muse mauz hello, and thank you so much for joining us i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. this morning divided they fall, the republican party grappling with whether to go all in on trump or break away after his historic indictment. we ll have a live report from capitol hill and break down the new reporting about his legal troubles. plus, extreme weather battering the south. we re talking 5 inch diameter hail, and rare june tornados in the southeast leaving thousands without electricity, while houston s implementing an emergency plan to help residents deal with triple digit temperatures. we re looking at approximately ten days of over 100 degrees, and you know, with record breaking days as well. and later, an indictment for danny wenny. the this-year-old marine veteran is facing a second degree manslaughter charge for putting jordan neely in a deadly chokehold last month. and we re keeping a close eye on the supreme court with a handful of working days left,
a deadline for new lawyers on both sides. also tonight breaking news, the pentagon leak suspect was just indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly disclosing classified information, intelligence information. standby for new details. and jurors have just wrapped up their first day of deliberations in the federal trial of the gunman in the deadly 2018 attack on a pittsburgh synagogue. how soon might they deliver verdicts on dozens of charges including capital offenses that could lead to the death penalty? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. we begin with a new order from judge aileen cannon, her every move in the classified documents case under if tense scrutiny right now as the federal prosecution of donald trump moves forward following his arrest and arraignment. cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is working the story for us. so paula, what is judge cannon saying.
mitchell reports, the attorney general speaks out. merrick garland breaking his silence for first time since donald trump was indicted. not discussing the case, of course, but strongly defending special prosecutor jack smith against trump s constant attacks. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. we have what trump s republican challengers are saying today. the latest polls since the indictment on how this is all affecting the former president s support from gop voters. an nbc news exclusive. what ukraine s president zelenskyy told nbc s richard engel about the counteroffensive and allegations ukraine is involved in cross-border attacks against russia. translator: the actions, i would say, it s generally positive. but it s difficult. cutting out the junk. the president expected to get a major commitment today from big business about ending all those unfair surprise fees that impa
Blockbursts reporting that solves the mystery of The Missing Link in a story that has rocked American Politics and media. For weeks now, a question has loomed over the ouster of top fox host Tucker Carlson. Why did the Murdochs Fire One of their biggest stars . The architect of a platform that unselfconsciously peddles Conspiracy Theories. Why did they fire him based on something that didnt happen on air . What was that missing link . And what if anything did Tucker Carlson do or say off camera that contributed to the nearly unprecedented 11th hour settlement of 787. 5 million in the Defamation Case brought against fox by dominion voting systems. The New York Times answers both those questions and reports on the missing text message that it found in some groundbreaking new reporting. The message was reportedly unearthed during the Discovery Process with dominion. Heres how the times reports that out. Quote, in the message sent to one of his producers in the hours after violent Trump Su
and i m max foster. just ahead briefing after briefing, phone call after phone call, all behind the scenes letting democrats know that they need their support for once in a long, long time washington is actually going to spend less money. stop passing the buck to subsequent generations to clean up your mess. d.c. has imposed its will on us for far too long. it is time we impose our will on washington, d.c. [ sirens ] this was expected. north korea had said that it was going to try to put a military satellite into space. it does kind of change the dynamics in terms of how we perceive north korea as a t threat. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 31, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where the u.s. house is set to vote on a critical bill. while many seem confident that they will get the votes, the house speaker will be busy trying to wrangle last minute support. kevin mccarthy say