happening now, president biden vows the united states skpland the nato allies will not waiver in their support of ukraine. their critical summit here in lithuania ending with a strong show of unity, despite unanswered questions about when ukraine will be invited to join the nato alliance. also tonight, president volodymyr zelenskyy, he returns to ukraine with new assurances from western allays and face to face commitment ifs r president bi biden, but zelenskyy leaves the summit without concrete security guarantees or a time line for nato membership. we re watching all of this unfold here in the situation room. what does it all mean for ukraine s defense against russia s brutal war, i ll ask the ukrainian ambassador to the united states who s joining us live this hour. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuania, and you re in the situation room. we re live here in vilnius, the capital of lithuania, and t
what a week. with us, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson with us. and columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius, will join us in a moment. joe, just a reminder of why the justice department might be a little concerned about nuclear secrets knocking around mar-a-lago. there was the time that trump spilled highly classified information to russia s foreign minister. or when he tweeted a highly classified satellite photo of an iranian space facility. or when he sided with the kremlin over america s own intelligence agencies. my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it s russia. i have president putin. he just said it s not russia. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. yeah. so with that in mind, we begin with new information on the fbi s search of donald trump s home in florida. people familiar with the investigation te
make men more responsible fathers. that s one argument made to our report, you ll want to hear the exchange for yourself. good evening, i m erin burnett, out front on this friday, deep concern, white house officials privately expressing what s described as deep concern over classified documents found at trump s mar-a-lago home. the white house has remained silent publicly, but cnn learning tonight that behind closed doors it s a very different story. concerns are mounting that the information found at mar-a-lago could put sources and methods of the u.s. intelligence committee at risk, and part of that concern is likely stemming from the new documents released by a federal judge relating to the search of mar-a-lago. these are the papers that contained specific information about what the department of justice is investigating in terms of potential offenses. the words right here in that document under the search is related to a violation of, you see this line, willful retention
are specific rules about where to store classified information and those need to be stored in a scif. and in my experience, ball rooms, bathrooms and bedrooms are not scifs. reporter: and insisting in the wake of hunter biden s plea deal on tax charges that the bureau is not protecting the biden family. are you protecting the bidens? absolutely not. you won t answer the hold on, you won t answer the question about whether or not reporter: and he disavowed some of the john durham probe which documented missteps. i consider the conduct described in the durham report as totally unacceptable and unrepresentative of what i see from the fbi every day and must never be allowed to happen again. reporter: wray however stood by the search at trump s mar-a-lago estate. i would not call it a raid, i d call it the execution of a
i don t want to be commenting on the pending case, but i will say that there are specific rules about where to store classified information and that those need to be stored in a scif, a secure compartmentalized information facility, and in my experience ballrooms, bathrooms, and birms are not scifs. reporter: insisting that the bureau is not protecting the biden family. are you protecting the bidens? absolutely not. the fbi does not, has no interest you won t answer the question about whether or not and disavowing some of the behavior outlined in john durham s probe which documented missteps by the fbi in its investigation into the 2016 trump campaign s ties with russia. i consider the conduct that was described in the durham report as totally unacceptable and unrepresentative of what i see from the fbi every day and must never be allowed to happen again. reporter: wray, however stood by the search at trump s mar-a-lago estate. i would not call it a raid. i would