Charles and the Queen Consort will host Faith Leaders at Buckingham Palace before the king and his siblings head to westminster to stand vigil by their mothers coffin this evening. Well bring you the latest from london, but first, lets turn to legal news in the United States. Right now were awaiting to see what doj is going to do next now that a federal judge has denied his request for access to classified documents to continue its investigation. Legal experts are scratching their heads at the decision. Also in the denial, judge cannon appointed a Special Master. Who he is and the deadline the judge set for him. Joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, also lisa ruben and carol lamb. Walk us through the decision from the judge here. Why did she say no to doj about being able to access those classified documents when they said it was a matter of National Security. This judge who was appointed by former President Trump really adopted the trump view
russian forces that killed at least 19 and wounded dozens across major ukrainian cities. this includes kyiv, lviv, dnipro and this morning, hhelninske. the missiles launched from two russian aircraft and some were shot down. president putin threatening harsher responses following a mass explosion on a strategic bridge between crimea, illegally annexed by putin in 2014, and mainland russia. the top brit intelligence officer sir jeremy fleming is expected to say today that russia is exhausted their forces are returning out of weapons as they face staggering numbers of casualties on the battlefield. cnn s nick paton walsh is live this morning in denipro in ukraine. an emergency meeting what is he expected to say? reporter: two things. referring to in a statement before this meeting how he s going to talk about the terrorist attacks. i suspect repeat calls from ukrainian officials that the u.s. and its allies designate russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. that s one poss
putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
the u.s. justice department warns the u.s. supreme court that classified documents seized from mar-a-lago are extraordinarily sensitive, urging the high court to stay out of the government legal battle with former president trump. and top republicans stand with herschel walker in georgia. closing ranks around their embattled u.s. senate nominee, walker lashing out at political opponents and speaking out tonight about the abortion controversy weighing on his campaign. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. this hour officials in ukraine are bracing for russia to strike again after two days of vladimir putin s new and widespread assault on cities across the nation. cnn s nick paton walsh is on the ground in the war zone. the second day of smoke over the capital in skies that had had been quieter for months. a power plant one of many hit today here by an iranian drone attack, officials said
phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the water a