i want to bring in justice department ken dilanian, meredith mcgraw, and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. ken, let me start you with. because the special mast ser out with a brand new filing laying out a fairly strict schedule and the process that he wants both parties to come to grips on basically. talk to us about what we re learning. that s right, hallie. first, he s giving, he s asking the fbi to certify that what they say they seized, that they re standing by that. it was a detail and exact list. and they are giving the trump team a chance to challenge items on the list that are inaccurate or things they say that were seized that aren t on the list. and then he is sending out a bunch of different categories of records that he is asking the trump folks to decide whether they re going to challenge on the grounds of attorney-client communication, and executive privilege, and whether the document is a presidential record, or whether it is a personal record. but hallie,
family and the trump business, the trump org of engaging in systemic bank, tax, and insurance fraud for decades. of manipulating the worth of their properties to deceive lenders, insurance companies, and government authorities, though reap billions of dollars of financial gain. here s some what she said. the pattern of fraud and deception that was used for their own financial benefit is astounding. inflating the values of assets by whatever means necessary. to increase mr. trump s purported net worth. and then that net worth was used to further enhance his financial standing, intentionally misstating his financials to obtain incredible economic benefit. it was a scheme that by its very nature became more profitable over time. it is all in stark violation of the law. the lawsuit, which seeks to bar the trumps from doing business in new york, as well as to fine them to the tune of $250 million reads, in part, quote, the number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering.
governors flying asylum seekers to the northeast. a migrants advocacy group just filed a federal lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. and in ukraine right now cnn is on the ground with rare access to the front lines of a heated battle between ukrainian defenders and russian mercenaries. stay tuned for our report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the trump legal team already at odds with the special master it requested, refusing to provide evidence the former president declassified documents seized from his florida home. cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider has the latest on the mar-a-lago investigation. reporter: tonight the special master bringing together trump s lawyers and attorneys for the juls s department to hammer out how to proceed with the review of the 1 # 1,000 documents taken from mar-a-lago including 100 docum
absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trump s private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new reporting suggests that the question of whether there is an a proof that he declassified the documents is a major interest to prosecutors at doj. new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors and former president trump s handling of national security documents, what a question one of his confident ants about a claim that trup declassified the documents. that confidante is cash patel, one of trump s biggest defenders in the documents investigation. he is a trump loyalist who made a career o
states. what is a governor supposed to do? they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. make sure that no one s homeless, no one s hungry, and make sure that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. hurricane fiona, this massive storm, might drop 30 inches of rain on puerto rico before it moves on. and already, we are seeing scenes like this on your screen. flooded rivers tearing away bridges and making matters worse, no power. the island s entire electric grid is offline. it failed and plunged 3 million americans into darkness, hours before fiona made landfall. and puerto rico s main energy supplier says power will most likely be out for days. fema s assistant administrator for response and recovery told me just a short time ago, that more than 300 fema responders were already on the ground before the storm hit. let s bring in cnn meteorologist karen maginnis, monitoring fi