preferred better science, better results. >> the cnn presidential debates, june 27th at nine live on cnn and streaming on max it's merrick garland above the law. i mean, i thought the whole argument is that no one is above lot this is such a monumental day we all can feel what we've lost. it's been nearly 12 years since a gunman entered sandy hook elementary school, killing 21st graders and six educators a 21 gun salute hails the arrival of the russian frigate gorshkov in havana harbor. and an old cold war alliance against america is required kendall live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world. by max foster, it is thursday, june the 30th, 9:00 a.m. here in london. turn em in southern italy where the fifth annual g7 summit is set to kick off next hour with a major focus on russia and its war in ukraine. us president joe biden will unveil more than 300 new sanctions targeting russia. they're meant to weaken moscow's ability to source materials for the war, particularly from russian ally china. mr. biden is also expected to sign a new ten year security packed with you crane on the sidelines of the summit, they will include training for ukrainian forces, more weapons and military equipment, and greater intelligence-sharing and g7 leaders are set to announce of $50 billion loan to ukraine paid for with proceeds from russian investments we should be frozen since the war began, live now to cnn's senior white house correspondent, mj lee, traveling with the president. so what do you expect the big headline to bmj? >> well, max president biden certainly has a packed day ahead of him as the g7 gets underway, including the ceremonial aspects of kicking off the summit, summit a meet and greet with prime minister meloni of italy. they are going to pardon dissipate, of course, and that working group photo that is so famous when it comes to the g7 summit. and then followed by a number of working sessions throughout the day. but you're right that in the evening, president biden is going to be signing this security pact with ukraine that will be so symbolically significant this is an agreement that came to be after months of negotiations between the two countries. and what it would do is commit the us for ten years to things like training ukrainian armed forces cooperation when it comes to production of military equipment intelligence-sharing, military assistance. but as symbolically significant as this path is going to be particularly given the moment that we're in with the war now in its third year. >> and with russia gaining some games, making gains out rather in the battlefield recently, it is important to note that there is a huge asterisk when it comes to this packed and it is that it is not officially binding it for future presidents of the us after president biden is out of office. >> and if that happens in november, obviously there are us elections coming up a different president, like say, donald trump could decide to undo this packed and i think that reality is one that world leaders are going to be particularly sensitive to. a good reminder that really everything could look very different at next year as president biden embarks on this final g7 of his first summit it's a good reminder that it comes just three years after the first g sound that that he attended as president then and back then, us officials had talked about how there was a lot of relief for world leaders seeing somebody who was talking about reinstating the us is leadership on the world stage. and i think president biden, as he kicks off this 50th he seven summit. he's going to confine questions about how successful he has been. when he looks back on that pledge that he made three years ago of making sure that he is strengthening and building upon those us alliances that a lot of world leaders thought had been we can by former president donald trump, max mj, lee, and southern italy. thank you so much for that will be with you throughout the day is all about, unfolds the war in gaza also looming large over that g7 summit. us secretary of state antony blinken travel to italy from the middle east, where his latest diplomatic push failed to secure a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas blinken left the region frustrated over numerous her mass changes to the proposal and he questioned whether hamas is proceeding in good faith. but he said work, we continue to try to bridge the gaps between the two sides are lehman joins us now from tel aviv and blinken seems to be very much think the ball in hamas is caught at this point absolutely. >> secretary of state antony blinken wasn't looking for a breakthrough while he was here. he wasn't in the region all that long, several days, but he was clearly trying to lay the groundwork for an area to move forward. and the question is, how large is that area now, if it even exists or has this fallen apart where it has so many times before in the details, secretary of state anthony blinken when he spoke here as he moved through the region egypt, israel, jordan, and qatar made it clear that from the us perspective, the ball is in hamas's court. israel is on board with a ceasefire proposal and hostage deal on the table. and now it's a question of getting hamas to agree he openly questioned whether hamas was negotiating in good faith, saying they had shifted positions to which they'd already agreed to. now we did say in the response, they finally gave 12 days after president joe biden publicly backed a proposal. there were numerous changes in his words some were workable, some are not. and it's that some are workable that gives a window here to try to move forward, to try to get to some agreement and he and his country counterpart said they would work to try to bridge those gaps and make this happen israel, however, view tomas is response as a rejection of the ceasefire proposal on the table. meanwhile, in an updated response from hamas just a short time ago, they said they had shown the necessary positivity to move forward with negotiations with the process here. and instead said, blinken should put pressure on israel pointing out that israel's leaders i have not publicly stated and openly stated their commitment to the ceasefire proposal that's on the table. if you look at the situation, it looks like this process may have once again fallen apart even though this time, at least in theory, it has backing from the un security council resolution that passed with 14 in favor. and only if i'm not mistaken, russia abstaining the hope was that that sort of international backing would help get this over the line. and yet this falters on the point where it has many times before and it's that israel wants to see the war continue. its ability to continue you, it's campaign in gaza, whereas hamas wants to see a ceasefire proposal that brings a permanent end to the fighting and that is a gap that nobody has been able to bridge yet or un until the thank you for that. get to washington now and a houseboat led by republicans to hold the us attorney general in contempt of congress at issue merrick garland's refusal to release audio recordings of an interview with president biden during the investigation into his handling of classified documents, garland called the content vote deeply disappointing. cnn's manu raju has the details 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 206 tina 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 subpoena demanding audio recordings of interview that a special counsel, robert hur, did with president biden over biden's handling of classified documents? of course, in that report that her released months ago details how joe biden responded some questions, question about whether biden could have even been prosecuted over this because he believed the jury would view him as the sympathetic elderly man with a poor memory. now, there was a transcript that was released that democrats and the justice department believe are sufficient to satisfy republican demands. but republicans, one of the audio tapes as well, something democrats believe will be use 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 witnesses would not want to come forward being if they were concerned that audio would release publicly are released to congress. but even as this would vote happen 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 the law. now that we've held him in contempt of congress he should be prosecuted by the department of justice and he deserves to 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 a symbolic wouldn't call it. hold them in contempt. we'll see what he does. i mean, hopefully it will look at this and see their overs 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 apartment. now on top of that, the white house has asserted executive privilege on those audio tapes. and the position of the justice department's office of legal counsel. is that the if the present a asserted executive privilege and the name? 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, it would have to be by the courts to determine whether congress has right to that audio. and if this plays out in the courts, it 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 republicans will concede highly, highly unlikely manu raju cnn, capitol hill us republican lawmakers are getting ready to 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 november election, although trump won't be entering the us capitol building, this will mark his first appearance on the hills since the january 6 insurrection. more than three years ago and it will be his first meeting with top us senate republican mitch mcconnell who is butted heads with in the past. but other senate republicans who have been critical of trump's, such as mitt romney and lisa murkowski either said they wouldn't attend a meeting or wouldn't commit to being there now the former special prosecutor and the georgia 2020 election subversion case says he believes trump will absolutely be put on trial even if he wins. the white house right now. the case remains indefinitely postponed after a senate appeals court agreed to take up the defendants push to disqualify fulton county district attorney fani he willis. she's accused of having an improper relationship with former special prosecutor, nathan wade, who has since resigned from the case. the appeals courts pause, makes it highly unlikely that a trial would happen before the november presidential election. weighed, spoke to cnn's kaitlan collins about the case and what it would mean to potential the prosecute a sitting president if trump wins the election in the district attorney next spring when this, when this does go before the court of appeals is not disqualified from that, is it constitutional for a district attorney to put a sitting president? >> on trial? and if he's convicted in jail, potentially so let's let's look at the question in reverse are you asking me if there's anyone who's above the law at any point in time in their life? no, but i don't think it's been litigated about a sitting president of course, going on trial. we have never seen that, never seen it, never expected to see it which is why a lot of the questions about experience and that one has ever done this before. no one, this is, this is a new animal. but if if, if he wins the election, then certainly there are a lawyers out there who will be charged with figuring out that issue and maneuvering around it? >> now, more heavy rain and more flooding expected in south florida for a third day in a row, the life-threatening flooding prompted the government to issue a state of emergency for five counties. the national weather service says flood warnings are in 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