along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciting?
the pocket of uniing them in a way that hasn t happened ever, so i think whether it s the far east, whether it s nato, whether it s europe, whether it s what s going on in africa, i think we have enormous opportunities, and i think just want to finish the job. president joe biden addressing his age and why he wants another four-year term. the president is in london this morning on a five-day trip that includes a nato summit later this week. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile president biden is facing time lines on when ukraine could join the military alliance. plus ukrainian s president calls on donald trump and says he could end the war in under 24 hours. we ll play those comments for you just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, july 10th. i m ali vitali along with jonathan lemire in london. you have a better background. i ll let you set the stage. it looks amazing. ali, good morning. i do have a win. i m standing in f
nato about whether or not you have to bring ukraine into the nato family now. also this how, did and the presidential hopefuls are taken more swings at president donald trump. if we want to lose to joe biden again, and have an 82-year-old joe biden in the white house, then let s nominate dump. we are going to begin with president biden s critical european flip. and having tea with rishi sunak at ten downey street. no surprise that ukraine is expected to top where they re also we are learning more the kremlin now says putin and prigozhin met days after the alley, after that meeting, the spokesperson for prime minister said this about cluster bombs. we stand by our obligations. how is the biden administration responding? and what are the larger expectations hitting into the summit? yeah, lindsey, the president phasing pushback, and also from, like you said, the uk, germany, spain, other nato allies, because of the threat they posed to civilians. the president is still d
yet. i don t think i will get invitation to go inside. probably not. the conversation here between the two leaders is supposed to be about climate finance and getting the private sector off the sidelines especially for the benefit of developing countries. looming large over this conversation is the president s decision to provide controversial cluster bombs to ukraine. the u.k. was among four nato allies which immediately voiced opposition to the move. and members of congress are split on this. you have got some republicans siding with president biden and some democrats opposing him. i have some real qualms about it. there is an international prediction prediction and the us here is a reason to do something different. green light to other nations to give green light. quite honestly, jake if as you look at the counteroffensive it has been slowed because this administration has been so slow to get the weapons in. the u.s. is not among the 120 countries that leaf unexplo
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