the attorney general of new york is set to make a major aa nounsa-of- announce. we ll discuss what that announcement might be. and new developments in the story of the migrants flown to martha s vineyard with some sent to the massachusetts island now filing a class action lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. we ll have all of the details on that. with us, host of way too early, jonathan lemire. and former aide of the geo
caribbean, hundreds of thousands of people have no power or running water. it is difficult. the worst does appear far from over as we watch the track here with turks and caicos and bermuda. now in fiona s path. we are keeping a very close eye on that of course. also this morning new details on the 2020 election. surveillance footage showing what happened inside a georgia election office on the same day voting machines were compromised there. a republican county official and associate seen working with an attorney for former president trump spending hours inside of that restricted area. but let s begin in puerto rico where today marks actually five years since hurricane maria s catastrophic landfall on the island and now the same survivors of that crisis say the devastating flooding from this storm could be even worse. our lay low sanity thyago is on the ground in san juan with the latest. reporter: today the majority of people in puerto rico are waking up without power
his business ventures here. thank you for the reporting. thank you. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it s thursday, october 27th. and i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. nice to be back with you. it s great to have you here. john berman is off this morning. beginning with developments in ukraine where battle lines are being drawn in the southern city of kherson. ukraine says russia continues to move the occupation administration from kherson but is enforcing the city with newly mobilized recruits that ukraine s military suggests are being used as cannon fodder. more than 70,000 civilians have left the city as fighting increases. and a russian military strike in zaporizhzhia causing some damage, and power grids. cnn also witnessed a prisoner exchange, including the remains of an american fighter who traveled to ukraine to fight alongside the ukrainian troops. clarissa ward joins us from
that would be the end of it. so he said the burden was on them to decide if they would put forward any position that these documents have been classified. and the former president has said it publically, but not an argument that his attorneys have made yet. and his lawyers said that they hope to push that issue down the road because it also raises the stakes of how would they support that, it could involve affidavits, witness statements, sworn statements under oath which could become an interesting strategic decision for them to make which they even noted as part of their defense if there ever is a subsequent indictment in this case. so really getting to the heart of this issue here and what trump s team will take. and on a practical matter the judge said trump s lawyers have until friday to choose one of five vendors put toward by the department of justice, they will kick start the process of reviewing these materials, allowing both sides to categorize them as to whether thi
trump s defense attorneys. it will be interesting to see whether or not they go back to the judge that ordered this, judge cannon in west palm beach, and say, you know, you never really addressed this, so why is the special master bringing this up, is this something you can make a ruling on? so i think that s something we ll have to watch. we have crossed the top of the hour. tom winter and vaughn hillyard. tom, how does this fit in as we step back out of the weeds on this investigation, how does this fit into the larger look the doj is taking at these documents, whichever way this decision breaks from the special master? does it really change the thrust of the investigation from doj? vaughn pointed out the special master, judge dearie, is hoping he can have the review portion done by october 7th. everybody is targeting a november 30th date for completion here. that s what the judge who initially ordered targeted this as well. presumably the week after thanksgiving this c