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welcome to the programme. iraqs president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq tow...

>> even as his legal problems are mounting his hold on the republican party is tightening. im phil mattingly in washington. pamela brown has the night off, and you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour in ukraine as it wrestles with a terrifying fear of a nuclear disaster. it is now almost six months to the day since russia launched its unprovoked invasion. new video from ukraines ministry of defense right here says this is a successful strike destroying a rare russian radar ...

so we have a big development tonight. secret service assistant director tony dawn arrow has left the agency, according to two sources. this coming two months after the a formal white house aide testified it ornado had told her then the president trump had told her then, president trump was irate when his security detail was wouldnt taken to the capitol on january six. when it turned to the panel here, special lottery watergate prosecutor neck nick akerman good evening to one at all. ca...

work while letting his former boss do all the work. m.i.a. from the campaign trail, democrats are turning to barack obama to rescue them from a midterm shellacking, the guy who lost -- the best hope to stop this red wave. >> the only way to save democracy is if we nurture it and fight for it together. that starts with collecting people who know you and see you and care about you. every republican politician seems obsessed with two things: own the lives. they are -- only libs. they are ...

and rocket attacks in baghdad as that country sees upheaval not witnessed for years. im john berman with brianna keilar. and president zelenskyy telling troops to go home as they gained ground in south. ukrainians have retain foul villages from russian occupation. you can see a couple right here. theyre near the crucial taking of kherson. kherson was the first city, of course, to fall to the russians months ago. and announcing the counteroffensive, a claim that failed miserably and hea...

hammer home their messages to candidates and with polls showing a midterm shifting towards republicans, we are going to take a look at how democrats need to answer attacks that are frankly based on lies and take back the conversation. and, a blistering account of former president donald trumps actions from january six house committee they subpoenaed. they issued a subpoena with deadlines for donald trump to turn over documents and testify next month. will he show up? willie ignore? wil...

master to oversee the review of the mar-a-lago search. to go through the documents to see if any of them were privileged. the judge says she has a preliminary intent to appoint one. today is the deadline for the government to respond to trumps request in writing. there was supposed to be a 20-page limit for this filing. but the department of justice has asked for up to 40 pages. one might infer they have a lot to say. and this file be will be public. so just in terms of page count this...

now, john. >> all right. important update there, chad. thank you very much. a sudden departure this morning by a key figure in the january 6th investigation. tony ornato, the sis tachbt director of the secret service left the agency on monday. it comes two months after his name came up in explosive testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. she said ornato told her then president trump was furious with his security detail for refusing to take him to the capitol on janua...

working with fbi officials since mid-may, combing through classified documents taken from mar-a-lago back in january. thats, remember, when trumps team turned those over, as they work to determine potential risk to high level sources and methods. theres been a significant departure from secret service. onato is out, he left the secret service to become deputy chief of staff to president trump. lets lets talk about the latest filing, doj expected to file a lengthy response to trumps r...

6th insurrection. wolf blitzer is off today, im p pamela brown and youre in "the situation room." and lets begin our coverage this hour with tonights top story. the justice department looking to file a response to donald trumps request for a third-party attorney to review materials seized from his florida home. cnns sara murray has this report. >> reporter: the justice department set to weigh in today on former president donald trumps push for an independent special master to review th...