with new details about donald trump s alleged mishandling of classified documents. this time, during his time as president. nbc news has no exclusively obtained a copy of ex homeland security aide miles taylor s upcoming book, in which he accounts 2018 meeting with the national security advisor john bolton. during that meeting, then white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders and heard bolton s office, told him that trump just shared classified information to reporters, while discussing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. sanders told bolton that the president had picked up documents relating to intelligence on khashoggi s death, and displayed the. them, taylor writes, but the reporters were unlikely to have been able to read the text. according to the book, bolton yeah gasped at first, but breathe a sigh of relief when sanders told him that there have been no cameras in the room. but as taylor writes, quote, we were all disturbed by the laps lapse in protocol
summit. as ukraine is pushing to join the alliance, cnn is on the ground in lithuania where the president and key u.s. allies are preparing for their high-stakes talks. also tonight, new developments in the trump classified documents indictment. the trump team now facing a deadline to weigh in on the timing of the trial. this as the former president s co-defendant is accused of unnecessary delay by the special counsel. and parts of the northeastern united states are swamped by historic flooding, a once in a thousand-year rainfall swallowing cars in west point, new york. i ll speak with the new york governor, kathy hochul. this hour we ll discuss the state s emergency response. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, on the eve of a pivotal nato summit, we re learning that ukrainian president zelenskyy plans to make a personal appeal on ukraine s bid to join the alliance. he ll atte
military? one single senator is so determined to make a point about abortion, he s blocking the pentagon s most senior promotions. that republican is here with me in just moments. also tonight, i have some new reporting inside donald trump s thinking regarding the special counsel s january 6th probe. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. tonight, the window until the first votes are cast in 2024 narrowing and trump headed to trial, is there still time for a viable alternative to emerge? ron desantis is still number two in the gop race. he s trailing trump by more than 30 points in most polls. so what is the florida governor s strategy? what is he doing to turn things around? blaming the media. the media does not want me to be the nominee. i think that s very, very clear. if you look at the people like the corporate media, who are they going after? pretty clear that the media does not want me to be the candidate. i think that they ve tried to tik create a narrative
president. nbc news has no exclusively obtained a copy of ex homeland security aide miles taylor s upcoming book, in which he accounts and national security adviser john bolton. during that meeting, then white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders and heard bolton s office, told him that trump just shared classified information to reporters, while discussing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. sanders told bolton that the president had picked up documents relating to intelligence on khashoggi s death, and displayed the. the reporters were unlikely to have been able to read the text. according to the book, bolton gassed at first, but breathed a sigh of relief when sanders told him that there have been no cameras in the room. but as taylor writes, quote, we were all disturbed by the laps in political and poor protection of classified information. that new information comes on the heels of another revelation made by an ex trump official on this very network last
secretary of state and presidential envoy john kerry from windsor in a moment. this as we get more breaking news. the kremlin confirming putin met with prigozhin after that attempted revolt in russia. what we are learning about that meeting in moments. also ahead, extreme weather. absolutely wild and dangerous flooding turning deadly in new york. cars swept away. roads washed out. homes flooded, leaving people with nowhere to go. and new warnings that this storm system isn t done yet. later, massive manhunt for an escaped inmate with survivalist skills. how will police catch him? breaking news out of the uk this morning, where joe biden just wrapped his meeting with king charles following a sit down with british prime minister rishi sunak. and later this hour, he departs the uk for lithuania for a nato summit with the war in ukraine on their agenda. joining us now, josh letterman in london, and kelly is in ukraine. josh, what are we learning out of biden s two meetings