sarah murray, cnn, washington. >>> the u.s.ustice department said it's open to one of donald trump's picks for special master. he is raymond deary who has served as a federal judge in new york since he was nominated by then president ronald regan. trump's party has rejected both of the doj's choices. >> the impact is time. donald trump wants to move as slowly as possible. clearly he wants to run out the clock as much as he can. it's where trump has been most successful. quite often we see what they've said and we think it doesn't make sense but if you want to slow things down, that does make sense for them. that's where their goal is. so rejecting people made a lot of sense if that's your goal even if you didn't have a reason. we'll see if this now is able to have doj speed things up. we also need to be mindful that judges don't like shenanigans and so if you reject somebody, that's one thing. if you reject them without a reason, that's where judges step in and they start to call bs on this. >> our coverage of the new royal era

cnn's sarah murray has details. >> reporter: special master chosen to sift through the thousands of documents the fbi seized from their search in mar-a-lago in august. he's a senior judge from brooklyn. he was chosen for the task put forward by the trump team. one that the justice department also agreed to. now this comes as the judge says their criminal review. she said no ruling and it's not going to take the government at their word that the documents are classified. the trump team argued that they have the ability to declassify documents. she said she didn't believe there would be irreparable harm by pressing pause on this investigation and as part of the investigation saying first there has been no actual suggestion by the government of any identifiable emergency or imminent disclosure of classified information arising from plaintiff's allegedly unlawful retention of the seized property. instead and unfortunately the unwarranted disclosures that float in the background have been leaks to the media after the underlying seizure. now the special master has until november to complete his wor

cnn sarah murray has the details.that the justice department has subpoenaed more than 30 people in former president donald trump's orbit as part of an investigation into efforts to subvert the result of the 2020 election. now, these include a number of big names, people like bill stepien, who is the former trump campaign director. people like dan scavino, trump's former deputy chief of staff and brian jack, a former white house political director. now, this appears to be an effort by the justice department to sort of stuck up and gather as much information as possible while on the cusp of this quiet period, a period that has not taken any overt investigative action at the scene of influencing the outcome or the potential outcome of an election. and, we know, from talking to sources that the subpoenas are very broad. some of them are seeking information for the fake electors plot. some of them are seeking information related to the save america, pat a political and fundraising vehicle for the former president. others a

sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> trumps legal team is challenging the legitimacy of an intelligence community review of the documents retrieved from mar-a-lago. from director, andrew mccabe, explained way that is not likely to be a winning argument. >> there are completed -- conflating with the damage assessment review. the doj was clear that backed up any delay causing significant farm and slowing down the ability to find out how much damage has been done as a resort of this improper storage. that is diplomatic of the way that they are tying to attack this thing. death by 1000 cuts. they go after the governments filter team. the process was laid out in the search warrant affidavit. they say that all the material will be reviewed for attorney- client privilege. they have done that and come up with some materials. they're looking to the court for guidance. >> let's talk about this, with jessica livingston. she is a professor at loyola high school, and host of the podcast, passing judgment. good to have you with us. >> it to be here. >> donald trump floors have responded to the explos

cnn's sarah murray has more on both stories and joins us now. so, sarah, let's start with this documentary footage of roger stone. >> he said this is a day before the 2020 election. roger stone is, of course, a long time key ally of the former president. he pretty much makes it clear in this footage, you know, shot by documentary filmmakers, he doesn't feel a need to wait until the votes are tallied. here's a look at what he said in this footage. >> let's get right to the violence. >> let's get right to it. >> shoot to kill. shoot to kill. done with this bull. [ beep ] . >> this is a clib obtained by cnn. of course, it was also shared with the january 6th committee. the you know, we know that they have been looking into roger stone's alleged ties to domestic extremist groups. we may see this coming through in the wednesday hearing. they've been looking at effort that's roger stone made to try to keep donald trump in the white house. we also got a lengthy statement from roger stone. so bear with me for this. he said i challenge the accuracy and au

i want to go to more from sarah murray in washington this morning. >> reporter: a judge granting donald trump's request for a special master to review the materials the fbi seized from the search at mar-a-lago. the judge writing because of trump's role as a former president the stigma associated with the seizure is in a league of its own. a future indictment would result in reputational harm of a decidedly different order of magn magnitude. a third party attorney outside of government will be tasked with sifting through thousands of documents to identify personal items and materials protected by attorney/client or executive privilege. >> while it does slow things down, which is bad for doj and their case. i think at the end of the day we're not going to see a lot of documents pulled by the special master. >> reporter: the ruling allowing u.s. intelligence agencies to continue their national security assessment. >> i don't think this has a massive impact on the investigation in the long run. if i was the prosecutor working on this case, i'd say let's trudge forward with the special maste

sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> -- with political.how. >> thanks for having me. they say the subpoenas. they focus on the save america packet which was formed after the 2020 election. so far, it is race more than $100 million. they spent just shy of $36 million. all that money came from trump supporters without their donate to a final legal challenge election results. the general six committee, has essentially labeled that a scam. this seems to be another significant new area of an already sprawling investigation. how significant is this? where does the save america packed fitted to the wider picture of the electoral system. >> i think you're right that it is significant as it is a new turn in the investigation. it is broadening the scope of what we are looking at. as you pointed out with those figures, this is not some normal path. this is a juggernaut in american politics. and really, a major vehicle for small dollar fund raising on the republican side. so, i do think that it is significant, because of that. >> the premise was donat

cnn sarah murray has the latest for us tonight. sarah, this was an interesting hearing.ard two sides show barbs in court filings, but this was their day in court. it lasted a little bit over two hours. as you pointed out, we heard an extraordinary argument from the trump team comparing the possible illegal retention of potentially classified documents, certainly documents classified markings as akin to a fight of overdue library book. they are continuing to push for a special master to be an independent review or of all the materials. the justice department set, their filter team have already been through this stuff, they say that there is no evidence that the former president rights have been violated, but the judge said, what is the harm in appointing the special master, an indication that that was the direction that she had been leaning. she did not know, as you point out, make a ruling. she she will rule on this on paper, and we don't know when that will come out. >> what did the judge say about the intelligence community reviewing documents if a special master's app

sarah murray explains what this means for the government investigation. >> a judge today granted donald trump's request for a special master to review the materials the fbi seized from the extraordinary search at mar-a-lago. judge aileen cannon writing, because of trump's role as a former president, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a lead of its own. if you treatment based to any degree on property that ought to be returned would result in reputational harm of a decidedly different order of magnitude. and a major victory for trump, a third party attorney outside of government will soon be tasked with sifting through thousands of documents to identify personal items and materials that could be protected by attorney client or executive privilege. >> while it does delay things and slow down, which of course is bad for doj in their case, i think, at the end of the day, we are not going to see a lot of documents pulled by the special master. >> a judge pointing out some of the seized materials include taxes and accounting information. the ruling, allowing u.s. intelligenc

we have more now from cnn's sarah murray. >> reporter: waldron hunting for proof told them arizona was the lead domino and complained opponents were using delay tactics. pathetic, meadows responded. waldron and his attorneys didn't respond to a request for comment nor did an attorney for meadows. >> news of the texts comes as they prepare to meet thursday. it's their last public hearing before the committee releases their final report. to be sure, make sure you are front row center for cnn's special coverage of the committee's hearing including detail, analysis all starting noon eastern wednesday, 5 p.m. in london. >>> still to come for us, we'll look at how u.s. markets might react in the hours ahead after economic uncertainty. japan holds a state funeral fora formerin prime minister shinzo ababe.at con happen. we'll tell you why. mobilization. the rare criticism coming from a prominent russian tv host. that's ahead. ♪ with hand-crafted steakburgers and chicken sandwiches. there's a perfect plate for everyone. great value for all your favorites only from ihop. download the app and ear

sarah murray, cnn, washington. >>> and i'll have much more from the cnn center in just a few minutes. first, let's go to becky anderson in london. becky? >> reporter: thank you. and the long awaited details of queen elizabeth's funeral have been made public. it promises to be one of the most elaborate events ever held in british history. on friday king charles will be joined by his younger sister and two brothers at a silent vigil at the queen's coffin in westminster hall, which is in the palace of westminster behind me here where mourners have been streaming through by the thousands since late on wednesday. senior royals have also been traveling across the country during this time. prince and princess of wales visited with well wishers at the royal residence of sandrium in norfolk. and princess ann received a royal welcome in glasgow in scotland where she greeted members of the public and viewed a floral tribute to her late mother. on sunday king charles will host a royal reception at buckingham palace for the many foreign dignitaries who are invited to monday's funeral. king charles

cnn's sarah murray is leading us off. sarah, walk us you therough it. >> reporter: ana, this is going to be the continuation of this court fight over whether there should be this third party to go through what was seized at mar-a-lago. the justice department has argued that this is not a necessary step. they're saying that the trump team pushed an inaccurate narrative about the search and that putting a special master in place now when they've already gone through the material is just going to slow down their criminal investigation and could potentially impede this national security risk assessment that has already been under way. they're also pointing out that while there are some potentially attorney-client privilege materials, that executive privilege doesn't apply in this scenario because you're talking about sharing information with the executive branch. but the trump team in their filing last night continued to be very insistent that they want a special master. we saw a lot of deep skepticism of the justice departmen

sarah murray has the details. >> reporter: a judge granting donald trump's request for a special master to review the materials the fbi seized at mar-a-lago. because of trump's role as a former president, a future indictment based any degree on property that ought to be returned would result in reputational harm. in a major victory for trump a third party attorney will be tasked with sifting through thousands of documents to identify personal items and materials that could be protected by attorney/client or executive privilege. >> while it does slow it down which is bad for doj and their case. i think at the end of the day we'll not see a lot of documents pulled by the special master. >> some of the materials include tax and accounting information. the ruling halting the justice department's criminal review of the mar-a-lago haul. >> i don't think it has a massive impact on the investigation in the long run. if i was the prosecutor i'd say let's trudge forward with the special master get through it as quickly as possible. >> reporter: even as the judge acknowledged there was not any evi

sarah murray has more. >> reporter: an unsealed inventory revealing the trove of materials seized fromocuments, intermingled with magazines, newspapers, press clippings, and articles of clothing. >> mostly the boxes pictures and newspapers, and shirts and gear, and, you know, golf balls and just -- it's a lot of stuff. when you're there for four years it's a long time. >> reporter: trump has down played what was recovered by the fbi, a seven page list ticks through how sensitive the material was the 18 documents marked top secret, 54 marked secret. and 31 marked confidential. investigators also collected d dozens of empty folders labeled return to staff secretary/military aide. a federal judge in florida unsealing the inventory and pondering whether to appoint a special master. >> it's a red herring, since they've gone through the documents it's a waste of time. >> reporter: the investigator's haul, which was 11,000 documents, revealed what trump was holding onto even after negotiating return of documents and 18 months after leaving office. >> so what you do, you accumulate a lot of st

sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> well, we are just about two months away from the u.s. midterm elections and presidential biden is hitting the road to help democrats hold on to control of congress. you campaigned in the battleground states of wisconsin and pennsylvania on monday, how during his recent legislative wins and economic accomplishments. mr. biden is making it clear he wants voters to see the november elections as a choice between his leadership and the extremism of donald trump and his supporters. >> this new group headed by former president -- the former defeated president, we found ourselves in the situation where we are going to look forward or backwards and it is clear which way he wants to look, it is clear which way he wants to are the extreme and democracy is really at stake. >> ron brownstein and cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic, he joins me now from los angeles. good to see you. >> good to be here again, rosemary. >> so, ron, as president biden and donald trump -- exchanging political barbs ahead of the midterms, the bi

sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> and the committee will meet -- with indecision of standing over the trump and his vice president mike pence should be invited to appear and testify. sources tell cnn, there's no real expectation either would show, up but if an invitation should be extended for the record the committee is also expected to plan -- ahead of a final report likely released december. there appears to be an agreement on a special master to review material seized by the fbi in the search of donald trump's mar-a-lago home. the justice department says it is open to investigating -- who was chosen by team trump. he served as a federal judge in new york since he was nominated by then president ronald reagan. trump's attorneys have rejected both candidates by the justice department. cnn's jessica schneider has details. >> federal judge aileen cannon facing a critical decision on how the special master process should proceed, as the disagreements between trump's legal team and justice department escalated court filings. lawyers for the former president saying, the doj's criminal in

cnn sarah murray, has more on both stories. -- but he doesn't need to wait until the votes are tallied. here's a look what he said in this footage. -- let's get right to. sue tiptoe. cnn antifa, shoot to kill. i'm done with his bs. >> so this is one of the clips that was obtained by cnn, but of course, it was also shared with the january 6th committee, you know, we know that they have been looking into roger stone's alleged ties to domestic extremist groups. we may see some of this coming through and i went to hearing, they've also looking efforts at roger stone trying to keep donald trump the white house. we also got atlanta statement from roger stone, so bear with me for this, he said i challenged the accuracy and authenticity of these videos. and believe they have been manipulated. and selectively edited. i also point out that the filmmakers do not have the legal right to use them. how i ron expect kim kardashian i are both subjected to computer manipulated videos on the same day, a lead or our viewers go down on the rapid hole on their own. he could face a day the excerpts provided

i want to bring in our national correspondent, kristin holmes, and sarah murray, here tonight, former u.s. attorney's harry lippmann and cia operations officer douglas london, offer of author of "the recruiter," spying in the lost art. what a panel to have. we begin with you, sarah. can you tell us more about the inventory that was unsealed? it had interesting notions. >> it was quite a haul. we are talking about 11,000 government documents that were not classified, hundred and three with classified markings of different levels, secret, top secret, confidential. those folders you mention that did not have documents in them but had classified banners on them? they took a bunch of boxes of stuff out of the former president's office, and those include 27 classified documents. a lot of the stuff, these documents that were not classified, classified documents are intermingled with other stuff. magazines, newspaper clippings, articles of clothing, gifts. it gives you a sense of how chaotically this was being stored. >> it's almost like a junk drawer in someone's house, these things, your pu

sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> to los angeles, jessica levinson is a professor at loyola law school and host of the passing judgment podcast. welcome back. >> thank you. >> in ruling in favor of the appointment of special master judge aileen cannon argued it was in part in the interest in ensuring the integrity of an orderly process and it is really allegations of bias and immediately x. she cited the historic nature of the case. in other words, perceptions matter. because this is a former president of the united states, you get special treatment that no one else does? >> this is a curious ruling on so many levels. i have to say, if one of my students wrote something like this, i would really be crestfallen because it reads more like a political conclusion in search of legal reasoning. there's something there in part of it that i think can withstand scrutiny. by and large, i think you point to one of the huge problems behind this order, which is the idea we have to treat the former president as if he was above the law, as if he is entitled to special solicitude. she waxes poetic abo

sarah murray joins us with the latest. >> reporter: that's right, this is part of a voluntary interviewn. our team caught up with her when she was on her way in to sit with the committee this morning. take a listen. >> did you speak with your husband about the beliefs of the election being stolen? >> thank you for your question. i look forward to answering the members. >> reporter: she was all smiles on her way in but very tight-lipped about what she may be discussing with the committee. the attorney said she wanted to clear her name. we know members want to talk to her about text messages she changed with mark meadows about efforts to overturn the election. we've heard from members who say they want to hear about the exchange with john eastman. that interview is still going on, john. >> appreciate the update on that. ana cabrera and d john berman pk up our coverage about hurricane ian and its devastation across florida. e trillion dollars in sustainable finance by 2030. because it takes everything to reach zero poverty. ♪ ♪ your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you los

cnn's sarah murray joins us now with the latest on pat cipollone and patrick philbin's road to the witnessions that the pats as they're known had with the justice department leading up to their appearance with the grand jury? >> these are both former white house lawyers in the trump white house, they were there the final days of the trump administration and pushed back on efforts to overturn the 2020 election so they're important witnesses in part of this criminal investigation in what led up to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. they've also spent weeks wrangling with the justice department over potential executive privilege issues, what questions they would be willing to answer, what questions they were not likely to answer, and of course we don't know the answer to any of that, what they actually decided to answer before the grand jury because those proceedings are secret, john. >> so both cipollone and philbin did both previously testify to the house select committee where they did decline to answer some questions because of executive privilege as you said. what's different, t

sarah murray, if you're still with us, i want to redo something that's on page two of this filing. quote, moving does not at this time address every misleading or incomplete statement of reported fact made by the government in its response at page 3 to 14. however, movement will simply highlight that one specific event, the june 3rd 2022 meeting, has been significantly mischaracterized in the government's response. if the government provide the same untrue account in the affidavit in support of the search warrant, then they misled the magistrate judge. tell us more about what meeting they're talking about, and why that's. important >> right, that's important because when we got the justice department, filing it was obviously a clear narrative of events. and when the things that they talked about was a june 3rd meeting, where they're invited to mar-a-lago to pick up documents that were responsive to a subpoena. and in this meeting, the trump team hands over essentially a knock ordained folder of documents, this is according to the justice department's recitation of what happened. th

sarah murder murray, cnn. >>> on thursday trump revived a theme from his final days in office, presidential pardon for january 6 rioters. trump did not make good on it when he was in office, so good reason to be skeptical here, but he claims he is supporting some of these same people financially. meanwhile we've learned the january 6 select committee is interested in speaking with former u.s. house speaker newt gingrich. members want to hear from him about his role in promoting false claims about the election and what communications he may have had with senior trump white house officials. they hope he couldn'ts vs cooperates voluntarily. >>> economists will get the latest jobs report today and it could have a major impact on u.s. financial markets. the dow and s&p 500 managed to end their four day losing streak on thursday. the nasdaq recovered some losses in a late day rally but still closed lower. blue chips stocks gained half a percent on the day and the s&p finished up about a third of a period. wall street's new trading day gets under youway in about 5 1/ hours. right now you can see a

cnn's sara murray joins us now with the latest there. sarahan you tell us about this ruling from judge cannon? >> well, look, we finally heard -- special master is going to be, it's going to be judge raymond dearie. he's a senior judge out of the new york area, he's the only person that the justice department and the trump team agreed upon, so in some ways, that is not surprising. now, what the government wanted her to do, they wanted to be able to move forward with their criminal investigation. they said, look, if you have put forward the special master, at least don't have this special master go over the 100 classified documents that we found at mar-a-lago after the august search. the judge is saying, no -- the special master's going to review all of these documents. you are not allowed to continue to review these documents, as part of your criminal probe. now, she's saying, look, there's still other stuff that you can do without having access to these documents. there are some witnesses you can question, you can still brief congress on thes

cnn's sara murray joins us now with the latest there. sarah you tell us about this ruling from judge cannon? >> well, look, we finally heard who the special master is going to be. it's going to be judge raymond dear. he is the only person that the justice department and the trump team agreed on. so in some ways, that is not surprising. now what the government wanted her to do, they wanted to be able to move forward with their criminal investigation. they said look, if you put forward a special master, at least don't have the special master go over the 100 classified documents we found at mar-a-lago after the august search. the judge is saying no dice. the special master is going to review all of these documents. you are not allowed to continue reviewing these documents as part of your criminal probe. she is saying look, there is still other stuff you can do without having access to these documents. there are still witnesses you can question. the you can still brief congress on these materials, but you cannot be handling these documents, showin

more now i want to bring in cnn political correspondent sara murray, and senior legal analysis elie honig. good evening to both of you. sarahis new in this unsealed affidavit? >> well don we are just getting a few more details. we are getting a little bit more details about the classification markings that were on documents that the trump team handed over to prosecutors. this is of course before the search at mar-a-lago in august. it has helped build a record leading up to that search warrant. obviously, they point to very sensitive government programs underlying it. we're also getting a few more details about what we heard is a subpoena for the surveillance footage at mar-a-lago. this document makes it clear that it was a subpoena for six months of video footage related to a basement room in mar-a-lago. so, a few more details shedding light on what led up to that search at mar-a-lago, don. >> elie, what can you tell us about the doj investigation from these new unredacted details? >> well, don, the first thing that sort of strikes me is the doj is clearly focused on obstruction of justice. we know that because that is one

murray, legal analyst and former u.s. assistant attorney, jennifer rogers, cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd and cnn's national security analysts -- good evening, everyone. sarahght that judge rejected their request to continue the criminal probe into classified documents while the review plays out. what more do you know? >> that is right. the judge basically said, one, i would not take the government on face value that these governments are classified. she wants a special master to review them, and to, she does not think it will cause irreparable harm for the justice department to press pause on their ability to review the documents. she says you can still go forward in parts of your mastication. if you want to talk to witnesses about other documents removed or stored, you can do things like that, but when it comes to actually viewing the documents, you will be presenting them before a grand jury, which is the unhelpful thing to do when you're in the middle of a criminal investigation. you can't do something like that. she does say do that they can start brief congress, so we are waiting to see if that actually comes to fruition. she did put a timeline on all

murray, cnn legal analyst, and former assistant attorney, general rogers. cnn counterterror list analysis, philip mudd, and cnn national analyst, julia cayenne. good evening. sarah, bad news for the doj tonight. the judge, rejecting their request to continue the premiere lobe into classified documents while the review plays out. what more do you know? >> that's right. the judge, basically, set, one, i won't take the government on face value that these documents are classified. she wants a special master to review them. to, she says, she doesn't think it will cause irreparable harm for the justice department to press pause on their ability to review these documents. she said, you can still go forward with parts of their investigation. if you want to talk to witnesses about how these documents were moved, or storage, you can do that. when it comes to reviewing the documents, forensic may be presenting them before a grand jury, which is a helpful thing to do when you're in the middle of a criminal investigation. you can't do anything like that. she does say, they can brief congress, so, we are waiting to see if that will come to fruition. she put a timeline on all