happening now, president biden vows the united states skpland the nato allies will not waiver in their support of ukraine. their critical summit here in lithuania ending with a strong show of unity, despite unanswered questions about when ukraine will be invited to join the nato alliance. also tonight, president volodymyr zelenskyy, he returns to ukraine with new assurances from western allays and face to face commitment ifs r president bi biden, but zelenskyy leaves the summit without concrete security guarantees or a time line for nato membership. we re watching all of this unfold here in the situation room. what does it all mean for ukraine s defense against russia s brutal war, i ll ask the ukrainian ambassador to the united states who s joining us live this hour. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuania, and you re in the situation room. we re live here in vilnius, the capital of lithuania, and t
the case that can change the course of the election. nine justices are ironing their robes, as we speak. tonight on laura coates live. and just a few short hours from now, the supreme court of the united states will hear arguments in a historic effort to ban former president trump on the ballot for his alleged role in the january six insurrection. we ll be able to listen i tomorrow morning. let me make it easy for you to follow their conversation tomorrow. you ve been hearing a lot about the 14th amendment. it s not the center of the case before the supreme court tomorrow. now, it has five sections. of the five, you may only know section one, the one about due process, attention to laws, that one. that is not what we are talking about tonight. it s the other white me, section three. that s what s so important. the so-called insurrectionists clause. at its core, it says, you can t hold office if you engaged in insurrection. if it were that easy, i would not have to explain, it
talked to them about that weeks ago and they said they were going to do that and they are doing that. but i will continue to emphasise and i know secretary blinken and president biden will continue to emphasise the importance of addressing the issue of the palestinian people. it s critical and, you know, we are doing more but we re doing enough. time for a few more. more but we re doing enough. time for a few more. let s more but we re doing enough. time for a few more. let s go more but we re doing enough. time for a few more. let s go to - more but we re doing enough. time for a few more. let s go to cnn. reporter: for a few more. let s go to cnn. reporter: ,, . ., , ., ., ., reporter: secretary, allow me to oin m reporter: secretary, allow me to join my colleagues reporter: secretary, allow me to join my colleagues and reporter: secretary, allow me to join my colleagues and wishing - reporter: secretary, allow me toj join my colleagues and wishing you reporter:
when they put me in prison, i heard they were recruiting. serve six months and they pardon you, he tells me. so he signed up with storm z, a unit made up of convicts attached to the russian defense ministry. after only two weeks of basic training, he was shipped off to the frontlines near bakhmut. [ gunfire ] after days of intense shelling, with only rainwater and no food, he heard ukrainian troops outside his foxhole. he assumed they would execute him. i thought that was the end, he recalls. i switched my rifle to single shot mode and thought, i ll shoot myself, but i couldn t. this video, shot by soldiers of ukraine s assault brigade, shows the intense moments when he and his comrade surrendered. the ukrainian troops told them, unlike russians, we don t kill prisoners. we spoke to him and another soldier in a jail in eastern grain, concealing their faces and not using their real names. the third assault brigade granted us access to the p.o.w.s, and two of their soldie
command. also breaking, a new agreement on a broad frame ocfor a potential release of hostages and cease-fire. we re told a proposal is being given to hamas. even as donald trump and house represents working actively to try to kill the bill. gop divisions on display as one republican senator is being censured by his own party for taking part in the talks. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. tonight we now know the names and the faces of the first u.s. service members killed since the war in gaza sparked a wave of attacks. our correspondents are covering all the breaking news on the deadly drone strike against u.s. troops in jordan and the biden administration s response. first, let s go to cnn s national security reporter natasha bertrand. she s over at the pentagon for us. first of all, tell us about the victims of the attack. reporter: we are