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
reportedly showing off u.s. war plans against iran with people who were at his golf club in new jersey two years ago. we re going to have much, much more about this seemingly damning piece of evidence in just a moment. plus, the latest from russia following a failed revolt by the leader of a mercenary group against president vladimir putin and his defense leaders. and also back here at home presidential candidate ron desantis unveils his hard right immigration and border policy ahead of a day of dueling events in new hampshire with trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 27th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. weeks after donald trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts related to his mishandling of classified documents, a damning new audio recording appears to be the clearest evidence yet of his alleged wrongdoing. in the leaked tape which was obtained by cnn last night, the former president seems to show-off wha
chinese spy balloon is clurntly crossing latin america. something so unexpected to be what it is, where it is, that it left people asking questions like this. what planet is that? actually, that s a good question. it s not mars or venus. the balloon is the size of three buses. and surveillance equipment spotted yesterday over montana, drifted across nebraska and then into the midwest today. floating at about 60,000 feet apparently following the prevailing winds. in a moment, we ll take a look at where it could be heading next. today, china said it was, quote, civilian airship, a vehicle gone astray, and secretary blinken postponed his upcoming trip to beijing. any country that has its air space violated in this way would respond similarly, and i can only imagine what the reaction would be in china if they were on the other end. in the meantime, the pentagon is not ruling anything out when it comes to shooting it down. at this stage, what i can tell you is again, we
good evening, we begin with breaking news. the pentagon now saying a second chinese spy balloon is currently crossing latin america. that s on top of the one now floating somewhere over this country. exact whereabouts unknown. something so unexpected to be what it is where it is that it left people asking questions like this. what planet is that? actually, that s a good question. it s not mars or venus. the balloon is the size of three buses equipped with solar panels for power, and surveillance equipment. spotted yesterday crossing montana including over icbm sites. it drifted across nebraska spotted across missouri floating at 60,000 feet following the prevailing wednesday. in a moment we ll take a look at where it could be headed next. today china said it was, quote, civilian air ship, a weather research vehicle gone astray, and secretary of state blinken postponed his upcoming trip to beijing. any country that has its air space violated in this way i think would res
china says that contraption over the united states is just researching weather. yeah, okay, sure. the lead starts right now. china is calling it a civilian airship. the u.s. calls it a spy balloon. whatever you call it, it s causing a huge diplomatic riff between two global superpowers as the pentagon contemplates shooting it down. and hate in home schooling. the discovery of disturbing pro-nazi and disturbing teachings to kids in ohio sparking a debate over what parents can teach their children at home under the auspices of education. chatgpt growing faster than tiktok or instagram, bound to revolutionize how we operate, maybe even about to take your day job. welcome to the lead. secretary of state blinken is talking about his canceled trip to china. let s listen in. in our skies is a clear violation of our sovereignty, a clear violation of international law, and clearly unacceptable. and we ve made that clear to china. any country that has its air space violated