big decision. also, lebron's announcement happened at last night's espy awards. demar hamlin honored the training staff that saved his life when his heart stopped in the middle of the sfwam. and president biden is making one final stop on his crucial european trip as nato rallies behind ukraine. house democrats call on republicans to investigate their own so-called whistleblower after he was charged with arms trafficking. jamie raskin will join us live as he pushes for that investigation. chinese hackers breached the email accounts of u.s. officials, including the commerce secretary. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts now. good morning. right now president biden is

closing out his high-stakes trip to europe with a show of force from russia's backyard. he is meeting with leaders of finland after a crucial summit where he made a vow that the united states and allies will not waiver in their support for ukraine. president biden said nato has, quote, never been stronger, as sweden also prepares to join the alliance. he is set to take questions this morning at a news conference. defense secretary lloyd austin sat down for an exclusive interview with wolf blitzer where they talked about ukraine's future and nato. >> from a military standpoint, mr. secretary, how close is ukraine to meeting nato's standards? >> well, there are a number of things that will have to be done, as you know. a big part of their inventory is legacy equipment, and so in

terms of training and equipping, there is work to be done, but we are doing that work as we are helping them as they fight this war. and so things have been done up to this point. there is more that will need to be done to ensure that they have a full complement of capability. >> so after the war ukraine will become a member of nato? >> i have no doubt that will happen. we heard just about every -- all of the countries in the room say as much. and i think that was reassuring to president zelenskyy. but there are other things that have to happen as well. you know, judicial reform. you know, things that make sure that the democracy is in good shape. those things will take place over time. >> how much time do you think it takes after the war, assuming the war ends, god willing it will end some day, how much time

for nato to welcome ukraine as a full member? >> i won't speculate on that, wolf. i will just say that all of the countries that i have witnessed are interested in moving as quickly as possible. >> do you think all 31 members of nato want ukraine in? >> i think it will be 32 by that time. >> sweden? >> right. but i do believe that everyone wants ukraine to be onboard. >> sweden is now set to join nato. how is it, from your analysis, and you got good analysts, how is putin reacting to this expansion of nato? >> well, i am sure putin is very concerned. this is probably something that he didn't expect to happen, although president biden warned him of this at the very beginning. but he has brought nato closer to his doorstep, and so if you are him, you would certainly be concerned about what you are seeing. but countries like sweden and

finland bring a lot to the alliance, and we are happy to have them onboard. i was just in sweden a couple of weeks ago. i got a chance to spend time with the minister of defense and visit some of their troops, look at their capabilities. they will bring value to the alliance right away. and it's a strong democracy, wolf, and that's really the most important point. >> and cnn anchor and host of the "situation room" wolf blitzer joins us now. such an important interview with the defense secretary. he talked to you about the controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. what stood out to you? >> he thought it was really important that the united states provide these cluster munitions or these cluster bombs to ukraine. the russians have been using these cluster bombs against ukrainians and they have been devastating. the russians invaded ukraine.

he points out that ukraine needs these cluster bombs to defend themselves, defend their territory, to defend their people. the russians have been hitting civilian targets, residential apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, and these cluster munitions will help the ukrainians defend themselves. so he was very supportive. and he said even when he was an active duty military personnel before he became defense secretary he dealt with cluster munitions. he knows all about them and they can be used in a safe and secure way. that's what he was saying. >> you also spoke to him about senator tommy tuberville's block on military aappointments. what did he have to say? >> he was very, very disappointed in senator tuberville. he said this is a national security issue. what tuberville, in effect, is doing is undermining u.s. national security. i have a clip from the interview. let she play this exchange i had with the defense secretary on tuberville. listen to this.

>> republican senator tommy tuberville is blocking military promotions right now, confirmations, in the senate, because he wants to protest the pentagon's policy of ensuring abortion access for women who serve in the u.s. military. is senator tuberville now actively undermining u.s. national security? >> thanks, wolf. this is a national security issue. we just talked about, we sat down a couple of minutes ago, what a complex environment this is around the world, quite frankly. we see the tough things that we are dealing with in, here in europe as we continue to provide support to ukraine in its efforts to testified its sovereign territory. we are working hard to keep the right balance in the indo-pacific and strengthen our alliances and we need leaders to be able to do that.

this is -- this is a national security issue. it's a readiness issue. we shouldn't kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. >> senator tuberville said he has only spoken to you about this once, back in february. why not have a conversation with him and get this resolved? >> i will. i certainly will continue to engagement yeah. >> but you are not doing it right now. the last conversation was in february. >> it was in march, end of march. but, yeah, i'll engage. >> you will talk to him. your message will be? >> he needs to lift the holes. this is a national security issue. it's a readiness issue. >> and it's going to be the first time, if tuberville continues to do what he is doing, that there won't be a commandant for the u.s. marine corps. that's going to be a major problem for the u.s. marine

corps as well. there is a lot going on right now. the secretary of defense has a lot on his plate, lots of problems involving nato and the alliance and all that have. certainly, problems involving china and taiwan. problems around the world. so he has his hands fumble. he made that clear to me during the course of our interview. >> you mentioned china. what else did he say about that? >> it's really significant what's going on. the u.s. is going to make sure that there is a dialogue, if at all possible, with china. he says the u.s. sees china as a competitor, not necessarily as an enemy or anything along those lines. he wants to try to reestablish direct communications, not only between himself and his chinese counterparts, but with other u.s. officials and chinese officials to make sure there is no blunders out there, especially because of all of the interceptions going on around taiwan. this is a very, very critically important military-related issue

for the u.s. defense department. he is worried about what's going on. a lot of u.s. military personnel are worried. they want to make sure what's going on in taiwan does not explode in some sort of full-scale war and he is sending these messages directly to the chinese leadership. >> all right. wide ranging interview with the defense secretary. thank you. you can see more of the exclusive interview with secretary austin tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. this morning a ukrainian general speaking to cnn from the battlefield weighing in on the state of the fighting in eastern ukraine and the u.s. decision to send cluster munitions. cnn's alex mark art is live with more. >> reporter: yeah, phil, we sat down today with the general. he is in charge of part of the southern front. arguably, the most important part of in counteroffensive as ukraine tries to split that land bridge. he is very optimistic about what

these clusters can do on the battlefield. russian troops are going to be afraid, he this may vacate areas, he thinks, where they could be most effective. he is keenly aware of how dangerous they are for civilians and says that in line with the promise that was made to the united states, that they will not be used in heavily populated areas and they will keep track where these cluster munitions are used for deutfuture de-mini operations. take a listen. >> translator: have you used them already? >> reporter: how much do you think they are going to change the fight? >> and, phil, after the u.s. made this announcement they would be sending cluster munitions to ukraine, russia

responded angrily, saying they would be forced to respond in kind. an official saying that russia should empty its arsenal of inhumane weapons. as you know, russia has been using these cluster munitions, their own, since the very beginning of this war and that was one of the main arguments that the u.s. made in sending these cluster munitions to ukraine. as for the progress on the counteroffensive, the general says that it has been slow. he says there has been moderate success, but he blames the months of preparation that the russians had to lay out dense mine fields and really the fierce attacks that they have been carrying out since this counteroffensive began a month ago for the slow progress ukraine is making. >> the biden administration has given ukraine assurances that it will join nato when the war ends and has given it security guarantees until that happens. what is the reaction on the ground there to that? >> reporter: well, i think it's mixed.

they are hailing this summit as a success. we know that they are coming back to -- these leaders are coming back to ukraine with less than he hoped for. they wanted a concrete timeline, a map of how and when they would get to join nato. they didn't get that. so we heard president zelenskyy going into the summit saying it was unprecedented and absurd. his tone softened over the following 48 hours as it became clear he was going to be getting significant short and long-term aid packages and security guarantees. we saw the g7 promise, long-term security guarantees and other kinds of support. so they are hailing this as a success, but it is less than what they hoped for. eventually, they will join nato. and that's what they are really grabbing on to, is this real assurance that once this war ends, that they will join nato, and join in a streamlined fashion because the process was essentially reduced from two steps to one step. so they are saying it was a success, but it was certainly less than they hoped for when they went to vilnius.

>> thanks so much. the biden administration is on defense this morning after we are learning chinese hackers breached the u.s. commerce department in an apparent spying campaign against about two dozen u.s. organizations. that's what two sources tell n. sessed commerce secretary's account. the attack is part of a wider e microft acknowledged late tuesday. two sources familiar with the matter say the hackers targeted email accounts at the house of representatives. it's unclear which offices or if their attempts were successful. here is what john kirby said moments ago. >> we are, obviously, taking a fresh look at the systems and our cloud computing capabilities to make sure we can are more resilient in the future. our networks are attacked every day by cyber actors around the world. it is not uncommon for some of those state actors, russia, iran, north korea, china, to be

a part of that process. but again i don't want to get ahead of where we are. >> and joining us now former director of the cybersecurity infrastructure security agency chris krebs. he was fired by former president trump via tweet after calling the 2020 election the most secure in american history. chris, help us better understand what this means. how widespread is this attack and how sensitive is the information that has been exposed? >> good morning. thanks for having me on. well, i think the good news here is that it was a fairly short duration attack. my understanding is that they obtained or accessed accounts at state department in may of this year. it was discovered in mid-june and promptly notified to microsoft and microsoft was able to close out the access. as you mentioned, it's only a handful of accounts. however, as you point out, the secretary's account was included in the compromise. and talks with china are at an

all-time high right now, concluding with secretary yellen's visit and a promise and discussion about the secretary's visit to china. why? sanctions. there are a number of issues that the white house is looking at with foreign direct investment in childcna. this group went after very sensitive information from a diplomatic and trade perspective. i think that they probably were not as successful as they would have liked, but it highlights a number of issues with the government's dependency on large technology companies and third-party providers. >> it's a great point. some people may wonder why the commerce secretary. what they have been leading on in terms of export controls, in terms of all the issues you laid out on the sanctions front has been critical in terms of the u.s. kind of economic warfare to some degree with china.

access to emails of a cabinet secretary, is that information they can glean intelligence from? >> well, any information can be intelligence. it doesn't have to be classified. diplomatic trade negotiations, sanction discussions can be flowing over unclassified channels. i think there -- look, i don't know how much email secretary uses. i have known secretaries that rejected the use of email or used it minimally. so there is some hope that there was not great deal of information here. but i want to highlight that we are increasingly putting our trust in private sector providers of services. this isn't like the old days where you maintain your own email with a server down the hall. governments, banks, critical infrastructure are trusting the private sector companies like microsoft to get it right and time and time again we see that

perhaps there is an asymmetrical balance that the adversary has over a standalone private sector company. i expect this will not be a one-day news cycle. i know congress and the white house are asking very uncomfortable questions and i suspect microsoft will be providing some awkward answers. >> do you think that we know the breadth of it or is there still a possibility that there are still consequences of the hack that microsoft or the government might not even be aware of yet? >> absolutely. i think that there are some fundamental questions like how did this happen, when did this happen? you have to consider the signing key that the chinese operatives were able to obtain as a crown jewel. this was a money printing equivalent. this was a passport printing equivalent as i saw this an article this morning. this was a trusted certificate that said, hey, i am from

microsoft, you can trust me. that allowed the chinese actors to print their own access and-- into email accounts. we have to figure out how broadly it was. a and i think there is another shoe to drop there. did they steal other keys? i hope we will get to the bottom of this, but unfortunately, it may be that just the information, the data is not there in the chinese -- and the chinese operatives were quiet and skilled. >> all right. chris kreb, thank you. christopher wray defends the bureau from a barrage of republican attacks on capitol hill. what he said about accusations of bias against conservatives and the republican chairman of the house oversight committee after being accused of being an agent for committee. jamie raskin will join us live. he is calling for an investigation. new overnight, major hollywood studios and streamers failed to reach a deal with the

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jocelyn benson has been interviewed by special counsel jack smith's office back in march. she is the latest state official facing questions as part of the investigation looking into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. this is what she told cnn last night. >> i think it's important that that evidence be taken seriously, and i have confidence it is being taken seriously, and we are willing to go over and over again with the relevant

authorities everything we endured and experienced and witnessed to ensure, again, whether there is evidence of a pernicious and strategic effort to overturn the will of the voters, justice is served. >> joining us now democratic representative from maryland jamie raskin, a former member of the january 6th select committee and the ranking member on the house oversight committee. thank you so much for your time this morning. so benson is the third state official to be interviewed by the special counsel that we know of. she is the secretary of state. as a former member of the january 6th committee, what does this tell you about where the investigation is going? >> it seems clear to me that jack smith, the special prosecutor, is reconstructing the entire plot to overthrow the result of the 2020 presidential election. that was how donald trump started. he went state by state to try to get the legislatures to overthrow the legitimate electors and install counterfeit slates of electors pledged to

him. it seems to me that jack smith is following the trail of evidence that donald trump left behind him. >> and of course the fbi still investigating all of this. the fbi under attack by your colleagues across the aisle. they are ausing the fbi of weaponizing it and being political and being biased. here's what ray had to say about those accusations. >> the idea that i'm biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me, given my own personal background. as to how we are approaching our work, protecting the american people, it starts with me having emphasized to the folks over and over again in everything we do, we need to do the right thing in the right way, and that means following the facts whenever they lead no matter who likes it. >> in your view, how harmful are these attacks on wray and the fbi as an institution?

>> extremely harmful. they are throwing the entire apparatus of federal law enforcement under the bus in their eagerness to wrap themselves around donald trump's lies. they would prefer to have people believe that christopher wray, a donald trump appointee, who is a conservative republican, is involved in some kind of conspiracy against donald trump and his supporters rather than accept the fact that donald trump took with him hundreds and hundreds of documents that didn't belong him, many of them confidential, top secret, and there is even photographic evidence of it, but they would prefer to concoct a whole outlandish conspiracy theory rather than accept the possibility that their hero was acting completely consistent with his character and thinking that he was above the law and took all of these documents and then refused to return them, even when given multiple opportunities to do so. >> and as you know, your

colleagues across the aisle are focused on going after the biden administration in every way that essentially they can. i want to talk about this man, he allegedly had damning information, according to james comer, related to hunter biden's activities in china. he has been indicted on serious charges from arms trafficking to sanctions violations to acting as an unregistered agent for china and now you are asking for him to be investigated. what do you think that would accomplish? >> this is their star witness. the person they have been promising for weeks will come forward and blow the cover on the big bribery plot they have been unable to produce any evidence about related to president biden. so they said this is the guy as recently as friday. chairman comer was saying this is a very credible witness. turns out, with the unsealed indictment from yesterday or the

day before, that he is a fugitive from justice who is at large, who is facing an eight-count indictment from november of last year for being an unregistered foreign agent for chinese government interests, for making false statements to federal agents and for engaging in unlawful arms trafficking deals and export, trading chinese arms for iranian oil. and this is the guy their colleagues want us to depend on for, you know, blowing the cover on some non-existent bribery investigation? so, look, the fact is that what they are going after was already considered by donald trump's appointee, a u.s. attorney in the western district of pennsylvania under william barr and they found nothing. they found no reason to proceed

from an assessment of the evidence to a full-blown investigation. so that should have been the end of the story. instead, they are out there playing spy versus spy with these people who are basically using the oversight committee of the united states house of representatives as a dupe. this guy is in hiding. he is a fugitive. and he is using his ability to wow the members of the majority of the oversight committee to wrap himself in some kind of legitimacy or authority. it's kind of like with what george santos did with the republican party. they are attracting con men -- >> well, let me ask you, comer said, look, yhe might be a bad guy, clearly, but i still want to talk to him. it isn't possible he could have credible information? >> he has been indicted for making false statements. this is the person we are going to rely on? when all of these matters have

already been considered by donald trump's own department of justice. william barr. we are talking about trump's u.s. attorney in the western district of pennsylvania. they already looked at all of this evidence or alleged evidence, but they looked at these tips, and they led nowhere. now they are recycling the same old giuliani allegations through the guise of this guy who wants to wrap himself in the cloak of the house oversight committee and we have got senator ron johnson on the other side of capitol hill saying he should be given immunity. in other words, he should be given a clean slate for all of his arms trafficking crimes and false statement crimes and failing to register as an agent for the chinese government, so he can talk to the oversight committee about tips that have already been discredited and re reputed by donald trump's department of justice. we are in "alice in wonderland"

here. >> thank you. a key witness in the house january 6th committee hearings cassidy hutchinson will release a moemoir this fall. she was pivotal in the year-long investigation of the attack. hutchinson provided damaging testimony against former president trump alleging that the secret service resisted his demands to join the insurrectionists at the capitol and that members of trump's inner circle offered jobs and money while she was cooperating with the committee. enough, the title of the book, will be released september 26th. and moderate democratic senator joe manchin is heading to new hampshire raising questions about a possible third-party run for the presidency. here is what he is saying now about that, up next. but the same ai-powered security that protects s all of google also defends these services for everyoyone who lives here. ♪ (vo) consumerer reports evaluates vehicles for car shoppers in... reliability, safety, owner satisfaction,

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♪ no, this is nothing about a third party, not about running for office. it's a dialogue for common sense, which is hard to have here, finding commonality. we are going around the country talking to people that want this approach to how we fix problems. it's not happening here. >> yeah, nobody goes to new

hampshire to talk about politics. that was moderate democratic senator joe manchin appearing to dispel rumors he plans to run for president on a third-party ticket. why is there speculation? he plans to go to a town hall event with no labels. they are actively considering running a third-party candidate in 2024. joining us to explain everything we need to know about all the things related to politics, jeff zeleny. i was out of washington and talking to family and friends who aren't tied into washington. they are asking about third-party candidates, no labels, which is stunning to me, and i am a little bit dismissive of it. third-party candidates. what's a threat? >> it certainly causes alarm, particularly in the biden world. this is why. this no labels organization has been around a little while, several years, actually, and

what they are talking about a unity ticket. putting up a republican and a democrat, or a democrat or a republican, whichever order if biden and trump are the nominees of the representative parties next year. democrats are concerned because they believe it siphons more votes from the democratic side than from the republican side because trump voters are loyal, they believe. some biden voters aren't as enthusiastic. we look back to history. ross perot in 1992. did he help bill clinton and hurt president george h.w. bush? perhaps. also in 2016, jill stein was the green party candidate. there is worry. and senator manchin has not said if he is running for re-election. it's raising some eyebrows in terms of what he is up to. >> is that the biggest threat? >> it's not the only threat. >> talking about biden. >> it's not the only threat. we mentioned jill stein. the green party is on the ballot

in most every date. cornell west is trying to be candidate. many democrats, including david axlerod, the former architect of the obama campaign, is causing, he says this should raise the alarm for democrats particularly in the ball wall michigan, wisconsin, would he siphon votes away from biden. plenty of time for democratic bed-wetting and hand-wringing. >> on the other side of the aisle, you have tim scott announcing as well as chris christie saying they reached the donor threshold. chris christie has been one of donald trump's biggest antagonists. does that put pressure for trump to show up? >> chris christie, he thought he would thit the threshold. yesterday he did. all week long he has been calling the former president a coward. yesterday he said, donny, come on in, are you not gonna debate? we will see if he can goad him into this.

we don't know what donald trump is going to do. my guess there will be plenty of reading of the tee leaves until the week of all 23rd when that debate happens in milwaukee. i think this is something he might be wise to skip because he is the frontrunner in this party. he does not always play to conventional strategy. can the former president sort turn away the oxygen and attention from that debate? huge for chris christie to get on the stage. mike pence hasn't qualified yet. can he get 40,000 donors in 20 different states? harder than it sounds. >> gift cards. >> if you have the money to do it. >> fascinating trying to watch them. thank you. and this just in. a key inflation report has been released. we will break down the numbers up next. and major hollywood studios and streamers failed to reach with deal with the union representing actors. >> i just hope that studios and streaming services are able to be as open and collaborative with the actors union so people

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to give a sense of what we can expect to see with consumer inflation, consumer prices, the things that we spend. the sense, if it's falling here, it should continue to fall in consumer inflation which of course that report yesterday we saw, rate. jobless claims, this is the most real-time indicator of what's happening in the labor market. this comes out once a week and gives us a sense of how many americans are filing for unemployment benefits. we were expecting this number to actually tick up slightly, but it ticked down to 237,000, ticked down 12,000 from the week prior, continuing claims, that is the number of people who continue to file for unemployment benefits. that ticked up slightly, but was pretty much in line with what expectations were. guys, this is a sense of in a labor market that we had been expecting would start to soften, we are not really seeing that. perhaps marginally, but not really this. this continues to be strong at least right now.

>> all right. thanks for breaking it down. appreciate it. hollywood is on verge of yet another work stoppage after the latest round of talks between the s.a.g. union and hollywood studios collapsed overnight. the actors union is preparing for the national board to authorize a strike. live in los angeles, natasha, is this a done deal at this point? >> we are very much expecting the strike to happen, phil, because the membership of 160,000 actors in this guild had already overwhelmingly authorized a strike if a deal was not reached and this is already an extension of their first deadline. so we will wait for that result at noon in los angeles, 3:00 p.m. eastern. i want to read what the chief negotiators said about the negotiations. the studios and streamers have implemented massive unilateral changes in our industry's business model while at the same time insisting on keeping our contracts frozen in amber. the studios and streamers underestimated our members' resolve as they are about to

fully discover. here is one actor on the picket line this week talking about that resolve. >> i think, like, people assume that, you know, writers in hollywood or actors in hollywood are all sort of wealthy and successful and, you know why should we need more money? what i don't think people realize is there is a middle class of writers and actors is decision peering because they are making it more difficult to make a living. >> difficult because they are asking for more wages and also they see on the horizon how artificial intelligence could threaten their work. the studios said that they actually offered a groundbreaking deal with protections regarding a.i. here's part of what they said. we are deeply disappointed that s.a.g. h dided to walk away from negotiations. this is the union's choice, not ours, rather than continuing to negotiate, it will deepen the financial hardship for thousands

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