let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." >> anderson, thank you. i can't wait to listen to the next episode. as we i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." >>> hurricane ian is charging toward florida's west coast, and, look, it's already felt on the tip of florida right now. the keys are beginning to experience the effects of this monstrous storm with tropical storm winds literally whipping through speeds of 40, 50 miles an hour. the center of ian will pass west of the florida keys as it barrels toward the gulf coast, and it might strike hard there tomorrow. not only is this a life-threatening category 3 hurricane getting stronger, packing winds of 120 miles an hour, it's also getting larger in its size. ian's wind field is expanding, which can potentially expose more of florida to destruction. the storm's exact landfall tomorrow does remain uncertain, but it could be between tampa and ft. myers. now, one of the greatest threats is the storm surge and it could reach up to even 12 feet in some areas, which could bring, as you can imagine, prett

let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." >> anderson, thank you. to the next episode. as we i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." >>> hurricane ian is charging toward florida's west coast, and, look, it's already felt on the tip of florida right now. the keys are beginning to experience the effects of this monstrous storm with tropical storm winds literally whipping through speeds of 40, 50 miles an hour. the center of ian will pass west of the florida keys as it barrels toward the gulf

i appreciate it. >>> everyone, i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." look, if you thought that the backlash coming from martha's vineyard would lead to an apology from a florida governor, you probably haven't been paying attention. no, the governor behind the surprise delivery did not apologize. he's doubling down, as is texas governor greg abbott, after he bussed dozens of migrants to vice president harris' home in washington, d.c., all to protest president biden's immigration policies, or frankly what they criticize as the lack thereof any kind of policy. now, both are further defending their actions tonight, as the migrants that were flown to martha's vineyard two days ago unexpectedly were transported yet again, this time taken voluntarily to joint base camp cape cod where approximately 50 are being offered temporary shelter. this is in a word, temporary. 125 national guard members are being activated to assist in the relief efforts, and in a moment you're going to hear from two immigration relief lawyers helping them through this confusing ordeal.

i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." here we are. we are less than 48 hours from what could be the final public hearing of the january 6 committee. and yes, we are already nine hearings in, and yes, 20 months away from january 6th. but we are still finding out new information as of tonight. and the information is raising even more questions, interestingly enough, the questions about the trump white house's involvement in the attempt to overthrow our democracy. that's really what the whole thing is about, the heart of what the committee has been trying to get to the bottom of according to what they have said time and time again for about nine hearings and for more than a year. so, will we see anything new, or will this just be a kind of summation? well, we've been told to expect new footage we haven't yet seen before and new witness testimony according to the committee's chairman. and remember those missing secret service text messages, we're apparently going to hear more about those and the agents who have allegedly been uncooperativ

i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." here we are.an 48 hours from what could be the final public hearing of the january 6 committee. and yes, we are alread

lets discuss with cnn's chief political correspondent dana bash, cnn's senior legal analyst laura coates, and palm beach county, florida state attorney dave aaronberg. laura, the former attorney general under trump bill barr says the judge's order is, quote, wrong and that the u.s. justice department should appeal. what do you make of that? >> well, there's two points as to why he believes they're wrong. i think there is some merit in both of those. one is the idea of executive privilege. the idea here that a member of the executive branch, which of course under the org chart includes the department of justice, that they would be withheld information that's already rightfully in their possession as the executive branch of government. number two, it's also the idea here that normally a special master opinion, special master's appointed for an attorney-client privilege scenario, not an executive privilege. which is already shaky in and of itself. and if i can offer a third as to why it's bizarre, in her opinion she spoke about the idea of this 41g discussion, this rule that essentially say

the news continues, so let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." laura? >> john, thank you. it's so good to see you. please stay safe and keep us informed, as you're doing so well, please. i am laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." listen, one of the most catastrophic storms in florida's history, possibly the deadliest, regained strength to become a category 1 hurricane tonight. south carolina is now bracing for ian's wrath sometime happening tomorrow. and the very latest on its track in just a moment. we have yet to learn the full scope of the destruction caused by hurricane ian in florida. but what has certainly come into focus today truly is hard to find words for. at least 17 people have died so far, and that is linked to hurricane ian. president biden warns there could be substantial loss of life, perhaps more killed by a storm in florida than ever before. but it's really too soon to know more. and also too soon to say that the danger has now passed. i mean, there is debris everywhere. there's water everywhere. power lines are down. trees have bee

i appreciate it. >>> everyone, i'm laura coates and this is "cnn ton

i'm laura coates and i'm in for don lemon.rch. 11 whole pages laying out exactly what investigators found at the former president's home. we're talking more than 11,000 non-classified government documents as well. but there's more. 18 documents marked top secret. 54 marked secret. and 31 marked confidential. that's -- what did they call it before -- an overdue library book? well, this certainly is not that. that's quite a massive haul of documents that are actually the property of the united states government, not of a former president. frankly, i mean,

i am laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." >>> frankly, it's long been the subject of bitter, bitterflux of asylum seekers, otherwise known as human beings, flooding to our country? and what do you do with the ones that are already here? do you round them up somehow and

i am laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." >>> frankly, it's long been the subject of bitter, bitter political debate. how do you deal with influx of asylum seekers, otherwise known as human beings, flooding to our country? and what do you do with the ones that are already here? do you round them up somehow and dump them in another state, so-called sanctuary cities so that they can figure it out. what i just described is exactly the strategy of some republicans governors on the far right of this divide, governors like you see on the screen, governor greg abbott of texas and ron desantis of florida. the latter declaring quote, every community in america should be sharing in the burdens. it shouldn't fall on a handful of red states. the real question is, for many americans out there, do you think desantis is right? we're going to hash that out in moment here. buz was it right for he and abbott to do the following? texas governor sent two buses of asylum seekers to the home of vice president kamala harris. it happened today. and then drove away, left them there. they apparently had no i

laura coates, shan wu. we'll get back to both of you if and when we hear any news from this hearing, which again started at the the top of the hour. meantime, president biden will give a primetime address tonight on what he calls the continued battle for the soul of the nation. and cnn's phil mattingly is at the white house for us. phil, this speech comes as we're approaching the midterms. president biden's been taking a tougher public stance against what he's calling maga republicans. he's taking some heat for using that term "semi-fascism." is he expected to go there again? >> if not the exact term, ana, certainly the same exact message if not more aggressive, if not darker to some degree. mostly to height the very high stakes of this moment. as you noted, over the course of the last several weeks we've seen the president take on a new tone, a more aggressive tone about where the republican party currently stands. he has made clear he's not talking about republicans writ large but he is very much so talki

so joining me now cnn senior legal analysis laura coats. wow, wow, wow. >> what a mess. >> this is a historic ruling, if i'm not wrong, removing griffin from office. this happened, has it happened over 100 years? why did the judge decide to do this? >> well, first of all, it's a good thing in america it's a good thing that we do not have a case like this every year, because it would mean that someone had engaged in rebellion or insurrection against the united states government after having taking an oath to be a public servant. so, it's a good thing that we do not have a whole lot of case law on an issue like this. but you're right, last time it happened, it was when someone who allegedly gave aid and comfort to an enemy in world war i. i think it was germany. now you have this point in time, over two different times in the past year, where there have been attempts to actually raise this part of the 14th amendment, normally known for equal protection, but really has a disqualification factor that says, don, as a punishment to those who were

the news continues, so let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." laura?so good to see you. please stay safe and keep us informed, as you're doing so well, please. i am laura

cnn senior justice kraunlt evan perez, and senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, laura coates. welcome back to the program, both of you. evan, you just received these documents. tell us more you're learning. they have nominated both sides who they think should be special master, and there's also other details in there. >> right, don. they've submitted two names each. obviously they couldn't agree who should be the special master. the judge is going to have to decide that. i'll come back to those names in a minute, but there's major disagreement obviously which is not surprising between the two sides. the government says the special master should not be able to look at classified documents, should not be able to decide what is executive privilege and what isn't. of course the trump team says that is the whole point of this and of course this is what the special master should be able to do to review all the documents, more than 1,000 pages, more than 100 documents that are classified that were seized as part of the search of mar-a-lago. a couple other points of disagreement, the

. >> hi, how are you, laura coates. we've got a big day today, big day tomorrow in london. we'll get to. it will see you tomorrow morning. this is don lemon tonight. all right, this is a date for history in the books. it is right here in london. and a day of big developments back home and around the world. a judge releasing new never before seen information from the mar-a-lago affidavit. and we have news out of ukraine, where signs that some of vladimir putin's forces are retreating back into russia. all of that ahead in london. this is the day of the queen's return to buckingham palace. and first on cnn, we're learning that the queens children and their grandchildren had a family dinner at the palace tonight, a moment of unity for a family in mourning. what we saw here tonight was really amazing, cars coming to a complete stop so drivers could -- queens while passing by. around buckingham palace, waiting in the rain for hours just for the chance to pay tribute, breaking out in tears as she arrived at the palace for the first time, for the last time. [applause] the first --

here to discuss is cnn legal analyst laura coats, and former watergate prosecutor nick akerman. laura, i want to start with you, because i want you to break this down for us. what happened today with trump and the special master judge dearie, what's up? >> this is actually the very first time we heard from the special master to figure out whether or not there will be a timeline to follow, that judge cannon said, by november 30th. we knew the deadline. but how they're going to go about doing it? the biggest takeaway from today's hearing is that the judge essentially said all of the things that the client, donald trump, said outside of the court of law about declassifying documents. i would like you to now present evidence in some way that that is actually the case. and the trump legal team essentially said, well, we do not want to make that argument right now in the court of law. although is made in the court of public opinion. because we one day might want to mount a defense based on declassifying documents. which essentially tells you, as you mentioned, the put up or shut up par

i want to hand over to lauren coates and "cnn tonight." laura? >> anderson, thank you so much. we're looking forward to more of that coverage, as well. this is "cnn tonight." and frankly, everyone, that's a wrap, as they call. it the 2022 primary season is now over as of tonight. the final polls now closed in the final states until their ballots from january's november election. now just eight weeks away. can you believe it? we have new hampshire, rhode island, delaware, the last to hold their primary contests, but even the smallest states in america can have quite a big impact on the balance of power here in washington, d.c. you know, many eyes are on new hampshire and of course, this question. who will take on incumbent democratic senator maggie hasan in the general? will it be don bulldock, who pushed trump's election lies or state senate president chuck morse who was the backing of establishment republicans. we're also closely watching a battle between two trumpers in new hampshire's first congressional district, both matt mowers and carolyn levitt. they both worked in the

i want to begin with cnn seeing senior legal analyst atul laura coats, and bradly moss. laura, let's talk about the special master, the special picked special master from team trump, overseeing this mar-a-lago docks, ordering trump seeming to backup their claims of the fbi possibly planted evidence. he is telling lawyers to put up or shut up. >> exactly. you can file this under be careful what you wish for, team litigation trump, because you just might get it. you've asked for a special master with credentials who has the experience judicially to be able to understand what they are looking for, the pfizer court experience, about the notion of classified documents versus unclassified, the idea of privilege versus non privilege, but ultimately you have somebody who is in a position to know the difference between the court of public opinion, and the court of law. and what you can say in the court of public opinion might be much more expensive. but what is required in a court of law is that if you make an allegation or an assertion, you have to actually substantiate it. here

i'll bring in senior legal analyst laura coats and former assistant special watergate prosecutor and former doj national security official and prosecutor brandon. good evening to one and all. laura, where have you been all my life? miss you. good to see you. >> i've been cheering on serena williams. [ laughter ] >> i'm not even mad. we all have been. listen, laura, i've been wanting your perspective. can you sum up what the trump team is arguing in response to the doj brief? >> well, one, to answer your question, no, no one thinks donald trump is actually writing a memoir and that's why he has in his possession at mar-a-lago documents that ought to have been returned a long time ago but their argument is simply this. we don't trust you department of justice to have conducted an investigation to honor whatever privilege claims we think we have whether good or not, we think if your trump's team we have executive privilege claims and attorney client privilege. you had a separate team go in and try and ensure the guard rails were up and couldn't see those, we don't trust we want our own p

joining us now cnn senior legal analyst laura coates and cnn chief national affairs analyst casey huntet's begin with this new federal class action lawsuit, as you heard filed by attorneys representing these migrants. can you walk us through the legal basis for this lawsuit? and do you think they make a strong case? >> well, the first thing to understand is even if somebody is coming into the country illegally it doesn't mean you can commit criminal acts against them without accountability, of course. you cannot commit fraud against them, conspire to do so. you cannot treat them in a way that lures them under false premises, kidnaps them or lures them otherwise. the people who were transported were actually there through an asylum based initiative as we understand it so far. and in doing so they had every right to be in the place they were. so you cannot engage in unlawful activity in terms of trying to lure them from one location to another using false promises, false inducement for some reason that's nefarious. normally human trafficking claims, wolf, comes under the idea of coercing

lot to the to in the coming hours here on c ncnn, so want to get right to jessica schneider and laura coates. good evening to both of you. jessica, further reporting, the appeals court allowing the justice department to resume their review of the classified documents, what can you tell us? >> don, this was a unanimous three-judge panel notably with two trump appointees. they gave doj what the prosecutors there have been asking for repeatedly over the past week plus. now doj will be allowed to resume using those 100 classified documents that the fbi seized from mar-a-lago in their search just about a month ago. they can use it in their ongoing investigation. this has been a huge point of contention for prosecutors because the lower court judge, aileen cannon, she had halted their use of these classified records, meaning they couldn't use it for grand jury purposes or with witnesses. now they can. and the appeals court stressed here when they sided with doj that really it could harm the country if investigators couldn't use that material. here's what they said in part. it is self-evident that

us sort through all of this is our senior legal analyst here at cnn, former federal prosecutor laura coates decision. what are you looking for now, and what are you seeing in these filings? >> there's some really interesting points here, don. on the one hand of course they had to agree. they had to come together to the court and say here's where we agree, here's where we disagree. on what they agree interestingly enough they want to reduce the review period to 21 days. they both want it to be less than a three-week review period. probably feasible to do so given you have this breadth of documents on the one hand already reviewed by doj. where they disagree, don, is that presidential records act, which is a very important point. remember up until the nixon era you had this default option that said, listen, the president all that they have it belongs to the president of the united states. they carry it with them wherever they like. following nixon, of course, you had the presidential record that potentially said, listen, all those documents belong to the people of the united states and must b

the news continues, so let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." >> i can't wait to listenve got some pretty big news to take apart. there's a lot of news coming out. it might feel a little incremental at different times, the drip, drip, of different information coming from doj, a subpoena here, a subpoena there. the drip, drip, is now raining down all over trump world. we're talking about more than 30 issued by the doj just in recent

let's handed over to laura coats and don lemon. >> thank you. i know people now are probably thinking, and we watch cnn or serena, choose dvr. tonight, in for don lemon. they said they wanted transparency, and boy, did they get it. the judge today releases a detailed inventory from the mar- a-lago search. 11 pages, laying out exactly what investigators found at the former president home. we are talking more than 11,000 nonclassified government documents, as well. there is more. 18 documents were marked top- secret, 54, marked secret, and 31, marked confidential. what did they call it? an overdue library book? this certainly is not that. that is a massive haul of documents that are actually the property of the united states government. not of a former president. frankly, it is astonishing. it is unprecedented. don't take my word for it, listen to the former attorney general, bill barr, who was on fox news, today. that's right. fox. >> let me just say, i think the driver on this, from the beginning, was loads of classified information sitting in m

the news continues, so let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." >> i can't wait to listen to that podcast from anderson as well. >>> this is "cnn tonight." look, we've got some pretty big news to take apart. there's a lot of news coming out. it might feel a little incremental at different times, the drip, drip, of different information coming from doj, a subpoena here, a subpoena there. the drip, drip, is now raining down all over trump world. we're talking about more than 30 issued by the doj just in recent days, 30 of them, into the investigation into the attack on january 6th. now, the question is, who has been insnared by all this and what it could ultimately mean for donald trump and really our nation next. we'll talk more about that in just a few moments. >>> but you can't lose the irony here, the idea that we've been talking a lot about january 6th, about the election-related lies, about the idea of how the u.s. democracy is in peril because there was not this expectation that was met of a peaceful transition of power. and then you've got this idea of over across th

i'm laura coates and i'm in for don lemon. look, they said they wanted transparency, and boy did they get it. the judge today releasing a detailed inventory from the mar-a-lago search. 11 whole pages laying out exactly what investigators found at the former president's home. we're talking more than 11,000 non-classified government documents as well. but there's more. 18 documents marked top secret. 54 marked secret. and 31 marked confidential. that's -- what did they call it before -- an overdue library book? well, this certainly is not that. that's quite a massive haul of documents that are actually the property of the united states government, not of a former president. frankly, i mean, it's astonishing. it's unprecedented. but don't take my word for it. listen to the former attorney general, bill barr, who was on fox news today. that's right, fox. >> let me just say, i think the driver on this from the beginning was loads of classified information sitting in mar-a-lago. people say this was unprecedented. well, it's also unp

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appreciate the scent that i do now, but i learned very quickly that when i would stand up and say laura coates on behalf of the people of the united states it necessarily included the defendant it included protecting their civil rights as well. they're fourth amendment, right? they're right to counsel affect the representation and to try to ensure that whatever plea decision they would render was not about the fact that they had the weight of the federal government again. that they were thinking i already had to pay for the presumption of innocence. i don't know that i can take much more. i'm already in jail awaiting trial and so you're telling me even though i'm innocent the only recommend three years and i'm facing 10 to 12. so i'm gonna make make a cost benefit analysis here. well the power that a prosecutor is wielding in those moments. all the things i just described require you not just to have a robotic approach to the application and enforcement of law but understanding who you are when you enter a room. and these battles of allegiance often come up and unexpected ways. i mean i like y

i want to hand over to lauren coates and "cnn tonight." laura? >> anderson, thank you so much.rd to more of that coverage, as well. this is "cnn tonight." and frankly, everyone, that's a wrap, as they call. it the 2022 primary season is now over as of tonight. the final polls now closed in the final states until their ballots from january's november election. now just eight weeks away. can you believe it? we have new hampshire, rhode island, delaware, the last to hold their primary contests, but even the

. >> hello, laura coates. we've got a big storm bearing down, down in florida. it's really. bad >> it's unbelievable. you think about the storm surge, you think about the area that is affecting. it's the first in what, 100 years, don? it's scary. >> yeah, it's growing and growing and growing. and i'm supposed to go down. so hopefully i can go down, get on a plane. if so, i will see you tomorrow night. >> please stay safe. >> thank you very much, laura. stay safe, i will see you soon. this is don lemon tonight. and what laura and i were just talking about is a life-threatening impact. this is something you really need to pay attention to, especially if you're in the path, the of love once or relatives there. just the country as a whole, this is a normal. this is what forecasters are warning about as hurricane ian, a dangerous category 3 storm, maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. it's strengthening, with florida right in its sights. take a look at this. there's the radar. if you are in florida right now, or you know someone there, the next few hours could really be