documents seized from mar-a-lago. stand by. we have details. also tonight, former president trump lashes out at the january 6th select committee but doesn t reveal if he ll comply with the new subpoena from the committee. this as cnn obtains exclusive extended footage of congressional leaders trying to work around trump as they scrambled to secure the u.s. capitol during the riot. even after a week of deadly russian attacks, ukrainian forces are making major gains in the occupied kherson region, prompting russian officials to announce an evacuation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the battle between the u.s. justice department and the trump team over that mar-a-lago special master. cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez, is working the developments for us. he s got the latest information. what ar
2020 director of press communications and the former campaign surrogate president biden. sandra: new york republican gubernatorial candidate zelden hitting the trail one day after he was attacked on stage by a man trying to stab him. quite something to see that video. john: the video no question is shocking. we ll get reaction as well. lawmaker talking to reporters last hour about the shocking experience, and the need to reform bail laws. put the suspect back on the streets shortly after the attack. only one option. dramatic video showing the man armed with the weapon approached zelden on stage. he was charged with felony assault, but then released from custody without bail. outcome that zelden predicted would happen due to the new york lenient bail laws. sandra: and the man who helped sub sue the suspect will speak with us in a moment. and andy mccarthy is here to weigh in on the punishment he should be facing, and what do we know about the alleged attacker? well,
probably withstand appeal. talk about how unusual a case like this is, this contempt of congress case and the difficulty of trying a case like this. you know, is highly unusual, but it s also extremely important because if you let individuals make their own decisions about whether they will or will not comply with lawfully issued subpoenas, whether they are congressional subpoenas, grand jury subpoenas, trial subpoenas, then the entire system just falls apart. congress could accomplish nothing if witnesses if witnesses if you would stand by, we want to head over a little ways from are you are and that s over to capitol hill where we find allie standing by. it s only been about 20 minutes so i m not expecting you to get any additional but you are top- notch at what you do. you may have additional grounder. how do you see this rippling out on capitol hill now that we have the sentence in the first of this first trial out of this committee, how do you see the rip
in the capitol and being targeted by the mob. during all those hours refusing to call the pentagon or any law enforcement for reinforcements. in fact according to aides even refusing to take a call from pentagon officials offering their help. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the attorney general of the united states that day? no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of homeland security that day? i m not aware of that, no. did you hear the president ask for law enforcement response? no. as the men and women in charge of protecting vice president mike pence became more and more desperate about their ability to get him to safety or even save their own lives. and we ll replay in that context an insight to every key moment from last night
they ve uncovered new avenues of investigation, most recently those missing secret service text messages from january 6th. the d.a. inspector general is now launching a criminal investigation into what happened. as a former dhs official quote almost nothing about this makes sense. at best the loss of these texts is evidence of astonishing incompetence. it is indicative of darker motivations. i want to bring in ali vitali, barbara mcquade is a professor at the university of michigan law school, donelle works as a senior policy researcher at the rand corporation, katie benner is the justice department reporter for the new york times. donel, you ve been watching this unfold. could simple incompetence explain what happened here. at worst it s a conspiracy, at best incompetence. this is unconscionable to find that some of the evidence of a crime, and this wasn t a small crime, a large crime that happened at the capitol. any evidence should have been secured. the secret servi