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nato as the 32 country. regarding ukraine. president biden okayed a giant new package for tax dollars, $8 hundred million to fight off russia. approved sending controversy cluster bombs to help them. he chose the cluster bombs because the united states stock of other ammunition is so low. how does that make us look? you shouldn t be telling your adversary you have a problem, you have a supply chain set of issues and an excuse to do something. that s the quiet part. the task is to fix it and make sure you do have the things you need. harris: the wall street journal editorial board is asking biden admits the problem but then why not do something about it? in focus house foreign affairs committee chairman mike mccaul. let s go to jacque heinrich traveling with the president at that nato summit. jacque. hey there, harris, the white house made clear after the president s interview that u.s. read enes to defend itself was never a question. the military has specific ....
what happened in his meeting with president biden, and what sort of promises were made, and what sort of promises can be kept? the alliance is sticking together, and the money and weapons have been pouring in along with still firm sanctions on moscow. but, with a u.s. presidential election looming, what can ukraine count on long term, and what can nato expect? are there contingencies for a second donald trump administration if it comes to that, and what about at other variable? republican lawmakers on the hill, the party is publicly split on supporting ukraine. some even calling for the u.s. to pull funding immediately. so as the president heads to helsinki to celebrate finland s entry and sweden s ascension, let s discuss what s to come. nbc correspondent josh lederman, in kyiv, kelly cobiella, and with me, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. everybody, welcome. josh, let me start with you. walk us through the meeting with president zelenskyy ....
now, we do have new reporting on where yevgeny prigozhin was shortly after. the story keeps getting weirder. the only sort of bright spot for vladimir putin is ukraine s counter offensive has been slow. will cluster munitions change that, and how much blow back will president biden get for that. one nation against it is the uk, we have the latest on the president s stop in london this morning. there s a lot to get to. let us start with the reporting. joining me now, nbc news correspondent ali arouzi, and from kyiv, nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella. let s get to lithuania, the president has just gotten there. what s the agenda for tomorrow? what s on the table? reporter: well, the summit really kicks off in earnest tomorrow, and president biden will be meeting other leaders of nato countries. he ll be very various bilaterals. there will be a nato family photo, and then a dinner at the presidential palace, where they will be able to discuss various issues t ....
hearing on capitol hill. fbi director christopher wray on defense over the agency s alleged preferential treatment of democrats. senior, national correspondent kevin corke joins us here in the nation s capitol. good evening, kevin. kevin: you could call it a bipartisan be down today. hobbled and pilloried by the right and left for that matter at that hearing today on capitol hill. while his opening statement offered a forceful defense of the bureau, house members wasted little time in taking aim at the director for what they called corruption. and historically poor lead leadership. you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the npr s history. people trusted the fbi more when j. edgar hoover was running the place then you are. you don t give straight answers. you give answers that later in court are deemed not true. kevin: wray fired back saying his agency remains popular. expect in your home state of florida, the number of people trying to come ....
summit. as ukraine is pushing to join the alliance, cnn is on the ground in lithuania where the president and key u.s. allies are preparing for their high-stakes talks. also tonight, new developments in the trump classified documents indictment. the trump team now facing a deadline to weigh in on the timing of the trial. this as the former president s co-defendant is accused of unnecessary delay by the special counsel. and parts of the northeastern united states are swamped by historic flooding, a once in a thousand-year rainfall swallowing cars in west point, new york. i ll speak with the new york governor, kathy hochul. this hour we ll discuss the state s emergency response. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, on the eve of a pivotal nato summit, we re learning that ukrainian president zelenskyy plans to make a personal appeal on ukraine s bid to join the alliance. he l ....