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members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has ...

behind us, end quote. not really. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer. hes in "the situation room," actually hes replaced by alex marquardt today. ill see you soon. happening now, donald trump brushes off questions about a report you heard first right here on cnn, that is, federal prosecutors now in possession of audiotapes undercutting trumps defense over retaining classified documents. were also getting reaction from one of the former presidents previous attorneys. in th...

chutkan, has denied two truck drop motions to have the governments case against him thrown out. fair warning, if you have to be watching for mar-a-lago tonight, the catch-up might be flying. judge chutkan begins with a robust takedown of the trump claim that is a former president he is immune from criminal prosecution. heres what it says, quote, whatever immunities a sitting president may enjoy, the united states has only one chief executive at a time, and that position does not con...

>> what a nice surprise to see you. i knew you and i were gonna be talking later this weekend, because we have important matters to discuss, but nice to see you in real life. >> have a great show. thanks for having me. >> thanks. well talk to you on sunday. major breaking news of the federal criminal trial of donald trump, for his efforts to try to overturn the election results, before and on january 6th. tonight the judge, tanya chutkan, has denied two trump motions to have the govern...

the courts website, but adds the courts final opinion has not been released and will be issued in due course. this case is about whether women, people have the right to receive emergency care, for women specifically, emergency abortion care in a state that bans abortion. the biden administration is arguing, yes, it is federal law that a hospital must provide emergency medical treatment, no matter what. the groups who supported the biden suit offered a number of examples including an ex...

Talking about is irrelevant based on the laws that are cited in the search warrant that was executed in summer 2022. >> really what doj is investigating is willful retention of national defense information. whether its classified or declassified is not an element of that offense. >> reporter: the former presidents legal team requested a meeting with merrick garland to express what they describe as their concerns. there has been a few conversations between the justice department and trumps lawyer...

>> i -- i cant really get into that. >> you cant answer that? >> no. >> what is serious is theres a level of sort of criminal exposure for people involved in this, and then theres intense theoretical constitutional questions about what the president can and cant be pursued for. >> sure. >> i guess what do you know, what is your reporting indicate about how theyre thinking about that from the trump legal perspective or muellers team? >> from the trump legal perspective, their primary argument wou...

Process for this to be playing out, and it is a little bit -- it is somewhat unusual that they actually submitted written arguments. >> have you read the memos? >> i -- i cant really get into that. >> you cant answer that? >> no. >> what is serious is theres a level of sort of criminal exposure for people involved in this, and then theres intense theoretical constitutional questions about what the president can and cant be pursued for. >> sure. >> i guess what do you know, what is your reporting...

The other thing i point out here is tim kaine has actually surged to a lead in that senate race, the latest "washington post" poll had him up 7 points on george allen. i think theres a reverse coattail effect with ka ni e pulling the president up a little bit. his primary argument against kaine was he was to go close to president. kaine said as a virginian, you always accept up when the president needs your help. number two, i indicated i would work with any president where george allen has made...