the tiktok i take naps for you could follow the show on x at the lead cnn, if you now breaking news a cnn exclusive interview with the special prosecutor forced to step down from georgia's case against donald trump why nathan wade says he believes trump could still stand trial even if trump wins reelection also breaking the us house of representatives votes told us attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress what it means for republican efforts to secure the audio tape of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur and we're tracking or russian naval operation with echoes of the cold war multiple warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine arriving in cuba up just 90 miles from the united states for military drills. >> we're going to tell you how us officials are responding to the provocative russian exercise welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, a urine. the situation room this is cnn breaking news let's go first to the breaking news. the former special prosecutor, forced to step down from georgia's case against donald trump is now speaking out nathan wade resigned from his role after revelations of a romantic relationship with de fani willis. and now we speaking exclusively to cnn's kaitlan collins, caitlin is joining us on the phone and just a moment, but first, listen to wait, explain why he believes trump could still be prosecuted even if trump is re-elected. >> do you believe he can be on trial if he's in the white house? >> i do believe that he can i don't believe that looks good to the rest of the world but certainly i don't think that there's anything that would prevent that from happening what if he's convicted i don't understand the question. if if he's convicted, then just like any other defendant who is convicted, then you go through the sentencing process. >> but i don't think people think us sitting president would actually be sent to jail. i mean, it would create a moment like we've never seen in this country with the secret service, with who's enforcing that. and of course, p would be the head of a federal branch of government. >> so now that's a much different question we know that senate thing is totally up to the trial court. judge, the sitting there, he's charged with making those types of decisions special prosecutors on that we present the evidence and the facts. juries listen to the facts and the law as given to them by the court, and they determine guilt or innocence. and it is up to the court to figure out whether or not inappropriate sentence would be jail time. >> thank kaitlan collins is joining us on the phone right now. caitlin, i know you're just back in new york from atlanta. you did this excellent interview. what more can you tell us? first of all, about this moment? tell us a little bit more yeah. >> i'm thinking with you on the phone. i have just landed from atlanta and that was a notable answered there from nathan wade suggesting that this could be a dynamic that we find ourselves in as a country. if trump does win the election this fall, and it fani willis is not removed from this. i mean, obviously it would be unprecedented. and i think that there are certainly a lot of legal experts out there who would disagree with mr. wade about a district attorney being able to take a sitting president, the commander in chief, to court but it's uncharted territory. it really is. and will have also this moment come at a pivotal one, especially out of atlanta, because it's an open case, an open question white right now, whether this case even goes to trial in part because of mr. wade, and this is the first time we've heard from him since the georgia appeals put this case on hold until a panel of judges can hear whether or not the district attorney can remain on this case. obviously, that is something that trump's attorneys are fighting as well as several of his co-defendants in atlanta because of the relationship between fani willis and nathan wade that has a decision we may not even get until the spring, certainly not before the election in november. we believe. and we question mr. wade on all of that, whether his actions put this case in jeopardy read as he noted, multiple times during this interview, he worked extensively on, but also his response to people's reaction after he attended fani willis is recent election night party, in atlanta. it also wolves over the notable moment at the end of this interview that will show you tonight. >> when i asked nathan wade to clarify the timeline his relationship with fani willis, obviously that was a central part of that testimony, that traumatic testimony that we saw on the stand, it is something that the judge here, scott mcafee raised when he issued his decision essentially pushing mr. wade off the case, saying it was basically fani willis could continue with the case or nathan wade had to leave the team and it's a moment, you just kinda have to just see it to get a sense of just how critical these questions are about the timeline. >> and woolf, obviously it's quite telling, given all of this is what led to nathan wade having to resign from this case as he did, and that dramatic moment three months ago, it was very dramatic indeed, kaitlan collins. thank you. very much. and we of course will be sure to watch your full interview with nathan wade later tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern on your program, the source, we'll be watching that for sure right now. i want to bring in our legal and political experts for more analysis. elliot williams, zero legal analyst is weighed correct to say nothing prevents a sitting president sitting president for being tried in a georgia court. >> he's correct. technically because nothing does prevent a sitting present from trying to state court because no one said that it can't happen yet because it has been tested in the law are in the courts now, certainly that would tie up months, if not years of litigation, to sort out that question. now, i want to be clear. it is the position of the justice department right now that a president, a sitting president can't be tried in federal court, the question of what happens with the state court has not been answered yet. i would think the justice brennan would take the same view for based on the unique nature of the presidency and the united states. but he's right, no one's tested the question yet. >> not yet. i will see what happens. andrew mccabe here, the former we director of the fbi of trump, were to be tried while being a sitting president, assuming he was re-elected, what could that look like from a practical standard? >> well, let's be clear. there are so many variables between where we sit today and any sort of trial taking place. in georgia that it's very much impossible to predict. but i do think elliot's absolutely right. if he's reelected and the trial goes forward former president trump will exit, will have many strong avenues to appeal his presence in the court at all. the strongest argument will come. ironically from the justice department, who is very policy prohibiting such a trial. the federal level essentially lays out a very coherent argument that makes the case that it would be unconstitutional to deprive the american public of essentially the good and undistracted services of the president, the person that they allege affected for the time of during the time of a criminal trial. but can we also just recognize that as the person who's created much of this turbulence in the georgia case great job on caitlin getting this interview, but really questionable choice by mr. wade to give it the best thing he could do for this case at this point would be to recede in the background and probably stay quiet. >> well, you certainly didn't receive the background. he said i kristen house, the trump campaign and you cover the trump campaign for us likely to react to all of this and does a statement like this from wade, does it play into their hands? >> i don't know that it necessarily plays into their hands, but they certainly disagree with that's idm for the reason that are legal experts have laid out, they do not believe that he would be brought to trial if you were to be reelected. >> and one thing to note is that they so don't believe that that they based a lot of their legal efforts on this idea, that they if they delayed past the election, if you were to win, that he would not be brought to trial. that one he'd be in charge of the justice department. so could actually also dismiss the cases that were out to him on a federal level. but two, that there are so many hoops that one would have to jump through to actually bring a sitting president to trial. that they just don't believe it would ever happen interesting, elliott, the case has been indefinitely paused, at least the time being until the georgia court of appeals can rule on whether the da fani willis should be disqualified is still pending. >> what impact could wade speaking out? like he is right now have on all of this is exactly the point andrew was making earlier whenever set aside nathan wade, whenever someone is a party to a legal proceeding, it is it's really not in their interests to be speaking publicly for any number of reasons. one, because their statements can be brought into court against them. number two, he could contradict himself and create trouble for himself in the case. so as a general matter, it's not wise, certainly nothing we heard right here. i think directly plea ties up litigation, but it's just a bad idea. we've seen this quite frankly, what the former president, quite a lot with statements he's made that actually have come back to bite him. and this can be the same situation to get back to andrew mccabe based on what we know so far, do you think it's likely the appeals court down there will remove fani willis from this case boy, i don't know if i'd go with likely it's entirely possible but i think it's so close to be very tough to call at this point. >> again kind of refocusing the public's attention on that turbulence and the controversy that started in this case because of the relationship had with mr. wade, his appearances from the media are not helping fani willis or her office's efforts to keep their hands on this case at this point, everybody. >> thank you very, very much. good discussion will stay on top of this story. once again, you can watch caitlin is full exclusive interview with nathan wade later tonight on her program, the source, 9:00 p.m. eastern. right here on cnn just ahead, there's breaking news from capitol hill house republicans voting just a little while ago to hold another member of president biden's cabinet in contempt of congress situation room with wolf blitzer. he's brought to you by progressive save when you bundled motorcycle rv, and boat insurance visit progressive.com you know, when i take the bike out like this, all my stress is just melt away. >> i hear that this bad boy i can fix anything. yeah. jeff day at work, nice cruises sorts. you write out when i'm writing, i'm not even thinking about my painful cavity he shouldn't ignore it. and every time i get stressed about having to pay my bills and it's hopped on the bike, man, i'll come on. >> you got to pay your bills. >> you don't have to worry about anything when you're protected by america's number one motorcycle insurer? 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>> mobile if it is a symbolic vote, but it is a dramatic escalation in the feud, putting congress and the doj merrick garland is now the third attorney general to be held in contempt of congress in recent years. >> and this vote did largely along party lines with just one republican that's david joyce of ohio, crossing his party to vote against this contempt resolution. >> so now it's entirely up to the department of justice to determine whether or not they're going to prosecutor attorney general merrick garland. and of course that is highly unlikely, especially since president biden did is assert executive privilege over the audio tapes in question. but speaker mike johnson says regardless of what ends up happening or not happening, the house had a duty to act here. just take less than we did our job on the contempt and i think it sends an important message we're defending article one and ariff, the wording for oversight, and we have to do that we'll see what happens next. >> but i mean, the house has to do its work and i'm pleased with the outcome and just as a reminder here, this dispute all stems from the doj's refusal to hand over audio tapes between the special counsel and president joe biden as it related to the classified data humans case. >> now the doj did hand over transcripts to committees, but republican say that is not enough. they wanted those audio tapes, so they could check the transcript and make sure they're accurate. but the attorney general says that he has cooperated fully, and he also said in a statement after the vote it is deeply disappointing that this house of representatives has turned a serious congressional authority into a partisan weapon. >> while melanie, thank you very much. melodies and don't up on capitol hill. right now, i want to bring in democratic congressman jason crow contra. thanks very much for joining us. the judiciary committees ranking member jerry no adler reacted to this contempt vote saying this in part, and let me put it up on the screen. they accused him of withholding key evidence, but the attorney general has substantially complied with their every request sometimes he has been too responsive in my opinion, given the obvious bad faith of the maga majority congressman agree. do you agree was the attorney general merrick garland to responsive to what democrats described as bad faith republican requests. >> i couldn't agree more than my colleague jerry nadler. i mean, the doj has given everything that they've been asked for in good faith, everything that's our responsibility. and then some and. unfortunately this republican controlled house over and over again chooses the resort to highly partisan measures that are designed only to get information that's a weaponized against the president to use and political campaigns. they did it with the j january 6 committee. there are numerous examples of them operating in bad faith here. meanwhile, they're not passing bipartisan bills that are in the best interest of the american people. we continue to waste our time here on these partisan measures. >> the issue as you correctly pointed out at hand right now, is the audio of president biden's interview with the special counsel. the transcript was released, but they want the audio as well. why shouldn't congress have access to that? >> well because when they're dealing with republicans who are operating in bad faith, i'll use the example of when they took footage from the january 6 committee and they release that only to highly partisan right-wing outlets that then cherry pick that information and use it in missing information and information campaigns they have a track record of doing that, and that's certainly what we're gonna do in this instance. so we don't want to chill investigations by asking for audio of these interviews, but the doj did produce the written testimony which has all the substance that congress needs the conduct its oversight, responsibilities but let me ask congressman hopkins, president biden, exert executive privilege over the audio of this interview with the special counsel, but not the written transcripts well, because audio is treated differently in investigations then written transcripts for the reasons i just described, right there are there are important protections to that in this case, and it goes back to what this was going to be used for, which has highly partisan attacks. >> again, mr. president, and frankly we have no reason to comply with that. i certainly don't support it. and again, the republicans should instead focus on the things that the american people want them to focus on. >> clearly, the republicans want the audio because in this concluding report, robert hur, the special counsel, wrote this is description of the interview with president biden you said biden came across as a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. so your concern, the concern of democrats, is this audio might be used in a political campaign by trump. is that what you're saying? >> that's exactly what i'm saying. and let me correct the record here. the president has had a lifelong speech impediment. he doesn't like to talk about it he's very humble about that. but the republicans continue to make people find people with disabilities. certainly donald trump has had a long history of mocking people with the impediments of all sorts and we don't want to play a part in this highly partisan exercise and we don't want to abuse the powers of congress. so that's what this is about. that's the report blinken's are trying to do time and time again. they continue to abuse their authority. they continue to abuse the position of congress to help donald trump win elections it's wrong, and we're not gonna do it while i have your congressman, let me get your quick reaction. wanted to discuss hunter biden's felony gun conviction. president biden said he won't pardon his son, but should he also rule out commuting his eventual sentence? >> first of all, this is a tale of two presidents. there couldn't be a more stark difference in the way that donald trump has dealt with the justice system repeatedly weaponizing it, threatened to weaponize it against his political opponents versus joe biden, who completely kept his hands off of this case. and has done the right thing and he has two responsibilities here as a father. and it's very hard to see any father go through this deal. is somebody with a substance abuse issue the grief for him as a fellow father going through this difficult time, but also as a president, making sure he's filling, fulfilling those responsibilities. they made it very clear that he's not going to pardon hunter biden. and i would be shocked and don't think that they would do a commutation either. >> democratic congressman jason crow of colorado. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. i'm coming up a live report from italy where president biden just landed for the g7 summit with news on how us allies are planning to go after russia in an effort to prop up, ukraine the most anticipated moment of this election. >> and the stakes couldn't be higher. the president and the former president, one stage moderated by jake tapper and dana bash, the cnn presidential debates thursday, june 27, live on cnn and streaming on max deliveries happen ordered that this happens that happened. he get out of there are at least two back at the pitch happened be there with there are more and rnc.com with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, my skin was no longer mine. my active psoriatic arthritis joint symptoms held me back. >> don't let symptoms define you emerge as you with tren via most people saw 90% clear skin at four months. and the majority stake clearer. i've five years from phi is proven to significantly reduce hughes joint pain, stiffness, and swelling. it's just six doses a year after to starter doses, cbs allergic reactions may occur, can fire, may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them until you dr, if you have an infection or symptoms for if you had a vaccine, are planning to emerge as you emerged, drum phi it ask your doctor about trump via right now, you get a free foot locker sap wait, just buy it at foot login to app and get one free. geoff, scan the qr code, any of the promo code, fifo go, it only worked on the other side of the screen everybody, you still got a landline in your house on a noun to subway out i want a lot of businesses, so my chat and my network need to keep up. thank you. verizon business now, our businesses get fast and reliable internet on the same network that powers our phones. >> so whatever is next, what cooking with fire switch to the partner businesses rely on. while i'm a paid actor. and this isn't a real company. there's no way to fake how upwork can help your business. upwork has half the cost of our old recruiter and they have top tier talent and everything from pr to project managers shred because this is how we work now we're talking about prac practicing good financial strategy by cashback in what do you think i was talking about? 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>> our very conservative members only that. >> but we got it done. >> the possibility of a second trump term already setting off fresh anxiety in world capitals, even as biden insists that protecting democracies across the world is a noble cause. no matter the cost are chelation was not the answer. 80 years ago and there's not the answer today and we do expect quite the pack day for president biden here in italy tomorrow, the ceremonial aspects of kicking off the g7 will really get underway in the morning, a meet and greet with prime minister maloney italy, the family photo, the official group photo for the g7 liters, followed by a number of working sessions and then in the evening, wolf, the president is going to meet separately with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy to sign that knew bilateral uf ukraine security packs. >> and there is going to be a joint news conference for the two liters of course, wolf, no shortage of questions that could be posed to president biden on conflicts abroad, on politics at home. and of course, the latest situation involving his son hunter, mj lee, traveling with the president and italy as a g7 summit. thank you very much. we're also watching major developments unfolding right now in the middle east, where the face the us backed gaza ceasefire is up in the air. cnn's kylie out what has been traveling with the secretary of state, anthony blinken as he tries to bridge the gap between israel and hamas. and she has the latest on all the details of the negotiations it's time for the haggling to stop and a ceasefire to start. >> secretary of state antony blinken, ending his middle east tour in doha without a peace deal in hand. tonight, an agreement between israel and hamas appears to be in limbo. again, but deal was on the table that was virtually identical to proposal that hamas before on may the sixth a deal that the entire world is behind. a deal. israel is accepted and hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead, hamas put forward multiple changes to the ceasefire proposal. blinken said a frustrated secretary of state and his qatari counterpart now unable to detail where the talks will go from here it's frustrating and also for types, their behavior from both parties, different in different cages, bid counterproductive to the efforts the mass weighted nearly two weeks and then propose more changes a number of which go beyond positions that had previously taken an accepted some of those are workable changes some as i said, are not the top us diplomat also bluntly suggesting that hamas may not actually be committed to finding a solution if one side continues to change its demands, you have to question whether they're proceeding in good faith or not. this just days after he questioned at the terrorist group is prioritizing the protection of yahya sinwar, its million military leader hiding in the tunnels under gaza or the palestinian people, are they looking after one guy who may be for now safe, very i don't know ten stories underground somewhere in gaza while the people that he purports to represent continue to suffer in a crossfire of his own making. >> israeli officials have privately deemed hamas response to be a rejection. prime minister netanyahu's office said wednesday evening that the israeli leader was conducting a security assessment in part due to hamas is negative answer regarding during the release of hostages, the us is israel's committed to the deal which netanyahu still has not formally embraced as he faces pressure from far-right cabinet members who oppose the deal, hamas committed war crimes every day, including the holding of his awesome our soldiers performing the most valiant and moral way to end this war victory against nice colors good. now, numbers. and we show now what blinken called for urgent efforts in the coming days to bridge the gaps between the two sides here, but he didn't explicitly layout but those efforts will look like so we'll watch to see how that develops. he said he believes that the two gaps, the two sides can bridge those gaps, but he also said that it's not guaranteed just have to watch and see if hamas and israel can move forward. what are now these stalled efforts to try and bring peace to gaza let's hope there is a deal. >> kylie atwood report, it from doha, qatar for us, kylie. thank you very much coming up next new comments from senator mitch mcconnell just ahead of donald trump's meeting tomorrow with gop lawmakers. we're going to hear what he's now saying about supporting trump. and it will bring up january 6 devastating and sudden polit power of tsunamis. it happened in faraway lands and it's easy to think it can't happen here if one hits home, will we be ready? 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>> well, he certainly has consolidated power within the gop wolf to be sure. but this meeting is going to be very awkward. not only has donald trump insulted mitch mcconnell, but also his wife. he's, there will also be several senators potentially in that meeting. a few senators who voted to convict donald trump in the impeachment i'd, young has also been critical of him. so i asked me a very awkward meeting. i would really hope that one of the senator takes donald trump to task over his daughter-in-law, who should have been fraud marched out of the republican national committee for the terrible thing she said about larry hogan, a very credible, thoughtful candidate, and a deep blue state. it shows you know, they're talking about unity. but then all you hear is our donald trump and his family members and salting republicans who don't fall in line. >> the way they would like, even in the deepest of blue districts or states. >> so this will be a very weird situation tomorrow. i don't know how candidate they are going to get with him, but there's a lot of work to do to bring together a very divided party, particularly in the senate. i get it. it's not evenly divided, but it is still divided nonetheless, and they have a lot of work to do if they hope to unify this party. >> larry hogan, the former republican governor of maryland, running for the senate from maryland right now, mccarthy center mitch mcconnell is stepping down from leadership in november. he's nearing the end of his career. clearly so what does he get by saying he supports trump absolutely nothing because we all know donald trump well enough to know that as soon as this meeting is over, he's going to go out and humiliate mitch mcconnell again personally will i would say this to you and charlie and whomever in the green room but i think it bears repeating on national tv. if somebody insults my wife that should be a red line. >> there's no politics that can make me then come and caudal the individual that insults my wife and calling her out of her name and using racial epithets are stereotypes. and the problem that we have with donald trump in his country is not a democratic, republican one. as much as it is the fact that people like mitch mcconnell refused use the stand up to individuals who act childish. and our american political system but one day there's gonna be a book written about how donald trump made men like lindsey graham. and ted cruz, and marco rubio. and now mitch mcconnell. just kinda melt in like putty and his hands tomorrow will be an awkward meeting. but at the end for the day this cancer that is donald trump and the republican party, unfortunately for charlie didn't, and others is going to metastasize and be there for very, very long period of time. >> charlie, tomorrow's trip by trump to here in washington will mark the first time that trump's been up on capitol hill since the january 6 insurrection. but i, republicans both leslie brushing that history as sayyed well, i guess this is going to be a terribly awkward meeting you talked to a lot of republicans privately. >> they wish donald trump ago away. they don't like him as their standard bearer. they know he comes to the table with a lot of liabilities and not the least of which is that he was just convicted and of course, the january 6 his role in january 6, which was that their election of duty. so i don't know that many members are going to confront donald trump directly. i don't think so. they are going to try to talk about unity but again, we cannot cloak the fact that this party is so significantly divided even though it's not evenly divided, what is trunk going to do? reach out to the nikki haley voter in this meeting tomorrow's you're going to do anything. they'll talk unity for a few minutes. then i'll go back out and he'll he'll make these kinds of insulting comments against mecole and anybody else who does pleases them for just about any reason. so i am not optimistic right now that anything is really going to come of this. they might actually talk about some policy. how are they going to deal with the expiring tax cuts from 2017? they might talk about the border. they'll probably talk about those sorts of issues where they might find common ground, but don't expect a whole lot of confrontation tomorrow interesting but kerry, senator romney told cnn he's going to be half after missed the meeting tomorrow because of a flight and senators murkowski and collins said they have conflicts as well. how do you read that? >> they don't want to be there. they don't want to be in the presence of donald trump. and i wish that i'm not just saying this because he's on the show, but i wish the republican party had more charlie dense and regardless of what people may think mitch mcconnell as susan collins murkowski, charlie did many others are, they have character i disagree with them on policy we probably are hundred and 80 degrees different on policy on the majority of issues. >> but you could actually have conversations about moving this country forward. you have men and women of great character you're not put mitt romney in that same category. he just doesn't want to be there maybe he can't be honest about not wanting to be there because of the climate that we're in. but he'll be better off for missing this hour hour-long meeting with donald trump and then having to go out and answer the questions about it, but carry sellers have charlie done to both of you? 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to mirror these actions suddenly the veil is torn from the russian secrets. in 1960 to russia did just that secretly building basis in cuba and delivering nuclear capable missiles. a high-stakes crisis that ended only after a tense american blockade of russian ships on the high seas. the us today shadowing russia's ships, downplaying the threat, but preparing for more russian muscle flexing it's certainly one come as a surprise to us if we see more activity around the united states. >> one analyst warns about possible future tensions on america as doorstep. >> if vladimir putin wins in ukraine, he will be emboldened and he will be in our hemisphere, and he will not just visit cuba or other places where he is friendly, friendly governments. >> he will actually ask for a base there and he will stay vladimir putin may not even be finished with this particular mission. the analysts we spoke to said it's possible that these russian warships will go from cuba to venezuela. another russian ally that's causing headaches for the us in region wolff, another cuban missile crisis potentially, hopefully not. bryan todd. thank you very, very much. and we'll be right back the most anticipated moment of this election. >> and the stakes couldn't be higher. the president and the former president's one stage moderated by jake tapper and dana bash cnn presidential debate thursday, june 27th, nine live on cnn and streaming on max. >> did you know taking xyz all at night release allergies while you sleep. you wake refreshed for more productive day get 24 hour continuous relief that does not fade he wise old, take xyz off at night. >> doctors recommend kohli stool softener four, gentle, dependable relief from constipation. it's so gentle. doctors even recommended during pregnancy and after surgery, police increases water in the stool, making it softer so it's easier to go. no harsh laxatives, cramping, restraining, colon bailey the kid, to try to take over the town what it needs is cleaning up. they've appointed a new sheriff, pat garrett, mean something to you. >> sure know, use the royal the billy. >> knows your job to haunt him down. the law doesn't take you can this ain't a game for me at bizq due credit. >> we know when you're a small business owner, business is personal every challenge is a chance to grow when the time comes bus due credit helps you that funding to expand your business are easy and convenient process makes it simple to take the next step on your journey when a business is ready to grow, this due credit makes it possible because due credit funding, what's next? 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