cnn, jake tapper and dana bash, moderate. that s thursday yeah, 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn meanwhile, the news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer in the situation room happening, now the preparations, the preparations for the trump biden debate on cnn are shifting it s a high gear with only two days to go. we re getting new information on both candidates and how they hope to score points on the debate stage. also tonight, the judge in the trump classified documents case apparently isn t buying new defense arguments that the fbi fbi warrant to search mar-a-lago back in 2022 was invalid. will take you inside the sometimes heated hearing and police in kenya open fire on protesters who stormed parliament and set it on fire. cnn is on the scene of the deadly clashes and the growing chaos welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room tonight, with only two days left before cnn s groundbreaking presidential deba
actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume
streaming on max, the very first debate ever ever between a president and a former president. the newest continues on cnn with wolf blitzer in the situation room happening now vladimir putin wraps up, is pomp-filled visit to north korea claiming is ties with kim jong-un have reached a new level. we re breaking down their new mutual the defense treaty and how this partnership of us adversaries threatens the west. also this hour, a state of emergency as wildfires rage in new mexico and turn deadly. cnn is on the scene where flames have been consuming holmes and forcing thousands of people to flee and donald trump s ability to make or break republican candidates is being tested in a congressional primary in virginia. that s still too close to call trump s anger and bid for revenge, leaving a key house republican incumbent in parallel tonight welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in the situation room tonight, vladimir pu
breaking news. this our a group of russian navy ships including nuclear-powered submarine arriving in cuba. just 90 miles from florida as tensions grow grow between russia and the west over ukraine. and america s top diplomat, tony blinken, questioning whether hamas is quote, proceeding in good faith. amid gaza ceasefire negotiations. he just wrapped up a critical mideast visit and president biden is back on the world stage. he s headed to italy right now for a highly anticipated summit with world leaders one day after his son s conviction hello i m wolf blitzer in washington and urine the cnn newsroom get this hour with a dramatic escalation of tensions in the middle east israel s military says iranian hezbollah forces have fired at least 200 rockets into northern israel today, no injuries are reported, not yet. the idf says it responded by striking the rocket launcher in southern lebanon and other hezbollah targets this new exchange of hostilities comes as ceasefire talks
forgotten, the victims in atlanta. i felt like watching your whole show tonight. that s what it was about. so our bill is about not forgetting our democracy. so go ahead. thank you so much for saying that. there have been so many people who have brought poignant words and made us think tonight and who inspired us to be better people. you chair the senate rules committee that will hold a hearing on the bill next week. and listen, the stakes couldn t be any higher. republicans are trying to suppress the vote all over the country. how will you get this bill passed? that s the central question. let s start with the good. the good is that for the first time, thanks to those incredible senators from georgia, warnock and ossoff, we have the gavel. i have the gavel. jeff merkley, the author of the bill, we have two new senators, and we ll get this bill through the committee. we ll have the first hearing ever in the senate. it has only been in the house. they passed it in the hous