of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent
name a full-time monkeypox coordinator as the world health organization declares a global public health emergency. a spokesperson for the w.h.o. joins me this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to all the latest developments in the january 6th investigation. the select committee is not slowing down at all. releasing new evidence today showing donald trump crossed out key parts of the speech he delivered the day after the capitol riot. our senior justice correspondent evan perez is on the story for us. he s joining us now. tell us more, evan. what are you learning? we know that the former president was resistant to trying to stop the violence. one of the things we learned from the committee today, this is incredible, that this did not make the cut for last week s hearing. what we learned from the committee, they released a video that indicates that he was resist
remains defiant amid russian advances. we ll show you how new vehicles are helping fight the war. and baby formula is now being flown to the u.s. from germany. mothers facing a shortage across the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden is set to land in japan soon after wrapping up a visit to south korea. he left seoul a short time ago and the visit marks police first trip to asia as commander in chief. before leaving, met with military families and american troops stationed there. and also with the chairman of hyundai where he toured their plant to build a new electric vehicle plant in the u.s. state of georgia and while he is trying to put the focus on bolstering america s economic and security ties in the region, a shadow of potential conflict is never far away. on saturday the u.s. and south korea announced plans to expand joint military drills in response to north korea s growing nuclear threat. u.s. offic
where it was shipped. this is cnn. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden has arrived in japan after a three-day visit to south korea. air force one landed at the air base near tokyo, an hour ago to visit biden s first trip to asia as commander in chief. before leaving seoul, biden met the leader of hyundai. where he s tried to put focus on bolstering s america s security ties. the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. on saturday, the u.s. announced plans to expand military drills in response to north korea s nuclear threat. and how it can help to counter china s influence in the region. for more on that let s bring in blake essig and kevin liptak live in tokyo. kevin, a lot to get through with biden s first trip to asia. walk us through the second leg. reporter: yeah, trere really three components to this second leg of president biden s first trip to asia. the first is the u.s./japan relations. that s reall
Congress. Well have the latest on the talks between Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. And take a look at new polling which shows President Biden making up significant ground in a swing state. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 22nd. Im ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in President Trumps hush money trial has officially finished. Former President Trump did not toifr in his own defense can spite telling the press multiple times he really wanted to. Yeah, i would testify, absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Mr. Trump, are you going to testify . Yes. Will the gag order stop you from testifying . No, it wont stop me from testifying. The gag order is not for testifying. Do you plan to testify in court . Probably so. I would like. I would think so. When asked why he didnt testify the former president refused to answer. Watch. Why did you decide against testifying in your case . Did you not want to take the stand . The im