wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much for watching the news continues >> next, i'm cnn large of this year's g7 summit. as leaders of the world's most powerful democracy is gathered for their annual meeting in italy from a prison cell to the front lines. ukraine recruits, convict to boost the military will look at how the new perspective soldiers are being screened and bts mania hips, fever pitch in seoul as the cape of super group's annual potty gets underway, just one day after the group's oldest member with discharged from the army so much land cnn newsroom with linda kincaid it is 9:00 a.m. in southern italy where the leaders of the world's biggest economic powerhouses are coming together for the 50th annual g7 summit. that meeting is shaping up to be a showdown with russia or verjee, warn ukraine us president joe biden will unveil more than 300 new sanctions targeting russia. they meant to degrade moscow's ability to source materials for the war particularly from the russian ally china mr. biden is also expected to sign a new ten years security packed with ukraine on the sidelines at the summit. it'll include training for ukrainian forces more weapons and military equipment, and greater intelligence sharing. g7 liters is set to announce a $50 $50,000,000,000 loan to ukraine paid for with proceeds from russian investments which have been frozen since the war began. more now in president biden's agenda from cnn, senior white house correspondent, mj lee cuter in the coastal polio region of southern italy. the leaders of the so-called g7 nations set to convene on thursday, us president joe biden landing here late wednesday night for the final g7 summit of his first term. but questions loom large in the aftermath of his son, hunter's conviction on three federal gun charges, including whether the president would commute his son sentence. the white house on wednesday would not rule it out in a show of support for his son, biden spent the previous night with hunter and other members of his family in wilmington, delaware, in italy, a myriad of wadi and urgent issues on the world leaders agenda at the top of that list, the continuing russian assault on ukraine. now in its third year, biden, along with the heads of italy, the uk, france, germany, canada, and japan, preparing to announce a series of significant joint initiatives. the president pushing for a $50 $50,000,000,000 loan program for ukraine, which would tap into the interest accrued from frozen russian assets and a new ten year us ukraine security packed. the us also expanding sanctions on russia, targeting foreign financial institutions supporting the war, and russia's access to critical it technologies affair and other equipment. this year's gathering of world leaders kicking off almost exactly three years to the day after biden's first g7 as present in cornwall, england, you're united states is back biden's unpredictable predecessor, donald trump, after alienating the us in so many ways, had been replaced by a familiar american statesman pledging to restore and strengthen america's leadership on the world stage, we need someone to take office this time around, who on day one can stand on the world stage, command the respect of world leaders. >> but three years later, biden confronting questions about job just how much his big bet on repairing us alliances abroad has paid off key and other european leaders confronting resistance at home from the far right to remove are very conservative members we got it done. >> the possibility of a second trump term already setting off fresh anxiety in world capitals, even as biden insists that protecting democracies across the world is a noble cause, no matter the cost are chelation what not the answer 80 years ago and there's not the answer today will you, as republican lawmakers are getting randy's welcome former us president and convicted felon donald trump back to washington today as he tries to shore up support within the party ahead of the election although trump would not be entering you as capital building, it will mark his first appearance on the hill since the generous 6 insurrection. >> will than three years ago. and it will be his first meeting with top us senate republican, who he has butted heads with in the past family. >> you want to confront any of the bad blood between the two of you. one of the issues you had including over january i said three years ago, right after the capital was attack i would support our nominee regardless of who it was included him i've said earlier this year, i support him. he's been earned the nomination by the voters all across the country. and of course, i'll be at the meeting tomorrow. >> but all the senate republicans have been critical of trump, black mitt romney and lisa murkowski said, either they won't attend the meeting or they won't commit to being there us house republicans have voted to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress after he refused to release audio from interviews with president joe biden during the classified documents investigation garland said, it is deeply disappointed that the house republicans have turned congressional authority into a partisan weapon. more now from cnn's manu raju now along mostly party leinz house, moving ahead to refer the attorney general of the united states to be held in contempt charges. >> the vote 216 to 207, just one member defecting those republican david joyce of ohio, but what we saw in this fight was republicans demanding that garland comply with a subpoena. the subpoenas demanding audio recordings of an interview that a special counsel, robert hur, did with president biden over biden's handling of classified documents? of course, in that report for her released two months ago, it details how joe biden, respondents some questions, question about whether biden could have even been prosecuted over this because he believed the jury would view him as a sympathetic elderly man with a poor memory. now, there was a transcript that was released that democrats and the justice apartment believers sufficient to satisfy republican demands, but republicans, one of the audio tapes as well, something democrats believe will be used for political purposes. the justice department contended that releasing that audio tape essentially would impair the ability to go ahead and interview witnesses and separate investigations in the future, perhaps, goodness is would not want to come forward if they were concerned that audio would release publicly are released to congress. but even as this vote happened today, some republicans hold for prosecution of merrick garland, and even some said he should go to prison is merrick garland above the law i mean, i thought the whole argument is that no one is above law. >> now that we've held him in contempt of congress, he should be prosecuted by the department of justice and he deserves the exact same fate as peter navarro and see bannon. >> oh, everyone, department joseph's isn't gonna go prosecuting attorney general, but it's symbolic wouldn't call it symbolic. hold them in contempt. we'll see what he does. i mean, hopefully it'll look at this and see their evers ways but there's virtually no chance of prosecution of the attorney general of the united states in large part because this now gets referred to the us attorney's office in the district of columbia, which is under the justice department now, on top of that, the white house has a asserted executive privilege on those audio tapes. >> and the position of the water justice department's office of legal counsel. >> is that the if the president asserted executive privilege and in a affirmed that it was correct in this regard that essentially that is the correct position of the executive branch. >> so this is essentially a dispute between the executive branch and the legislative branch. and ultimately, if this gets resolved would have to be by the courts to determine whether congress has the right to that audio and have this plays out in the courts. it's could take months and months and months to resolve, certainly, after the november election. so ultimately that's how it could play out. but prosecution as republicans will concede, highly, highly unlikely manu raju, cnn, capitol hill us secretary of state antony blinken is in italy now for the g7 summit after his latest diplomatic push in the middle east failed to secure a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas america is top diplomat left the region frustrated over numerous hamas changes to that proposal. and he questioned whether hamas is proceeding in good faith details now from cnn's kylie atwood, it's time for the haggling to stop and a ceasefire to start. >> secretary of state antony blinken, ending his middle east toward doha without a peace deal in hand. an agreement between israel and hamas appears to be in limbo again, but deal was on the table that was virtually identical. >> to proposal that hamas before on may the six ideal that the entire world is behind a deal. >> israel is accepted and hamas could have answered with a single word yes. >> instead, hamas put forward multiple changes to the ceasefire proposal. blinken said, a frustrated secretary of state and his qatari counterparts now unable to detail where the talks will go from here it's frustrating. and also for types, their behavior from both parties, different in different cages being counterproductive to the efforts the mass weighted nearly two weeks and then propose more changes a number of which go beyond positions that had previously taken an accepted some of those are workable changes. >> some as i said, are not the top us diplomat also bluntly suggesting that hamas may not actually be committed to finding a solution if one side continues to change its demands, you have to question whether they're proceeding in good faith or not. >> this just days after he questioned at the terrorist group is prioritizing the protection of yahya sinwar, its military leader hiding in the tunnels under gaza or the palestinian people, are they looking after one guy who may be for now safe, very i don't know ten stories underground somewhere in gaza. while the people that he purports to represent continue to suffer in a crossfire of his own making israeli officials have privately deemed hamas's response to be a rejection. >> prime minister netanyahu's office said wednesday evening that the israeli leader was conducting a security assessment in part due to hamas is negative answer regarding the release of hostages, the us is israel's committed to the deal which netanyahu still has not formally embraced as he faces pressure from far-right cabinet members who oppose the deal, hamas committed war crimes everyday including holding on this oxygen our soldiers performing the most value and moral way to end this war victory against these killers this is good. now, we show now blinken also called for urgent action in the coming days to bridge the gaps, to bridge these differences between israel and hamas will watch and see what that looks like. he said he believes that that is possible, but he also said that there are no guarantees kylie atwood, cnn, doha will be un as wanting have increasingly dire conditions for the people of gaza without a ceasefire and an increase in aid. they say more than 1 million palestinians could face starvation and death by mid-july you only tend to calories it preventing feminine from being declared he is the director general of the world health organization a significant proportion of gaza's population is now facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions, despite reports of increased delivery of food there is currently no evidence that those who need it, most are receiving sufficient quantity and quality of food well, the who reports and more than 8,000 children under the age of five have been diagnosed and treated for acute 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