lowest level in almost four decades. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the president is saying he wants to increase american energy production without delaying the transition to green energy and clean energy. officials are calling the move a bridge but now we know it s a bridge that leaves the strategic reserve to its lowest level since 1984. strategic petroleum reserve is more than half full. peter: still too low for critics concerned with national security. it s strategic petroleum reserve. it s not the political petroleum reserve. it s really for a time of war that we need the energy. peter: that i it s not politically motivated at all. 400 million barrels of oil that s more than any energy drawdown. peter: still blaming on russia. putin s war caused price hikes. calling on companies to pass savings on to customers. ramp up at ease. my administration has no
come drone attacks cause blackouts across ukraine. russia targeting more power plants and escalating the bloodshed and suffering of civilians. also tonight, a cnn exclusive on the trump tapes. stand by to hear some of then president trump s revealing recorded interviews with journalists bob woodward including trump boasting about the letters that sparked the mar-a-lago documents investigation. as early voting in georgia sets records right now, the high stakes midterm election is now only three weeks away. we re following flash points in the battle for control of congress including a new promise by president biden on abortion rights for women. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. our top story this hour, wide spread blackouts across ukraine as russia strikes major power and water facilities. ukrainian officials warning that moscow s attacks have already destroyed nearly a third of their ener
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
he did not do it. day four of the seditious conspiracy trial. trump should have acted, and just manned up to do it, but he didn t. tonight, new evidence of how hard the oath keepers pressed for a coup. congressman jamie raskin, on what it means for the committee s final hearing. then, even new reporting suggesting the justice department thinks donald trump is, still, hiding documents. plus, new reporting that herschel walker urged his ex girlfriend to have a second abortion. joe searcy owning, on the presidents candid remarks about vladimir putin, and nuclear armageddon. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. we begin tonight by setting a scene for you at the e barrett premium federal courthouse in washington d.c.. five members of the right-wing gang, the oath keepers, are currently on trial for seditious conspiracy. in connection with their plot to keep donald trump in pair power with, the 2020 election. we have been bringing you up
dramatic new video just in, showing the deadly ambush on connecticut police officers. new tonight, a cofounder of donald trump s new media company says it violated securities laws. did the former president try to strong arm an executive to turn over shares to his wife, melania? overseas, russian soldiers under attack, at least 11 new recruits shot to death at a training facility. plus, we re in kyiv where civilians are training for war and preparing for a possible nuclear attack. the fatal fire erupting in iran s most notorious prison, where anti-government protesters and at least two americans are being held. what we re learning about possible victims and who started it. with the midterms weeks away, former president barack obama plans to campaign in key races. how georgia and pennsylvania could determine which party controls the senate. and united against breast cancer. marches coast to coast. we meet a survivor who is now dedicating her life to helping patients.