where you came from thanks s much for j joining the news continues on cnn happening. now, american journalist evan gershkovich is marking one full year of imprisonment in russia the us condemning is wrongful detention while offering hope for his release. that is our two of gershkovich s closest friends join us to share a new details on how he is enduring their own rahm motions right now. also tonight, breaking news donald trump just appeal the judge s ruling, allowing district attorney fani willis to remain on the georgia election, subversion case. his lawyers are now arguing that willis s entire office should be disqualified, plus an in-depth look at the unfolding crisis at the busiest migrant crossing at the southern border where families, including children are living in makeshift camps and facing off in dire and dangerous conditions welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in the situation room our top story, the sou
biden fundraiser last night capturing former president barack obama as he makes his case to reelect president by standby here his argument, and we ll get reaction from a key democrat in congress welcome to our viewers here in the united states world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis, cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the potential expansion of donald trump s gag order in the new york criminal case against them following his online attacks on the presiding judge and the judges daughter cnn anchor kaitlan collins, is following all of this. first, caitlin, what, what are we hearing from trump s lawyers now about the gag order this is an interesting development, wolf it and essentially it s trump s attorneys responding to a letter from the district attorney here in manhattan, alvin bragg, that he s sent to judge more sean. that is the judge that is overseeing trump s criminal hush money trial that is scheduled to begin in just a f
judge was definitive. this will be the first criminal trial of a former playing before a jury. the jury selection began april 15th everyone was in court today because trump had made claims that the manhattan district attorney s office prosecutors had obstructed their ability to get information from federal prosecutors who in 2018 prosecuted michael cohen, the judge went back and forth peppering both sides was questions. but finally saying he didn t even know why we were here saying to trump s attorneys, you are literally accusing the manhattan da his office, and the people assigned to this case, a prosecutorial misconduct and of trying to make me complicit in it, and you don t have a single site to support that position, saying that trump s team had written was reading the facts differently than the judge saying that this was a pattern that he d noticed. and so after the judge took a 45-minute break in a surprise highs ruling from the bench. he said that there was no evidence