grilled republican fbi director is there evidence for their allegations i will ask the republican former u.s. attorney who recommended him for the job of presidential candidate chris christie joins us. later ray apps the 6th protests are now in hiding after right-wing media painted him as an fbi so we have a lot of plant. his people taking, ship attorney joins me to talk about the obviously no one is lawsuit they ve just flying into out of chicago right now filed against fox news. and the good, evening the breaking news incoming threat for starts us off tonight. new tornadoes. and again, word that another top state these two areas circled out election official has spoken with federal prosecutors in connection with former presidents efforts to overturn the election. she is jocelyn benson, michigan secretary of state. she now joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmaker, rusty bowers, and to nevada republican party officials, in talkin
defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
president s legal strategy becomes clear, delay, delay, delay. his lawyers make the case in the judge and documents case, we re keeping them honest. also, senator tommy tuberville, last night on cnn, he said white nationalist, to me, is an american. now, he s doing damage control will still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decades is still far from over. good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, we know what has long been suspected, the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case. and it s not just us saying it, he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived just before midnight last night, spells it out. in it, attorneys for the former president and his co defendant walt nauta asked judge aileen cannon not only to set aside her august trial date, but also to, quote, postpone any consideration of a new trial date. so
t the lead starts right now. ukraine is pushing, pushing, pushing. cnn is live as the 31 nations meet. and why special counsel is accusing donald trump s right-hand man of trying to delay the prosecution of him. and the once in a thousand year rainfall behind devastating flooding in parts of america ears noamerica s northeast, trapping drivers in cars and on roads and forcing some to swim to safety. we start today with our word lead. the president in lithuania with one goal on his list unity. ukraine will be the main focus of the two-day meeting but for a group that has been, frankly, stunningly united, there are public fractures in the alliance starting to emerge, ones president biden will have to fix over the next few days, mainly overs decision to send cluster bombs to the front line, one that has been banned by most of the allies who will be sitting around president biden at that table in lithuania. they will have to decide when and how they will let ukraine join
documents case. what special counsel jack smith did about it today. also tonight, record rain and floods in the northeast, we ll tell you who s about to get hit next. good evening, vladimir putin may be one of the most secretive russian leaders since joseph stalin. tonight, we re taking you inside his secret armored train. this on a day that russia and the war in ukraine is very much in the news. president biden has arrived in lithuania for the nato summit when the u.s. and allies will discuss efforts to obtain vladimir putin s aggression. as for biden, we ll be meeting with ukraine s president zelenskyy whose attendance had been in question until late today. both expected to be on the agenda and top the agenda. also today. turkey dropped objections to sweden becoming a member, and stockholm in turn appears to be supporting turkish membership in the european union. according to turkey s state run news agency. complete the succession to nato is a historic step that benefit