defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
so, g7 countries announcing this international framework, so, g7 countries announcing this internationalframework, paving the international framework, paving the way internationalframework, paving the way for long term security assurances for ukraine, offering to boost its defences against russia and they talked about it during moscow from future aggression. you can see them lining up for the family photo in a moment. the united states, germany, japan, france, canada, italy and britain, as well as the european union, and this framework will encompass elements that include modern advanced military equipment, training, intelligence sharing and cyber defence. so, an announcement of these long term security assurances, but presumably each country is making its own commitment to ukraine as well? . , ., as well? that s right. some of the lanauuae as well? that s right. some of the language was as well? that s right. some of the language was really as well? that s right. some
a san francisco neighborhood known as strollerville for how many families live there has been hit by a gang of teenagers police say are targeting women with young children. allegedly robbing more than ten people even hitting one with a baseball bat. strollerville, can you believe it? on the other side of the country, new york city subways have gotten so bad, even manhattan s far left d.a. says it is not safe. so, why is the mayor still blaming the media? we could as america reports heads into hour two. mike, great to have you here today. mike: great to be here with you. who better to do it than lawrence jones coming up in just a moment, but kick it off first with this fox news alert on how your sensitive information may be up for grabs. sandra: and troubling new reports exposing how at risk your personal data may be. both private companies and the federal government to blame. a new report from the director of national intelligence finding the government is buying up
that does it for us, the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins, starts now. tonight, straight from the source, we have exclusive new information on the january 6th investigation, special counsel jack smith has another key witness. and she is about to join us live. plus, the fbi director coming face to face with some of his harshest critics during what turned out to be a tense hearing on capitol hill, blasting republican claims of bias against conservatives has, quote, insane. but some democrats did not give him a pass either, and a lawmaker who was their will join us. also, mending fences. a high stakes sit down between president biden and president zelenskyy, ending on a high note tonight. after tensions had been simmering about nato membership. how are they able to smooth things over? a top white house official will tell us about it. i am kaitlan collins. and this is the source. tonight, we have cnn exclusive report. reporting. the special counsel s te
fine. a lot of you will say, neil, don t talk. anyway, we ve got more on what s happening on the price front, where are that that s all going down for the time being, but the real trouble for much of the country and up to a third of all americans is this heat wave that s gripping a good part of the country. fox weather s robert ray in galveston, texas, where it s particularly hot. welcome, my friend. reporter: neil, good good morning to you. happy weekend, happy saturday. galveston island just off of houston, the gulf of mexico. and look at that, neil, this big seawall, 20-foot seawall, jetting down. it was created after the 1900 hurricane that still killed more people in america than any other natural disaster. it is scorching here this morning. temps expected to be in the mid if 90s, dripping as i speak right now. gulf of mexico temperatures above average, and that is concerning, definitely, as our tropical storm season is about to heat up in august and into september. in