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documents that theyre usually k kept under lock and key. the appeals court said the trump teams claims that the documents werent declassified like this one -- >> if youre the president of the united states you can declassify anything you want. you can declassify it by saying it or thinking it because youre sending it to mar-a-lago or wherever youre sending it. there doesnt have to be a process. >> the ruling came on the heals of a civil suit filed against donald trump and his family an...

banning sales of new gas powered cars by 2035. how that will work ahead. we begin this morning with our top story. at any moment a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the fbis august 8th search at former president trumps florida home will be unsealed to the american public. "the new york times" summarized the ruling as a significant legal mile post in an investigation that has swiftly emerged as a major threat to mr. trump, whose lawyers offered a confused and at times ...

The russian defensive lines. there are also intercepts of those russian officers calling home speaking with friends and family and disgusted and angry about the lack of direction coming from moscow. and then, ana, perhaps most shockingly, multiple sources telling cnn that president putin himself is giving directives to russian generals on the battlefield about how to carry out the russian military action in ukraine. this is not something that happens in a functioning army. a commander in chief, ...

By 137,000. what does it tell you about how he is dealing with these six months plus with the war against ukraine? >> lets start with the most obvious thing, which is that the russians have lost somewhere between 70 and 80,000 troops either killed or wounded in this conflict. the short answer to why is he trying to raise more troops because the ukrainians have killed or wounded almost 100,000 so hes got to make that up in someway. so its -- i wouldnt call it quite desperation but certainly going...

Moldova. and thats a very vulnerable place if the russians were able to do that. that is a place without a functioning army. it borders ukraine. a lot of border territory. russian separatists there. its been described as a mini donbas. theyre not a nato member. theyre not an eu member. so if the russians were able to get there, thats another very vulnerable country that the russians have their eyes on. but in order to get there they have to destroy odesa first. and the ukrainians have really for...

Happening on the eastern border, if theres an invasion -- and we all know ukraine is surrounded. there could be stuff in the south and north, but its a large country. when i see something happening in south ohio im not really worried about it if im in saratoga, new york. but people are doing the basics, making sure they have a go back, making sure they have the contact information for all their children and family. theyre contacting other people to let them know theyre safe right now and going t...

Of ukraine for eight years. the scariest time in ukraine was 2014 when russia started invading and there was no functioning army. what ukraine has been doing for the last eight years is train for this moment. there are people manning the front lines, equipment, positions and thats what ukraine is going to do. theyre going to defend the border. >> so i know youve probably seen the disconnect that i was referring to. you have u.s. officials on one hand describing this invasion as imminent, and its...

Replied to him, well, at least we understand each other. he clearly does not have a soul. i think the larger issue here -- >> also, for him, unfortunately, he doesnt have an army. >> that is true. >> not a functioning army. >> that is true. they prove it every hour of each and every day. the larger issue here might be well be in terms of winding down this war, hopefully it can be done sooner rather than later, what do you do with negotiations? do you give up? do you cede an inch of territory to ...

Just doesnt make sense to me. what do you think? >> yeah, i dont think it makes sense but i think there is a danger in getting caught up too much in the kind of got ya, wait a minute you said this and this happened. what went wrong. there is a nuance the general is speaking to, clarisa is speaking to with her experience on the ground appreciate. there should have been a better ex ex traction plan. as quickly as the taliban melted in 2001 and retreated to the countryside they could emerge again t...

Less. republicans really do need to begin to take seriously. the white house does, why shouldnt they. >> according to a new report, bombing the oil infrastructure of isis will not be enough for the groups financing. several senior intelligence officials tell the times without a ground campaign it will be hard to stop isis from financing its corporations and paying us more than 40,000 fighters. unofficial estimated isis had enough reserves and income streams to keep the military operation stunnin...