with china and what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? i don t have a call to talk about today. let me again, level set here, and i know i m running close on time, sorry, but the president met with president xi at bali at g20, and most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that and wanted to move that relationship forward in a better way and secretary blinken was dang near wheels up trying to head to beijing to have those kinds of conversations to get some of these communication vehicles and venues back on track, whether it s climate change or military to military. we were looking forward to doing that, and then the chinese decided to fly a surveillance balloon over the continental united states and would not be appropriate to have that meeting. when are those discussions going to get back on the calendar, i couldn t tell you. as secretary blinken has said, it will happen at the appropriate time. now is not that ti
and he s going to drop by before he goes to work. right? yep. steve: all right. did you get a free breakfast yet? yeah, i got one to go. steve: good boy. round of applause for my nephew. go to work. very good. [applause] steve: all right. we re here in kansas city for the big game is in nine days. and, do you know what? brian and ainsley, i know you are going to be a little jealous, right over here is a fellow by the name of ken cramer. ken used to be with the kansas city chiefs. he is a sports agent now. everybody calls him fuzz i have no idea why. it s a long story, steve. steve, on behalf of the bright futures fund here is a helmet for the super bowl for our running back pacheco signed it for you. steve: very, very nice. thank you very much, kansas city. [cheers and applause] everybody brought me something. [cheers and applause] steve: more of that in a little bit. ainsley and brian, we have breaking news. brian: yeah, we do. that is great stuff, steve.
pummeled by higher gas prices. what is joe s solution? a good old-fashioned bribe. president biden is releasing another 15 million barrels, even though our reserve is at the lowest level in nearly four decades. the best part? biden isn t even being coy about his scheme. i ve been doing everything in my power to reduce gas prices since putin s invasion of ukraine caused these price hikes. without the steps we ve taken over the past several months, to ramp up production and lower prices and get relief to consumers, bring down the price charged at the pump to reflect what you pay for the product. you still make a significant profit. shareholders will still do very well. the american people will catch a break they deserve and get a fair price at the pump as well. seconds later, the same guy claimed that politics has nothing to do with it. what is your response to republicans who say you are only doing this as pr to help democrats in the midterms? where have they been the
still ahead. also tonight, my exclusive interview with the president of israel on the conflict in ukraine and more. he s pushing back at pressure from ukrainian president vz volodymyr zelenskyy to choose a side. a second woman is now accusing georgia republican herschel walker of pressuring her to get an abortion. i m wolfer blitzer. you re the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the body of an american man killed while fighting alongside ukrainian defenders is finally on the way home tonight after a swap with russia. this as putin s army prepares for a major battle inside the largest ukrainian city still controlled by moscow. c nrknn fred pleitgen has our rt from the war zone. reporter: ukrainian forces trying to hit the russians on all fronts. this mortar unit firing in the north of the country while in the south, kyiv is continuing a counter offensive trying to capture the russian occupied city of kherson. we met up with an artill
giuliani. if he really believes this stuff, you know, he s lost contact with he s become detached from reality. he had to have known he was spreading a big lie, and he continues to spread it to this very day. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom req with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is tuesday, june 14th. 9:00 a.m. in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington. a u.s. house committee is revealing bombshell testimony from members of trump s inner circle, even his own family. the former president refusing to listen to facts, instead embracing the drunken claims of his personal attorney that the election was stolen. all of it leading up to the violent attack on the capitol just weeks after the 2020 presidential vote. a parade of trump s own top aides said the former president was told repeatedly his claims of election fraud were not true. listen to former attorney general william barr. when i went into this and would, you know, tell him how crazy