happening now, rescues are under way after another deadly russian missile strike in eastern ukraine. local officials accusing russian forces of deliberately targeting crowded civilian areas right in the center of this city. in russia tonight vladimir putin is attempting to show strength after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. this, as we have a new satellite image suggesting the wagner chief is indeed in exile right now in belarus. and donald trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by cnn in which he acknowledges having secret documents he did not declassify. stand by to hear the recordings and what trump is saying now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states. and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin in ukraine with the new russian missile strike on a very crowded city center, the death toll now up to at least four, including a baby, and more than 40 injured. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now live from
documents case against donald trump, while also continue to go investigate the january 6th case. and on that, we have news. brad raffensperger, and rudy giuliani have now both been interviewed by prosecutors in the special counsel s office. one presumably talking about the receiving end of donald trump s alleged attempts to overturn the election results, the other the one who was allegedly help donald trump do the overturning. what could the georgia secretary of state tell jack smith s team, and what could the president sf? we imagine their versions of events are quite different. so what might be the overlap. joyce vance is here to line it up for us. she ll also help us sort through news on the documents indictment, questions on why bedminster was not searched by the fbi. and how donald trump s latest defense that what you heard in that audio tape was all bravado might hold up in court. joining me now, nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly, and nbc news correspondent vaugh
i m a legitimate person. that s donald trump addressing leaked audio recordings in which he appears to show-off classified u.s. defense plans to people at his new jersey golf club. we ll have all the new developments in that case as well as the evolving defense from trump and his legal team. also ahead we ll go through the monumental decision from the supreme court, a ruling that could prevent the big lie from playing a role in future elections. plus house speaker kevin mccarthy walks back comments about trump s presidential campaign after a candid moment about the federally indicted candidate. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new and previously unreported details about special counsel jack smith s investigation into former president donald trump s handling of classified documents after he left the white house the new york times is now reporting the prose
did you hear that? seacrest is on speed dial. he sure wise. congrats to pat sajak and such an impressive run. and way to go ryan, on your new gig. on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow we have some breaking news tonight from the new york times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed trump recording even more incredible. if you ve not yet heard it, nbc news has independently obtained the audio of former president trump and his bedminster unit new jersey golf club, essentially admitting to a crime. here is trump in july of 2021 telling a group of people that he still has classified information after leaving the white house, and then proceeding to destroy his own defense. he explicitly says on audiotape that he could have declassified this when he was president, but he did not. take a listen. isn t that amazin
china. president biden is facing ongoing questions about why he allowed his son hunter to attend a state dinner last week as more information is coming out about other investigations. critics say the decision was poor. the president s defenders disagree. jackie is live from the north along with details tonight. when we have questions about the ongoing federal probe into the president s son, officials redirect us to the white house counsel s office or the doj, saying they can t talk about it. when it comes to the decision to bring hunter to official events and presidential spaces, the answer is we are not going to engage on this. the former spokesperson believes hunter biden asked to attend the dinner days after accepting a plea deal with prosecutors in an ongoing investigation. his son wanted to come, so his son is going to come to the dinner. is the love for his son greater than the love for his country? that is what it looks like. the leader of the free world is a r