judge cannon seems to say that a former president might be different in her view than a regular joe. quoting her now, as plaintiff articulated at the hearing, the investigation and treatment of a former president is of unique interest to the general public, and the country is best served by an orderly process that promotes the interest and perception of fairness. unique interest, she writes, before granting what the former attorney general under president trump, no less, recently said this about. well, i think the whole idea of a special master is a bit of a red herring at this stage since they ve already gone through the documents. i think it s a waste of time. agree or disagree with that notion and whatever you might think of how judge cannon arrived at her decision, we ll talk about what it portends with our legal experts in just a moment. first, cnn s sara murray who has all the latest on the ruling itself. walk us through what the judge issued today. reporter: as y
in this deadly stabbing spree across canada is found dead tonight. but now the search intensifies for his brother, wanted for his alleged role in killing ten and injuring 18 others. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m poppy harlow in tonight for erin burnett. tonight, the justice department is plotting its next move after a federal judge sides with donald trump. the former president allowed to use a special master to sift through the more than 11,000 items and documents that the fbi seized from his mar-a-lago home. you ll remember last month. this decision comes despite the doj arguing that it had already completed a review of potentially privileged documents. judge eileen canon, who was apointed by trump, citing several reasons for making this decision. writing that it will, quote, insure that at least the appearance of fairness and integrity under these extraordinary circumstances, she also cited what she calls, quote, swirli
is. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a major victory for donald trump for now. a judge has now granted his request for a special master, allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. the judge cited senchlg reasons for her decision, including the potential stigma that donald trump faces after the search plus what she calls, quote, swirling allegations of bias and media leaks. trump s lawyers argued he needed a special master because they couldn t trust the justice department, and in today s ruling, the judge said federal investigators can not continue reviewing the materials they took until the special master has finished their work. let s get straight to cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, i know this filing is 24 pages long. it came out on this holiday, but what are the main takeaways from it? kaitlan, the j
residents in jackson, mississippi, are fed up and frustrated with the on going water crisis. we have more on the latest efforts to get relief to those residents in desperate need. and it could be the end of an era for serena williams after the tennis legend gets knocked out of the u.s. open. we re going to have the highlights from last night s exhilarating game and a look back at her incredible career. we re to grateful to be with you. welcome to your weekend, your labor day, holiday weekend. it s saturday, september 3rd. great to be with you, amara. how is it going? great to be with you. it will be a lovely five hours together or so. i m getting comfortable. i have my cookies to keep me going. and my coffee. so i m ready. all the things that matter, right? for sure. as boris was mentioning, in a matter of hours, nasa will try again to launch its uncrewed artemis i rocket on a journey around the moon. preparations are under way right now at the kennedy space cen
South africas battered economy tries to recover from a double downgrade, but it wont be easy especially trying to borrow money from its internationalfriends. And all on board. Yep, how a group of enterprising berliners, fed up with paying ever more for their daily Train Tickets clubbed together to crowd fund their own train line. Were going to take a ride with them. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Welcome to the programme. If you give me your eight minutes, i will give me your eight minutes, i will give you an exciting snapshot of the world of business and money. We will start south, south africa in that. As South Africas president jacob zuma celebrates his 75th birthday, festivities may be rather more low key than usual. In less than a week, the countrys members of parliament are scheduled to hold a vote of no confidence against the president. Why . Well it comes after he ousted some of his key political opponents in a recent cabinet reshuffle. Today, members of