broken and we thought we d find water. we ve lived here for seven years. it s paradise. we felt we would come back and find everything gone. i mean, we just have to fix up our yard. our neighbors, that house over there, we know all these people. among the priorities, governor desantis says are the temporary repairs on key bridges to sanibel, pine island. those have been closed off since the storm. just hours ago he announced the road to pine island will open today. that s a day sooner than expected. cnn s boris sanchez and kaitlan collins are in the hardest-hit county, lee county. boris, what s the latest? reporter: alison and victor, a big moment for residents of sanibel and pine island. very emotional moments as they get back to areas previously cut off by hurricane ian. we heard from some residents of sanibel. many don t know what they re going back to. that community decimated by hurricane ian and its nearly category 5 storm force winds. governor desantis vowing he
it s the top of the hour on cnn news room. it s good to have you. i m victor blackwell. president biden just upkdated congress on what his administration sees as the biggest national security threat facing the country. in his new national security strategy, vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine is not the top political challenge according to biden. that distinction goes to china. russia was however at the heart of a key global meeting. there was a meeting with 50 other defense ministers on how to boost ukraine s air defense systems. ukraine is facing a third day of intensified air assault from russia which was condemned by the defense ministers for continuing to target civilian facilities. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, you re up first. let s begin with the president and his just released national security strategy. why is china above russia here? reporter: yeah, it might surprise some people given of course, russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine, but b
if you re interested in reading the report by jimmy and his class, there is the link at the bottom of your screen. bit.l-y/yale.20year war. be sure to tune in saturday, 8:00 p.m. eastern for the one hour special. the news continues. let s hand it over to sara sidner and cnn tonight. the message behind the special master donald trump asked for in his battle over classified documents is basically this, put up or shut up. and you have a deadline to do so. and that deadline is next friday. michael cohen, donald trump s long-time personal lawyer, turned nemesis, is here. i ll talk to him in just a few minutes about the former president s many legal battles, including one of the vital new developments tonight putting donald trump under quickly increasing pressure. that special master, judge raymond dearie, now says team trump has to back up any claims of the fbi planting evidence at mar-a-lago during last month s search. and they have to do it in a sworn declaration. they als
reporter: appearing in court for the first time since the july fourth massacre, prosecutors say shooting suspect robert crimo, iii admitted to opening fire on parade goers celebrating independence day in highland park, illinois. authorities say three 30-round magazines and 83 spent shell casings were recovered and crimo was considering another shooting in madison, a 2.5 hour drive away. he did see a celebration occurring in madison and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. reporter: a judge ruled he will be held without bond. [ gunshots ]. reporter: the state s attorney is charging the 21-year-old with seven counts of first-degree murder. the fbi is also considering federal charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens of more charges centering around each of the victims. reporter: n
probe of the capitol insurrection. key witnesses subpoenaed by the doj this week including two top aides of former vice president mike pence were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. and according to the washington post, justice department investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. these are by far the most in-depth accounts of the federal investigation. until now we had virtually no sign this investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. and it comes as the new york times reports new details on the so-called fake electors scheme, including previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers that show knowledge as the times puts it that a key element of their plan was of dubious legality and lived up to its billing as fake. let s go first to sunlen serfaty who is live for us on capitol hill wit