happening now, rescues are under way after another deadly russian missile strike in eastern ukraine. local officials accusing russian forces of deliberately targeting crowded civilian areas right in the center of this city. in russia tonight vladimir putin is attempting to show strength after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. this, as we have a new satellite image suggesting the wagner chief is indeed in exile right now in belarus. and donald trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by cnn in which he acknowledges having secret documents he did not declassify. stand by to hear the recordings and what trump is saying now. 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 in ukraine with the new russian missile strike on a very crowded city center, the death toll now up to at least four, including a baby, and more than 40 injured. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now live from
already closed last month. critics say that is by design, a slow motion strategy playing out little by little until it s too far and too late to stop it. sandra: shannon bream will be here what s at stake and cases at the supreme court, including the abortion pill. but first this. suspect accused of leaking our nation s secrets in court for the first time. 21-year-old national guardsman jack teixeira seen wearing hands cuffs and a khaki prison jump suit as he stood before a federal judge. bill: facing two federal charges for removing and sharing classified information. cameras captured his dad leaving the courtroom just moments after his son was formally charged under the espionage act. sandra: questions grow how a low level employee had access to top secret information. darrell issa slamming the system last hour. secure facilities should not trust everyone that goes in walks out with the briefcase and not looked at. and the system obviously failed at several levels.
pence, justice department wants a word. first he has been subpoenaed in the january 6th investigation. and second, the fbi discovered another classified document at the former cheapie s indiana home. we will have a legal analysis and reaction from democratic congressman, jim clyburn. plus, we have the latest from an turkey. after a massive earthquake rocked the country and neighboring syria. over 25,000 people have died, and rescue hopes are dwindling. i am simone sanders thompson and i have something to say. at this hour we are following breaking stories that have changed in the last 24 hours. we have the latest twists and turns for you. start with new developments in a separate justice departments investigations. first on the classified argument was discovered and former vice president indiana home after a five hour search. it was the latest drop in a steady stream of classify discoveries that have spanned multiple administrations. although, it seems to be only one person h
control of products. they are making more money than they ve ever made. bill: opening arguments in the cop s trial are set to begin there. hello, bryan. bill, good morning. luna is mexico s highest ranking government official to be criminally charged and tried in the u.s. in the early 2000s he let mexico s federal agency akin to the f.b.i. before becoming the top law enforcement official in mexico controlling the federal police force as the secretary of public security until 2012. prosecutors say the man who led mexico s war against the drug cartels was instead accepting briefcases stuffed with tens of millions of bribes from the sinaloa cartel. in exchange luna provided second ratty intel protection and helped with smuggling at least 50,000 kilos of cocaine into the u.s. over the course of the eight-week trial there is intrigue about embarrassing and damning revelations with high ranking u.s. and mexico officials who trusted him. he served as the right-hand of the mexica
we begin this hour with a slew of legal setbacks for former president trump including the new orders by the special master he requested. let s go right to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. the special master is call out the public claim that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. he is, wolf. now that special master wants trump s teams to back up those out of court claims that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago and he wants it in a sworn declaration by the end of this month. it s an accusation that trump and his allies have repeatedly made and now the special master wants proof plus the special master is saying he may end up calling witnesses at some point to explain what certain documents are if there s a dispute. all of this as the justice department notched a big win in the ongoing court fight over classified documents. the justice department is once again digging into 100 classified documents that fbi agents seized from mar-a-lago. i think they want to