also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our
to repair all of this? you know, i do think it is a matter of strengthening the relationship between the presidents. i think it is as president zelenskyy said the white house didn t tell him anything. i think a couple of phone calls will help. but, wolf, you have to understand there s always tension in relations between allies, and that s true in every war. it s certainly true here. the ukrainians want more than what the united states is willing to give. and to me the latest damage of the leak is the fact it leaked, that it shows there s something in the u.s. system that s not trustworthy. so if you re the ukrainians and you re really determined on keeping the counter offensive that ambassador taylor is talking about secret, the last thing you want is a leaky intelligence system in the united states. a 21-year-old airman who has nothing to do with it gets the j wicks and concealed information, that s a real indictment of us.