so, you've got the power of xfinity at home. now take it outside with xfinity mobile. like speed? it's the fastest mobile service around. with the best price for two lines of unlimited. only 30 bucks a line per month. that's hundreds in savings a year when you wave bye to the other guys. no wonder xfinity mobile is one of the fastest growing mobile services. you really shouldn't walk out the front door without it. switch today at xfinitymobile.com.

it was one of the most chaotic meetings that the oval office has ever seen and now cnn is the learning that special prosecutors are questioning witnesses in the room. a weapon banned in more than 100 countries will be used in the battlefield in ukraine by the ukrainians and how they are hoping that cluster munitions from the united states will help them break through the russian front lines. and a rise in cluster sharks and how one community is trying to keep people safe on the beach. with john berman and sara sidner, i'm kate bolduan, and this is cnn "news central." there are new developments of the justice department's

criminal development into donald trump's criminal actions of the election of 2022. we are learning more about the meeting that turned into a screaming match. in this meeting of a house committee meeting, donald trump considered some desperate proposals to keep him in power. >> i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. none of them were providing president with good advice. >> at times they were throwing insults at each other. >> cipollone and hirschman and the other guy, they showed nothing but contempt and disdain of the president. >> there was a point that the screaming was completely,

completely out there. >> i'm going to categorically describe it as you guys are not tough enough. or maybe i will put it another way, you are a bunch of [ bleep ]s. >> okay it is hard to forget those depositions, and three trump advisers trump lawyer, sidney power, and one-time trump adviser patrick flynn, and one time trump ceo patrick brine, and this is a truly chaotic meeting, but what are the prosecutors hoping to learn from speaking to these three people? >> well, we are learning that colleagues have demonstrated recent interest in this december 18th oval office meeting where trump looked on as there was a

showdown of the white house counsel and the group of outside advisers to have executive orders of the white house orders of the preventing widespread voter fraud of key efforts to overturn the election, and the white house oversight committee says this is the meeting when he decides not to listen to his own attorneys who said that you have lost the election, and the other advisers said to push the conspiracy theories and that the election was rigged, and it is a moment that is significant and prosecutors are also interested in what happened that day. >> and the secretary of state saying that his office is complying with prosecutor's

office, and what could the prosecutors learn there? >> they are demanding documents of two lawsuits filed after the 2020 election, and one after the trump campaign, and one after the are republican chairwoman at the time kelly ward. these lawsuits claim that the election was tainted by widespread fraud when there is no evidence to support that claim. and clearly, the prosecutors are looking to put forth lawsuits of baseless claims of fraud and the officials who whelped to contine it. >> it was one of the baseless and asundry lawsuits filed all over america to overturn the election. what we are seeing here is the same as across the united states of america, and it is conspiracy

or attempted conspiracy, and all of the things that are consistent is not consistent with what happened across the rest of the country. >> you heard from the arizona secretary of state who is responding to the subpoena, because it is a multi state coordinated criminal effort to overturn the election by targeting seven states that trump lost and trying to overturn the results there. >> thank you. john. >> and joining us is elie honig, and the details of this oval office meeting are dramatic and outrageous, but what though is the possible criminality there? >> well, the fact to know that something is dramatic and

outrageous does not mean that it is criminal. and there is no doubt that this meeting was outrageous and bananas and choose your word, but the people in the room, the lawyers understood that the plans of action that they were offering were not legal. they were not constitution l a, and t-- constitutional, not legal, and they knew that the objective was not legal. so if they were trying to block or delay the counting of the electoral votes by congress would do it, and if they were trying to defraud the united states of a free and fair election is not legal. so you have to show that there is more than a heated and crazy dispute. >> is just talking about illegal stuff criminal or what would talking about it criminal? >> well, it can be, and don't name names, but if there is a attorney in the room saying that this plan to pressure the vice

president is illegal, and we are going to offering that up is not criminal and proving it to be admitting it is not necessarily criminal based on the meeting of it alone. >> well, both sides of it. then donald trump alone then, and suggesting in terms of the criminality for iters then, what would lean it that way? >> if donald trump did what john eastman was saying, pressure mike pence to throw away the votes, this what he is going to say, here i am in a room full of lawyers and some of them are saying it is legitimate, and others are saying, that is crazy and it is not legal, and i am in

a room full of lawyers, and i am not a lawyer. >> and so, what kind of evidence would they need to prove in their minds that trump knew? >> remember in the january 6th hearings where a parade of meetings when there was a parade of people including ivanka trump who came in, and said, we told him that he lost the election, and so he knew that it was illegal and conspiring and collaborating with some of the lawyers in the room, and he had an illegal objective, you can charge him, but the point of this, it is not cut and dry, and it is not black and white, and you can't point to that meeting and say, oh, my goodness, look at this kay, you and who are we going to charge here. >> we are getting some good

reporting, and many of it from our own team about this special counsel, and many are saying that they are close to pressing charges, but similar things happened with the mar-a-lago documents, but we knew that they had met with special counsel, and are we seeing anything that they are close to pressing charges? >> that is very important. because i can tell you that when we knew they were getting close to mar-a-lago, and we knew that was end of game there, but when we have not seen to me what i would consider a red flag of this is about to happen. it could be, because jack smith has run a tight ship, but of a checklist of all of the things that i would need as a witness,

the subpoenas to the witnesses, and so we have to read into the black box that they have to be near the moment of decision. >> and we don't know that anyone has been identified or told they are a target either. >> right. kate? >> the biden administration is said to be unveiling a new package for ukraine, and it is to include a new weapon that is banned by many countries. it is canisters that carry dozens that have smaller munitions that then scatter along a wide area of a target. the u.s. no longer uses them, but the government has a stockpile, and ukraine has been asking for them against the russian forces.

jim sciutto is here with this to help us understand ukraine requesting these munitions, and help us understand these cluster munitions? >> be frank, it is a devastating weapon to kill soldiers on the battlefield. and the u.s. and the partners would not be sending it to the battledfield if they did not think it was a need for it. perfectly reasonable argument to counter the other danger, but they believe they need a there are multiple lines of trenches and minefields, and it is so hard to break through the line, so that is why it is so hard than westerners are expecting

for this to take so long. so with this assessment, maybe it is essential for them to use. it is a tough question. >> we have heard the pentagon spokesperson fielding the questions, how does the united states mitigate the dangers and when we know one of the danger, and we have seen evidence of it, jim, that children can face the grievous injury when they coming a cross these things. >> i have done stories in viev vietnam and other places where these cluster munitions have been found and kill kids because they have failed and don't explode, and then they pose a danger down the line. congress passed a law a few

years ago that required that any such munitions, the fail rate can be 1% or lower. pentagon has tested and the fail rate is up to 5% or 6%, and that a lot. they said they believe to get it down to 2 or 2%, and it is not 1%, but it is lower, so they are trying to address the earns can, but the fact is that it is kind of comes with it. that danger comes with it. i have spoken to military commanders and they say that one of the things that the ukrainians do that the russians don't do. the russians drop them and they don't care what happened after they dropped them. ukrainians may go back to if any of them are safe, but there is a dang going or yuding them and

last thing they want is for ukraine to endanger their own civilians. >> yes. good to see you. the job growth slowed down in june adding almost 100,000 fewer jobs in may. what does it mean to you? that is coming up. plus, a billionaire battle, twitter versus meta. there is a social media battle. plus, the inside look at a camp in belarus, and where the wagner residents could live if they take the president up on the country in belarus i f.

visit indeed.com/hire [music playing] subject 1: cancer is a long journey. it's overwhelming, but you just have to put your mind to it and fight. subject 2: it doesn't feel good because you can't play outside with other children. subject 3: as a parent, it is your job

to protect your family. but here is something that i cannot do. i cannot fix this. i don't know if my daughter is going to be able to walk. i don't know if she's going to make it till tomorrow. [music playing] interviewer: you can join the battle to save lives by supporting st. jude children's research hospital. families never receive a bill from st. jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food so they can focus on helping their child live. subject 4: childhood cancer, there's no escaping it. but st. jude is doing the work, continually researching towards cures, giving more than just my child a chance at life. interviewer: please, call or go online right now and become a st. jude partner in hope for only $19 a month. subject 5: those donations really matter because we're not going to give up. and when you see other people not giving up on your child,

it makes all the difference in the world. interviewer: when you call or go online with your credit or debit card right now, we'll send you this st. jude t-shirt. you can wear to show your support to help st. jude save the lives of these children. subject 6: st. jude is hope. even today after losing a child, it's still about the hope of tomorrow, because. childhood cancer has to end. interviewer: please, call or go online right now. [music playing] good checkup? no, great checkup! [laughs] nailed it again! keep up the good work! for great checkups, crest has you covered because crest pro-health protects 100% of your mouth for 24 hours. look, ma! no cavities! crest.

a new report out on the u.s. economy with 209,000 jobs added to the e conomy and we spoke to the secretary about this. >> it is stable and calm, and you have already noted and this is unemployment rate 3.6% unemployment, and the predictions is that it would not fall below 4%. >> and washington post opinion columnist, catherine manpel is

here. and you heard from acting labor secretary describe it, and how would you describe it? >> it is a slowdown, but still a solid report of $200,000 is still good in the historical standards, but not with the gang buster reports coming out of the pandemic, but it is higher than the average job growth rate that we had in 10 years preceding the pandemic, so, you know, it is a solid report. it is still a relative lrm -- i don't see anything that shows it is going to let up. >> and we are seeing the health care and government and showing jumps, but one thing that is

interesting is that the labor force for women is reaching an all-time high, and what are you seeing with that? >> i think it is unsung story of this recovery. you may recall that during the recession we heard a lot of talk of the so-called shesession, and women were disproportionally losing their jobs because of the sectors they worked in, and child care and with a result of the disruptions that we saw in 2020, and yet american working women are merging financially coming out of the pandemic, but

i am not sure and how clear why, but it is a highly educated workforce and the women with college degrees are more likely to be working than those without college degree, and we will see a shift in the demographics there, and it is the remote work rise. and this is again disproportionately helping those with college degrees. this is a great story for those punching above their weight in terms of holding the jobs and applying for jobs. men, on the other hand, a different story, and they have not recovered the ground lost early in the pandemic, but women are doing quite well in the labor market. >> we know that the federal reserve is going to have the next meeting late in the month, and what all of this adds up for them, we will have much more time to speak about that. john. >> swiping or not swiping, and mike pence with a not so vailed

swipe at donald trump just before he is due to ararrive in iowa. my freququent heartburn had me taking antacid after r antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a fu 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilos otc. one pill day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. i'm jonathan lawson he to tell you about life insurance through thcolonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54, what's my price?

you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? also $9.95 a month. i just turned 80, what's my price? $9.95 a month for you too. if you're age 50 to 85, call now about the #1 most popular whole life insurance plan available through the colonial penn program. it has an affordable rate starting at $9.95 a month. no medical exam, no health questions. your acceptance is guaranteed. and this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock so your rate can never go up for any reason. so call now for free information and you'll also get this free beneficiary planner. and it's yours free just for calling. so call now for free information.

like ours is spoiling their dogs. good, real food is simple. it looks like food, it smells like food, it's what dogs are supposed to be eating. ♪ experience the feel of a dentist's clean at home. with oral-b. round cleans better by surrounding each tooth. so clean, you'll feel like you just left the dentist. ♪ what you waiting for? ♪ oral-b. brush like a pro. ♪ come and get it. ♪

okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we provide nutrients to support immune, muscle, bone, and heart health. everyone: woo hoo! ensure with 25 vitamins and minerals. enter the $10,000 nourishing moments giveaway. is it possible to protect my business from cyber threats? it is, with comcast business. helping every connected device stay protected. yours. your employees'. even... susan? hers, too. safe. secure. and powered by the next generation 10g network. with comcast business, advanced security isn't just possible. it's happening. get started wih fast spees and advanced security for $49.99a month for 12 monts plus ask how to get up to a $750 prepaid card with qualifying internet.

new this morning, several eastern countries are warning nato of the threat posed by belarus. the countries of poland and

lithuania and those in that euro atlantic area are warning that belarusian government are saying that the plans to those voger in mercenary troops in the country are on hold after president lukashenko flip-flopped on the hosting of mercenary wagner group evgeni pre e evgeni prix -

we go to this report. >> reporter: in this place, where the sat date told us that the mercenary troops would be located if they came to belarus after president lukashenko invited the wagner leader and troops to come after the uprising in russia last month. but at the moment, the tents are completely empty. having a look at them, completely empty, and nobody is in there. and i will tell you that it is wooden platforms and nobody in there at the moment, and it can house as many as 5,000 people. the problem is, of course, the events of yesterday, the statements of president

lukashenko said that the plan is on hold, and you are getting prigozhin, the wagner leader is not here in belbelarus, and believed to be in russia, and not a single soldier has come here, and we don't know whether there is going to be a transfer of wagner troops to belarus, but all we can tell you is that there is no one there. >> so, interesting. no one there. donald trump is head to the state of iowa as the special counsel investigation is looming large. trump arrives there in this not so vailed swipe from his former vice president mike pence. >> look, i honestly believe that different times call for different leadership. i am very confident more so after this week thaf the people of iowa are going to be taking a fresh look not only at us, but

at the former president and all of the candidates. >> okay. monica, that is a body blow from mike pence, and he is talking nr running mate, and what are you seeing, margaret? >> well, collectively, you are seeing from chris christie, and nikki haley, and this general theme of turning the page, and then from desantis and folks supporting desantis, a much more willingness to attack trump on the social issues to fall to the right of him, and collectively, if what this does is to take the gop rivals more will to go after donald trump, that is a real turning point. for the last several months it is going after each other, and

criticizing desantis or trump and then walking away, but a real carefulness of going directly after trump, because the rivals didn't want to alienate the base. and also coming as all of the legal issues are heating up. and so he might want to go to talk about ethanol in iowa. they don't want to concentrate on ethanol but donald trump and anything that he says on the stump can be used against him by prosecutors, and he needs to be more careful. >> what about that? i find it so fascinating, because i have been looking for example of how trump talk, because prosecutors and the judge told him this is nowed a missable in the federal case against him. >> yes, and every reporter in america wants to know how he is going to handle this, too, and we have to wait and see, but you can see how in the last couple of days,s a judge in a

completely lawsuit saying that trump could be deposed, because he had noek and suggests that he not very good at that, but a legal case of running for office and congressional hearings is very, very different. >> and so mike pence is leaving iowa and if we are thinking back to some of the past republican iowa caucus winner, and names that come to mind, mike huckabee, rick santorum, ted cruz and they all having something in common, they never ultimately became the republican nominee, but something else in common is that they ran to

become popular exist in iowa or has trum republican exploded that? >> well, by all early polling accounts, and the latest in the season, and the more polling it is, and just the polling, it is, it appears he has a lock and the question is if and so showing that american are e that they want this trial of withholding the records to be start and done before election day. another is that if you are combining the share of republicans who think that trump

is guilty in that case or don't know, you are around 45%, so you have close of the half of the republicans now each case that he is guilty of the records case, and holding on to them. that could be important, also. >> everyday is a new experience of how. coming up for us, twitter is now threatening legal action over the meta threads. and now in long island, patrols are being stepped up to be on the look out for sharks. what it means now for people headed back to the beach. we'll be right back. all i had to do was answer a couplele questions and got a real offer in seconds. then, they just picked up the car and paid me right on the spot. sell your car at carvrvana dot com today.

wayfair has nice prices so you c have nice things. h! kelly clarkson, we have a kid... and harold. wayfair's got just what you need... performance fabrics, stains don't stand a chance. no chance! -woo! dog friendly and wallet friendly... pug-proved. get nice things with nice prices at wayfair. ♪ wayfair, you've got just what i need ♪ - i got the cabin for three days. it's gonna be sweet! what? i'm 12 hours short. - have a fun weekend. - ♪ unnecessary action hero! unnecessary. ♪ - was that necessary? - no.

neither is a blown weekend. with paycom, employees do their own payroll so you can fix problems before they become problems. - hmm! get paycom and make the unnecessary, unnecessary. - see you down the line. more shopping? you should watch your spending honey. i'm saving with liberty mutual, mom. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. check it out, you could save $700 dollars just by switching. ooooh, i'll look into that. let me put a reminder on my phone. save $700 dollars. pick up dad from airport? ohhhhhh. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ (wheezing) asthma isn't pretty. it's the moment when you realize that a good day... is about to become a bad one. but then, i remembered that the world is so much bigger than that, with trelegy. because one dose a day

helps keep my asthma symptoms under control. and with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy helps improve lung function so i can breathe easier for a full 24 hours. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. trelegy contains a medicine that increases risk of hospitalizations and death from asthma problems when used alone. when this medicine is used with an inhaled corticosteroid, like in trelegy, there is not a significant increased risk of these events. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase risk of thrush and infections. get emergency care for serious allergic reactions. see your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. ♪ what a wonderful world. ♪ ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy for asthma - because breathing should be beautiful.

it is going to be a very busy summer and they want to avoid all of the summer at beaches and they want to avoid all of the shark attacks there. >> very busy assignment there for polo sandoval and the very best assignment. and now, a cnn exclusive about a key oval office meeting, and how does this tell us about how close the jajanuary 6th

commco special counsel might be to charges. here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price?

also $9.95 a month. i just turned 80, what's my price? $9.95 a month for you too. if you're age 50 to 85, call now about the #1 most popular whole life insurance plan available through the colonial penn program. it has an affordable rate starting at $9.95 a month. no medical exam, no health questions. your acceptance is guaranteed. and this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock so your rate can never go up for any reason. so call now for free information and you'll also get this free beneficiary planner. and it's yours free just for calling. so call now for free information. fundamental freedoms are under attack in our country today and there is a national agenda at play by these extremist

so-called leaders. it will be a national ban on abortion. it is the tradition of our country to fight for freedom, to fight for rights... to fight for the ability of all people to be who they are and make decisions about their own lives and their bodies. and we will fight for the ideals of our country. ♪ at morgan stanley, old school hard work meets bold new thinking. ♪ partnering to unlock new ideas, to create new legacies, to transform a company, industry, economy, generation. because grit and vision working in lockstep puts you on the path to your full potential. old school grit. new world ideas. morgan stanley.

today we're in the midst of a resurgence of black voices and stories on television. it's another milestone in the 80-year struggle for black artists to be seen and heard on tv. now the new cnn original series "see it loud" celebrates the creators who have brought black tv to life, and it looks at the impact it's had on american

culture as a whole. here's a preview. >> you know what time it is. >> when i think about the history of black television, i really think about progress. >> for the longest time we were footnotes in history. >> it is so important for us to have african american presentation. >> hey, uncle phil! >> we've talked about things that nobody in this country was willing to have a discussion about. >> i was like, martin, can you believe they call us icons? >> that was one of the first times i saw myself in the sci-fi genre. >> that show was so successful. it launched bravo network. >> tyler perry who owns a studio. in 1950 you never could have imagined it. >> this was an era to be as loud as pbl and as black as possible. >> we are the story. >> joining us now, this legendary actor of screen and stage, a triple threat, ben

vereen. thank you so much for being here. >> my pleasure. blue fire to all my signifma brothers and sisters out there. >> you've played so many memorable roles. your face is in so many things it's hard to count. the "see it loud" series focuses on your role as chicken george. that was in the iconic mini series roots them role means so many things to so many people. there was a particular part where you are freed and you say i's free. everybody remembers that particular line. >> i's free. >> what did it mean to you? >> to me, first of all, all praises to alex haley to have the courage to write something like that and to abc for having the courage to put it on. it meant we have an opportunity now to be free, which we're doing it now.

you know, by you celebrating 80 years -- it's taken us 80 years to talk about having black shows? my god, i'm worried. i'm thinking about my american indigenous people, how long it's going to take for them to get a show. but that moment in the show itself was just -- it was -- wow, i think back on that particular episode and i think about that time, what we're going through in the country, the fact i only had a paragraph, you were a slave and lincoln freed you and then alex haley went and did this wonderful story and i got to talk about our freedom, we're still running for it today. never stopped. >> i think the fact that made "roots" ground breaking was it was so realistic in the acting and the scenes and the discussion of what was going on,

similar to what happened. do you see any show today that's giving america that same sentiment? that's having the same kind of cultural impact? >> not "roots." it was a different time. you only had three channels. now you got computer heavens, and iphones, and tick phones. it's the impact. the focus is spread out over the internet or the air waves, so there is no focus really on what is going on at that particular time in history. that's why it's important we continue to tell the story. we must be reminded of with we came from or it will be repeated again. that's why it's important the story be told. there are great shows out there. i'm thankful now we're finally seeing the -- there's a vast number of people, my people, your people, who are telling our

story. that what television's about, isn't it? that's what story telling is about. >> it is what story telling is about. don't miss the premier of "see it loud, the history of black television" this sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> i'm so jealous you got to talk to him. >> he was marvelous. >> so exciting. >> jesus christ superstar. such a great singer and dancer. >> love how beautifully happy he is. >> he is. he's in a great mood all the time. >> just like us. have a great weekend, everyone. this has been cnn news central. "inside politics", up next. we all need fiber for our digegestive health, but less than 10% of us get enough each day. good thing metamucil gummies are an easy way to get prebiotic, plan. with the same amount of fiber as 2 cs of broccoli. metamucil gummies the ea way to get your daily fiber.

you founded your kayak company because you love the ocean- not spreadsheets. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire

(female announcer) attention! medicare has expanded dexcom coverage -for people with diabetes. -if you have diabetes, getting on dexcom g7 is the single most important thing you can do. it eliminates painful fingersticks, helps lower a1c, and is covered by medicare. before using the dexcom g7, i was really frustrated. my a1c was stuck. (female announcer) dexcom g7 sends your glucose numbers to your phone or dexcom receiver without painful fingersticks. the arrow shows the direction your glucose is heading-- up, down, or steady. and because dexcom g7 is the most accurate cgm, you can make better decisions about food, medication, and activity in the moment. after using the dexcom g7, my a1c has never been lower. i lead line dancing three times a week, and i'm just living a great life now.

(woman) it's so easy to use. dexcom g7 has given me confidence and control that everything i need is right there on my phone. (female announcer) now, millions more are covered by medicare. take advantage of the expanded coverage by calling today. and there he is. chaz. the rec league's self-crowned pickleball king. do you just bow down? no you de-thrown the king. pedialyte. 3x the electrolytes.