to listen and watch what former president trump told our kaitlyn collins at cnn s recent town hall. when it comes to your documents, did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right to. by the way what do you mean not really? not that i can think of. let me get your thoughts on that. that doesn t seem to line up or does it line up with what you re reporting? it seems to line up. i didn t hear a no there, did you? no. not really. not that i recall, but i would have the right to do that. i mean, that was a very interesting answer and what federal prosecutors have learned from other witnesses is that he did show classified documents and that he did keep some out in his office so his answer to kaitlin there was non-committal. there might be reason for that. laura, what does that say about where the special counsel, jack smith s, criminal investigation stands?
any other do you feel ask them if they have the votes for whatever they agree to. reporter: white house sources say there s a reason for biden laying low. these negotiations are really delicate and it could derail things if you are out there publicly. democrats aren t the only ones feeling angst. they re putting out a letter laying out new demands that speaker mccarthy should make. this is important for gop unity that they hold the line in the gop talks. the big picture here, wolf, there are warning signs in both parties and that they re still going to be speed bumps ahead if and when they agree to a deal. stakes are clearly enormous. thank you very much. let s bring in a key democratic lawmaker. congressman ro khanna from california. thank you for joining us. a source tells cnn some democrats are worried about
ongoing threat to democracy. and in ukraine cnn is speaking with the anti-putin rich shan fighters claiming responsibility for cross border attacks. they say they re using american military vehicles during the raids. we ll get reaction from a key white house official, john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with new ve developments in the special counsel s criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. josh, tell us what you and your colleagues are now learning. right, wolf. what we re learning is that one day before federal authorities came to mar-a-lago last june to pick up classified documents in return for a subpoena that video
armed forces. some of them have very far right links but all of them are dedicated to overthrowing vladimir putin. i think one of the key things about this raid, wolf, is all about keeping the russians off balance, trying to provoke responses from the russians, probe their weaknesses ahead of what is developing into a summer offensive by the ukrainians, wolf. sam kiley, stay safe over there. thank you very much. joining us now, the national security council coordinator for strategic communications, john kirby. thanks for joining us. how do you respond to the russian fighter telling cnn they used american-made vehicles, they say bought on the open market, in their attack on russia? certainly can t confirm those reports, wolf, that they bought these things on the open market. what i can confirm is we ve made it clear to the ukrainians that we don t want to see u.s.-made, u.s.-supplied equipment used on russian soil to attack russia. what we are providing is a lot
known as ye tweeted last october he was, quote, going defcon three on jewish people. we found evidence that people were more likely to s anti-semitism online. the new plan against anti-semitism comes the same week as a teenager arrested after ramming a u-haul fluke a security barrier. then emerging from the vehicle, police say with, a swastika flag. and it comes less than three weeks after a gunman who investigators believe supported n nazi ideology killed ten people at a texas outlet mall. both incidents where jewish communities were not the targets but where they were associated with anti-semitism. and also this week, one homeland security official told cnn that online for yumdzums, there s an increase on the white nazi theme. one person says many people are