minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on getting
acknowledging he had sensitive secret documents that were not declassified. we re breaking down the recordings and what they mean for the special counsel s criminal case against him. also tonight, cnn is live in ukraine where the death toll has been rising from a new russian missile strike in a crowded city center. president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the attack a manifestation of terror. this comes as vladimir putin is on damage control after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. all ask former u.s. defense secretary mark esper about the rebellion and how it s influencing putin s war strategy. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with powerful evidence against donald trump in the special counsel s case against him. cnn exclusively obtaining recordings of the former president talking about highly classified material in his possession. this comes as trump is speaking out
good evening tonight three 60, former president trump turns up the glass light, showing off classified material at his golf club is perfectly normal. also tonight, exclusive cnn reporting. rudy giuliani talking to federal investigators and later, russia strikes again this time a crowded restaurant in ukraine. we will take you there. we begin tonight keeping them honest with a former president running a play from the playbook that he is used time and time again. the former president trying to do damage control today after we played an audiotape last night, that cnn exclusively obtained, in which he is boasting about and seemingly showing off, a classified war plan he was not allowed to have, to people not allowed to see it. the audio was recorded with his knowledge at his bedminster golf club in july of 2021, and is expected to be evidenced at his upcoming trial. i want to replay a portion of it for you now, before showing you his remarks today about it. so there s no doubt wh
call now 800-710-0020. today on inside politics, a plea deal and a firestorm near the white house wants to put the hunter biden criminal saga behind them. republicans say, there is no chance biden will get off that easy. , so much for that fog. the president said, xi jinping is a dictator. china calls it an absurd provocation. new reporting reveals justice samuel alito took an elaborate free trade with a billionaire who later had business with the supreme court. i am dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first, justice and a partisan divide over whether it has been served or severed. yesterday, doj revealed that hunter biden struck a plea deal . today, that deal is at the center of a big fight over justice department fairness and what should happen now. mr. biden s attorney calls the end result five years of diligent, fair work. this morning, the attorney general waiting for the first time saying, he left the biden matter entirely in the h
gaza, civilians swarming a relief truck in search the food and water. this as we re getting new reaction to video that appears to show men and young boys detained by the israeli military and stripped to their underwear. an idf spokesperson will join us live. welcome. wolf blitzer is off day. i m kaitlan collins, and you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with the breaking news this hour as there s new revelations on how far trump operatives went from the frantic final push to keep their boss in the white house and overturn president biden s legitimate 2020 election victory. cnn s marshall cohen is part of the team that broke this exclusive report. marshall, what are we hearing and learning in these recordings about how deep and clearly fracturic that scheme was? we ve known bits and pieces, but now we re getting a full picture, coming from ken che chesebro, which was in many ways an architect of the plot. cnn has obtained re