governors flying asylum seekers to the northeast. a migrants advocacy group just filed a federal lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. and in ukraine right now cnn is on the ground with rare access to the front lines of a heated battle between ukrainian defenders and russian mercenaries. stay tuned for our report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the trump legal team already at odds with the special master it requested, refusing to provide evidence the former president declassified documents seized from his florida home. cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider has the latest on the mar-a-lago investigation. reporter: tonight the special master bringing together trump s lawyers and attorneys for the juls s department to hammer out how to proceed with the review of the 1 # 1,000 documents taken from mar-a-lago including 100 docum
causing prices to soar in the u.s. and food crisis around the world as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court
from january 6th. she s part of a bipartisan effort to overhaul a very old law that the former president tried to exploit to stay in power. meanwhile, donald trump s attorneys are making last minute objections ahead of today s hearing on the special master. we ll take you through the latest legal developments tied to the mar-a-lago documents. plus, an update on the truly catastrophic damage in puerto rico caused by hurricane fio in. fiona. it comes five years after the island was decimated by another storm. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 20th. i m jonathan lamiere. attorneys for the justice department and donald trump are set to appear this afternoon at a hearing before the court appointed special master in the mar-a-lago documents case. the hearing will take place at a federal courthouse in brooklyn before judge raymond deery. that s where deery currently serves as a senior u.s. district judge for the eastern district of new york. typ
after a russian missile strikes a second nuclear power plant. cnn is on the ground right now tracking the latest on the war including efforts to exhume hundreds of bodies in newly liberated territory. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage this evening in the united kingdom where mourners got one final chance to say good-bye to queen elizabeth ii at her state funeral. the emotional tribute to the late monarch filled with music and memories, followed by a private burial service at the family tomb. cnn royal correspondent max foster has our report. prime ministers, presidents, leaders and dignitaries from around the world. more than 2,000 inside london s westminster abbey join together in chorus. the lord is my shepherd, reputably the queen s favorite hymn, sung during her wedding to prince philip in this very hall when she was a 21-year-old princess. the younger royal generation,
men in jerry joins me live. jerry joins me live good evening, if you thought the era of republicans using a migrant children as political pawns ended in 2017, as donald trump s cruel and discussing child separation border policy was exposed to the world. well, you would be sadly mistaken. i want you to take a long hard look at this newborn baby, this infant who along with some 50 other mainly venezuelan asylum seekers was she noted family man greg abbott, texas governor to the doorstep of vice president kamala harris as d.c. residents early yesterday. a baby, who uses a baby to score partisan points? the texas governor s move was just a latest development in a vial game of political one-upmanship, taking place on the gop. as we placed trump want to be point out that there are more than racist enough to be the party s new standard standard bearer. in the past you ve probably heard of what would jesus do, from the american right, i may be muslim but i think i could rather confi