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behind us, end quote. not really. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer. he's in "the situation room," actually he's replaced by alex marquardt today. i'll 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 trump's defense over retaining classified documents. we're also getting reaction from one of the former president's previous attorneys. in the senate the debt ceiling deal could come to a final vote as soon as tonight. even as members ...

kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. what is putin's off ramp? where does he find a way out? where does he find himself where he does not lose face but significant power? his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. cnn's fred pleitgen is in kyiv. fred, significantly under performing. there are voices inside russia saying the same thing right now. >> reporter: there certainly are. i think those voices are growing. we've also seen a lot of in fighting, if you will, between a lot of the power sectors of russia, especially at the top of the country. one of the interes...

Tim parlatore, who left trump's legal team in recent weeks, says the classification status of the document trump is heard 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 it's classified or declassified is not an element of that offense. >> reporter: former president trump's lawyers have asked for a meeting with attorney general merrick garland to express their concerns about the special counsel's regs. one of trump's attorneys te...

Mar-a-lago state with boxes of top documents. trump continuing to say the doj's interference is shameful and the meritless investigation should cease wasting the american taxpayer's money. >> there were no classified or marked documents there. >> reporter: former trump lawyer who left the team in recent weeks says that the classification status of the document trump is heard talking about is irrelevant based on the laws cited in the search warrant that was executed in summer 2022. >> really what doj is investigating is willful retention. whether it is classified or declassified is not an eleme...

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 it's classified or declassified is not an element of that offense. >> reporter: the former president's 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 trump's lawyers about a possible meeting, but the fact that investigators have this recording really undercuts ...