to bed. wow! one of the most famous whistleblowers in u.s. history, daniel elsberg. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. racist and unconstitutional policing in minneapolis. the lead starts right now. u.s. attorney general merrick garland has a rebuke of the minneapolis police department. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. a multi-year investigation finds systemic abuses and zrem nation by police and we ll break down what it said about the eek qual justice in the united states. and then guilty on all counts for the man behind the deadly assault on jews. a federal attorney debated whether the tree of life shooter will get the death penalty for taking 11 innocent lives. plus only on cnn, relentless fights in the streets of sudan. terrorism turns to genocide as we report on the disturbing connection between the mercenary group waging war in ukraine. welcome to the lead, i m alex marquardt in today fo
of the jewish community in pittsburgh who said they felt a lot of relief when that conviction came down. just to describe the tone inside the courtroom, it was also silent as they read the first charges and the first guilty verdicts. it shows you intently the community has been paying attention to this trial. i want to touch on the charges that robert bauers was found guilty of. 63 federal charges, also guilty of 22 of the capital offenses, it was the instruction of the free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death. the jury said robert bauers killed jewish worshippers while they were exercising their religious freedom. it has been a long time coming and a hard trial to listen to over the past three weeks. i ll bring up one testimony we heard. we heard from carole black. she was a survivor of the shooting. she described hiding in a closet while bullets were ringing out above her. she saw her friend mel wax be killed. she testified he immediately went down on his back.
tornado that ripped through their town. we will take you there live. a cybersecurity agency is warning the government is not the only target. and three years after the murder of george floyd the justice department is set to announce what they discovered after investigating the minneapolis police department. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. tragedy, a devastating tornado touching down in perryton, texas, leaving widespread destruction in its wake. people there had very little time to get ready to protect themselves before this tornado started barreling through the small town of over 8,000 people. here is what we know. three people dead. possibly 100 more injured with some minor injuries, but some very extensive injuries and critical condition and hospitalized. the tornado left about 200 houses completely flattened, nearly leveled. some buildings and also leveled dozens of mobile homes. this is one of several tornados reported across the country. take l
out front next, putin s nukes are on the move. as putin warns he can still destroy ukraine s capital. we are live in moscow, and along ukraine s front lines where the attacks are intensifying tonight. plus, the justice department tonight taking steps to prevent trump from releasing classified materials in the mar-a-lago case, as one of his now former lawyers reveals why he is no longer advising the former president. and after the spy balloon, and dangerous close calls. tech can u.s. prevent another dangerous incident with china? a critical meeting about to happen. let s go out front. good evening, i m brianna killer in for erin burnett. out front tonight, putin surrounding ukraine with nuclear weapons. the russian president declaring today he now has nukes on standby in belarus, which is where putin launched his invasion of ukraine from more than one year ago. the first nuclear warheads have been delivered to the territory of belarus, but just the first ones. this is the
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