did you hear that? seacrest is on speed dial. he sure wise. congrats to pat sajak and such an impressive run. and way to go ryan, on your new gig. on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow we have some breaking news tonight from the new york times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed trump recording even more incredible. if you ve not yet heard it, nbc news has independently obtained the audio of former president trump and his bedminster unit new jersey golf club, essentially admitting to a crime. here is trump in july of 2021 telling a group of people that he still has classified information after leaving the white house, and then proceeding to destroy his own defense. he explicitly says on audiotape that he could have declassified this when he was president, but he did not. take a listen. isn t that amazin
acknowledging he had sensitive secret documents that were not declassified. we re breaking down the recordings and what they mean for the special counsel s criminal case against him. also tonight, cnn is live in ukraine where the death toll has been rising from a new russian missile strike in a crowded city center. president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the attack a manifestation of terror. this comes as vladimir putin is on damage control after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. all ask former u.s. defense secretary mark esper about the rebellion and how it s influencing putin s war strategy. 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 this hour with powerful evidence against donald trump in the special counsel s case against him. cnn exclusively obtaining recordings of the former president talking about highly classified material in his possession. this comes as trump is speaking out
bissell with already for directing the manner of choosing electors begin belongs to the legislature. tonight, the massive supreme court decision that stopped a slow motion insurrection. van, the evolving alibi of an indicted ex president. you re not concerned, then, with your voice on those recordings. my voice was fine. i didn t even see the recording. just how bout of the new tapes in the trump document case is the other jack smith investigation ramps up. i did everything right, and they invited me. and why republican leaders finally acknowledging that donald trump is a loser is actually a big deal. the question is, is he the strongest to win the election? i don t know that answer. when all in starts, right now. we good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it is not often the case these days but today the supreme court issued a long anticipated monumental ruling that actually bolsters america s democratic strengths. the case before the court today con
things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. oh, gosh. an audio recording undercuts trump s pathetic defense in the classified documents case as the doj reportedly barrels forward on its investigation of his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. also tonight, a supreme court victory for voters and democracy. in a defeat for republicans who wanted to strip state courts of any role in running federal elections and give politicians the final say. plus, ron desantis admits he wants to rewrite the constitution so that right-wing politicians can decide whether people born in this country can legally be considered u.s. citizens. we begin tonight with a frequent and losing strategy by the twice impeached, twice indicted former president. whenever he finds himself stuck in a perilous legal mess of his own making, he goes full orwell and just tells the world don t believe your lying eyes. stick with us, don t
good evening tonight three 60, former president trump turns up the glass light, showing off classified material at his golf club is perfectly normal. also tonight, exclusive cnn reporting. rudy giuliani talking to federal investigators and later, russia strikes again this time a crowded restaurant in ukraine. we will take you there. we begin tonight keeping them honest with a former president running a play from the playbook that he is used time and time again. the former president trying to do damage control today after we played an audiotape last night, that cnn exclusively obtained, in which he is boasting about and seemingly showing off, a classified war plan he was not allowed to have, to people not allowed to see it. the audio was recorded with his knowledge at his bedminster golf club in july of 2021, and is expected to be evidenced at his upcoming trial. i want to replay a portion of it for you now, before showing you his remarks today about it. so there s no doubt wh