prosecutors probing witnesses about a heated oval office meeting just weeks after donald trump s loss, during which the former president considered desperate measures to stay in power. tonight, trump on the campaign trail. once geagain trying to spin his legal problems in his favor. he is going after the justice department and his main republican rival, governor ron desantis. president biden is speaking to cnn on his decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the president voicing his concerns with the controversial weapons but ultimately deciding they are crucial to kyiv s counteroffensive. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. first up tonight, cnn s exclusive new reporting on that chaotic oval office meeting now at the center of special counsel jack smith s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us. she
the lead starts right now. for the first time since the start of britain s war, ukraine will be getting an aid package from the u.s. that includes cluster munitions, bonds that are banned by most countries. president biden gave an exclusive interview where he tried to defend that controversial decision, and the special counsel zeroes in on an oval office meeting during donald trump s final days in office, a meeting described as nuts. follow-up from the exclusive cnn reporting and what it tells us about the investigation into trump in january 6 and a possible third indictment of mr. trump. there then, he survived the taliban and decades of war working as an interpreter in afghanistan during the war, only to be shot and killed while driving a lift in the united states. the latest on the search for suspects. welcome to the lead. we start today with our worldly deadly cluster munitions or bombs, a lethal weapon that can disperse hundreds of smaller explosives over an area up to
here later tonight. got to keep time for him. let me tell folks what s coming up. you have putin chaos. actual real fears of nuclear war, and this special film coming out, op oppenheimer. christopher nolan is my guest, making his beat debut. ron desantis, whitewashing history. we have that coming up. but first, you may remember i have had words for elon musk before. he is falling on his face. i ll show you the politics and free market fundament ols of that. we are back in just 60 seconds. s . our nations best scientists working together. here, secret laboratory. keep everyone there until it s done. you re the great improvisor. but this, you can t do in your head. this is the most important thing to ever happen in the history of the world. - 5. 4. they just fired a starting gun.
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