now both lawyers are crucial in the january 6th criminal investigation. there is a lot to get to tonight. i want to begin with evan perez in washington. so evan, let s talk about this mar-a-lago ruling, the special master that was so crucial to all of this in september, and now a stunning ruling, right, significant ruling about the special master. what does it mean? well, it means that the justice department, erin, that the justice department investigation can continue unfettered, because this the earlier ruling from the lower court judge aileen cannon, that had essentially acted to impede what the justice department was trying to do, which was review these documents, pursue this criminal investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified information. and what the former president was asking was special treatment. that s plain and simple what he was asking for. and the 11th circuit, two judges who were appointed by the former president, and a third one, another republican app