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
plus on to the senate now for a big bipartisan breakthrough. a month scramble of meetings, breakdowns and near rebellions leads to 314 yes in the house on a deal to steer the united states around a debt default. from wall street to the whout, one of the most powerful men in corporate america doesn t say no to a future in politics. up first for us, critical new cnn report ing on a special counsel investigation evidence trail that we now know includes a record ing of donald trump admitting he kept a classified record when he left the white house. trump right now is on the campaign trail between iowa. a reminder of the unprecedented place we find ourselves. a state investigation sb n georgia and two tracks of the federal special counsel investigation. and yet, he is at the same time the front runner for the 2024 republican nomination. ask he vows to carry on his campaign no matter what prosecutors allege. this exclusive new cnn reporting is this. special counsel jack smith h
Federal gun charges. And in just an hour, the judge has already ruled on four motions. Our crew at the courthouse will tell us about the ground rules hes laying for this trial. Plus, donald trump trying to win over black and hispanic voters as he rallies in the deep blue south bronx. His many controversial messages and the response from one of the most diverse crowds at any of his rallies. And take a look at this, a massive tornado caught on Camera Carving A Path Of Destruction through parts of oklahoma. This Terrifying Scene just one of hundreds that have already touched down this year, and now even more danger could be on the horizon. Whats causing tornados to be more threatening and what can be done about it. Lots to get to on this Holiday Weekend, but we begin with the next Big Courtroom Legal Drama thats hanging over the 2024 election. This time with hunter biden at its center. Right now the president s son is in court for a Pretrial Hearing on felony gun charges. That trial set t
Out recovering for a few weeks. I leave you in the most capable hands. Capable, and carrying youve got kate bolduan here, john berman, and if they act up, dm me we wanted no matter what, and we cannot wait for you to get back better than ever. Thank you. I think you. Thank you so much for being with us today. This is cnn new central, cnn Special Coverage Of The Trump Trial starts now moments ago, donald trump, as you could see, theyre leaving trump tower to the head here where we are outside of the courthouse in minutes, the likely final hold Defense Witness for donald trump will be under oath and on the Witness Stand yet again, well see if it goes better than it did the last time. Robert costello provoked a dressing down hello, from the judge over his courtroom behavior after just minutes on the stand yesterday, he has now been warned not to roll his eyes, say, jeez, after a ruling not, to stare down the judge, all helpful tips. I was in that room when all that happened yesterday is t
Of this has just been one where there have been more vacuums created than information to fill those vacuums. Whether thats how the Democratic Party from the political arm sort of does the political narrative. Its because the republicans have been very good and very consistent about that, right . So they have made, they have stood by and defended their guy regardless and now theyve got the message they all need to show up. So what are they doing . Showing up. How are we reporting that . As if this is something oh, very important, transfixed, transactional certainly, but a transition for donald trump. No. Its part of the political narrative. Its part of the fact that yeah, were trying to create a different image here than the one of the man sitting in the courtroom by himself because his familys not there. So were going to give him his political family. And theyre all starting to line up. So all im just saying is how all this comes together does matter in how the voters in may are lookin