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
his attempt to overturn the election. someone who knew what he was doing. according to congresswoman liz cheney, he had every reason to know that what he was doing was wrong. the argument seems to be the president trump was manipulated by others outside the administration. that he was persuaded to ignore his closest advisors and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year- old man. he is not an impressionable child. the first time the public were shown testimony from pat cipollone, who spoke to the panel friday. going to start by asking you if you agree with all of the individuals that there is no evidence of no election fraud sufficient to change the outcome ? yes, i believe that. did you believe that the president should concede once you made determination based on the. did you form the believe that the president should see the election loss of a certain point after the election. well, yeah. i w
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden touting a significant win for his agenda, coming as the country struggles with inflation and he faces low approval ratings. let s get straight to the white house, our chief correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us. if this bill passes as it s expected to, it will be a much needed win for this president. yeah, wolf. and one that was kind of a surprise to a lot of democrats and even some white house aides whenever it was announced that senator manchin and senator schumer did have this deal. of course, that culminated yesterday when the snenate passd what is known as the inflation reduction act. it s a far cry from the build back better bill from a year ago, but it still does have significant proposals in it, including over $300 billion for climate change and energy reform, it also allows for the first time medicare to ne
it s now over a week after fbi agents descended on former president trump s florida home. new details are now emerging about the criminal investigation that prompted the search. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following all of these developments, including the high level witnesses who have now been questioned. reporter: tonight, new revelations that former president trump s two top white house lawyers interviewed with the fbi about classified documents at mar-a-lago. white house council pat cipollone and his deputy pat philbin were trump s designated representatives to the national archives when trump left office. they could have insight about what was taken to mar-a-lago and why 11 sets of classified documents remained there until last monday, when fbi agents searched trump s palm beach home. the new details come as the court fight for more information about the search is looming. a federal judge announcing he ll hold a hearing thursday on whether to publicl
growing chaos, confusion, and consequences for women and for health care providers. and russia unleashes a deadly strike on a crowded mall in ukraine. president zelenskyy is now condemning it as a reckless act of terror. this as president biden and g-7 allies are reaffirming their unity with ukraine and against vladimir putin s aggression. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, let s get straight to the capitol hill and melanie zanona. the january 6th select committee says newly obtained evidence is prompting tomorrow s hearing on very, very short notice. so what do we know? well, wolf, it is still a bit of a mystery here. the select committee has only promised new evidence and new witness testimony. but if we re reading between the lines, it is clear that the select committee feels like it s uncovered new evidence that is so urgent and so important that they decided to thro