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Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order re...

long-time trump adviser steve bannon is back in court. this time awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress. well take you live outside the courthouse and explain what happens if the appeals court decision goes one way or another. and with just 18 days to go until the critical mid-term elections, president biden continues his mid-term push. next hour hell give live reports touting his economic plan. plus, well head out west on one of the key r...

Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, Breaking News and international stories. Somebody, in other words make up stories if you dont know, they just make up lies. Alan dershowitz stayed composed. Ive seen it many times. They go from ten years to a national hero. They have a statue erected in their honor. Its not a fair thing. But thats why he did it. He made a very good deal. All right. Lets immediately go to our White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins at the white house. This is a big deal that a lo...

He was not a member of donald trumps team inside the white house. so the fact that he was really trying to assert legal arguments that any lawyer would have said, dude, you dont have a fact basis for this is actually part of what i think were going to see today and also part of why its unusual. most people usually listen to what the laws and the facts say and do the right thing. >> yeah i mean, theres also, maya, its also not just dude, you werent a lawyer telling him that, its pretty obvious sa...

The president can go to philadelphia and make a speech about voter integrity and make a lot of misinformation statements. but he cant be bothered to give a nationwide address on this. nor can his administration be counted upon to directly deal with this misinformation which needs to be dealt with on a fact by fact by fact basis. chris: well, that comment about the trip to philadelphia, harold, brings me up to another big domestic story this week and that is the continuing and maybe escalating ba...

The president can go to philadelphia and make a speech about voter integrity and make a lot of misinformation statements. but he cant be bothered to give a nationwide address on this. nor can his administration be counted upon to directly deal with this misinformation which needs to be dealt with on a fact by fact by fact basis. chris: well, that comment about the trip to philadelphia, harold, brings me up to another big domestic story this week and that is the continuing and maybe escalating ba...

Deal with the booster after the meeting you just left? >> i think you said it correctly, chris, nothing has really changed. this was a courtesy briefing on the part of pfizer because they had come out a couple of days ago talking about data they had from the israeli study and talk about they would need a booster. the cdc and fda said based on the data we know right now, we dont need a booster. that doesnt mean we wont change. we might need, as a matter of fact, at some time to give boosters acro...

Ago talking about data they had from the israeli study and talk about they would need a booster. the cdc and fda said based on the data we know right now, we dont need a booster. that doesnt mean we wont change. we might need, as a matter of fact, at some time to give boosters across the board or to certain select groups such as the elderly or those with underlying conditions. we dont know that now -- >> lets deal with the fact basis. >> what the meeting was -- >> with the meeting, tell us why w...

I kind of feel like once that crack happened with the whistle-blower that theres going to be a lot more people coming forward. but at some point we have to say enough is enough. and so i am certainly anxiously awaiting that report. i imagine well see it as soon as we come back from break, and then well determine where we go from there. >> and if more facts do develop in the inquiry, if as you say more witnesses decide to come forward, either of their own volition or if theyre ordered by a court ...

Volition or because their ordered by a court or any other reason or if more important factual documentation comes out, i dont know what will be in these state department documents well see tonight but if there is more important stuff there, will it be the intelligence committee that continues to compile the fact basis for the inquiry, or at some point will that roll over to you as well? >> i think its possible it would roll over to us. but, you know, just like you said, i mean, will they actuall...