also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our
ukraine s president zelenskyy telling the newspaper that he learned about the pentagon leaks in the news. he says and i m quoting him now, i did not receive information from the white house or the pentagon beforehand. is that true? well, i can t speak to whether that s true or not. i will tell you that secretary austin has conducted a large number of phone calls, conducted a large amount of outreach to our allies and partners around the world to discuss the matter with them, to highlight how seriously we are taking this issue to include several conversations with his ukrainian counterpart. president zelenskyy also says in this new report that this was not beneficial, his words to the white house reputation or to the reputation of the united states. it doesn t sound like this relationship at least for now has been repaired completely. well, again, i don t want to speak for president zelenskyy. i will say as evidenced by, for