archives. despite the vast differences between president biden s case and donald trump s, attorney merrick garland made this announcement earlier this week. i m here today to be announced the appointment of roberts her as a special counsel, pursuing department of justice regulations governing such matters. this appointment underscores the departments commitment to both independents and accountability, in particularly sensitive manners. and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts in the law. joining me now is why our correspondent allie raffa. ali, will come in. thank you for starting us off this morning. what are you hearing from the white house this morning? cory, yeah. good morning. president biden is waking up in his bloomington home, where we now know that two of those three discoveries of classified materials were found just in the last month and this is, those discoveries and the timing of the white house acknowledgment of them now under intense
Cnn. And of course, viewers two. And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now Breaking News tonight in the Trump Trial Fireworks in the courtroom as the defense begins presenting its case, falling, a witness who was reprimanded by the judge for snide remarks and i rolling this at the star prosecution witness, Michael Cohen admitted on the stand to sleep healing from the Trump Organization. Other regular news this hour, the us is denouncing the International Criminal court as it seeks war crimes, Arrest Warrants for israeli Prime Minister benjamin designe out in addition to hamas leaders, President Biden saying its outrageous to suggest any equivalency between israel and a terrorist group. Plus theres even more uncertainty in the volatile middle east after the uranium president s death. In a Helicopter Crash, thats raising concern theres about a potentially very dangerous power struggling welcome to our viewers her
Continues on cnn with wolf blitzer right next door. Tonight in the Trump Trial Fireworks in the court room. Witness who was reprimanded by the judge snide remarks and i rolling this after Star Prosecution witness Michael Cohen admitted on the stand to stealing from the Trump Organization other Breaking News this hour, the us has denouncing the International Criminal court as it seeks work crimes, Arrest Warrants for israeli Prime Minister benjamin designe out in mission to hamas leaders President Biden saying its outrageous to suggest any equivalency between israel and a terrorist group plus, theres even more uncertainty in the volatile middle east after the uranium president s death in a Helicopter Crash, thats raising concerns about a potentially very dangerous he jurists powers struggling welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in the Situation Room, the trump trial today Donald Trumps criminal trial is nearing its
To former president donald trump, you are literally talking about hundreds of documents that we know of. that is not even including places that haven t been searched, things that have been thought. so, there is a very big discrepancy in terms of the amount and size and scope of the documents in both cases. so, there s a number of different differences. you hit the nail right on the head when you talked about the fact that intent is probably the biggest differentiator between the two. and glenn, let s go back to special counsel robert s harass the choice by merrick garland. do you think he made the choice? he is a veteran attorney, top justice official under the trump administration, of, course he also served as a special assistant to christopher arab before he became director. do you think he is the right choice? i think it s an open question. i would never engage in guilt by association, so, mr. hur was a longtime federal prosecutor. i think that recommends him for the job. i thin
Unnecessary elements of both crimes if you re trying to talk about it from the standpoint of whether to prosecute, and i think that is the key linchpin that viewers need to understand. there is a significant interest between the intent displayed in the mar-a-lago investigation and the repeated attempts for the national archives to get back documents from the former president as well as the search warrant, which also is executed, and the notion that donald trump instructed people to move documents that he knew were being sought by other authorities versus joe biden and what he has done in this situation as president, stepping forward and acknowledging, basically cooperating with investigators to try to make sure that all questions have been answered. when you are talking about the difference, that line is intense. that line is very different when you are looking at what both situations entail, not to mention the size and scope of the documents that were found. you are talking about roug