happening now, cnn s exclusive story on the trump classified documents investigation. did a trump employee accidentally or intentionally cause the flood in a room where surveillance video logs were kept? also tonight former vice president mike pence files his 2024 campaign paperwork as the republican presidential field is clearly widening dramatically this week. there s new reaction from donald trump to pence s candidacy as the stage is set for a gop primary showdown. and ukraine s preparations for its long-awaited counteroffensive against russia. that and much more in cnn s exclusive interview with general mark milley. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the trump classified documents investigation. cnn getting exclusive new information about an incident at mar-a-lago that raised eyebrows in the special counsel s office. this comes on the same day that donald trump s lawyers me
live in concrete cells with no bathrooms. this as cnn gets access to evidence that putin doesn t want anyone to see. plus, it s debate night in america, one of the most highly anticipated face-offs of the year. fetterman versus oz. how much will fetterman s health be front and center this evening? we have new reporting from both camps. and where is former chinese president hu jintao. video that appears to be russian soldiers banished to a dark con concrete cellar for refusing to go to the front line in ukraine. you can see soldiers dressed in russian military fatigues, packed into a small windowless room. that s why there is not much light there. one of them explains how they re being treated. listen to it. translator: well, here we are. they arrested us. this is october 2nd, 22. we are part of the third battalion of the 488th motorized rifle regiment. we were arrested for refusing to follow orders. yes, refusing to follow orders. they sent us to a basement of a militar
and the trump versus pence feud over the 2020 election is escalating tonight on this the eve of the georgia primary. trump is lashing out at his former vice president calling him, quote, desperate as they stump for rival candidates in a georgia showdown. pence speaks out on the campaign trail this hour. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the fallout after president biden s surprising stance on a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. this talk of the u.s. military response is sowing new uncertainty about his policy and raising serious tensions with china. kaitlan collins is in tokyo for us. she s covering the president s trip to asia. kaitlan, the administration is trying to clay fire what president biden said but there is still some confusion out there tonight. what is the latest? reporter: yeah, and wolf, this is a comment that we should know caught some of the pre
people who got him to tell the rioters to go home. i think she felt burned by the experience. we ve never seen history before where you have individual staff members putting out statements what they re going to do. but it s a reminder he s going into this campaign in a different way than he was last time. earlier this morning, axios re reported, jonathan swan, that steve schwartzman isn t going with trump, he was one of the last donors trump had left. i kept wondering what is schwartzman going to do. just real quickly i have to ask. the it struck me when you said his heart is not in it. maybe it s a simple answer. is it because he can t help himself? why? needs the attention, the protection of the investigations and misses the power that the office had. it s really that simple. thank you, maggie. appreciate it. tonight former vice president mike pence who could be a trump challenger will join