now impacting the federal investigation into classified materials. seized from mar-a-lago last month. a trump appointed florida judge ruling in favor this week on his legal team s request for an independent, special master to review just what the fbi retrieved. and now that relationship between the judge and maga is under a spotlight. while the justice department prepares to appeal the decision. of, course we will be looking at all of that. along with the investigations impact on midterms less than eight weeks away. that is tonight on politicsnation. plus, as memorials for queen elizabeth continue and england this weekend, i will talk to a block british civil rights activists. about what the queens deaf means for a black countries, that gained independence from britain while she was on the throne. what is her legacy to the black and what does the future of britain literally look like? i will ask that shortly. but first, let s go to london, england for a quick update on the
indicating human intelligence sources, this was found in a box or some sort of crate and container. hammering home the extreme sensitivities that trump took from the white house. the justice department laying out a series of objections to trump s request among them that he lacks standing to even participate in the case because the materials seized by the fbi do not belong to him, they belong to the united states government. the department also describes an effort to obstruct the fbi s investigation. it claims documents were, quote, likely concealed and removed from a storage room at mar-a-lago before trump s own lawyers searched it for classified material. the filing also takes aim at team trump s assertion that it cooperated fully with the probe and in one account it says investigators visiting mar-a-lago in june were prohibited by trump lawyers from looking inside boxes to confirm no classified documents remained. in fact later fbi search proved that there was still classif
already-devastating flooding. and, is taiwan on the itinerary? it s still a mystery as house speaker pelosi leaves for asia. putin makes his move. the kremlin s counter offer to bring brittney griner and paul whelan back home. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with the humanitarian tragedy in the u.s. president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including six children. and that death toll is expected to rise. the raging waters decimated entire neighborhoods. scores of people are still missing. the kentucky governor andy beshear say it s hard to get a fix on the exact number since cell service is out this many areas, and he added that the state has never seen anything like this. here he is. there are still so many areas we still can t get to. the water hasn t crested in some parts of eastern kentucky. so we can t even get into some ho
government is corrupt, elections are rigged and that people who hold different political views are bullies. up first, the investigations into the january 6th insurrection. the justice department asking a judge to reveal who is paying lawyers representing members of the oath keepers, and if that person is the former trump attorney and conspiracy peddler, sydney powell. the january 6th committee faces a will they or won t they moment? oronado attacking the credibility of what some of what hutchinson testified to earlier this week. specifically, he denies telling hutchinson that donald trump lunged for the steering wheel inside the presidential suv after being told on january 6th he could not go to the capitol and could not join the rioters. hutchinson stands by her committee, and the committee says they are they are deciding whether or not to bring him back under oath and in public. do they want to hash this out in public or see it as too risky. reporter: there s a lot of
cell in the courtroom, the judge ruling she acted deliberately when she tried to carry cannabis cartridges into the country. the wnba star gave a heartfelt apology. i want to apologize to my teammates, my klug, the fans, and the city of ekat for the mistake i made and the embarrassment i brought onto them. this adds to a stalemate between moscow and washingwashington over a prisoner. cnn s kylie atwood is at the state department. jeremy diamond is at the white house. let s check in with fred pleitgen. i understand griner s attorneys are speak. let s listen to them and then i ll come back to you. reporter: this correspondents to what s happening. it s totally going against the actual part of the russian penal code. we will appeal and we re very disappointed and surprised by this decision. how is britney feeling? she feels bad. any word a possible exchange? no, no one is discussing that was. it s a question for the administration. if appeal will not be granted. do you thi