president volodymyr zelenskyy taking his fight for membership directly to the summit and calling the uncertain timeline for ukraine s entry absurd. also, a grand jury just selected in georgia to consider potential indictments against donald trump and others. the investigation of 2020 leaf interference heating up as the donald trump legal team seeks to delay the former president s trial in the federal classified documents case. cnn on the scene of catastrophic flooding in the capital of vermont. the governor there warning the crisis is far from over amid fears a dam could bust after record rainfall. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. i m john king and you re in the situation room. we begin with the nato summit and the growing pressure being placed on the alliance by the president of ukraine. volodymyr zelenskyy sounding increase leg frustrated by the lack of a clear path for nato membership and arguing his
facing this both on the right and the left. jeremy diamond, thank you. massive backlash right now in israel after parliament there, the knesset, passed the first part of prime minister benjamin netanyahu s extremely controversial judicial overhaul plan with thousands marching in the streets and medical doctors now going on strike. cnn s hadas gold has the story from jerusalem. reporter: wolf, as we re still feeling the fallout and reverberations from that legislation passing, stripping the supreme court of some of its powers over the government. protests continued overnight. dozens of protesters were injured as were more than a dozen bloofrs as protesters took to the streets in both jerusalem and tel aviv, met with police water cannons and skunk water. meanwhile, in front of the supreme court, multiple petitions have been filed seeking an injunction to stop this legislation from being enforced. that could set up a fascinating legal battle where the supreme
we ve gotten this enormous mass of discovery, over 500,000 documents with more coming. we as the defendants have a right to prepare our case, to prepare for trial, to bring motions that have been discussed, and there s no practical way, they argue, we can do that within five months. there s a separate argument that it s unnecessarily politically fraught to try the president the former president right in the middle of an election against the current president. and yes, it would still be politically fraught even if it was charged after the election. and yes, there s ways you can make sure that you vet your jury. but i don t think there s any question that the most politically sensitive time to have this trial is right before the 2024 election. this will rest with the judge, it will be her decision, there s very little anyone can do about whatever she decides. already judge cannon under enormous scrutiny. picking a trial date, picking the process going forward. under more scrutiny bec
particularly amped up now is because of legislation that was passed monday night. it s the first of three readings on just one aspect of this massive judicial overhaul, this particular legislation has to do with stripping the supreme court s ability of declaring government actions unreasonable. but it almost doesn t matter what the legislative steps were. it s just the fact that the legislation is back on the table because they had actually been frozen for several months after those massive general strikes and protests, and the defense minister coming out against the overhaul back in march. there were some attempts at compromised negotiations with the opposition. but those have clearly gone nowhere. the coalition government led by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are now pushing forward once again with this legislation. it d going to be done in a slower, more piecemeal fashion. for these protesters, they essentially don t believe anything that comes out of benjamin netanyahu o
so many things to litigate, including are these documents even classified? whether the special counsel is actually legal? and whether he is capable of bringing these charges? a lot of things are going to be litigated over the next period of months, which may necessitate a long, long delay of this trial. but one of the things that really comes across from this is, they re ayg both a legal game and a political game. i ll read yoa part of the filing from the trump team. his extraordinary case presents a serious challenge to both the fact and perc of our american democracy. the court now presides over prosecution indvce by the administration of a sitting president against his chief political rival, himself leading candidate for presidency of the united states. they write they don t know whether the former president can get a fair trial, john, because the outcome of this trial could have an impact on the election. so for all of those reasons,