calm in a situation like this. he s going to have to rely on that now. kaitlan? absolutely. thinking of all of their families tonight. jason carroll, thank you. this missing vessel has had a troubled history according to reporting tonight in the new york times. the paper obtained a 2018 letter from more than three dozen leaders in this industry sent to the oceangate ceo, stockton rush, who we should note is one of the five who is missing tonight. in it they warned that they had, quote, unanimous concern about oceangate s development of the titan and what that looked like. according to the times, the group s chairman said that rush had called him after reading the letter, told him industry regulations were stifling innovation. the times story also says that a spokesperson for oceangate declined to comment on that letter. 2018 was also when cnn s gabe cohen, then a reporter at seattle s station komo, had a chance to tour a submersible just like the one that is missing tonight w
but that also means that when there s sensitive information there you can t put it all out in the open. they d have to litigate that. so even under the best of circumstances it was going to take a little while to get there. whether that s delay on the part of the former president or simply just the realities of complicated litigation, this could take a minute to go to trial. we know well the former president s history of delaying and stalling tactics and really it falls to the court and the prosecutors to call attention to that and anyone it in the bud if it does happen. it s more just a question of wait and see how legitimate the filings that he makes and the pleadings he makes are. yeah. and of course judge cannon is going to have a lot of leeway on that. we ll see what she decides. astead herndon, elliot williams, thank you both. thank you. coming up, more of what astead was referring to there that is backed up by new cnn polling. president trump in the past has proven impervi
the worst is that they re lost 13,000 feet below the ocean s surface. south of newfoundland, canada, either way assuming the submersible remains intact and assuming that they re still alive, the crew and its passengers aboard the tiny oceangate titan are sealed inside with a limited oxygen supply that is dwindling. about 32 hours left as of right now. and again, even assuming the very best, their trip to the wreck of the titanic could easily still become its own disaster. tonight cnn s jason carroll is monitoring the search effort and joins us now from boston. jason, obviously we ve been tracking all of this. what is the latest that you re seeing right now? reporter: well, kaitlan, as i m sure you ve heard, the biggest challenge facing search and rescue at this moment and all day and in fact since this rescue operation began is timing. it s really time and time at this point just not on their side. at this point less than 35 hours
after telling your lawyers to say you d fully complied with the subpoena when you hadn t. but before i send boxes over i have to take all of my things out. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things. golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes. there were many things. iran war plans? i would say much more not that i know of. but not that i know of. after that interview aired one of the former president s challengers, former new jersey governor chris christie, also a former federal prosecutor, said he believes it was an admission. it appears to me last night as a former prosecutor that he admitted obstruction of justice on the air last night to bret baier. i can tell you this. his lawyers this morning are jumping out of whatever window they re near. i m joined now by cnn political analyst astead herndon, a national political reporter for the new york times. and senior legal analyst elliott williams who i should note is a former deputy assistant u.s.
president biden only commenting briefly when asked about the plea agreement that his son hunter struck with federal prosecutors. guilty pleas on a pair of misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his income tax and working to avoid a felony firearm-related charge. i m very proud of my son. shortly before that, the white house put out a statement saying, the president and first lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. we will have no further comment. former president trump, meanwhile, reacting to the deal on his own social network saying a sweetheart deal for hunter and joe as they continue their quest to get trump. and he s not alone in that criticism today among republicans. cnn s evan perez joins us now with more on that. evan, first let s talk about this plea deal and what you can tell us as this investigation had been going on for so many years. how did they come to this