tonight on 360, the former president makes a late move in his battle with states to stay on the 2024 ballot. details on that and what his next big court filing could come. also russia s worst air strikes of the war on ukraine, the civilians targeted, and what america s top european commander makes of this latest brutal stage of the war. plus we ll take you to the west coast where surf s up is now an urgent warning, and another round of waves, some more than two stories high, is now expected to hit. good morning everyone good evening, i should say. john berman in for anderson. first up tonight, the flurry and soon to be blizzard of new legal developments in what is shaping up to be a history-making fight over kicking the former president off state ballots under the 14th amendment. already divided states, legal scholars, and will almost certainly do the same with the supreme court justices. the newest headline came late today in a trump court filing in oregon, and it
well, there is a huge story coming out pretty late tonight. . it s about the detroit news and the reporting that it has recordings of president trump putting a lot of pressure on to wayne county canvassers not, not to certify the 2020 election. on that phone call back on november 17th of 2020, trump tells the two republicans, quote, we have got to fight for our country, we can t let these people take our country away from us. the detroit news said the chairman of the rnc tells them, quote, if you can go home tonight, do not sign it. we will get you attorneys. unquote. to which trump then says, quote, we will take care of that. well, that is something. someone who is under multiple counts of conspiracy to defraud the united states and its voters of the rightful outcome of the 2020 election. now, don t forget that this was a tight race in michigan. biden winning by the skin of his teeth, some would say. it is the latest piece of information that we re getting of many, of a fire
for someone under multiple counts of conspiracy to defraud the united states. this was a tight race in michigan. biden winning by the skin of his teeth some would say. it s the latest piece of information that we are getting of many, a fire hose worth of details about what trump was doing to actually stay in power. makesyou wonder what else is out there? special council jack smith, does he have something else up his sleeve? right now, smith is fighting for the supreme court to decide whether trump has presidential immunity. he is telling the court, quote, the charges here are of the utmost gravity. this case involves for the first time in our nation s history criminal charges against a former president based on his actions while in office. trump s lawyers are trying to do the opposite. asking the court not to intervene, delay, delay, delay. but the high court is going to have to act whether it wants to wait or not. it will need to decide if trump is in fact immune. and a deci
supreme court is deciding whether to weigh in on the federal election subversion charges. the special council urges the judges to put the case at a fast track after trump asked them to stay out of the dispute for now. also tonight, rudy giuliani files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay more than $148 million in damages to two election workers he defamed. we re getting a new window his troubled finances and legal peril. and residents flee in terror as a gunman killed at least 14 people in the heart of a major european city. we re learning more about the shooter who opened fire at a university in prague and how he was quote eliminated. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the urgent question before the u.s. supreme court right now. should the justices agree to an expedited review of donald trump s claim of immunity for prosecution for crimes he allegedly committed while in
in moment now. suspected document leaker accused of sharing top pentagon secrets online. it s set to make his first appearance in court. the 21 year old arrested at his home in massachusetts yesterday and what we re learning about the charges he is now facing bowling discovers a new issue with its 7 37 max planes, but it is not pulling any from the sky. these stories and more here on cnn news, central. any minute now the 21 year old accused of leaking classified pentagon documents online is set to appear in a boston courtroom in front of a federal judge. massachusetts air national guard one jack cetera, was arrested yesterday. federal investigators say he leaked documents, which included detailed intelligence assessments of allies and adversaries, as well as the u. s military s assessment on the state of the war in ukraine. to fear his job title was a cyber transport systems journeymen in layman s terms. that s an i. t specialist. he entered the air national guard in septembe