documents that they re usually k kept under lock and key. the appeals court said the trump team s claims that the documents weren t declassified like this one if you re the president of the united states you can declassify anything you want. you can declassify it by saying it or thinking it because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or wherever you re sending it. there doesn t have to be a process. the ruling came on the heals of a civil suit filed against donald trump and his family and business, the suit alleges a quarter billion dollars in financial fraud. we ll show you the stunning moment when trump didn t deny that key allegation. cnn senior legal analyst ellie honig is here to break down all of this. fill us in. a big win for doj they have their classified documents back. this started about two weeks ago when the district judge presiding over the case said ye we are going to have a special master. doj did not want that, they objected, they lost. the way this was g
days have just been released. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, putin threatening nuclear war amid humiliating losses in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin today ordering a military draft and warning that he could use nuclear weapons against west. during a rare televised address to the russian nation, the russian president summoned 300,000 more troops to fight and threatened nuclear retaliation. translator: mobilization will begin today, september 21st. i am instructing the heads of the regions to provide the necessary assistance to the work of the military recruitment offices. this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. i emphasize this again with all the means at our disposal. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the prevailing winds c
his reign, as the world watches to see what kind of leader he might be. and in the u.s., pressing for answers in uvalde, texas. cnn asking the state s top law enforcement officer why did he allegedly say no one is losing their jobs over the massacre at robb elementary? his answer you ll only see here. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the first full day on the job for king charles iii, as the world mourns the death of his mother, britain s longest reigning monarch. he addressed the nation and the world for the first time since queen elizabeth s passing. as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time god grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. that address was followed by a sarceremony of remembrance wh god save the king was officially sung. earlier today, upon returning to london, king charles and his wife camilla
kate bolduan starts, right now. hello everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, a nation and the world is waiting to hear from a new king as it s world also is coming to terms with the loss of the uk s longest reigning monarch. queen elizabeth. this morning bells tolled at cathedrals across the united kingdom in honor of the queen whose reign spanned 14 u.s. presidents, 7 popes, 15 british prime ministers. gun salutes were fired throughout the country today to mark her death. one round for every year of her life. and a moment that will definitely be remembered as king charles arrived at buckingham palace for the first time since his mother s death, he stopped to meet and greet, and, really, mourn with the swelling crowds outside the palace gates. even getting a kiss from one woman in the crowd who we spoke with on cnn just a short time ago. in just two hours, king charles will deliver his first address to the nation as king. cnn will bring that to you when it happens. the k
it s also a strategic appeal. just for perspective here, we remember doj seized 11,000 documents out of mar-a-lago. they don t like the special master ruling as to any of it. they lost on all 11,000 documents. what they re doing is saying okay, let s carve out the most important to us doj 100 of those documents. they ve given up on there being a special master for the other 10,900 other documents but with respect to those classified documents, those should not go to the special master, we should be able to use them in the criminal investigation and national security investigation, by doing that they limited the upside and won t get the special master kicked out all together but limited their downside because if you take an appeal and lose on the whole thing in the 11th circuit, that s really bad for doj and sets a worse precedent for doj so i think they re trying to be tactical and strategic in what they re choosing to go after here. this whole process is getting dragged ou