you watching as here in the united states it states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. i head on cnn newsroom scared, frustrated, and terrified for their safety ahead of u.s. environmental protection agency is promising accountability for the toxic derailment in palestine, ohio. but many residents are skeptical. signs of life believe it or not, people are still being rescued from the quake zone in turkey. we are live in istanbul with the latest. and defense and diplomacy the war in ukraine tops the agenda as well leaders, including the u.s. vice president, gather in munich almost one year since russia invaded. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we kim brunhuber. we are getting a better sense of what happened in the moments leading up to the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, that s build toxic chemicals all over the community two weeks ago. have a look here. take a look at the top of your screen. apparent over before pass through
we begin this hour with waco, texas, the fight of donald trump s first official rally of the presidential campaign. overshadowing the possibility of criminal indictment. coming from separate investigations in manhattan. in georgia and in washington d.c.. now it is no surprise that trump continues to pacey triples investigations through nothing more than political reporting for nbc news jonathan allen writes, quote, trump s [inaudible] government run conspiracies launched with power and freedom. he s been really against government officials investigating him, with an increasingly dark warning about will happen if he is charged. trump s attacking the investigation continuing even after, even after nbc or someone sent death threats to the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. he s investigating alleged flush stormy daniels 2016 election. [inaudible] discussed trump s social media post attacking brag with reverend al sharpton. [inaudible] he posted it. answer the que
Russias invasion began. Today President Biden is set to meet with the families of two americans detained in russia, paul whelan and Brittney Griner. A humanitarian crisis at the southern border, political games are being waged with human lives as we learn more about how dozens of migrants arrived in Marthas Vineyard and how the community is coming to their aid. The Boil Water Advisory in jackson, mississippi is now lifted after a water crisis lasted nearly seven weeks. But will residents drink it . And we begin this friday with major developments into the investigation of classified documents recovered from Donald Trumps maralago estate. Last night a judge in florida formally appointed new york Senior District judge Raymond Dearie to be the Special Master to review the thousands of documents seized during last months search. He was the only candidate acceptable to trump and the Justice Department. The judge also denied the departments request for continued access to roughly 100,000 i s
The Department Reports it has now recovered more than 320 classified documents from mara lago. Prosecutors essay some documents were likely concealed or removed from storage in an effort to obstruct their investigation. The court filing casts serious doubt on a statement by trumps attorneys that all classified material had been returned. The Justice Department also argues that trump lacked legal standing to request a Special Master, since the documents belonged to the government, not to him. The court filing came with this photo, showing documents taken by the fbi, from a container in trumps office. More now from cnns sarah murray. Reporter the Justice Department weighs in with its side of the story of what happened in the runup and aftermath of the search at mar alago. This is all a part of the Court Battle Playing Out over whether there should be a Special Master, an independent third party appointed to review the documents that the fbi sees when they searched maralago. The trump tea
happens, is anybody s guess, and today s events only added to the drama. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. the former president kicked off speculation that an indictment may be imminent with a social media post over the weekend stating that it may come tomorrow but he offered no proof of that and his own lawyer told cnn that they are merely repeating what they read in the media but they can t be because everyone is in the dark about what s going on behind the closed doors of the grand jury room and about when they could reach a decision. all we know is that if the former president is charged, it will be historic and not just for the reasons we cited, but also because of the nature of the crime being alleged. a payoff and coverup of an alleged relationship with an adult film actress, something trump has denied. any potential indictment can also be the first of more charges to come for former president trump. those would involve separate investigations out of the justic