situation room. happening now, breaking news, the first deaths are reported from a powerful earthquake that flattened homes and unleashed a wall of water in japan. stand by for new images and information on the massive 7.5 quake and its aftermath. also this hour, at a critical moment in israel s fight against hamas, the nation s high court striking down a key part of a controversial government plan to limit the power of the judiciary. the unprecedented decision now threatening to fan par time tensions and division. plus, 2024 is here. the first presidential votes are now just two weeks away. we ll get the lay of the political landscape as donald trump s rivals battle to be the last republican standing in his way to the nomination. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and this is the situation room special report. we begin with breaking news. the earthquake disaster in japan turning deadly. at
is a cnn situation room special report. we begin this hour with a growing fallout from classified documents found at president biden s home and former office. the possibility of yet more searches and more discoveries hanging over the white house tonight. let s go to our white house correspondent arlette saenz, tell us more about cnn s new reporting. reporter: cnn has learned that sources believe there are additional locations tied to president biden that could be searched for more classified documents or government records. so far, the president s personal attorneys have searched two homes in delaware and also that former private office here in washington, d.c. but sources believe that there may be additional locations that could be sourced though it s unclear who exactly would conduct those searches or where they would be but those are all matters that could come up as the special counsel s investigation gets underway. president biden refusing to answer questions today a
review documents seized from mar-a-lago. also tonight, president biden is in pennsylvania targeting key swing states on this labor day and renewing his criticism of maga republicans, as the midterm campaign season ramps up. and we re following the man hunt for two suspects now facing murder charges in the deadly mass stabbing spree in canada. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and this is a situation room special report. tonight, a federal judge has stepped into the legal battle over sensitive documents seized from former president trump florida home. the ruling creates new hurdles for the justice department in its criminal investigation of trump s handling of government secrets. reporter: a judge today granting donald trump s request for a special master to review materials the fbi seized from the extraordinary search at mar-a-lago. judge aileen cannon writing because of trump s role
is a cnn situation room special report. we begin this hour with a growing fallout from classified documents found at president biden s home and former office. the possibility of yet more searches and more discoveries hanging over the white house tonight. let s go to our white house correspondent arlette saenz, tell us more about cnn s new reporting. reporter: cnn has learned that sources believe there are additional locations tied to president biden that could be searched for more classified documents or government records. so far, the president s personal attorneys have searched two homes in delaware and also that former private office here in washington, d.c. but sources believe that there may be additional locations that could be sourced though it s unclear who exactly would conduct those searches or where
changing. omicron is not a wave, wolf. it s a tsunami. there are huge numbers. but the more we learn, the more it s clear that it s not causing anything like the kind of severe illness that prior waves did. that means nothing about what the next wave may be. maybe delta will come back. maybe another variant will come. maybe no other variants will come and that kind of uncertainty means at the beginning of every statement we should say, based on what we know now, here is our best advice for how you can be safe and keep your family and community safe. still a lot of confusion out there. dr. tom freeden, thank you for joining us. these are important issues. coming up, new insight right now to the courageous escape by hostages held at gunpoint inside a texas synagogue. the fbi calling the standoff an act of terrorism. this is the situation room special report.