supremacist violence is the greatest domestic troor threat today. speaking of threats, former president trump took an ominous term when asked what happened if he is indicted for mishandling classified documents. and a marathon negotiation session prevented a rail strike. it left some of those workers wondering what exactly they have gained from the deal. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this friday. september 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a federal judge has appointed a special master, or third party, to review the documents that the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and club in palm beach, florida. judge cannon named raymond deery as the special master. he is a senior u.s. district judge for the eastern district of new york. trump s attorney s proposed him and the other side submitted they re professional. judge cannon specifically laid out the special masters duties including a privileged revie
6th insurrection. wolf blitzer is off today, i m p pamela brown and you re in the situation room. and let s begin our coverage this hour with tonight s top story. the justice department looking to file a response to donald trump s request for a third-party attorney to review materials seized from his florida home. cnn s sara murray has this report. reporter: the justice department set to weigh in today on former president donald trump s push for an independent special master to review the documents seized from mar-a-lago. there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this, checking their assertions of privilege, and also giving us fair timely access, letting us build a case for why this search warrant was not only essentially morally wrong, but legally wrong. doj asking to file a brief in response to trump s request. the fbi has begun digging through documents and a filler team uncovered some material that may include attorney client privileged i
on his fledgling social media site truth social, the former president last month shared a video of comments made by his close allies senator lindsey graham of south carolina predicting there would be quote riots in the streets if trump is prosecuted. let s turn overseas where russia s vladimir putin met with china s leader xi jingping for the first in-person meeting since moscow invade the ukraine. the two met on the sidelines of the shanghai cooperation organization where several other leaders including those from iran, and ia and pakistan also took part. according to the new york times, the meeting did not seem to go all that well for putin. while xi initially pledged a friendship with no limits, just three weeks before russia invaded ukraine, the chinese president withheld any public support for putin s war yesterday. he acknowledged that china had quote questions and concerns about the invasion, a notable admission that moscow may lack
would be quote riots in the streets if trump is prosecuted while hillary clinton wasn t for her use of a private server as secretary of state. the idea you turn on a television and see senior senators and congressmen saying if such and such happens, there will be blood in the street. where the hell are we? reporter: biden drawing a contrast between democrats and republicans who bill themselves as the defenders of law and order. don t tell me you support law enforcement if you won t condemn what happened on the 6th. don t tell me. you can t be a party of law and order and call the people who attacked the police on january 6th patriots. you can t do it. reporter: the president was in the critical battleground state to renew his push for an assault weapons ban and detail his plan to combat crime. i m determined to ban assault weapons in this country.