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
stay tuned to find out. we a off in a 4th of july edition of supermarket showdown. we re also going to answer your fan mail questions. and we have a brand new segment for you. we rionse looking back at our 4h of july. favorite memories. fourth oebut first is the five n fun extravaganza. g into we re diving into some summer topics to celebrate. some su4th of july. first up, butter up your popcorn hollywood summer blockbuster season is in full swing. hey, barbie, can i cometonigh to your house tonight? sure. ure.i don t have anything big planned. just a giant blowout party with all the barbies and plat n and a bespoke song, you should stop by. so cool. foould wy we go to the middle of nowhere. for who knows how longr who kn? why? why? mporta how about? because this is the most important thing that ever happened in the histornt y, the world. and those are just a couple of the big flicks hitting theaters. soe bi our all time favoriteall- blockbuster. i guess we have some t
widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. white house from press secretary karine jean-pierre responded on wednesday. we certainly disagree with this decision. we re going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic. our view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take action or to take account of the effects of their platforms are having to the american people. paul: let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and iowaly shah finley. alicia, tell us who sued the government and what they re alleging. louisiana and missouri joined by scientists and conservative activists sued the government for infringing on their free speech rights. they claim that they put pressure and coerced the platforms such as youtubing
all paths lead through michigan. president biden is on his way to a must-win state trying to lock down key voting blocks that could give him an edge in that tight battleground. plus, gut punch. that s how defense secretary lloyd austin is describing his prostate cancer diagnosis as he admits for the first time publicly that it was wrong to keep his surgery and hospitalization private, and a cnn exclusive. the district attorney leading the georgia election case against trump is refusing to step down amid allegations she had an affair with the lead prosecutor. we ll tell you why she s defiant. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start in michigan where president biden is about to meet with the group of voters critical to winning this battleground state, union workers. just hours before the president s trip, cnn learned he plans to issue an executive order targeting violent settlers in the west bank. the white house is clearly hoping that w
and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv