trump-appointed prosecutor. tonight, one of donald trump s gop rivals says the former president just admitted to obstruction of justice on national television. we re following the fallout from trump s first tv interview since his indictment in the classified documents investigation. and the search for the missing titanic tour submersible is growing more urgent. the coast guard warning the five people on board have less than 40 hours of oxygen left. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitser is off. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. we do begin with the legal ramifications for hunter biden after his newly announced plea agreement with the justice department and the political implications for his father, the president. our correspondents are all standing by at the white house and on capitol hill. first cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid. paula, what more are we learning about this deal on th
documents, a federal judge set the date for the start of his trial. judge aileen cannon s order sets august 14th since day one for the trial. that is just eight weeks away. it is likely to be pushed back, because of pretrial motions. and complicated rules about using classified documents at a trial. kenyan also ruled the trial and all hearings will take place at her home courthouse in fort pierce, florida. that is north of trump s palm beach home. meanwhile, there is a major development in the federal investigation involving the current president s son. prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with hunter biden, who is expected to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes. he also faces a separate firearms charge, that would probably be dismissed if certain conditions are met. two sources tell nbc news, u. s. attorney, david weiss, who was nominated by former president donald trump, is likely to recommend probation for the tax violations. the
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charges of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty. right in the middle of a presidential election in which he is losing very badly. no other president, even those who kept far more documents than i, has ever been even investigated, let alone charged with a crime. it s joe biden and his corrupt department of injustice who think they are above the law. never before have the two standards of justice in our country been more starkly revealed. laura: and that same type of cheering you just heard at the club was also heard organically hours earlier where hundreds of supporters showed up outside the miami courtroom where president trump was arraigned. now, after that, dozens more went to a cuban restaurant in the city where they sang happy birthday to former president trump and took selfie after selfie with him. now, one thing is clear here, despite all the naysayers, his support is still very strong and perhaps unprecedented among modern political figures. but ins
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