pro punishing protesters forcing some to fight in the very war they want to stop. and crisis of democracies, a warning to the world from french president macron, and his message to donald trump after being wrapped up in the mar-a-lago case. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead. and just in, special master of the trump mar-a-lago documents case opens the door to hearing witness testimony. this, coming after yet another legal defeat for former president donald trump. three judges from the 11th circuit court of appeals unanimously reversed district judge aleene cannon s decision. three-judge panel, one obama and three trump appointees. a special master s review of that subset, about 100 records is now partially stopped after judge cannon amended her ruling today. and just a short time ago, a special master deliver a new order to trump s legal team to prove one notable aspect in the former president s public claims. an in
evidence. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. russia s military said to be divided tonight over ukraine s stunning military offensive, retaking thousands of square miles from moscow s forces, which are now on the defensive in eastern and southern ukraine. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance has the latest for us. matthew, cnn s reporting that putin himself is giving directions to generals on the battlefield as russia s military appears increasingly divided on how to proceed with this war. tell us more of what you re learning. reporter: that s right, wolf. tonight another illustration of just how much intelligence u.s. authorities have, the u.s. intelligence has, on the thinking of what s going on inside the russian command structure. they re talking about intercepts that they ve sort of made available to cnn. we re reporting on that. about how there are disagreements on the
willock died at the scene. it s an apocalyptic scene we re seeing at this site, what was a residential building in ni dnipro. with every second that passes, chances of finding anybody alive are dwindling. the flight lost contact with the air traffic control, and moments later, it crashed into a gorge. president biden is here at ebenezer baptist church. this is a time of choosing. dr. king s life and legacy, show us the way. you can t ignore the political undertones, even as the conversation has been so dominated by these classified documents. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with a heartbreaking example of how quickly life can take an awful turn. just hours after the university of georgia held this joyous parade to celebrate their team s winning college football s national championship, one of their players is killed in a car crash. 20-year-old devin willock died at the scene. the driver, 24-year-old foot
- no, that sense has always been there. - oh. - the first time, he was mayor rudy. now he s king giuliani. - giuliani was just starting to wear on the public of new york. - the city was ready to move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [soft acoustic music] [dreamy piano music] - manhattan is like no place else in the world. in new york, what you see is first of all, you see a natural wonder of buildings. you know, it s like the pyramids. the buildings dwarf you. the buildings remind you of how unimportant you are, because you re so tiny. in this big, incredible city, when you see it, it makes you want to come and see it. it makes you curious about it. it makes it something bigger than life. i have strong feelings about new york, everything that makes up new york. we re the crossroads of the world. this is the center of the universe. i mean, there is no place that gets more people from more different places. you sort of get, like,
counting down. the art miss rocket is finally on the launch pad ready to fly for the first time on monday. it s no longer the apollo generation. it s the artemis generation and that brings new discoveries. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. well, it s nasa s long overdue return to the moon, and t-minus just a few hours until hopefully launchtime of the u.s. space agency s most powerful rocket. the program is called artemis, the first phase blasting off in the morning, unmanned and setting the stage for a manned landing on the lunar surface once again. just a short time ago vice president kamala harris touched down in central florida. she and the second gentleman planning to watch the liftoff in person. as the head of the space council i can tell you i m so proud of what is happening in terms of our space program and the leadership that the united states is providing to the world. the arte myos program is the beginning of the next er