18 former trump administration officials spoke exclusively with cnn to refute trump s attempted defense for stashing top secret papers at mar-a-lago. and the long-time chief financial officer for the trump organization pleads guilty for his role in a tax fraud scheme. allen weisselberg agreeing to testify against the former president s company but not against trump or his family. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with new moves by a federal judge to give the public more information about the historic fbi search of former president trump s florida home. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider reports on today s important hearing in florida. tonight, a federal judge in florida says he wants at least some portions of the affidavit justifying the mar-a-lago search made public, saying i m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully sealed. before deciding, magistrate
hi, mark. good to see you. thursday the justice department will tell a judge if the affidavit is released, it could compromise the ongoing investigation. it s been more than a week since the fbi searched trump s mar-a-largo estate. while a search warrant explains what was uncovered, many juicety details remain undisclosed. the government said why they want to cheap this private. if disclosed, they say, the after day would be a road map to the government s on going investigation providing details about their direction in a manner that is highly to compromise future investigative steps. former president trump accuses the justice department of abusing their power. he announced he supports the unveiling of the affidavit. he said prior to leaving office, he had the power to declassify documents found at mar-a-largo. we re hearing from john bolton who calls that argument laughable. was not briefed on that. the president never said anything to me during 17 months there. i just t
commonwealth of pennsylvania. where the republican senate race is a true nail biter. we re now learning one candidate in these races is about to get a pacemaker implanted. good afternoon. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and president biden this afternoon in buffalo trying to comfort those who suffered the most from saturday s attack at a supermarket targeted because it s in a predominantly black neighborhood. the work of a racist domestic terrorist, killing ten innocent people, police say. the president spending time today with grief-stricken families. emergency first responders and community leaders. it was an emotional day and also one that included a call to action, with the president urging americans to reject racist ideologies. jill and i bring you this message from deep in our nation s soul. in america, evil will not win. i promise you. hate will not prevail. and white supremacy will not have the last word. white supremacy is
people desperately trying to escape life under the taliban. among the thousands that did not get out, afghans that risked their own lives to help americans. now we re hearing from one of them still stuck in afghanistan a year later. jack carr served in afghanistan. he joins us in just a minute. first to trey yingst live in kabul. hello, trey. good afternoon. on this day last year, the u.s. embassy released a security alert warning american citizens still in the country to shelter in place. the taliban was roaming through the streets. now the taliban controls the country and uses this city to govern. we re on patrol with the taliban. there s no question who is in charge here. the group says the security situation in afghanistan has improved the past year. american allies still hear feel anything but safe. this man worked at the u.s. embassy in a senior financial role. before that, he was a translator
wali and basmina have six children. he tells me their 10-month-old baby is malnourished. i always worry and stress about this, says basmina, but she tells her kids, god will be kind to us one day. one day, that has been the story of afghanistan for 40 years, as they wait for something better. things have rarely been so dire in the last 30-odd years, and with that pentagon report, you can just imagine if a woman was ready to sell her child for 200 dollars, the dire, dire poverty here is fertile ground for recruitment. jake. just so heartbreaking. christiane amanpour live in kabul, thank you for that important report. coming up, a former clinton campaign lawyer on trial, accused of trying to manipulate the fbi. we ll have the latest from the court. stay with us. if anyone objects to this marriage. (emu sququawks)