former president had knowingly stashed away? trump complained very loudly and very publicly about that raid. he also fundraised off of it and really, he took every opportunity to point out what a victim he was for a deep state which hunt. but his first real defense, his first real justification for why he kept all those documents in the first place, that came in the form of a statement said exclusively to fox news, quote, president trump had a standing order the documentary from the oval office and taken into the residence were deemed to be cool declassify the open moment he met them. they idea that a paper pushing delegate delegated by the president needs to approve the declassification, is absurd. so that was trump s defense. he had a standing order to declassify all of these documents. whatever a standing declassification order is. cool. except nobody bought it. cnn interviewed 18 former officials from trump s own administration who called this explanation ludicrous and ri
come on and run. i mean, you know, real talk about like the sociologist teaching intro to sociology of race at 40 universities. stand back new college. all right, thank you as always, my friend. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. remember back in august of last year when the fbi searched trump s mar-a-lago home looking for classified documents, documents they believed the former president had knowingly stashed away? trump complained very loudly and very publicly about that, right? he also fund raised off of it, and really he took every opportunity to point out what a victim he was of the deep state witch hunt. but his first real defense, his first real justification for why he kept all those documents in the first place, that came in the form of a statement released exclusively to fox news. quote, president trump had a standing order that documents removed from the oval office and taken into the residence were deemed to be declassified t
verdicts. also this hour, as russia vows revenge for an alleged drone attack on the kremlin, it s now casting blame on the united states as well as on ukraine. i ll ask a key white house national security council official john kirby what the administration knows about the incident as he s accusing moscow of spinning lies. and there s breaking news we re following. an arrest was just announced in connection with a series of brutal stabbings near a university of california campus. stand by for details on the suspect and the charges. welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tonight the u.s. justice department is claiming a new victory for american democracy after four members of the proud boys were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the january 6th riot. cnn s sara murray reports on the jury s verdict in this very high profile trial. reporter: four members of the far right p
after a year of russian brutality and ahead of an expected counteroffensive. the mayor of kyiv will join us live this hour. 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 this hour with president biden making his 2024 plans official, and making the case that he deserves a second term. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the president s big announcement and how trump figured into his message. four more years! four more years! reporter: president biden is officially in. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for re-election. reporter: a short campaign-style video timed four years to the day after this 2020 campaign launch. we have to remember who we are. this is america. reporter: the launch heavily and intentionally featuring vice president kamala harris and telegraphing a campaign strategy crafted to sharpen attacks on national republicans. around the country ma
authorities call it a once in a thousand year event. the airport is closed at least until tomorrow. rob marciano has more on the storms and record heat across the country. major development in the battle over the abortion pill. an appeals court ruling the drug can still be used but issuing tough new restrictions for women. the justice department now taking the fight directly to the supreme court. rachel scott in washington. a suspect arrested for the murder of tech mogul bob lee, stabbed on the street in san francisco. authorities reveal he knew his attacker. a new report on judge clarence thomas and ties to gop mega donor, harlan crow, following reports of undisclosed trips on private jets and luxury yachts. what new documents reveal about property deals. oe week after being arraigned on 34 felony counts, former president donald trump returns to new york city to be deposed a second time in a separate case by the state attorney general. the collision on the tracks. the passen