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indicating human intelligence sources, this was found in a box or some sort of crate and container. hammering home the extreme sensitivities that trump took from the white house. the justice department laying out a series of objections to trumps request among them that he lacks standing to even participate in the case because the materials seized by the fbi do not belong to him, they belong to the united states government. the department also describes an effort to obstruct the fbis in...

look in the storage records and then they find these three files, three classified documents, in trumps desk drawer. so certainly laying out the case that this was justified. they also on this issue -- because this is really about whether a special master and third party can review these documents, theyre saying these arent trumps documents to review, they belong to the american people. there is no executive privilege. trump never asserted executive privilege at any point along the pro...

Vladimir putin about gorbachevs passing? >> reporter: we are. obviously mikhail gorbachev a towering figure who not just was so pivotal in tearing down the iron curtain, but also doing it in a peaceful way. one of the things that we have to keep in mind, at that time there were hundreds of thousands of soviet troops in eastern europe and eastern germany, so making all that happen in a peaceful way is certainly something that the world will remember him for. a little bit more of a mixed bag here ...

A generation actor who ended up the cold war. how would you like your people to remember you? >> translator: history is a fickle lady and you can expect surprises from history, but i do know that i did what i did and that i can be proud of what i did. >> frederik pleitgen joins us from moscow. fred, are we hearing anything from the kremlin about gorbachevs passing? >> reporter: we certainly are, brianna, and certainly a historic figure who has passed away. not just being so pivotal in bringing d...