hadn t seen. you re a student of the law. you know that lawyers are not supposed to disclose their conversation with their clients. even after they re dead. that s what stephen jones the attorney did. i think it was a questionable decision on his part. it was a tremendous boom to me as a journalist to get behind the scenes in many the investigation. plus, i got all the material that federal government turned over to the defense as part of their investigation. so i have the federal government as well. how nice to see you both. how nice to see you, jeffrey toobin. congratulations. thank you. book after book. not sure how you do it. well it s a phenomenal write. thank you. be sure to pick up his book. we ll speak to one of the authors of the clarence thomas report. that will be later this hour. right now, our coverage continues as cnn this morning continues right now. russia is accusing the united states of being behind that drone attack on the kremlin.
investigations into january 6th and based on the evidence we saw last night, he might not be the last given that blockbuster hearing from the january 6th select committee in prime time last night. the committee put in place critical building blocks in its case against donald trump having criminal exposure as the leader of the plot against the government he led. in a hearing focused on what was unfolding inside the west wing of the white house on january 6th and in the days immediately following. the committee laid out in extraordinary detail everything that was happening as donald trump holed up in the white house dining room in front of the tv and barred photographers from the room as the mob he riled up attacked the united states capitol. the committee delivered evidence proving trump repeatedly and consistently resisted pleas from just about everybody on the white house staff for a forceful statement of condemnation. that would have the effect of calling off and stopping t
abrams. president biden meets with international leaders at a time of worldwide uncertainty and fear, what can they realistically accomplish? secretary of state antony blinken joins me exclusively to discuss in a moment. plus, keep calm, carry on. boris johnson with his job. i want to say this to the people of the united states. as the world s economy slows and russia s war rages, what s next for a key ally? british prime minister boris johnson joins me in a u.s. exclusive ahead. hello, i m jake tapper live in krun, germany, at the site of the g7 global summit. president biden is on the world stage meeting with fellow leaders of western democracies, in addition to the u.s. and germany. the other five in the g7 or group of seven are italy, france, japan, and the united kingdom, whose prime minister we just interviewed. they re here to try to figure out how to stave off a global recession and ensure stability at a time of autocratic muscle flexing, especially russia s
state antony blinken as well as british prime minister boris johnson who just survived a no-confidence vote back at home and trying to ensure that no one in the g7 goes wobbly on ukraine. but let s begin with chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins, entirely new challenges than when they met last year. yeah, jake, it s a completely different set of subjects they re facing and obviously you just heard the president speak about china. that s something something that the white house wants to make sure is known on the agenda while the leaders are meeting here in germany but also the table for the summit is being set by russia s invasion of ukraine and the ensuing war and how these g7 nations are responding to it. in part, you saw that announcement from the united states and other g7 leaders saying that they are going to be banning russian imports of russian gold. that s a pretty big deal, especially when it comes to the united kingdom, jake, which takes in billions of d
and we are getting closer and closer to potential default. time is running out for washington to strike a debt ceiling deal. the u.s. government is in danger of running out of cash to pay bills as early as june 1st. that is according to janet yellen. that leads to america defaulting on the debt for first time ever. it is raising the stakes for a critical meeting set on tuesday with republican leaders mccarthy and mcconnell both expected to attend. you heard the white house standing firm insisting on a clean debt ceiling bill only. let s talk about this and a lot more with the democratic congressman of california adam schiff, also running for senate for senator dianne feinstein s seat in 2024. good morning. good morning. you re always remote. we never get you here in person. it s a pleasure. thank you. great to be with you. yeah. we heard your democratic colleague on the senate side say last night we re not going to default. can you actually guarantee that to the american people