documents case. what special counsel jack smith did about it today. also tonight, record rain and floods in the northeast, we ll tell you who s about to get hit next. good evening, vladimir putin may be one of the most secretive russian leaders since joseph stalin. tonight, we re taking you inside his secret armored train. this on a day that russia and the war in ukraine is very much in the news. president biden has arrived in lithuania for the nato summit when the u.s. and allies will discuss efforts to obtain vladimir putin s aggression. as for biden, we ll be meeting with ukraine s president zelenskyy whose attendance had been in question until late today. both expected to be on the agenda and top the agenda. also today. turkey dropped objections to sweden becoming a member, and stockholm in turn appears to be supporting turkish membership in the european union. according to turkey s state run news agency. complete the succession to nato is a historic step that benefit
hey yeah. as evan waits for his next day in court, his parents say they understand the conviction rate in russia as just about 100% so they don t have a lot of hope right now that he will be freed anytime soon, but they were given some relief when they got to physically see and speak with evan at his last pretrial detention hearing. it s even harder now to leave him there. then it was the first time trying not to think about anything. it s just very hard. that was part of a new interview evans family did with the wall street journal who employs evan, his parents say when they saw him. he appeared to be in good spirits and strong despite his tough circumstances. now just this week, u. s ambassador to russia than tracy was granted access to evan for the first time in nearly three months. we re also learning the kremlin may now be signaling they re open to the idea of exchanging evan for one of their own in a prisoner swap , but evan s parents and sister danielle, say right now
summit. as ukraine is pushing to join the alliance, cnn is on the ground in lithuania where the president and key u.s. allies are preparing for their high-stakes talks. also tonight, new developments in the trump classified documents indictment. the trump team now facing a deadline to weigh in on the timing of the trial. this as the former president s co-defendant is accused of unnecessary delay by the special counsel. and parts of the northeastern united states are swamped by historic flooding, a once in a thousand-year rainfall swallowing cars in west point, new york. i ll speak with the new york governor, kathy hochul. this hour we ll discuss the state s emergency response. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. 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 atte
a stark difference from antony blinken. she s back at her hotel and followed a dinner with the chinese central bank. this is the most busy day that the secretary had in beijing today which culminated with china s new vice-premier. it was supposed to last for three hours and went more than five hours. in the opening remarks, the secretary pointed to a record number of bilateral trade for the reason for not decoupling and added this. i also believe that the united states and china should seek a relationship of healthy economic competition that is not winner take all, but with a fair set of rules would benefit both. and the trade deficit heavily favors china. the readout from the secretary says that she raised concerns and it was a candid, constructed and comprehensive meeting. the new vice-premier took appointed approach in the beginning of the meeting and even mentioning quotes some airships happened causing difficulty in the relationship. authorized by president xi jinp
today on inside politics , new and exclusive reporting reveals the special counsel is asking questions about an oval office free for all, and the free yeo who pushed donald t trump. plus, hiring is solid, but new numbers fall short. does it all point to another rate hike from the fed that could crunch your credit? and the freedom caucus purges marjorie taylor greene from its ranks over questions about where her loyalties lie, to the hard right or to the house speaker. i m abbey philip in for dana bash. let s go inside politics . up first, the screaming patch at the center of the special counsel s investigation. exclusive cnn reporting gives new insights into jack smith s months long focus on that december 18th 2020 oval office meeting. the people inside that room and ses brat and legal ideas that then pushed donald trump. and cnn s caitlin pollonz is part a that report. what does this tell us about where jack smith is in the process? this reporting from a keep of us led