president biden. plus kim jung-un s north korea launching what is thought to be another intercontinental ballistic missile. and homes become islands as devastating floods put some neighborhoods in the northeast under water. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon. up first this morning, president biden and ukrainian president zelenskyy preparing to have a face-to-face on the sidelines of the nato summit in lithuania, this is in the wake of russian airstrikes on kyiv for a second consecutive night. and zelenskyy s frustration over nato s decision to provide guidance but not provide a specific time line on when the alliance will be ready to grant ukraine membership. melissa bell with the latest. what are some ofof the expectations heading into this meeting? reporter: if yesterday was about the frustrations of president zelenskyy on one side and limits of what nato allies can do on the other, today is more about the deliverables, what t
nation. zelenskyy says when? the lead starts right now. let me in the message from the ukrainian president who showed up at the nato summit, cheered on in a city square as he pushed to join the international alliance. his criticism about the process as russian strikes were hitting his cities back hoeme. and will donald trump be indicted a third time? today a new grand jury was selected to decide just that while a different federal grand jury in d.c. is also hard at a work. plus do you believe that white nationalists are racist? yes, if that s what racist is, yes. it s not really a difficult question. white nationalists are racists. that s what the term means and yet senator tommy tuberville of alabama keeps making a spectacle of himself and his struggle with trying to discuss this issue. he just gave yet another answer on the topic. welcome to the lead , i m jake tapper. we start with the world lead in one of the most consequential gatherings. today the alliance
so who s behind it? it comes as russia vows revenge for the cluster munitions the united states is now sending to ukraine. plus, trump running out the clock. why getting elected could be his best legal defense strategy. former trump white house attorney ty cobb is outfront. and if you can t beat him, join him. hear pga golf tour executives explain why they sold out to the saudis. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the two russian military giants dead tonight. one of them the most senior general to die in ukraine since the war began. lieutenant general oleg sokov killed on a strike on a russian military base in berdyansk. he was a rising star inside putin s military. back in 2021 picked to speak at a cadet ceremony that was attended by putin himself. and tonight it s not just him, the mystery is growing over why another top russian military figure was murdered, and this in broad daylight. this is a submarine commander shot multip
rights la of the year to share his personal views about religion. but the problem is alito and the other right-wing justices are imposing their personal, moral and political beliefs on all of us. and new reports show how they re using made up plaintiffs in recent supreme court cases to do it. also tonight, new details on donald trump s efforts to over turn his election loss in arizona. amid new reporting that jack smith is giving close scrutiny to trump s clown car team of lawyers. plus america post dobbs. north carolina s 12 week abortion ban take effect as republicans in ohio make it much harder to protect abortion rights even though a majority of the ohioans support those protections. and we begin on the eve of the fourth of july. during a time in america where a lot of people are seeing their freedoms being taken away. and that is in large part due to the supreme court of the united states. mainly the court s six conservative judges whose decisions last week peeling
bouncing into the bullpen. carley: which party won t the congressional baseball team. i want to tell you now. todd: steube can rake. carley: i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro, more coming up. marine daniel penny indicted on second-degree manslaughter charge in new york city subway last month. carley: ashley strohmier has the details. ashley: the da is expected to announcement the indictment later this morning. penny has been out on bond after being charged by manhattan prosecutor for second-degree manslaughter. in state of new york, second degree could carry maximum of 15 years in prison weeks after deadly confrontation on the subway. penny s lawyer said his client thought his life and others were in danger. the standard in new york city, you don t have to wait until someone physically attacks or is lying on the ground or worse. the standard is whether a reasonable person in my client s position would have feared eminent harm. ashley: penny spoke out ear