New Security Concerns and potential threats just ahead of trumps expected Court Appearance here. Cnn is over at the courthouse with preparations by federal and local Law Enforcement officials are now under way. Ill speak with a vocal critic of trump and his actions, republican president ial candidate and former congressman will hurd. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with donald trump on the brink right now of being arrested and arraigned for a third time. The former president is set to respond to that grave new federal indictment accusing him of orchestrating a plot to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election. Lets go right to our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid who is here with me in the situation room. Is it your understanding that trump will appear actually physically at the courthouse here in washington tomorrow . That is our expectations now, wolf. This is also what he
happening now, president biden vows the united states skpland the nato allies will not waiver in their support of ukraine. their critical summit here in lithuania ending with a strong show of unity, despite unanswered questions about when ukraine will be invited to join the nato alliance. also tonight, president volodymyr zelenskyy, he returns to ukraine with new assurances from western allays and face to face commitment ifs r president bi biden, but zelenskyy leaves the summit without concrete security guarantees or a time line for nato membership. we re watching all of this unfold here in the situation room. what does it all mean for ukraine s defense against russia s brutal war, i ll ask the ukrainian ambassador to the united states who s joining us live this hour. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuania, and you re in the situation room. we re live here in vilnius, the capital of lithuania, and t
ukraine fired after speaking out against putin s war. hear him in his own words. a truly remarkable audio recording that outfront has obtained showing putin s military in disarray tonight. plus, more breaking news. cnn learning about another official interviewed in the special counsel s probe into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. is jack smith closing in on a charging decision tonight? and kim jong un personally guiding north korea s latest missile launch, its longest missile flight ever, as we learn more about the growing influence of kim s sister. we have a special report on that coming up. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. a senior russian general fired for speaking out against putin s war. outfront tonight obtaining remarkable audio of a russian general in command of forces in southern ukraine right along that crucial front line near zaporizhzhia. the general says he was relieved of duty
man who threatened his grip on power, yevgeny prigozhin. but why? and did that meeting actually happen? plus tonight, major movement in the trump investigations. the doj going after trump s longtime aide in the classified documents case, while another grand jury is about to be selected. will it bring a third indictment against trump? and a massive manhunt tonight in pennsylvania. a suspected murderer with survivalist skills escapes from prison using a bed sheet. is someone tonight helping him stay alive and away and armed from police? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin, the not-so-strong man. the kremlin revealing tonight that putin met with yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of that armed rebellion just five days after the attempted coup. the kremlin is giving some details. they re saying it was a nearly three-hour meeting. they re saying it happened on june 29th. so a lot of details there, including putin s spokesperson dmitr
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