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t we got the comnt from defense secretary lloyd austin who told our wolf blitzer to quell the fears ofhese weapons they will record the places they use them in ukraine and prioritize de-mining efforts and said the u.s. will help us do that. does that mean that after the war is over, the u.s. will come in and help out? is that how we should read that? >> i think you should read it exactly that way. when this war ends, however it ends, and i think it will end successfully for ukraine, i think you can count on the fact there will be a large number of nato nations that want to assist, including the united states, in cleaning up and rebuilding a successful, strong ukrainian economy. >> david to you in helsinki. five years ago, president trump threatened to pull the united states out of nato and cripple the alliance. the 2024 election is coming, president trump is the front runner so far in the republican party, biden expected to run. so nato and ukraine be concerned whether president biden's assurances and nato's assurances that they will have support in the long haul? should they be worrie

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i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> first up tonight, cnn's exclusive new reporting on that chaotic oval office meeting now at the center of special counsel jack smith's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us. she has new information. take us through the details the special counsel seems so interested in. >> reporter: wolf, this was a wild meeting in the oval office in the trump administration, even by the trump administration's standards. we know that this is something that prosecutors have looked at in the past. we are now learning, our team from sources familiar with the matter, that prosecutors have been asking witnesses about this meeting more recently, including rudy giuliani. let's take a look at some of the folks who were in this december oval office meeting. there are people that you might expect to be there. people like mark meadows, the white house chief of staff. people like pat cipollon

i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." ♪ >>> donald trump's legal team is preparing to defend him against newly revealed charged, even as additional indictments of the former president are very, very possible in the immediate days ahead. paula reed is following all of this for us. paula, the classified documents case against trump is broader and more serious now that these new charges have been added. >> reporter: new charges and a new co-defendant. yesterday, wolf, as everyone was watching the grand jury in washington, a grand jury down in florida returned a superseding indictment, expanding the current case against the former president. the big question is whether the new charges and another defendant might allow the former president to delay a potential trial until after the 2024 election. former president donald trump facing new legal peril tonight. adding two charges against trump for an effort to alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal surveillance footage that is at the heart of the pros

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> right now we're following some major fast-moving developments in the criminal investigation of donald trump and january 6th and the criminal prosecution of the former president in the classified documents case. cnn's paula reid is standing outside the courthouse in florida for us where a critical hearing just wrapped up a short while ago. first let's go to chief correspondent kaitlan collins. i know you have excellent sources. what more are you learning tonight about this target letter and is the former president concerned? >> i this i tnk there is definia level of concern here. tom branch, one of the top attorneys on the case, has known about this for self days. several days. it does signal that charges could potentially be imminent here. it essentially offers trump a chance to come and testify before the grand jury. he has fours days to do so. that would mean before thursday he can go before the grand jury. it is widely expected he is not going to

wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, ukraine is claiming responsibility for an attack on a bridge linking crimea to russia, a vital supply line for vladimir putin's war. i'll ask key white house official john kirby about the strike and putin's vow to retaliate for what he's calling a terrorist attack. >>> also tonight, the federal judge in the trump classified documents case is now looking to push the ball forward on actually setting a trial date. we're getting new information about tomorrow's leadoff hearing in the criminal prosecution of the former president. >>> and under fire from fellow democrats, representative pramila jayapal is attempting to walk back her remark that israel is, quote, a racist state. but republican house speaker kevin mccarthy wants more, nann demanding that jayapal's party take action against her. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we begin this hour with the war

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin the night in the key port city of odesa as residents there prepare for a fourth consecutive night of russian attacks. cnn international correspondent alex marquardt is on the ground there. you've witnessed these attacks up close since the first night. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, wolf, this city is anxiously awaiting to see whether russia intends to target after these three nights of intense attacks. these were the worst strikes over the past three nights that this city has seen since the beginning of this war. we just heard from president zelenskyy in his nightly address saying over the past four days some 90 shawhead drones have been fired at ukraine and 70 missiles. last night we saw russia use four different kinds of cruise missiles, long-range strategic bombers. they filed all of these drones, at least three people were killed last night. wolf, we went to one of those sites that was struck by a missile earlier today in downtow

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ >>> we begin with donald trump bracing right now for a potential third criminal indictment in the days or perhaps even hours ahead, the former president, by his own admission, is expecting new charges after learning he's a target of the special counsel's criminal investigation of january 6th and 2020 election interference. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is working the legal angles of this story for us. cnn's kristen holmes is covering trump who is holed up in his new jersey golf club right now. first to evan. we are getting new insight into the potential -- potential charges against trump. give us the latest. >> that's right, wolf. this could happen as soon as tomorrow or friday. what we know according to "the wall street journal" and other outlets who have gotten some insight from the target letter that the special counsel sent to the former president, we know of at least three statutes that the special counsel has informed the forme

. >> cnn's wolf blitzer is on the ground and waiting to hear the president and the finnish president take questions, but you also heard lloyd austin take question, and he has been working very hard to support ukraine, but to hear his thoughts about ukraine's path to nato membership as well. >> you know, he was very, very blunt. and kate, he was very, very blunt in giving the assessment as to what is going to on as far as the nato alliance and the prospect that he is hoping will happen at some point and ukraine is going to become a full-scale member of nato. we talk about what ukraine has to do to become a full scale member of nato, and he was very, very blunt. he said that president zelenskyy has been pushing very, very hard for nato to allow ukraine to be admitted as a full-scale ally in this alliance very, very important for ukraine. and that is how the ukrainian president sees it. let me play a clip, and a little bit of the explain that we had this morning here in lithuania. listen to this. >> reporter: so you have no doubt that after the war, ukraine is going to become a member o

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." tonight, on the eve of a pivotal nato summit, we're learning that ukrainian president zelenskyy plans to make a personal appeal on ukraine's bid to join the alliance. he'll attend the summit and hold face-to-face talks with president biden. cnn white house correspondent or let saenz is joining us live from vilnius. what are you hearing from your sources about the biden/zelenskyy meeting. >> reporter: president biden will sit down with volodymyr zelenskyy here at the nato summit in vilnius, lithuania, according to an official familiar with it. now, the meeting comes as zelenskyy's attendance had been in question. it will be one sign of unity as russia's war in ukraine is expected to dominate much of the conversation here at the nato summit. these allies are also expected to discuss a pathway for ukraine to eventually join nato. zelenskyy has been seeking security guarantees and wants to have a more clear time line. a more clear road map for how ukraine could join the alliance. but pres

the pentagon chief lloyd usa tip echoed his boss in a new cnn interview with wolf blitzer as soon as the war ends with russia -- >> you have no doubt that after the war, ukraine will become a member of nato? >> i have no doubt that that will happen. we heard just about every country in the room say as much. i think that was reassuring to president zelenskyy. >> how much time do you think it will take after the war, assume the war ends, god willing it will end, how much time will it take for nato to welcome ukraine as a full member? >> i spwon't speculate on that. i will just say all the countries that i witnessed are interested in moving as quickly as possible. >> wolf blitzer is with us now from lithuania. what a great interview, wolf. very revealing with the defense chief. >> reporter: he was very blunt in talking about the prospects of ukraine joining nato. he made it clear that's not going to happen until the war is over. the united states does not want tos necessarily get involved in what some officials describe as a potential world war iii, where the u.s. and russian troops wou

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." our top story this hour, the avalanche of charges against donald j. trump. the former president of the united states hit with an expanded indictment in the classified documents case that accuses him of trying to destroy potentially critical evidence. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is here with me in "the situation room." you helped break the news right here on our program last night. walk us through the additional charges. what we're learning. >> reporter: this superseding indictment reads like a scene from a mob movie, and really what the former president is described as doing essentially by prosecutors orchestrating a scheme with his employees from mar-a-lago to try to delete surveillance footage after prosecutors had sent a subpoena asking for him to turn over for the trump organization to turn over surveillance that showed, you know, the key room, this storage room where these boxes inc including classified documents that the government says were illegal le stored t

. >>> 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 thin

. >>> first wolf blitzer with what is next in "the situation room." wolf?new york governor kathy hochul. her state which is my home state digging out right now from devastating floods after storms dumped up to eight inches of rain in just 24 hours and the danger, by the way, is not over yet. much of the northeast is bracing for even more rain tonight, 9 million americans are under flood alert right now, all of that, much more coming up right at the top of the hour right here in "the situation room." beautiful. you see how the light catches the hubcap? stunning. you sure you don't want your family in the family photos? they helped us save money when we bundled, so... yeah. same difference. okay. this one's going on the mant. somebody would ask her something and she would just walk right past them. she didn't know they were talking to her. i just could not hear. i was hesitant to get the hearing aids because of my short hair. but nobody even sees them. our nearly invisible hearing aids are just one reason we've been the brand leader for over 75 years. when i

i'm wolf blitzer. thanks very much for watching.us, lithuania, 6:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have an exclusive interview tomorrow with the defense secretary lloyd austin. "erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, the breaking news. a senior russian general in charge of ps

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but first cnn's wolf blitzer with what's coming up in "the situation room." interview yesterday with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. he refused to commit to abides by the israeli supreme court if it were to overrule his very controversial judicial overhaul. netanyahu offering new remarks today as he tries to ease the fallout. we're going to tell you what he's saying now and why his critics clearly aren't satisfied. all that and much more coming up in "the situation room" right here at the top of the hour. oft tax attorneys will work with your cpa to determine if your company is eligible. [whip sound] take the first step to see if your small business qualifies. >>> our mission at cnn, that the news comes first. news comes first. that's the promise o subway's now slicing their meats fresh. that's why subway's proffered by this champ. and this future champ. and if we proffer it, we know you'll proffer it too. he's cocky for a nineteen year old. >>> in the money lead today, the white house says it's watchi the sudden spike of gas pres, quote, ve

wolf blitzer is on assignment. i'm john king and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the nato summit and the growing pressure being placed on the alliance by the president of ukraine. volodymyr zelenskyy sounding increase leg frustrated by the lack of a clear path for nato membership and arguing his war-torn nation deserves "respect." cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz is covering the summit in vilnius, lithuania. heading into a critical face-to-face meeting between the two presidents, biden and zelenskyy? >> reporter: yeah, john, zelenskyy made his frustrations clear hours before he even set foot here in vilnius, lithuania. tomorrow, all eyes will be on that sit-down between president biden and ukrainian president zelenskyy. officials say going into that meeting, the president plans to discuss the u.s. long-term commitments that they can make towards ukraine as they're looking to help boost ukraine in its war against russia and also deter further aggression by russia at a time when ukraine r

i'm wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuania, and you're in "the situation room." >>> we're live in vilniuslithuania, as president biden is flying back to washington from europe right now. we're watching all of these developments. the president wrapping his urgent talks with nato and nordic allies and sending a very stark message to vladimir putin. cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz is joining us right now from helsinki fi, finland. arl arlette, does the president feel he accomplished his goals. >> reporter: president biden told reporters he did feel he accomplished the goals he set out to meet as he traveled here to the nato summit over the course of the past week, and he argued he comes out of the summit with a strengthened nato alliance, and also an alliance that has boosted their support around ukraine. president biden made his final stop here in helsinki, finland, which is really a show of s symbolism and force against russia's war in ukraine, especially when you consider that finland is the newest ally of the nato alliance. the president met with sweden, which is soon expecte

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." our top story tonight, a former american prisoner of russia wounded on the battlefield in ukraine. let's go right to cnn's alex marquardt. he is in the ukraine war zone for us. he's got more on the revelations about marine veteran trevor reed. what are you learning, alex? >> well, wolf, let's start with what we do know. there is lots we're still trying to figure out. what we do know is former marine trevor reed was fighting here in ukraine. he was injured while he was fighting. we're told that he was then taken to the capital, kyiv for his first medical treatment, before he was sent then to germany. we understand an ngo which has not yet been identified helped trevor reed get to germany where he is being treated at the landstuhl military facility. he is still there currently being treated. but big questions still remain, wolf, where he was when he got injured, how he got injured specifically, how long he had been fighting in ukraine, and who he was fuguing with. so those questions sti

. >>> but first, here is cnn's wolf blitzer, fellow nba fan. always gives me a reason to smile.anks very much. mark esper will join us live here in "the situation room." we'll discuss the stunning news that former u.s. marine trevor reed was injured while fighting in ukraine after the u.s. went to great lengths to secure his release in detention in russia. i'll also get esper's reaction to u.s. soldier travis king who crossed into north korea and is now being held by kim jong-un's regime. that and a lot more coming up right at the top of the hour, right near "the situation room." my retirement funds allow me to enjoy what i love to do. as long as you can make an impact, why stop? rich, velvety coffee. café quality espresso. one high-pressure system that can do both. brew to your heart's dere with the l'or barista system. a masterpiece in taste. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? >> vo: for us, driving around is the only way we can get our baby to sleep, so when our windshield cracked, we needed it fixed right. we went to safelite.com. there's no one else we'd trust. their exp

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin this hour with the intense scrutiny of the federal grand jury investigating donald trump and 2020 election interference. anticipation about the panel's next move running high right now as trump has acknowledged he may be indicted again, and he may be indicted soon. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is working the story for us. the federal grand jury was expected to meet today. where do things stand tonight? >> we did not see them. our casey gannon, who spends a lot of time in the court and that courthouse, was there today. and they typically show up on tuesdays and thursdays. and today, we did not see them. so the question remains, when is this going to happen? the former president was notified, as you pointed out, just over a week ago that an indictment could be coming. and so everything indicates that is still the case. that the former president is likely to be indicted by the special counsel. it's just a matter of when. now,

that's where westolf blitzer is. wolf?ortant what's about to unfold here in lithuania. we're standing by here in the capital, where any minute we expect to hear directly from the president of the united states. natasha bertrand is here with me. we're watching this unfold. this is a critically important seech. he has various audiences he's addressing. >> that's exactly right. he has to strike a dell indicate balance between showing ukraine that the u.s., obviously, robustly supports them in their war against ukraine, but also reiterating that now is not the time for them to join nato. so he has to really strike this delicate balance between empathizing with what his country needs and what he's doing through, but also explaining why now is not the right time for ukraine to be a member of that alliance. i think what we're going to hear today is very similar to what we heard in his remarks with president zelenskyy earlier before the bilateral meeting, which is that the u.s. is not going anywhere. just because they don't have m

now to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> breaking news.resident trump highly praised 2020 election security months before he falsely claimed the november presidential vote was rigged. it's now a focus of the special counsel as the january 6th grand jury is set to reconvene tomorrow amid growing anticipation that trump will be indicted. also tonight, mass protests in israel as parliament passes a divisive law to strip the nation's highest court o

but first, wolf blitzer with what is coming up in "the situation room." >> taking a deeper dive into the homeland security secretary. he was grilled today about his handling of the u.s./mexico border. republican interest in impeachment isn't only limited to him. we'll explore all the buzz out there about a impeachment inquiry of joe biden and whether the talk could become a reality. all that and much more right here in "the situation room." ind the fresh food a lot sooner. after farmer's dog, she's a much healthier weight. she's a lot more active. and she's able to join us on our advenentures. get started at betterforthem.com i was told my small business wouldn't qualify for an erc tax refund. you should get a second opinion from innovation refunds at no upfront cost. sometimes you need a seco opinion. [coughs] good to go. yeah, think i'll get a second opinion. all these walls gotta go! ah ah ah! i'd love a second opinion. no. i'm going to get a second opinion. with innovation refunds, there's no upfront cost to find out. so why not check like i did for my small business? take the fi

i'm wolf blitzer.'re in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the hunter biden court hearing that went off the rails today. the president's son had been expected to sign a maeplea deal but the judge had other ideas. cnn's sarah murray has been covering all of the twists and turns for us today and is here with me in "the situation room." so where do things stand now for hunter biden? >> wolf, this was a remarkable day in court, not going how anyone expected it to go today. it's rare to see a judge come out and say that she's not prepared to accept a plea deal, but that is exactly what this judge did, giving a clock of 30 days for both sides to provide more information about some of the questions she has surround thing deal. after a tumultuous day in court, hunter biden left with no plea deal, after a federal judge said she was not ready to accept it. joe biden's son arrived in federal court today prepared to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and to strike a deal to avoid a felony gun charge.

let's bring in wolf blitzer which airs after this show. in an exclusive interview today you pressed defense secretary lloyd austin about tuberville's block on these 250 promotions. >> i mean, it was very, very, very blunt in suggesting that what the senator is doing is undermining u.s. national security, that it must stop. there are so many as you correctly point out, hundreds of senior military officers who have not yet been confirmed by the u.s. senate. they need to be confirmed in order to move on and protect the nation's security. let me play a little clip of an exclusive interview i had earlier today with the secretary of defense in which he laid out the stakes for u.s. national security. listen to this. >> this is national security issue. you know, we just talked about -- we sat down a couple minutes ago what a complex environment this is around the world quite frankly. we see the tough things we're dealing with here in europe as we continue to provide support for ukraine and to defend its sovereign territory. we're working hard to e

i'm wolf blitzer.'re in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the escalating attacks and counterattacks in russia's war against ukraine. kremlin forces attempting to hit president volodymyr zelenskyy close to home as ukraine ramps up strikes inside russian territory. cnn's nick paton walsh is on the ground in ukraine. crews have been digging through the rubble after the deadly attacks on president zelenskyy's hometown. >> reporter: yeah, and the target blatantly civilian, a technical college, most severely an apartment block where we appear to have lost six lives so far, including a 10-year-old girl and a startling number of injured. over 70, as you say. rescue crews continuing to look through the rubble. in the last few hours hearing the town of kherson has also been hit, talking about four dead and 20 injured. the civilian toll a repeated sign of russia's frustration, savagery in the face of what appears to be its slow losses on the southern front line. here is what we saw there today. the fight so

i'm wolf blitzer. be sure to tune in tomorrow with my interview with benjamin netanyahu.rin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, disaster in court. hunter biden's plea deal put on hold by a federal judge who questioned whether parts of the deal are eve

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cnn's wolf blitzer just spoke with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu.ly on the streets of israel in recent days. what did he say? >> i did press him on that, kaitlan. and as you know the prime minister's judicial overhaul has not only led to mass protests on the streets of israel, it also has led to a very negative impact on israel's military, its economy, and on u.s.-israeli relations, even relations with the american jewish community, the leadership. i asked the prime minister if he's willing to pay that price inoverhaul now israel's parliament has passed the first part of the plan that would dramatically weaken the israeli supreme court. here's what he said. >> we're not trying to weaken the supreme court. we're trying to bring balance between the three branches of government, which is the essence of democracy. and israel over the last 20, 30 years, the supreme court arrogated a lot of the powers of the judiciary and the executive that can basically nullify any decision made. that doesn't happen anywhere on the planet, so we're trying to bring it bac

. >>> let's check in with cnn's wolf blitzer for a look at what's coming up in "the situation room."ntial candidate. >> the former new jersey governor chris christie will join me live in "the situation room" and we'll get his take on the third indictment for the gop front-runner, donald trump. as you know, jake, christie has unique insight as a former federal prosecutor and former trump ally turned vocal critic of the former president. >> and, wolf, i'm going to be stopping by the situation room myself in a little bit. >> i know you are. we will get your reaction to what chris christie has to say, and i'm looking forward to, jake, to discussing your new thriller. "all of the demons are here." i've got a copy of your book. we have a lot to discuss. >> thanks, wolf. appreciate it. see you in a few minutes. the result from netflix's password sharing crackdown are out. that's next. so it's decided, we'll park even deeper into parking spaces so people think they're open. surprise. [ laughs ] [ horn hks, muffled talking ] -can't hear you, jer. -sorry. uh, yeah, can we g a system where when

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the federal grand jury investigation of donald trump and 2020 election interference. a d.c. district court official says indictments are not, repeat not expected today. but there's been a flurry of activity over at the courthouse here in washington including that meeting between the special counsel jack smith and trump's lawyers. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is with me here in "the situation room" following all of this. you've been keeping a very close eye on what's going on. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: well, wolf, it's been a day of high drama, both political and legal obviously. and a lot of it driven by the former president and his own legal team. they requested a meeting with jack smith and the prosecutors in his office, and they got that meeting. they were able to sit for an hour, we're told by sources that they made the case that an indictment of the former president, which is what everyone expe

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer.happening now, exclusive new cnn reporting on the special counsel's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

. >>> welcome, i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." tonight, as the january 6th federal grand jury is preparing to reconvene tomorrow, we're learning more about the special counsel's investigation of 2020 election interference. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is part of the team that brought this exclusive story. you're learning new details about a trump oval office meeting in early 2020 being scrutinized big time by jack smith. tell us more. >> this is a meeting in february 2020, and trump was convening a meeting in the oval office with some of the top officials, and the topic was the upcoming security on the especial and all of the great work that they had done to secure the most secure election in history. at the time, he suggested that all of the good work needed to be out there. he suggested that the fbi and homeland security have a press conference to talk about all the work they had done to secure the election. only a few weeks later, he started talking about how he had fears about mail-in ballots, about fraud in t

he spoke with david blitzer about the future of live sports.ere is what he said >> we know live sports is the best content around. you can't save it. you can't watch it later the value of content is going to continue to grow, in my opinion, above inflation. >> liz, what do you think of the value of live sports >> i love live sports. i'm the only woman in manhattan that has the nfl sunday ticket and mlb package. i think the value will grow. you can now get live sports on a computer, on your phone, you can stream it. the days of super bowl commercials being the most valuable piece of advertising ever may go away the value of live sports will continue growing the type of sport will change. people aren't quite as interested in baseball as in football soccer is much more popular here trends change. i do agree there's money there there's no competition to live sports >> pickle ball tv coming soon. >> maybe >> joe, you're not really as much of a fan of disney. netflix is your game >> i think ultimately disney will have to figure out how to monetize th

tell us that they are angry at the way he conducted himself in the interview that he gave to wolf blitzerhe would not commit to the supreme court verdict if they decide to shoot down that first law that was passed on monday. a lot of people here want to bring that anger to the streets. they say that they feel they need to keep the pressure on the government. they know the supreme court will deal with this law in september. they will wait to see what happens then? until then, they will keep coming out and they will keep voicing their anger. >>> criminal charges only in dear donald trump 's supporters more than ever. the undisputed favorite among republican voters. the leaders for the campaign trail. >>> the mexican border and u.s., failing to deter migrants from crossing. why giving up is not an option? and checking voicemail as my activities perermit. i'll connect with you after reconnecting with h me. ♪ get 1.9% apr for 36 months plus $1,500 purchase allowance on a 2023 xt5 and xt6 when you finance through cadillac financial. ♪ (woman) what would the ideal weight loss program look like?

but our coverage continues right now with wolf blitzer over in "the situation room" -- actually alex marquardt is in "the situation room" for wolf. >>> happening now, the largest israeli military occupation in the west bank in more than 20 years. we're following what israel is calling a -- >>> an explosive attack in northeastern ukraine. a new russian drone strike causing death and destruction as ukraine claims it's regaining ground on the battlefield. >>> florida governor ron desantis slamming donald trump for a past promise to protect gay rights. the video further driving a wedge into the republican party and the republican presidential field. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, wolf bloot ser is off today. i'm alex marquardt. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to israel's intense incursion in jenin in the occupied west bank, its impact on middle east tensions and the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. cnn's hadas gold joins us from jury room. give us the latest on this israeli operation in jenin. >> reporter: this o

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm alex marquardt and you're in the situation room. >>> starting tonight at the white house, confirmation that a small bag of white powder was found in the west wing and was in fact cocaine. the question now, who's responsible for bringing an illegal substance into the inner sanctum of the white house? the latest on the investigation, jeremy, how is the white house handling this in. >> reporter: we heard from white house press secretary karine jean-pierre, she suggested by repeating multiple times that this bag of cocaine was found in heavily trafficked area of the west wing. where tours are brought in. i asked the white house press secretary about that possibility just moments ago. listen. was that the working theory right now that it was likely a visitor and are you confident that this was not a white house staffer? >> they're going to get to the bottom of this. i want to be very clear, this is a heavy traveled area of the campus, of the white house, and it's where visitors to the

. >>> just ahead, more of wolf blitzer's interview with lloyd austin. >>> plus, we are learning cluster in ukraine and a commander there says they could change the game on the battlefield. we will go there live. >>> first, in an historically white male dominated profession, diversity and inclusion in shark sciences. >>> i am a shark scientist. i quickly became aware that there is not a lot of people like me in the field. we had this sort of movement on twitter of black scientists with the hashtag black in nature. when we started talking we said we should start a club. minorities in shark science's mission is to change the culture so that people from historically excluded groups participate in marine science. we have programs like our gill guardians which is curriculum that lives online to educate people about sharks and move them from fear to fascination. we have camps for our kids. science at the sea, where we bring kids out to the ocean. then we have science on the move for those kids that can't get it the ocean. and we can bring the ocean to them. we also have professional developmen

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prior to this call, austin had told our wolf blitzer what he would say to tuberville if he got the chancetalk to him. >> is that right tuberville said he's only spoken to you about this once, that was back in february. why not have a conversation with hi m amid this blockade of tuberville holding up more than 250 military nominations over demands that the pentagon change its abortion policy. now, tuberville's office told me that that call in their words were cordial, they were productive, and that the senator looks forward to continuing the conversation. no indication that the standoff has eased at all. in talking to senator tuberville earlier today, he made clear that the president e's attacks against him are not going to be enough for him to back off. he does not believe this is having any impact on national security. ask says the pressure campaign would not be enough for him to back off and let these nominations go through. >> doesn't sound like anybody tha wants to sit down and visit. i'm not in this to argue. i'm just in this to try to be fair and do what's right. there's no chance o

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer next door in "the situation room."s have been blaring across ukraine as the battered city of odesa braces for a fourth night of russian retaliatory strikes.

angry, for instance, at the way he conducted himself in that interview that he gave to our own wolf blitzer, where seemingly netanyahu would not commit to abiding by the supreme court verdict, if the israeli supreme court decides to shoot down that first law that was passed on monday. so a lot of people here want to bring that anger to the street. they say that they feel they need to keep the pressure up on the government. they know the supreme court is going to deal with this law in september. they want to wait and see what happens then. but until then, they are going to keep coming out and voicing their anger. fred pleitgen, cnn, tel aviv. >> fred, thank you. >>> coming up, ukraine launches another drone strike in moscow. the latest as the country ramps up its counteroffensive in russia. >>> and the majority of states are failing, failing big time when it comes to maternal mental health. we'll speak to an expert about what's behind this problem and what can be done. >> five years ago, he was living on the streets, now a california teen is reuniting with the officer who helped him to turn

but our coverage continues right now with wolf blitzer over in "the situation room" -- actually alexn room" for wolf. >>> happening now, the largest israeli military occupation in the west bank in more than 20 years. we're following what israe

cnn's wolf blitzer sat down with netanyahu for a one-on-one interview. >> we're not trying to weakenance between the three branches of government, which is the essence of democracy. and israel over the last 20, 30 years the supreme court arrogated a lot of the powers of the judiciary and executive. they can basically nullify any decision made. that doesn't happen anywhere on the planet, and so we're trying to bring it back in line. and we don't want a subservient court. we want an independent court but not an all-powerful court, and that's the corrections we're doing. i think a lot of the things that you described are -- you know, are in the choir of people. when i spoke out against iran, the entire world -- >> there prime minister, let me interrupt with all due respect. you, of course, control the executive in israel. your coalition controls the parliament. you're weakening the supreme court. where are the checks and balances? >> well, in israel we have -- the supreme court has a lot of checks but there are no balances. for example, on the decision that we passed on reasonableness,

extremely angry for instance in the way they conducted himself in that interview we gave to our own wolf blitzertanyahu would not commit to abiding the by the supreme court. so a lot of people here want to bring that anger to the streets, they say that they feel that they need to keep the pressure up on the government. they know that the supreme court is going to deal with this law in september. they'll wait and see wants then, but they say until then, they are going to keep coming out and they are going to keep voicing their anger. fred pleitgen, cnn, televiv. >>> the powerful economic community of west african states is holding an emergency summit today on that coup in niger. the head of nareg's presidential guard on the left, you can see him there, as warned the regional leaders not to send troops after he seized control from the democratically elected president. the eu and france have already said that they are suspending financial support and security assistance. now, civilians have been going about their lives amid the political upheaval, but there is growing concern that losing internatio