From new york. Today on the program, the knesset votes to take away a key power of the Supreme Court. And as Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm, the nations Political Center and left erupt in anger. Ill talk to the New York Times tom friedman and with Emily Bazelon about the legal issues. Then, the secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the good news and the bad news from americas Southern Border. Finally, did President Putin or gain power after prigozhins failed mutiny . Ill ask russian journalist in exile mikhail zygar. But first, here is my take. The Mystery Disappearance of chinas Foreign Minister is a timely reminder that the future of u. S. China relations about be determined not just by american policy, and what is happening domestically in the United States, such as the president ial election campaign, it will also be shaped by developments in china. Which at this point are opaque but troubling. From what outsiders could tell, china is reverting to a mild era style of
hey. good morning, ainsley, good morning, steve and brian. the president was just joking with u.k. prime minister. they have only been meeting once a month or so because they have had so many frequent meetings in the last several months. had the president really made a point of stopping here to meet with the king after missing his coronation. the two leaders are going to talk climate finance in just a little while from now. but the president will also need to justify his decision to give controversial cluster bombs to ukraine after u.k. prime minister ri rishi sunak voiced opposition to that move. while more than 120 countries banned these weapons the white house is not one of them. called russia s use of them a potential war crime they say ukraine has a right to use them on their own land and incentive to mitigate risk to its own people that committed to a post war clean-up. this is about keeping ukraine in the fight. so, we re going to send these additional artillery sh
we have an important program for you today with the president of the united states, joseph r. biden. i sat down with the president in the roosevelt room of the white house on friday for an exclusive president biden is headed to europe for a trip that will take him to lithuania for nato s summit. holding nato together is really critical. it has been 500 days since russia invaded ukraine. is there any sign of an end to this war? and will nato offer ukraine membership? also, is there a thaw in relations with china or are we going to see an even more intense rivalry? and when can bibi netanyahu expect an invitation to the white house? all this in a special interview with america s 46th president. i think we have enormous opportunities, and i just want to finish the job. i ll bring you my take later in the show, but first, president biden is headed to europe today for a five-day, three-country tour. the main focus of which will be a stock in lithuania for n
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
this is cnn breaking news. hello, outpost in jordan near the border with syria and iraq. this is the first time u.s. troops have been killed by enemy fire in the middle east since the beginning of the war in gaza, october 7th. it also marks a significant escalation of an already precarious situation in the middle east. president biden reacting a short time ago, vowing the u.s. will hold those responsible to account. we have got full coverage of this breaking story, natasha bertrand is in washington, priscilla alvarez is with president biden in south carolina, and ben wedeman is in beirut. natasha, you first. what are we learning about the attack? reporter: a very serious moment for the u.s. military, for president biden, for the administration writ large because this is the first time u.s. service members have actually been killed from hostile fire since the war in gaza began. and sparked all of these tensions throughout the middle east. now, we re learning that these thr