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Watching. I will be back tomorrow in the Situation Room six pm eastern. Cnn tonight with Victor Blackwell starts right now. Hey, wolf. Good evening. I am Victor Blackwell blackwell. Trumps former impeachment attorney, a lawyer for one of the mafia bosses that Rudy Giuliani prosecuted eric tegans champion, daniel dale, and linette lopez. But first, if democrats are not worried about next years election new numbers suggest they should be. Listen to this. Into new polls, General Election is a dead heat if the matchup is President Biden versus a dead heat, despite trump facing his fourth indictmen...

up in blue and yellow, of course the colors of the ukrainian flag, so was the empire state building in new york city. and we've got a lot to cover in our second hour of "chris jansing reports." let's get right to it. >> at this hour, turbulence on wall street. why stocks are tumbling right now, and what it means for your wallet. plus, the u.s. moving to seize $75 million worth of luxury real estate in miami beach, the hamptons, and new york city. the owner, a russian oligarch. we've got the new details on that. also what happened in the first court hearing connected to the deadly...

You have to your point, to both of your points. You have the physical evidence meaning the documentation, the text messages, the signed checks. You have all of the corroborating witnesses, david pecker, and now you have Michael Cohen. Is this proof beyond a reasonable doubt . Well figure that out eventually, but its all pointing in the right direction. What more do they need from Michael Cohen . Theyre going to need that direct evidence that he acted in furtherance of donald trump i think theyre going to be able to do that well with sounds like the prosecution is really doing a great job layin...

It is entirely possible that the trumps could testify and be deposed and comply with the subpoena to the letter of the law, but still provide information or virtually no information that is of use to the new york a.g., right, because they could plead the fifth? >> exactly right. and that is an option that the judge appears to mention in his decision and order which came out moments ago. tom summarized it well. basically -- let me put high defense hat on to try to explain the trump's defenses view of trying to squash the subpoena and get the stay. it is essentially that, look, in a civil case w...

Election set aside. >> certainly the implication, but it does seem that we need that connective tissue, right, michael? it does seem that's going to be the next link. if the committee manages to actually talk to meadows or talk to others around him who can sort of fill in the picture here. but put on the defense hat. i know you're a former prosecutor, but pretend you're representing meadows. you've already released these thousands of pages of documents. what is your strongest ground to claim executive privilege, to keep you from having to actually testify and sit for a deposition? >> i would s...