Investigation. Also tonight, dramatic video captures a Brazen Ukraine drone attack on a major Russian Naval base leaving a kremlin warship badly damaged as it was towed from the black sea. And olympic gold medallist simone biles returns to the spotlight. The gymnastics star attempting to make a comeback this weekend, two years after taking a Mental Health break. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. We begin with donald trump entering two not guilty pleas within 24 hours. The former president of the United States just filed his response to additional charges in the classified Documents Case aday after historic spectacle of his january 6 arraignment here in washington. Cnns senior crime and justice reporter Katelyn Polantz is following this for us. Remind us what the additional maralago charges are all about. Well, those are charges we do know about because donald trump was hit with them about a week ago. They build on the case that was originally charged against him in florida in the Southern District of florida about the retention of classified records, National Defense secrets after his presidency as well as obstruction. So the additional charges that hes pleading not guilty to in this signed document, so hes not going to have to formally go in front of the judge personally, in florida hes signed the paper pleading not guilty. It is one additional count of willful retention of documents and that document, that is the plan to bomb iran or to have an attack in iran that was, he said was provided to him by mark milley and there is audio of him waving that around after his presidency to people twho dont have security clearances. And hes pleading not guilty to obstructing the ability of the Justice Department to get access to Surveillance Video or trying to get it because that Surveillance Video showed others in his operation moving boxes that would have documents. And i thought it was interesting today that trump called on the u. S. Supreme court to get involved in all of this. He did. He actually posted on social media his latest statement after we saw him in court yesterday saying My Politicaopponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits including d. A. And a. J. And others, those entities which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudication. It does take massive amounts of time and money to adjudicate cases criminal and civil but donald trump is a private citizen at this time. His lawyers are going to make arguments about him being a political candidate, whether that will have meaning to judges, so much so that it would take him out of the game in court, well have to wait and see if judges actually buy that argument. They may not. And then, he wanted to have the Supreme Court step in. It is not that easy. You cant just snap your fingers and have the Supreme Court tep in. Hard to appeal before things go to trial. That is amazing. Thank you very much. We have more questions for you. Stay with us. Were joined by political director David Chalian and defense attorney shan wu. And how will trumps defense now shape up given all of the legal cases that are about to unfold . Well, for the Documents Case, i think primarily it is going to be what we call in Criminal Justice a nullification defense. Which is he will have a hard time making a specific Legal Defense, he talked about one saying that the president records act protects him but that is wrong legally. He might still try to raise it with the jury saying maybe he was confused about that. He got bad advice. And, of course, he was very busy man at the time so he overlooked this. So that is primarily what i would do if i was his defense counsel, trying to get clouded up and get the jury to be sympathetic to him. And i know, david, youre getting a hint on how the American Public is responding to these legal issues right now. Some new polls . There was a new abc ipsos poll that was a snap poll of a twoday period in the immediate aftermath of this indictment being revealed and take a look. Whether or not americans believe the charges here are serious, 65 in this poll say that the charges in this case are serious. Efforts to overturn the 2020 elections, more so than say that about the classified Documents Case at 61 or the hush money payment case, 52 . Also whether or not the efforts to overturn the 2020 election were serious. I want you to look at this by party and youll see some differences here. You note that 65 is what everyone said is serious. 91 of democrats say that. 38 of republicans, wolf, say that. And 67 of independents. That is the political story of our times. That 65 of the overall public could believe that these are serious, but that just roughly a little more than a third of republicans say so. And then whether or not trump should have been charged for efforts to overturn the election, a majority of americans say yes, 52 . Again, 89 of democrats say that and only 14 of republicans believe he should be charged. This is why donald trump remains so dominant in the race for the republican nomination. But why many republicans on capitol hill and elsewhere are concerned that hes not the best foot forward as a General Election nominee next fall. It underscores how divided the country is right now. Kaitlan, i know you were in the courtroom yesterday and it was dramatic inside. Were about to see some of the most important cases ever in u. S. History go before a trial and a jury. What are the chances of those trials being televised . None. I wish i were wrong. It is none. There are no cameras in Federal Court. There are no photos in Federal Court. It would take a lot of judges who are sitting currently and have positions of power to make a change. And they just have never had appetite in that position to allow cameras in court even for Something Like this, seeing a former president tried, seeing the proceedings and explaining to the American Public what is happening there. But i will say, we do a lot to make sure that our viewership and that readers across america could understand what is happening moment by moment in court. In the Southern District of florida, in Federal Court, it was difficult, we used High Schoolers and pay phones to run in information out to our producers and anchors and correspondents. But then in d. C. , yesterday we actually had a wonderful response from that court to Supreme Court the media, to support transparency and we have been able to take computers in, to watch through closed circuit television, to use phones, being able to type and share the news as it is coming in as it is happening in a Realtime Feed which is what were going to have to do Going Forward in these federal cases because all you get for images are the Court Sketch Artists who are drawing them if realtime when theyre sitting there. That is a pity, cameras in the courtroom for the American Public and the world to see what is going on would be so significant indeed. David, it is going to be a packed political and legal calendar that is coming up. Talk about that. To say the least. Just think, yesterday the former president was in Federal Court pleading not guilty to these charges. Today, hes on the Campaign Trail and in alabama tonight. Accepting the endorsements of the alabama congressional delegation. This is going to be the zigzag he has to perform. And in his truth social posting today i thought we got in insight into his thinking he acknowledged this is draining resources and time. These court cases, away from his campaign. And it is the first time the former president gave insight into that notion that hes aware it is not all systems go on this campaign because this also demands his attention and his money. Money is very important because it is draining millions of dollars going to legal fees as opposed to going to advertising. Exactly. Or whatever. Talk about, shan, if you think trump could actually avoid all of this and evade all of these trials if hes reelected president . Well if hes reelected president he could avoid this. He was already convicted maybe he could pardon mhimself. But the prosecutions could not happen and hand pick a Attorney General who would dismiss the cases or plan b, prevail upon doj now that youre elected we have to put a pause on this until after your term is up. So if that is why for him, just as the money is intertwined, the Legal Defense strategy is one in the same in this Campaign Strategy right now. But can a sitting president pardon himself . Well, weve never tested that before. But i dont see any reason why he cant. I mean, im not sure how you would channel his ability to do that. Unfederal charges . Yes. Absolutely correct. Thank you very much. Kaitlan, thank you to you as well. Coming up, a prominent trump critic on the backtoback not guilty pleas by the former and potentially, potentially future president. Ambassador john bolton joins us next. Plus weve assess the damage to russia after ukraine unleashed an unmanned attack drone on a kremlin warship. To protect your ears from dizziness, ear ringing, and even heariring loss. 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[ Voice Breaking ] the good news is, new customers who bundle and save with Progressive Save over 20 on average. [ sobbing ] sorry. Shes just really good at that. The unprecedented array of criminal charges against donald trump underscored tonight by the fact that the former president of the United States just pleaded not guilty twice in 24 hours. Joining us now, the former Trump National security adviser former u. S. Ambassador to the united nations, former trump supporter turned critic of the former president , john bolton. And ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. As you know trump has now pleaded, as i said, not guilty twice in 24 hours in classified Documents Case, down in florida, the january 6 case here in washington. How will history remember this moment . Well, i think it will remember through the Reverse Prism of what the outcome of this case and the Documents Case turn out to be. If hes convicted, this will be another significant point in history. But if hes acquitted, the only thing that anybody will remember is that hes acquitted and that is that is why as correct as this course of action is, nobody should think that the indictment alone achieves anything. It doesnt achieve anything more than simply being a prerequisite to go to trial. Well the fact is that no president sitting or former has ever been criminally charged along those lines. This is a historic first. Yeah. No president has ever been convicted either. That is the headline that is going to matter. It is like nancy pelosi famously saying he will always be impeached. Well that is just wonderful. Because he was always acquitted too. And the acquittal, especially in the first impeachment trial, made him even more convinced that he was before that he was bulletproof and that he could do what he wanted. So, you know, as makaveli said, you must either car hess a peop, and hes been caressed and made powerful in his own mind. I agree with both of the federal indictments, i just say again, they better get the conviction. We shall see what happens during the trial. One aspect of yesterdays hearing, as you know, ambassador, that clearly frustrated trump was the judge who was residing referring to him as mr. Trump, not mr. President trump. What is your reaction to that . Well, i think that is perfectly consistent with my take on trumps personality. But, you know, what he translates that into is how am i going to get even and im sure while he was steaming at the moment, it was transmuted on the flight on trump 1 back to new jersey about how he was going to make the most of it. Many of trumps 2024 republican rivals clearly have struggled to counter his election lies. I want you to listen to governor ron dpooe esantis today. He was asked if the 2020 election was stolen. It was not an election that was conducted the way that we want to but that is different than saying maduro stole votes or Something Like that and i think those theories proved to he about unsubstantiated. Does that go far enough . Why is it so difficult for republicans to talk about trump on this issue. As a matter of pure politics, forget morality, the person who will take the nomination of the Republican Party away from trump is the person who takes trump head on and rolls over him. And if youre not prepared to say that trumps Con Ducduct Wa Unacceptable and he may have violated the law and hes not fit to be president as his first term record shows. Youre not going to beat trump for the nomination. So a number these republican candidates, i think, could win a General Election against joe biden or any other democratic nominee. But to get there, they cant go around trump. They cant ignore him. Theyve got to go over him. And until they get that mindset, i think theyre dooming to lose. Only a few of them have done that. Cnn has learned that top u. S. Officials fear Vladimir Putin is waiting out the 2024 election hoping that if President Biden loses, the u. S. Will scale back its support for ukraine. As trumps former National Security adviser, does that disturb you . Well, it worries me because of what trump has said about ukraine and frankly what he said about nato. But i think putins strategy is a little bit different. I think he wants to see if the ukrainians Spring Offensive now underway really changes the map of the battlefield in ukraine to any great extent. And if by sometime late september, sometime in october when it is neither spring or nor summer any more. And things are still looking pretty much like theyre in gridlock, i think putin will then turn as he should have done frankly last september and say, you know, this war has gone on long enough. Lets have a ceasefire and negotiate a resolution. And then hope to turn the ceasefire line into a defa fac new border and in the wouse, i worry that the temptation to agreement to negotiation will take control and we will end up with a ceasefire and russia will have a new border with ukraine. Well see. Ambassador john bolton, thank you so much for joining us. Glad to be with you. Up next donald trump hits Campaign Trail one just day after his third arrest and arraignment in just four months. How are voters reacting to the former president s latest legal peril . Plus, more on ukraine. Ukraine strikes a major Russian Naval base with sea drones leaving one russian warship heavily damaged. Stay w