battleground goes bionic? the lead starts right now. one of the most anticipated debates of the year. john fetterman versus mehmet oz as this political season kicks into overdrive for candidates nationwide. plus, distraction for democrats. the anger and outrage over a letter to president biden now retracted. and moscow shuts down an appeal to release brittney griner from a russian prison. is there any hope left to bring the wnba star home? welcome to the lead. we ll get to the midterms in just a moment. first, a significant step for the justice department and its investigation into the january 6th attack. sources tell cnn the doj is trying to force the testimony of pat cipollony and patrick philbin, the top two lawyers from donald trump s white house, and hear about their conversations with the former president. this is exclusive new reporting, so let s get right to cnn s sarah murray. this is an attempt to break through a firewall of sorts trump has used to avoid scr
constant contact with russia to try to secure griner s release. and donald trump is firing back as author bob woodward is sharing his recorded phone calls with the former president. woodward joins us to break down the trump tapes and take us behind the scenes of their extraordinary conversations. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this hour, we re counting down to the pivol u.s. senate debate in pennsylvania as well as the bigger midterm battle playing out across the country over the next 14 days. cnn correspondents are out in force in critical swing states. and here in washington covering the fight for control of congress. first, let s go to jeff zeleny in harrisburg, pennsylvania. the senate debate begins two hours or so from now. what do we expect? reporter: wolf, this is the marquee senate debate. when they go head-to-head for just an hour this evening. the first time they ve ev
, tonight on all in. mar-a-lago meets the supreme court. this amounts to an absolutely unprecedented effort to interfere with a criminal investigation. tonight, what we re learning about today s important new doj filing and will trump s supreme court cronies help him obstruct a criminal investigation? then, a surprise republican senate seat suddenly in trouble. my colleagues independent challenger joins me live. plus, senator bernie sanders on while he says control of congress will come down to an economic message. and rebecca on the campaign trail recovery of john fetterman and the tv doctor attacking him for his health. after having that stroke, i really understand, you know, much more of the challenges that americans have died in a day out. all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. whatever you think of the ex president and his brazen lies in his ludicrous lawyers and his alleged crimes, donald trump s strategy is
a criminal investigation? then, a surprise republican senate seat suddenly in trouble. mike please independent shawn who joins me live. plus, senator bernie sanders on why he says control of congress will come down to an economic message. and rebecca traced her on the campaign trail recovery of john fetterman, and a tv doctorate attacking him for his health. after having that stroke, i really understand, you know, much more of the challenges that americans have day in a day out. all in starts now. good evening from washington, d. c. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. whatever you think of the ex president and his brazen lies and his ludicrous lawyers and his alleged crimes, donald trump s strategy is kind of working. look, it s undeniably the case that he improperly took extremely classified documents it s that them at his florida home / resort. those documents reportedly even included nuclear secrets. some of the most closely guarded information the u.s. government
place for 24 counties in the storm s path, and is urging people across the state to start getting ready. we have team coverage tracking tropical storm ian. cnn s carlos suarez is covering storm preparations and meteorologist allison chinchar is in the weather center. you have a new update from the national weather center? we did. a good look now, sunlight for several hours, what this storm looks like on visible satellite. it s starting to come together. you see signs that the storm is beginning to strengthen even though the winds haven t jumped all that much. sustained winds 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. we have tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica, but hurricane watches for the cayman islands and the reason for that is we anticipate this storm is expected to strengthen to at least a category 1, possibly even a category 2 hurricane by the time it crosses over the cayman islands. then it will strengthen even more as it is making its way towards