president. we re getting new information right now on the multiple fronts in this trump investigation. tonight, the u.s. justice department details systemic violations by the minneapolis police department, saying the problems of excessive force and racial discrimination led to the murder of george floyd. dozens of guilty verdicts against the gunman behind the 2018 massacre at a pittsburgh synagogue. now that a federal jury had its say, will the killer be sentenced to death? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with a new request by the special counsel in the classified documents probe. the filing reflects prosecutpro fears donald trump might go public with information about the investigation. paula reed is joining us now. walk us through this protective order as it is called, this request. reporter: wolf, this is a request from prosecutors that we would expect in a ca
on dozens of federal charges, including obstruction of justice, conspiracy and violating the espionage act and because of documents or mary lago and his new jersey golf club. which brings me to my overarching point. how about fairness? do i think that president trump is always right? do i think he s always unfairly accused? absolutely not, and doesn t mean a payment for an alleged affair and arguments over classified documents, causing global shockwaves and possibly jail time is actually indicative of the seriousness of all this. no especially because we re watching a president skate on his family s international entanglements, which could compromise him in office and classified document hall. which one is all said and done could outstrip anything. donald trump has hey. doj fbi democratic attack squad if you want to destroy trump, pick up your head. look around. you fired up his crowd and if you wanted to help the rest of the gop field , beat him. watch the news. almost all h
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, america s school shooting epidemic. vigils held for the victims of the michigan state university shooting, as the country marks five years since the massacre at a high school in parkland, florida. we will hear from survivors of both tragedies. a new report says thousands of ukrainian children have been held in russian camps to be reeducated, militarily trained, and even forcibly adopted. and as the death toll in the turkey/syria earthquake continues to rise, images of rescue teams finding survivors under the rubble offer a glimmer of hope. we ll have a live report from istanbul. live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, investigators say the gunman who killed three students at michigan state university was likely planning more shootings. they found a
hello and a warm welcome to those joining us. just ahead on cnn newsroom former south carolina governor, former u.n. ambassador formally announcing her ca campaign. she s certainly willing to be the first to go up against the president. both presidents really. now some people here will have to be trdrinking bottled water. this train apparently was not considered a high hazardous material train. children were throwing up, parents were panicking. seemed uncomfortable, nervous and fidgety. so that is why i started getting suspicious. his instinct was correct. these are nine checks and the name on each of them, george santos. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, february 15, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and south carolina where this just a few hours nikki haley is expected to speak at campaign launch event. haley has formally entered the 2024 race for the white house. and in the months