Pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. Last hour, attorney general Merrick Garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been Special Counsel, at his question. David weiss requested the status change. Garland did grant that. This comes just a few hour after trumps lawyers and Special Counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. A key ruling could come down at any moment. Were on top of this. Lets star with the hunter biden news. Kara, tell us about this special appointment. Merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested Special Counsel on tuesday. Garland said he agreed to grant that. What this Special Counsel status means is david weiss, the u. S. Attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u. S. Thats been an issue,
in england have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. catherine burns reports. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. the bma is being accused of picking dates to maximise disruption. their view is industrial action is meant to cause some disturbance. we ve been open and honest and transparent
documents that they re usually k kept under lock and key. the appeals court said the trump team s claims that the documents weren t declassified like this one if you re the president of the united states you can declassify anything you want. you can declassify it by saying it or thinking it because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or wherever you re sending it. there doesn t have to be a process. the ruling came on the heals of a civil suit filed against donald trump and his family and business, the suit alleges a quarter billion dollars in financial fraud. we ll show you the stunning moment when trump didn t deny that key allegation. cnn senior legal analyst ellie honig is here to break down all of this. fill us in. a big win for doj they have their classified documents back. this started about two weeks ago when the district judge presiding over the case said ye we are going to have a special master. doj did not want that, they objected, they lost. the way this was g
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Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Shooting of chechen immigrant we first brought you last night. We will add advance the story tonight. Take you to the epicenter of the border crisis where some migrants wait hours before ever encountering Border Patrol agents. And additional women accuse Sean Diddy Combs of sexual violence. Bret but, first, the push for third party voters is on. Libertarians are getting a real taste of the 2024 president ial campaign this weekend. Presumptive republican nominee former President Donald Trump addresses the National Connection in d. C. Tomorrow. Today independent candidate robert f. Kennedy jr. Tried to convince the audience that he is a viable contender if he got the libertarian nod. R. F. K. Jr. Could quickly qualify for all ballots. Senior National Correspondent rich edson starts us off tonight. Good evening, rich. Rich hi, good evening, bret. Well, those two president ial candidates are addressing the Libertarian National convention this weekend to tr