election he lost. and hearing the case, the panel of nine supreme court justices including three that president trump himself appointed to the bench. whatever they decide has the potential to transform the trajectory of this year s election, and trump s bid to retake the white house making it the most consequential election case since bush v. gore a quarter century ago. these oral arguments expected to begin in moments and potentially last several hours, and we will be here with you for all of it. and joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian outside the court along with andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former senior member of the moeller probe. and neal katyal. before we dive into the big question, your thoughts about the gravity of this moment, exploring an issue that this country has never had to confront before. the founders of our 14th amendment in the 1860s put this in as an ironclad guarantee that we wouldn t have insurrectionists leading our governm
reinforce or dismantle the colorado supreme court s order excluding the former president from the ballot in that state. effectively punishing trump for a crime which he has neither been criminally charged for convicted. dana: as soon as it begins we ll listen to it live. until then our fox team coverage continues. we have andy mccarthy, jonathan turley, and kerri and joining us is karl rove and andrew. one of the things i wanted to start with you on, andrew, set the stage about how unprecedented this is and what this moment could actually mean. i think it s very interesting to think about today through the lens of donald trump. the justices are thinking about what this ruling does for decades or even hundreds of years to come. this is a precedent we ve never had before. what happens when states challenge candidates for presidential office? this is not just a donald trump issue. this is every single election that will come from here on out. i don t think that the justices
investigators. the death toll rising overnight after a russian missile strike on kramatorsk. and another hot and hazy day ahead, millions of people under heat or air quality alerts. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with new developments in the donald trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election. later today jack smith s team will speak to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger as part of their january 6 investigation. you may remember then president trump called raffensperger in january of 2021 to press him to, quote, find the votes needed to win georgia which joe biden won by nearly 12,000 votes. here is part of that now infamous call. so look, all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11 sk1,780 votes which is one more than we have, because we won the state. and we re also learning that the former attorney rudy giuliani has been interviewed as part of the probe. the meeting between giuliani, his attorney and invest
the lead starts right now. a city center in eastern ukraine rocked by a missile strike. why this target and why now. cnn is live on the scene. plus contrasting claims. what persuaded prigozhin, the wagner boss to stop his apparent revolt in russia. the leader in belarus has his version. and while vladimir putin puts his own spin on what went down. erin burnett is leading or coverage tonight in eastern ukraine into and donald trump lashing out after a cnn exclusive audio of the president talking about classified documents. welcome to the lead, everyone. i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start with the world lead and breaking news from eastern ukraine. at least two massive russian strikes in the kramatorsk region. one where three people were killed including a child. an eyewitness tells cnn s team on the ground they ve seen up to a dozen people pulled from the rubble after days of turmoil inside of russia. following an aetempted armed rebel group led by prig
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