all right. thanks for joining us. the news continues here on cnn happening now and escalating campaign battle over immigration. that s president biden orders new protections for some undocumented spouses and children of us citizens and slams donald trump for fueling fears of immigrants standby to here are trump is hitting back tonight. also this hour, an extraordinary seen in north korea as kim jong-un embraces letter putin and gives him the red carpet treatment. the us watching wearily as these adversaries of the west are cozying up and increasing their military cooperation at a moment of reckoning, that s what one senator is calling a tense hearing about growing worries over the safety of boeing jets. we re going to tell you how the testimony of bowman ceo played with lawmakers and with relatives of crash victims who were there in the room welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer, a you re in the situation room we begin with presid
continues next on cnn hello, and welcome to our viewers, joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m eleni giokos, just ahead. us senators blast boeing s outgoing ceo for safety concerns and what they call a culture of retaliation against whistleblowers plus north korea s leader welcomes russian president vladimir putin as the pair look to send a signal to the waist about the deepening ties and warning about an online scam costing americans billions of dollars victims and their families shared their harrowing stories with cnn welcome to the show and full the first time boeing s embattled ceo has answered directly to us lawmakers about the company s troubled safety record and he also came face-to-face with the families of passengers killed in to boeing crashes dave calhoun endured a grilling from republicans and democrats alike at a senate subcommittee hearing tuesday in 110 exchange, republican senator josh hawley questioned calhoun about allegations t
until we finish this hearing and the investigation, the justice department is now doing its own inquiry. but i do think there s near overwhelming evidence that prosecution is important to send it in a message, a deterrent message, and also insisting on accountability. remember that the company paid comparatively very little in terms of criminal counter in connection with that deferred prosecution and the families of people who perished in those two plane crashes, 346 people lost their lives. still feel that justice has not been served and that feeling pretty understandable. so i think that there is mounting evidence perhaps overwhelming evidence now that prosecution should be pursued while that is a big statement from senator richard blumenthal there that prosecution maybe should be pursued. you have this hearing coming up today. we will all be watching to see what happens. all of us are part of the front in public and the public really wants to make sure that their lives