years amid fears that the country is heading into a recession. it s a challenge for president biden as he attends a dnc event and tries to sharpen his midterm message. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in ukraine where bogus referendums are under way as moscow tries to solidify its hold on occupied territory. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, is this so-called voting essentially happening at gunpoint? reporter: basically it is, wolf. we re seeing video and hearing reports of election workers going house to house, door to door, with ballot boxes, accompanied by armed men, in some cases armed men wearing balance cla vas. we re wear the election workers are going door to door. people are locking their doors and simply not answering to avoid voting. in fact, the ukrainian authorities have urged residents of the occupied t
tonight, there s late word that the intelligence community has resumed its damage assessment of classified documents seized from mar-a-lago, after getting the green light from a new appeals court ruling. stand by for more on that. but right now, i want to get to cnn s exclusive new reporting, our senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us right now. so what are you learning about this secret court battle that s being waged right now by the trump team? it is, indeed, a secret court ba battle, a closed proceeding. we only know about it because three lawyers related to january 6th were coming out of court yesterday, we caught them on camera, and what this is about, what we ve been able to conform, evan perez and zack cohen and i, this is about witnesses and whether or not witnesses can be blocked by donald trump from testifying or turning over documents to the federal grand jury that is investigating bringing possible cases against people potentially arou
Read out loud at the World Trade Center here in new york. We are just minutes away from a Moment Of Silence at 9 03 a. M. Eastern, 17 minutes after the first plane struck, a second hijacked plane, flight 175, it hit the south tower. We will also be taking you live this morning to Commemoration Ceremonies at the pentagon and shanksville, president. As for President Biden hes observing the anniversary . Alaska in anchorage as he travels back from washington, d. C. From his trip in asia. Lets go to Brynn Gingras live standing by at the 9 11 memorial plaza. Brynn . Reporter sara, you guys said that Moment Of Silence coming up at 9 03. I want to mention that we dont even want our cameras on out of respect for what is happening behind us. So that is why i will get out of the way right at that 9 03. Before then let me give you a sense of where we are. We are right by the south reflective pool where the south World Trade Center tower once stood. All morning long we have been seeing Family Memb
Happening now, the secret court fight being waged by the trump team. the former president s lawyer is now working to block members of his inner circle before testifying before a grand jury. we re diving deeper into cnn s exclusive new reporting. also tonight, cnn is live in ukraine as a sham vote on joining russia is being held in occupied ukrainian areas. vladimir putin s war strategy growing more desperate as he faces a revolt at home. russians fleeing by the car load to try to escape putin s new military draft. and mounting recession fears drive down stock prices. the dow sinking to a nearly two-year low, as the u.s. may be nearing a tipping point for the economy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room.