predicts for donald trump. then, elon musk keeps the world guessing with the twitter saga. and now, he is denying reports you talk to vladimir putin about the war in ukraine. plus, one month until the election. meet a woman who left her a big job on capitol hill to be a political social media influencer. she is showing voters what they need to know. she has come to the right place, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening. once again, i am thrilled to be with you. i am stephanie ruhle. the doj s message to the supreme court today, reject donald trump s appeal asking for an emergency assist in the mar-a-lago documents case. late today, the justice department responded to trump s bid to get the high court involved in the fight over classified documents recovered from his florida club. one former prosecutor explained exactly what trump s legal advisers are trying to get done here. it looks like the trump folks want to get the classified documents incl
live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with kim brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. horn 12 million people under flood watches in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas. the risk of flash flooding is high with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. extreme weather forced a search and rescue mission as several hikers were swept off their feet by a flash flood. one person is still missing. let s talk more about this with derek van dam. potentially dangerous situation for many. what is the latest? yeah, the latest from the dallas/ft. worth meteorological agency indicating that anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of rain or more is possible within the next 48 hours. so starting now right through monday morning into the afternoon hours, that is when we re expecting the heaviest precipitation to move on, really intensifying tonight, that being sunday evening. i want to show you a broad per
additional documents or believed there were additional documents being held at mar-a- lago that the fbi wanted to obtain. that s what precipitated and what prompted the activity we saw monday at mar-a-lago, that this informant or this person, this witness was able to tell the fbi there were additional things there they needed to go get, and that s why they did this on monday. are they reported they know who this informant might be if there is one? they don t say who this person may be and how that person would ve come to know that information. the feature of mar-a-lago and trump world come as you know, as there weren t a lot of checks on people coming and going in that circle, so there s many, many people. we have been making calls, and there s a number of people that come to mind when you talk to people about who this could be. the idea, kim, of who could have had access, seen something in some way or been witness to something is really curious. as evan points out, thi
facing multiple ongoing investigations, in multiple jurisdictions about a multitude of alleged wrongdoings. and, the picture emerging out of those many other investigations is that of someone who inflates the true value of his wealth, his power, even the square footage of his properties. in order to inflate his own ego. at the expense of banks, the government, and the american people. the shull as we unravel trump s big lie, or the coup, the committee will hold its next one final public hearing final in the air. they have also announced it will interview ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice clarence thomas implicated in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and although trump has continued to spread debunked claims of election fraud or the january 6th insurrection, the new york times is reporting that his lawyers are working behind the scenes, to limit the scope of a federal grand jury probe, as well as to limit what the former
range of colleagues have been working on this story all day and have learned the justice department has subpoenaed more than 30 people, people in the former president s orbit. people like bill steppian, donald trump s former campaign manager, dan scavino the former trump chief of staff. these are wide ranging subpoenas seeking things that have to do with the save america pact, donald trump s fundraising and political vehicle, information related to the fake elector spot, any information handed over to the january 6 committee, a number of them seeking documents some also seeking testimony. we also learned in the new york times tonight that investigators appear to have gone another step further with some witnesses including boris epstein and mike roman the new york times reporting both men had phones seized. cnn has not independently confirmed this. it is a sign the justice department s investigation is intensifying particularly as they are about to head into the quiet peri