not, special counsel jack smith looking at trump s law and seizing voting machines were discussed, we talked with trump s national security adviser how close we came to constitutional recognize crisis in ukraine around bakhmut and in ukraine around bakhmut and florida pledge of allegiance no matter who it ends up being. we dig deep near the december 2020 overoffice meeting. now there are two reasons for that, first we have the perspective tonight of someone who knows the cast of characters in the meeting and worked with many of them over the years and secondly it s worth a look because of how unprecedented that meeting was in the oval office in terms of what was on the table. the former president tweeting, quote. that tweet which would be seen as exhibit a for allegedly inciting the mob that day, looks like the action he chose instead of another idea discussed during the meeting such as seizing voting machines and invoking martial law. former campaign manager bill told tuary
president biden tells cnn it s essential that ukraine get controversial custer munitions from the u.s. a, quote, difficult decision that has biden taking heat from allies and members of his own party. is rudy giuliani aboutdisba? the special counsel zeros in on a chaotic white house meeting that include d rudy giuliani. thanks for joining us. i m e erica hill. it s controversial because as you can see, it breaks apart midair and skaters explosives over a large area. cluster bombs can leave munitions that didn t explode on the ground long after the fighting has stopped, continuing to endanger civilians in the area. that, of course, is part of the problem and part of the concern that was discussed with russia early on in an exclusive interview with cnn, president biden explains why he believes now is the time to arm ukraine with this powerful weapon. they re trying to get through those trenches and stop the tanks from rolling. it was not an easy decision. the main thing i
prosecutors probing witnesses about a heated oval office meeting just weeks after donald trump s loss, during which the former president considered desperate measures to stay in power. tonight, trump on the campaign trail. once geagain trying to spin his legal problems in his favor. he is going after the justice department and his main republican rival, governor ron desantis. president biden is speaking to cnn on his decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the president voicing his concerns with the controversial weapons but ultimately deciding they are crucial to kyiv s counteroffensive. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. 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 had an overwhelming objective from the time he launched 85,000 troops into ukraine and that was to break nato heat was confident, in my view, he could break nato so holding natalee thogt is really critical. i don t think there unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now. at this moment in the middle of a war. those comments come after ukranian president zelenskyy made a direct appeal to president biden in an exclusive interview with aaron burnett saying in english, ukraine needs to be a part of nato quote now. you can see the full interview with president biden this sunday right here on cnn at 10 a.m. eastern. thanks so much for joining me on up front. ac 360 starts right now. tonight on 360, to indict or
how ukraine would use them. he told me ukraine had provided written assurances to the united states that it will try to minimize any impact this will have on civilian areas, including not targeting urban centers. he argued ukraine is motivated to do so on its own to avoid an impact on civilian casualties because these are their civilians. this is their land they are defending. he also said that those written assurances, as i mentioned, will ultimately are ultimately aimed at trying to minimize civilian casualties. he focused on this dud rate, which is the percentage of the cluster munitions that fail to explode. he said the u.s. provided munitions will have a 2.4% dud rate compared to 30% to 40% which the russians use. jeremy, thank you. a note to our viewers. you can watch farid s full interview with president biden this sunday, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn.