acknowledging he had sensitive secret documents that were not declassified. we re breaking down the recordings and what they mean for the special counsel s criminal case against him. also tonight, cnn is live in ukraine where the death toll has been rising from a new russian missile strike in a crowded city center. president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the attack a manifestation of terror. this comes as vladimir putin is on damage control after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. all ask former u.s. defense secretary mark esper about the rebellion and how it s influencing putin s war strategy. 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 this hour with powerful evidence against donald trump in the special counsel s case against him. cnn exclusively obtaining recordings of the former president talking about highly classified material in his possession. this comes as trump is speaking out
those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is
again in a $250 million civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire. did the former president answer the new york attorney general s questions, and the u. s. supreme court is being asked to intervene in the legal fight over abortion medication. the u. s. justice department seeking emergency action after a new appeals court ruling keeps the pills on the market for now, but with restrictions welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight. the fbi s dramatic arrest of an air national guardsman now the lead suspect in connection with the damaging leak of classified pentagon documents. cnn s oren liebermann is over at the pentagon for us with all the new details. tonight a 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard is in custody arrested in connection to the massive leak of classified documents online, the fbi swooping in on titan, massachusetts, a tactical t
this one up here, off the north coast of alaska on friday. then over canada on saturday and sunday, here, lake huron. what s the common theme ehere? they re all coming this direction. that s the direction of the jet stream, the prevailing winds, et cetera. that brings china into play, not only china, but russia is up there as well. and we don t have an answer yet as to what country owns them or even the pentagon leaves open the possibility that it s not a nation state. it could be privately owned and operated. the two big questions are this. why is the u.s. now detecting more of these and are there more of these? t in answer to the first question, we know that, and that is that the pentagon, u.s. military, norad, they re looking more closely. they ve in effect tightened their radars, their sensors to look for smaller options, particularly in that space you mentioned, 15,000 to 20,000 feet and they are seeing more. the big question is, are there more? is this a part of the glo
he is the king! case closed! how about aaron judge walks into history with a 62nd home run of this season breaking the american league record said by roger maris, and as far as you and i are concerned, willie, i m sure, breaking the single season all-time home run record. the only people that are in front of him have a massive asterisk, because they were all at the height of the roid war. all roided out themselves, but aaron judge, nome does he does he set this record. he does it with his mom in the stands and proves throughout this entire process he s really one of the, one of the good guys in he is. baseball today. i m chuckling watching that shot of his mother. that was just relief right there. she s been on the road with him. she s been, the last couple of weeks traveling show. tie the record 61. would he break it? you can just see her sort of fall back into her care, ah. finally, he did it. not a moment too soon. second to last day of the season. today last